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
Corvus	Official	Active	Unknown	2017-01-01	2017-01-01
Dawn Bloom	Official	Active	2016-12-24	2016-12-24	Unknown
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	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#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	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
Eye Sigil	Official	Closed	Twinbeard	2014-10-03	2016-01-25	2016-11-15
Oxenfree	Official	Closed	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	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
Frog Fractions 2	Official	Closed	Twinbeard	2014-03-10	2014-03-10	2016-12-26

Investigations

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.

Name	Type	Status	Creator	Started	Discovered	Concluded
Battlefield 1	Official	Gone cold	EA Dice	2016-10-21	2016-10-21
April Fools	Community	Closed	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.