Free hidden object adventure game app until July 6th, courtesy of distributor G5 Games:
Dark Arcana: The Carnival by Polish game designer Artifex Mundi is a detective-thwarting-evil-kidnapper point-and-click game with strong horror and minor f/m romance elements in it, set at a carnival that becomes a creepy twisted clown-themed version of itself Because Reasons.
I've personally played this in the past (having acquired it from a previous gaming bundle) and can give it a firm recommendation for having a strong storyline and decent puzzle-solving stuff in it, and gorgeously designed twisted carnival re-envisioning artwork, though it may perhaps not be appropriate for the coulrophobes in the audience.
For the international Gentle Players in the audience, it's available with subtitles and interface in multiple languages including Japanese, Russian, and Korean.
Free for the next week to celebrate the US's upcoming Independence Day holiday @
Amazon, iTunes
regular for iPhone &
HD for iPad,
Google Play, and the
Mac App Store (available worldwide; G5 only has distribution rights for those platforms, the game is otherwise available on Steam and Blackberry and directly via the publisher for Windows, but not free).
NB: some platforms may not have price-dropped yet, and please make sure you are getting the version listed as "Full", rather than the regular freebie demo version which unlocks with in-store purchase.
Here's some linkage to the
G5 Facebook announcement, and the
game designer's webpage where you can see screenshots and the trailer and the storyline, etc.