Bone to Pick Brings Forensic Mystery Adventure to PC in Early 2027
Studio K Games has announced that its forensic mystery adventure, Bone to Pick (ボーン・トゥ・ピック ～骨から始まる事件簿～), will launch for PC in early 2027. A playable demo is scheduled to arrive on October 8, 2026, and save data from the demo will carry over to the full release. The title casts players as a new trainee at a forensic research institute, investigating unidentified remains and giving names back to the missing dead.
According to the developer, the game is built around 14 types of forensic minigames. Players wash bones, reassemble skeletons, and rejoin fragments, then move on to laser isotope analysis of teeth, diatom collection under a microscope, casting of tire and bite marks, matching weapons against bone wounds, separating mixed DNA, and building clay facial reconstructions. Findings gathered during these tasks determine the victim’s identity and narrow down the list of suspects. The science follows real methods, though the art style is illustrated rather than photorealistic, avoiding graphic depictions of bodies.
The story unfolds in a visual novel format driven by character portraits and conversation. Between investigating scenes, players interrogate suspects and challenge contradictions in their testimony. New evidence constantly changes how a case reads, with suspicious figures turning innocent or guilty. The full release contains seven cases, with playable locations expanding from the lab to the city and beyond. The cast includes a VTuber, a hockey team coach, a wedding planner, a nightclub owner, and a political family, while each case is said to run roughly 30 minutes.
Bone to Pick is priced at 905 yen (~$6 / ~¥43) with a 10% launch discount planned. It will support Japanese, English, Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Korean, French, German, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and Russian. Studio K Games notes the title is developed solo, with generative AI used for character, background, and item illustrations and music, all selected and edited by the developer. Streaming, video posting, and monetization are permitted, and the BGM may be used as-is. This looks like a welcome twist on the forensic genre for players who prefer their mysteries clever rather than grisly.
