With its unique blend of hidden object visuals in a charming cartoon style and cleverly constructed detective cases, the board game series MicroMacro: Crime City has become a major success. Winner of awards including Spiel des Jahres (Game of the Year), the popular series has now made its way to smartphones: the new mobile game MicroMacro: Downtown Detective is available for iOS and Android via the App Store and Google Play Store. It launches in English and German, with more languages to follow, such as Spanish and French. 

Just like the board games, MicroMacro: Downtown Detective combines hidden-object gameplay and detective work to create a distinctive gaming experience. Players investigate crime scenes, collect clues, and track suspects in order to solve countless crimes across a sprawling comic-style city. 

While MicroMacro: Downtown Detective is an adaptation of the iconic and award-winning boardgame-series MicroMacro: Crime City, it comes with a whole new set of cases and game mechanics, turning the cooperative boardgame into an approachable yet suspense-driven mobile solo adventure. 

The app was developed by the studio Softboiled Games, based in Düsseldorf-Bilk, Germany. The studio emerged from the creative collective Hard Boiled Games—the team behind the original MicroMacro board games.