The Invisible Hours

This was so interesting, I wasn't sure if being just a story if I would like it but I did. There are no puzzles but you can collect items for achievements. There aren't any monsters or fighting either. It's kind of like being a ghost watching events happen. Still I enjoyed it.

Very unique. Still great in 2023.

I recommend this game to anyone who enjoys murder mystery movies and doesn't need any interactivity. "Immersive theater" is a fair description though you can also go anywhere at anytime and control time in order to see what each of the characters are up to.
This is from the same developer of the Sexy Brutale, and although this game is shorter on average, I enjoy Invisible Hours more because I found the story or themes of Brutale to not be of interest to me.
Here is what you need to know about it, spoiler free:
+It is immersive in how relatively detailed the mansion is and ample outdoor audiovisual atmosphere. The same can't be said for...
-Physics of objects held by characters are sloppy even for its time, and character faces when talking could be better.
?Graphical fidelity was pretty good for its time, though doesn't age as well as it could have with better textures or character details.
+Audio quality and voice acting is pretty good, though the overall acting wasn't quite top knotch compared to the best non-fantasy story games.
+The story is rich and often intriguing, with plenty of clues, pictures, and diary entries to read.
-After starting the game and the story begins, the only way to pause is space bar to pause & move, or hit enter key to view the timeline from the theater. Nothing explained this unless you view options before starting the story. Also, the game can only be properly exited from the theater, just to the right of the stage with the timeline view.
?A diary book/page may have more than 1-2 pages, and the arrow on the page must be clicked to explore them.
+It took me nearly 3 hours to explore 75% of the game to my satifaction, and I was content with that length. As little as 1 hour or several more hours than me can be spent following all characters to view all scenes or finding all other notable clue/items.
?The primary conclusion of the murder mystery fits the context of the location & people involved, and although I thought it was decent, not everyone is going to like it. Evidently an additional or different conclusion can be reached by reading all diary entries, though I didn't arrive at one, likely because I didn't read all the things.

Great story you can see from every point of view