Unheard is an acoustic detective game in which crimes are solved purely by listening to past conversations on a rewindable top-down map. Moving between rooms and replaying scenes lets every voice be matched to a named suspect.
Voice matching is the core mechanic, with sixteen sound sources that must each receive the correct name before a case closes. Multiple-choice questions then interrogate the sequence of events, such as who held stolen chips and in what order.
The Lethal Script DLC is considerably larger than expected, running well past twenty minutes. Its premise, in which actors auditioning at a hotel rehearse a script that mirrors a real drug deal gone wrong, creates a genuine puzzle of duplicate people and voices.
The overlap between actors and criminals is the central confusion, with the same voices appearing in both the rehearsal and the real events. Mapping actors to their roles while the game tracks progress through its question system keeps the mind fully occupied.
The game allows brute force on the final answer, which becomes useful when the intended deduction path stays obscure. The closing reveal lands as a highlight once the final answers fall into place.
Voice acting carries the entire experience, with the game demanding close listening throughout. One DLC in the bundle was not available in English, though the version played had full English support.
Overall, puzzle design is the defining strength, turning pure audio into a deductive challenge unlike anything else. The unique acoustic-detective premise makes this a very cool game.