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browser games indie developer

Frey United Software Games

Since 2002 we focus mainly on sport management games, but as you can see on the list below we also ventured into other genre of browser games.

Thank you for amazing year!

2026-01-01

With the new year celebrations, we want to thank all the users that took part in The Lone Detective game in 2025. The number of users that put their brains to the test have jumped (compared to 2024) by 246%, which is amazing! Together, we put to jail

Account page and nationality

2025-12-10

The account page was reworked to make the details clearer: - sign out button was moved up - player rank is now displayed in more visible way - Premium Token icon was added to make it clearer where the information about the amount of tokens availab

Casefile rating update

2025-12-09

We made some small changes to the casefile rating system - apart from choosing the rating between 1 and 5 (1 being the lowest and 5 the highest rating) now you might be asked to also provide us with some text feedback. While we appreciate the high

Notification glitch

2025-10-05

Due to recent interface update some of you may experience a notification glitch, meaning you will get notification of a GM reply to your previous solution if is was submitted in recent days, no matter if you read it already or not. Sorry about that.

AI and introduction of length limits

2025-06-27

Due to the recent plague of clearly AI-written solutions that were submitted not only way, way too long for a sane human being to write, but in most cases also completely wrong, we are introducing the maximum length for each part of the solution.

Two new features

2025-06-05

Two new features were added to the game: 1. Case aftermath Some of the solutions might have added case aftermath, describing what happened after the case has closed, explanation what happened if the detective has solved the case, but missed some

A different update

2025-03-23

The e-mail I have received few days ago forced me to make a different FUEL update than I was planning to make. One of the FUEL users wrote: "Abandon the project and shut it down, or invest the necessary effort and resources to improve and mov

A different update

2025-03-23

The e-mail I have received few days ago forced me to make a different FUEL update than I was planning to make. One of the FUEL users wrote: "Abandon the project and shut it down, or invest the necessary effort and resources to improve and mov

Season restart update

2025-02-10

As you can see we are in the middle of technical break caused by the move to a new server. While the move was done pretty quickly there is a difference in software on the server, so unfortunately some parts of the game code have to be adapted to this

New feature - ask a question

2025-02-04

A new feature was just added to the interface - ask Game Master a question. The title pretty much explains what the feature is - if you are lost in a case, you can ask Game Master a question regarding some detail of the case file. Of course not every

The Halloween Murder Mystery

2025-01-04

New case was just added to the game, The Halloween Murder Mystery - unconscious passengers aboard a yacht, a foggy night and the mystery to solved. Who killed the only victim? Was it a murder? Or is the ghost to blame? Take a dive into this case and work out what happened.

Thank you for a great year!

2024-12-31

The 2024 was, so far, the best in the history of The Lone Detective - year to year the number of users went up by 33%, user activity by almost 50% and the number of bad guys who were put in jail by you went up 160%! At the same time, the number of us