A Hand With Many Fingers

In this first-person investigative thriller, you work alone in a CIA archive, searching classified records to investigate a real Cold War conspiracy.

Read documents for names, dates and locations, then use those details to find matching index cards and retrieve archive boxes. Each new file can point you toward another lead.

Arrange documents on a corkboard, connect them with twine and use a map to organize your research. As the investigation unfolds, sounds and events around the archive add an atmosphere of creeping paranoia.

Players who enjoy research-focused mysteries often praise the tactile archive search, the satisfaction of following document leads, and the eerie, increasingly paranoid atmosphere. Several also appreciate the real historical basis and the freedom to arrange evidence on a corkboard. Common reservations are that the experience is very short, the ending can feel abrupt, and some players find the process involves more retrieving files than making deductions.