ColdTrace: Cold Case Mystery

Name: ColdTrace: Cold Case Mystery
Author: Quiet Games.

1.3.6

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Detective game: search a phone, follow the clues, solve the crime mystery.

ColdTrace: Cold Case Mystery, a Phone-Based Detective Game

By Trang Nguyen

Editor, media and streaming

A simulated phone with messages, photos, notes and voicemails
Deleted files and timestamps to rebuild a timeline
Several story threads, with one answer to reach
Free investigations, with some chapters behind a Premium unlock
Your own reading pace shapes what you conclude

What ColdTrace is and who it suits

ColdTrace is a detective game built around the phone of a person whose death is being looked at again. You work through the device the way an investigator would, opening what is on it and deciding what it means.

The listing points at fans of interactive fiction, true crime podcasts and crime documentaries who want to go further than listening or watching. All characters and events are described as invented.

Searching a simulated phone for clues

The game presents a full phone interface that you move through. It holds message threads, photos, notes and voicemails, and you read each one for what it reveals.

Some material is deleted, and recovering it is part of the work. Timestamps on messages and files are used to put events in order, so the timeline is something you assemble yourself.

Following several threads toward one answer

The story runs on several threads at once. The listing says every clue matters, so a detail you skim past early can change how a later one reads.

You decide how far to dig and when. What you choose to read, and in what order, determines the conclusion you reach about whether the death was an accident.

Free cases and paid chapters

Some investigations are free to play. Other chapters need a Premium unlock.

The complete experience is available through an in-app purchase. Access to the paid chapters depends on that purchase.

What's new

Nov 4, 2026

Update Feature & Fix Bugs

About this APK

The build we hold is ColdTrace: Cold Case Mystery 1.2.5 (APKS split bundle) for Android 7.0 and up.

Version: 1.2.5; 44
Requires Android: 7.0+
Size: 103 MB
Target Android: 16

Package ID: com.saclicstudio.coldcase
Format: APKS split bundle
Malware scan: Google Play Protect
Permissions: 16 declared
Signed by: CN=Android, O=Google Inc.
Certificate SHA-256: eaa92ce77afca1493c2b4da5715b8ef68167aa21fcf070242649ef01f7c1518c