This game was originally covered as part of our Nindie Round Up series that sought to give coverage to a wider breadth of Switch eShop games beyond our standard reviews. In an effort to make our impressions easier to find, we're presenting the original text below in our mini-review format.

An enjoyably crude and dark point-and-click venture, Demetrios lives up to its title by providing a sarcastic, nasty story with a hefty amount of detail in its dialogue. You play as Bjorn, an unlikeable protagonist who becomes the victim of a break-in, assault, and theft. It’s then up to you to navigate between his bachelor pad and various other locations to investigate via points and clicks.

It’s cool to see a game of this genre satirised in this way, with a carefree, self-parodying vibe running throughout. In fact, every character is pretty vile – including the one you're playing as – giving us no one to root for and successfully making us cynical about the whole experience.

Bjorn himself is a typical man-child, living a slobby life while running an antique shop; sure, he isn’t the first unappealing playable character in a video game, but his sheer ignorance is a joy to laugh at. Demetrios wants to appeal to a smutty and dark sense of humour, and it achieves that. The story is obviously the most appealing element, with the point-and-click gameplay being pretty standard fare. If you’ve played anything from the genre before then you won’t find anything new with Demetrios. However, this feels intentional, as the game pokes fun at the stereotypical characters and plot points, as well as the mechanics themselves.

The art style is also pretty nice, with the comic book panels working alongside the plain-looking characters and detailed settings. Each item in a room has a shockingly large amount of text associated with it, so you can read for hours if you want to get the full breakdown on everything.

While not a revolution in the point-and-click adventure genre, the crude humour and amusing story keep Demetrios feeling fresh and fun. While it won’t be to everyone’s tastes, if you’re a fan of cynical commentary and games that self-satirise, then you won’t go far wrong here.