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[[Main Page]] > '''List of Investigations'''
== Non-game ARGs ==


Note: often an [[ARG]] is named by the community. Alternative names that exist appear on the specific investigation's main page.
These ARGs are tied to existing intellectual property, but are not related to any video game.


== ARGs ==
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These fully-fledged ARGs are confirmed to be the "real deal"; they can include puzzles, characters, and plotlines which the community can interact with.
== Unofficial ARGs ==


{| class="wikitable sortable"
These ARGs are not tied to any existing intellectual property. They can be considered "fan-made" ARGs.
! Name !! Type !! Status !! Creator !! Started !! Discovered !! Concluded
|-
| [[Corvus]] || Official || Active || Unknown || 2017-01-01 || 2017-01-01 ||
|-
| [[Dawn Bloom]] || Official || Active || Alice & Smith, the Lovent Group || 2016-12-24 || Unknown ||
|-
| [[Lost Memories Investigation|Lost Memories]] || Independent || Active || Unknown || 2016-10-23 || 2016-10-25 ||
|-
| [[Human Souls]] || Official || Active || Unknown || 2016-03-05 || 2016-03-05 ||
|-
| [[Society X]] || Independent || Closed || Unknown || 2016-10-16 || 2016-10-16 ||2017-01-02
|-
| [[LEVELS]] || Independent || Abandoned || Unknown || 2016-10-05 || 2016-10-05 ||
|-
| [[Sombra ARG|Sombra]] || Official || Closed || Blizzard || 2016-07-12 || 2016-07-12 || 2016-11-04
|-
| [[In Reality]] || Community || Closed || [[whizzer0]], [[Team Look In The Bushes]] || 2016-06-12 || 2016-06-27 || 2016-08-30
|-
| [[Project 11]] || Community || Closed || [[Project 11 (puppetmaster)|Project 11#6740]] || 2016-06-02 || 2016-06-02 || 2016-06-19
|-
| [[Black Mesa]] || Independent || Closed || [[SometimesIDreamOfCheese]] || 2016-03-28 || 2016-04-11 || 2016-05-23
|-
| [[Mystery of the Emblem]] || Community || Closed || [[User:whizzer0|whizzer0]] || 2016-03-26 || 2016-03-26 || 2016-04-07
|-
| [[EFS|Electronic Freedom Society]] || Independent || Closed || [[gayfarang]] || 2016-03-19 || 2016-03-20 || 2016-04-22
|-
| [[Kill Your Internet]] || Official || Closed || [[Camouflaj]] || 2016-03-17 || 2016-03-18 || 2016-04-02
|-
| [[76543]] || Community || Closed || Unknown || 2016-03-16 || 2016-03-16 ||
|-
| [[FRTS | FRTS The Message]] || Community || Closed || [[TheCreativeGod]] || 2016-02-26 || 2016-03-07 || 2016-07-30
|-
| [[Teragon]] || Independent || Closed || [[gayfarang]] || 2016-01-31 || 2016-01-31 || 2016-02-07
|-
| [[Eye Sigil ARG|Eye Sigil]] || Official || Closed || [[Twinbeard]] || 2014-10-03 || 2016-01-25 || 2016-11-15
|-
| [[Oxenfree]] || Official || Closed || [http://nightschoolstudio.com/oxenfree/ Night School Studio] || 2016-01-15 || 2016-01-19 || 2016-06-11
|-
| [[Steam Winter 2015]] || Official || Closed || [[Valve]] || 2015-12-25 || 2015-12-22 || 2016-01-04
|-
| [[Afterbirth ARG|Afterbirth]] || Official || Closed || Edmund McMullen || 2015-10-30 || 2015-10-30 || 2015-11-14
|-
| [[Crows Crows Crows ARG|Crows Crows Crows]] || Official || Closed || Crows Crows Crows || 2015-10-19 || 2015-10-19 || 2015-12-04
|-
| [[Frog Fractions 2|Frog Fractions 2]] || Official || Closed || [[Twinbeard]] || 2014-03-10 || 2014-03-10 || 2016-12-26
|}


== Investigations ==
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These are trails which have been or are being investigated by the community, but have yet to conclude in anything or have concluded merely in the discovery of an Easter egg rather than a full-blown ARG.
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! Name !! Type !! Status !! Creator !! Started !! Discovered !! Concluded
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|-
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| [[Battlefield 1]] || Official || Gone cold || EA Dice || 2016-10-21 || 2016-10-21
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|-
| [[April Fools]] || Community || Closed || [[Meta:Staff|GameDetectives moderators]] || 2016-04-01 || 2016-04-01 || 2016-04-01
|-
| [[Steam Summer 2016]]|| Investigation || Closed || [[Valve]] || Unknown || 2016-06-23 ||
|-
| [[HOXOR]]|| Investigation || Gone cold || [[Night Work Games]] || Unknown || 2016-04-23 ||
|-
| [[Rocket League]]|| Investigation || Gone cold || Unknown || Unknown || 2016-03 ||
|-
| [[SUPERHOT]]|| Investigation || Gone cold || [[Superhot Team]] || 2016-02-26 || 2016-02-26 ||
|-
| [[Watch Dogs 2]]|| Investigation || Closed || [[Ubisoft]] || Unknown || TBA
|}
 
== Notes ==
 
=== Type ===
* '''Official''' - Affiliated with source material, game studio or related organisation.
* '''Independent''' - Not affiliated with any source material or a specific organisation. Often an entirely original story.
* '''Community''' - As 'Independent', but created by one or more GD community members/for the community. Often, trailheads and clues appear primarily on community resources.
* '''Investigation''' - No ARG or puzzle has been confirmed. In the majority of cases, clues have been discovered. This may be used temporarily before such a time that confirmation has been made, or may be a permanent status. Sometimes investigations will reveal a simple marketing gimmick or similar.
 
