List of Investigations

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Note: often an ARG is named by the community. Alternative names that exist appear on the specific investigation's main page.

ARGs

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

Name	Type	Status	Creator	Started	Discovered	Concluded
Lost Memories	Independent	Active	Unknown	2016-10-23	2016-10-25
Society X	Independent	Active	Unknown	2016-10-16	2016-10-16
Eye Sigil	Official	Active	Unknown	2014-10-03	2016-01-25
Frog Fractions 2	Official	Active	Twinbeard	2014-03-10
Human Souls	Official	Active	Unknown	2016-03-05
LEVELS	Independent	Hiatus	Unknown	2016-10-05	2016-10-05
Sombra	Official	Closed	Blizzard	2016-07-12	2016-07-12
Oxenfree	Official	Closed	Night School Studio	2016-01-15	2016-06-11
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#6740	2016-06	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	whizzer0	2016-03-26	2016-03-26	2016-04-07
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 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
Steam Winter 2015	Official	Closed	Valve	2015-12-25	2015-12-22	2016-01-04
Afterbirth	Official	Closed	Edmund McMullen	2015-10-30	2015-10-30	2015-11-14
Crows Crows Crows	Official	Closed	Crows Crows Crows	2015-10-19	2015-10-19	2015-12-04

Investigations

These are trails that have been investigated by the community, but have either concluded in nothing, or in the discovery of a mere Easter egg rather than an actual ARG.

Name	Type	Status	Creator	Started	Discovered	Concluded
April Fools	Community	Closed	GameDetectives moderators	2016-04-01	2016-04-01	2016-04-01
Battlefield 1	Official	Ongoing	EA Dice	2016-10-21	2016-10-21
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	cold	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.).