A mysterious death, a high profile suspect, and a disgraced detective drawn back into the investigative fold.

Dry Drowning is the tale of Mordred Foley - a much maligned private detective - and his mission to lift the lid on a serial killer taking out targets in a dystopian future. Saddled by a dark past of his own, Foley’s world is one gripped by tyranny, where the hunger for power at the top results in society sinking to the absolute bottom.

Taking the form of a visual novel - complete with a script sharper than your average Netflix serial - players take on the role of Foley as he resumes his life as a detective, with a multi-branching story made up of 150 different threads placing heavy burden on every decision taken, and every line of dialogue uttered. Dry Drowning also features a unique ‘masks of deception’ system that highlights when a character is lying, with Foley’s investigations uncovering a world where trusting anyone quickly becomes folly.

Dry Drowning will launch on Nintendo Switch in Q1 2021. As well as the opportunity to experience this captivating visual novel on the go, the Nintendo Switch version will feature a completely overhauled English localisation language track and improvements to the user interface. 

“Dry Drowning is a perfect fit for Nintendo Switch, as murder mystery fans will be able to mull over difficult decisions and moral dilemmas wherever they may be,” explains Daniele Falcone, General Manager at Leonardo Interactive. “With over 150 narrative threads and three completely unique endings to unlock, players will find themselves glued to their screens longer than any show they’ve streamed in recent memory.”

Key Features:

• Choices that really matter: More than 150 story branches and three completely different endings.
• Moral choices that impact character relationships and the game environment across a potential 20 hours of gameplay.
• Elaborate clue system for investigations: Learn about the city of Nova Polemos and its citizens through dialogue, evidence, items, and character biographies.
• Horror style interrogations: Use evidence to reconstruct cases, break people’s masks of deception, and uncover the truth with Dry Drowning’s “Living Nightmare” system.
• Explore flashbacks and past cases to solve new ones.
• Dynamic soundtrack with more than 40 dramatic and emotional tracks.
• A balanced mix of Western and Eastern visual arts, casting light on a grim futuristic setting where cyberpunk and retro elements harmoniously coexist.

Currently available for PC (Steam), Dry Drowning will launch for Nintendo Switch in Q1 2021, with PS4 and Xbox One versions to follow at a later time.