Ahmedabad, April 24, 2025: Indie game developer Masala Games has released its highly-anticipated debut title, Detective Dotson on PC. Detective Dotson is a mystery adventure game set in a stylised rendition of modern-day India that puts players in the role of Dotson, a reluctant detective who dreams of becoming a Bollywood Star.
Detective Dotson is a part of the Xbox Developer Acceleration Program. The game is available on Steam and will be available on the Microsoft store shortly. Detective Dotson is compatible with the Steam Deck as well.
Steam Link: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2450840/Detective_Dotson/
“After three years in development, we’re finally ready to bring Detective Dotson into the world,” says Shalin Shodhan, Founder and CEO of Masala Games. “India is missing from gaming culture and we are on a mission to fix that with projects like Detective Dotson. It’s a celebration of our beautiful, funny and ever adventurous homeland — India.”
Steam-related features like achievements will be added by May 1. Post-launch, Detective Dotson will receive additional single-player content in the form of new chapters that continue right after the game’s conclusion. New mini-games, fresh environments, and a co-op mode (which would be available for PC the same time it launches on consoles later this year) would be added as well. All of these will be included in the base game at no extra cost.
At launch Detective Dotson will be $15 USD (before the 10% launch discount).
"We want to be sensitive to how customers view pricing to ensure value,” says Shalin Shodhan. “This made us realise that $15 would be a fair price at launch. And while we have more content slated post-release, we may consider a price hike at that time. For now though, Detective Dotson will be $15. As always we welcome your feedback and support.”
Xbox Series X|S versions of the game with Xbox Play Anywhere Support along with PS5, Nintendo Switch, and Switch 2 releases are planned for the year too.
The Detective Dotson game launch also coincides with the Detective
You can watch the movie on Masala Games’ Official YouTube channel (in Hindi and English): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zplMliWFpc
Important Links
● Twitter: https://twitter.com/MasalaGames
● Discord: https://discord.com/invite/GDc5EyXjdE
● Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/masalagames/
● Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/detectivedotson
● YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/masalagames
About Masala Games
Founded in Ahmedabad by BAFTA-winning and Oscar-winning game developer Shalin Shodhan, a veteran of Electronic Arts (Spore) and Pixar (Toy Story 3, Brave), Masala Games is an independent team of world-class game developers dedicated to crafting memorable experiences for gamers across the globe.
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