Examine the evidence
Handle ten documents and objects in each file. The glass records only what you actually find.
Free browser detective mystery
Every file agrees.
One thing cannot.
Three cases were closed quickly and filed away. Return to the evidence, expose the contradiction and decide what the record should say.
- No install
- No account
- Local save
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- Closed files
- 10
- Items in each file
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- Impossible fact
- Web
- Play free
I · The method
Read before you accuse
The answer is already in the drawer.
Cabinet 13 is a quiet deduction game about records that agree too neatly. Nothing is hidden behind a skill check. The work is to notice what the file says, what it omits and what cannot coexist.
Lift photographs, maps, statements and official records from the desk. Move the glass across each item, enter observations in the case file and draw threads between evidence that belongs together.
Draw what holds
Connect two pieces on the board. A sound link stays taut; a weak theory falls slack.
Sign the account
Use the findings that survived to answer the case’s final question and reopen the record.
II · The desk
No quest marker. No suspect list.
A room, a lamp and the file someone wanted closed.
The archive gives you no detective avatar and no dialogue wheel. It gives you the material record and enough silence to think.
- EvidencePhotographs, statements, maps and official records
- ToolsGlass, case file and evidence board
- PressureNo timer and no random solution
III · The files
Each was closed. None should have been.
Three accounts left unfinished.
Each case stands alone, keeps its own progress and asks a different kind of question about identity, evidence and institutional certainty.
Drawer A · 1953
The Marchand Fire
A man burned in room 41. The insurer paid, the police closed the file and every surviving record agrees.
Drawer B · 1951
The Sint-Anna Reach
A clerk came out of the Old Cut after thirty-one restitution files disappeared from his strongroom.
Drawer C · 1952
The Eleventh Ward
A quarterly rent return came in forty-one thousand francs short. One man has carried the finding ever since.
IV · The board
A thread is drawn from one pin to another
A theory earns its place by holding.
Join two pieces of evidence and the board answers. Confirmations, anomalies, gaps and contradictions build the reasoning you will need when the closing statement is put in front of you.
Test the evidenceV · Before opening
What the label permits
Questions outside the drawer.
The answers inside are yours to establish.
Open Cabinet 13What kind of game is Cabinet 13?
Cabinet 13 is a single-player detective mystery and deduction game. You inspect documents and photographs, record observations, connect evidence on a board and decide how each closed case should be reopened.
Can I play Cabinet 13 in a browser?
Yes. It launches directly in a modern desktop browser with no installer, launcher or account required. A keyboard and mouse are recommended.
How many cases are included?
Three complete case files: The Marchand Fire, The Sint-Anna Reach and The Eleventh Ward.
Does Cabinet 13 save progress?
Yes. Opened evidence, observations, findings and completed files are stored locally in your browser.
Records division · Cabinet 13
The drawer is open.
The record is not settled.
Choose a file and begin. Nothing needs to be installed and no account stands between you and the evidence.
Enter the archive