=== Status ===
* '''Active''' - Known to be ongoing. Clues are still appearing, or attempts to resolve existing ones are still underway.
* '''Closed''' - The investigation has completed to its logical conclusion (it has been solved), the puppetmaster is confirmed to have permanently ceased progress or a fixed time limit has been exceeded (as with an ARG running alongside a sale, etc.).
* '''Gone cold''' - An investigation which did not amount to anything substantial.
 
=== Other Resources ===
 
* [[ARG Toolbox]] contains tools that help with the typical puzzles contained in ARGs.

Latest revision as of 19:51, 29 November 2025

Main Page > List of Investigations

Discovered on 2025-11-06
Created by BEESWAX GAMES
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Discovered on 2025-09-22
Created by Frictional Games
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Discovered on 2025-09-09
Created by Red Candle Games
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Discovered on 2023-05-24
Created by Bungie
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Discovered on 2022-03-16
Created by Hakita
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Discovered on 2022-01-19
Created by Jagex
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Discovered on 2020-10-07
Created by Alice & Smith
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Discovered on 2020-01-23
Created by Frictional Games
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Discovered on 2019-12-12
Created by Alice & Smith
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Discovered on 2019-10-05
Created by Alice & Smith
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Discovered on 2019-04-05
Created by Pirate Software
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Discovered on 2019-02-12
Created by Respawn Entertainment
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Discovered on 2019-01-19
Created by Alice & Smith
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Discovered on 2018-10-23
Created by Digital Extremes
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Discovered on 2018-06-30
Created by Epic Games
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Discovered on 2018-06-10
Created by CD PROJEKT RED
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Discovered on 2018-05-08
Created by Bungie
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Discovered on 2018-02-20
Created by Concrete Games
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Discovered on 2017-12-19
Created by Alice & Smith
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Discovered on 2017-12-07
Created by Crows Crows Crows
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Discovered on 2017-11-20
Created by Ubisoft
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Discovered on 2017-08-30
Created by Blizzard Entertainment
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Discovered on 2017-06-20
Created by Level-5
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Discovered on 2017-06-16
Created by Alice & Smith
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Discovered on 2017-06-16
Created by Blizzard Entertainment
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Discovered on 2017-05-28
Created by Alice & Smith
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Discovered on 2017-04-27
Created by Sledgehammer Games
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Discovered on 2017-04-21
Created by Tripwire Interactive
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Discovered on 2017-02-14
Created by DICE
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Discovered on 2016-12-24
Created by Alice & Smith
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Discovered on 2016-12-22
Created by Oddworld Inhabitants, Inc
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Discovered on 2016-09-01
Created by Blizzard Entertainment
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Discovered on 2016-06-29
Created by Playdead
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Discovered on 2016-06-12
Created by Blizzard Entertainment
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Discovered on 2016-03-18
Created by Camouflaj
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Discovered on 2016-01-23
Created by Twinbeard
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Discovered on 2016-01-15
Created by Night School Studio
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Discovered on 2015-10-30
Created by Edmund McMullen
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Discovered on 2015-10-19
Created by Crows Crows Crows
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Discovered on 2014-03-10
Created by Twinbeard
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Non-game ARGs

These ARGs are tied to existing intellectual property, but are not related to any video game.

pagename creator discovered
HELIOS Alice & Smith 2021-12-05
Local 58 ARG Kris Straub 2021-09-13
The Verne Club The Cabrera Brothers Company 2021-07-13
Game Theory ARG Game Theory 2018-10-08
How To Basic ARG How To Basic 2018-03-24
Ready Player One Warner Bros. 2017-12-10
Necromancy For Beginners Chrono.gg 2017-11-24
The Wilson Wolfe Affair Simulacra Games 2017-10-19
Mr. Robot ARG NBC Universal 2017-09-28
Adult Swim ARG Adult Swim 2017-08-27
Chrono.gg ARG Chrono.gg 2017-03-05
Steam Winter 2015 Valve 2015-12-22

Unofficial ARGs

These ARGs are not tied to any existing intellectual property. They can be considered "fan-made" ARGs.

ARG Created By Start Date
Emet's Crossing Unknown 2020-09-25
THE VAULT Stash 2018-10-31
Corporate Warfare NeuroSlicers 2018-04-27
Entropy Curtis Holt 2018-02-11
Static Hourglass synthpirategreg 2017-11-03
Exagen Prime 2017-08-16
Filmos Filmos 2017-06-29
Banojxot Xuh Unknown 2017-05-13
LEVELS Unknown 2017-04-19
Society X Prime 2016-10-26
Lost Memories Unknown 2016-10-25
Watching You Unknown 2016-07-02
In Reality whizzer0 2016-06-27
Project 11 Project 11 2016-06-02
Black Mesa SometimesIDreamOfCheese 2016-04-11
Mystery of the Emblem whizzer0 2016-03-26
EFS gayfarang 2016-03-20
76543 Unknown 2016-03-16
FRTS TheCreativeGod 2016-03-07
Human Souls Pangent Technologies 2016-02-16
Teragon gayfarang 2016-01-31
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