Software:Frog Detective 3: Corruption at Cowboy County

Short description: 2022 comedy video game

Frog Detective 3: Corruption at Cowboy County
Developer(s)	Grace Bruxner Thomas Bowker
Designer(s)	Grace Bruxner
Composer(s)	Dan Golding
Series	Frog Detective
Engine	Unity
Platform(s)	Windows, macOS
Release	October 26, 2022
Genre(s)	Adventure, Comedy
Mode(s)	Single-player

Frog Detective 3: Corruption at Cowboy County is a 2022 comedy adventure video game by independent Australian developers Grace Bruxner and Thomas Bowker. Gameplay revolves around the player's role as Frog Detective, a detective frog who is trying to solve a mystery.

The game was met with a positive reception. Eli Barrieau stated in an interview that it was "Truly a wonderful way to top off the trilogy, with a unique twist of events."

Third in the Frog Detective series, it is the sequel to The Haunted Island, a Frog Detective Game from 2018, and Frog Detective 2: The Case of the Invisible Wizard from 2019. The trilogy was re-released together as The Entire Mystery in 2023.

Plot

After the events of the last game, Frog detective arrives at Cowboy County where he calls the supervisor learning that the hats for the towns citizens have been stolen and since this is a very serious case, Frog must work with Lobster cop and the quiet sheriff Mason Mole. Frog learns that Lobster has a possible place of interest in the town graveyard but must find several things first. While searching the town, he meets the townsfolk including Susy Rabbit, a girl who left something in a bank, Pistol, an artist searching for his next muse, and a trio of kind outlaws led by a sloth named Sherman who falls for Frog and as does he. Eventually Frog is able to find everything needed and finds the hats were buried behind the crypt. Before he can give the hats back, Mason and Lobster show evidence of Frog burying the hats making it look like he stole them and makes it seem he did it because no hat can fit his odd shaped head. Everyone believes he did it, and he is sentenced to one year in the bad room (a jail cell that Mason had invented).

Frog is allowed to have a computer and uses it to write to his blog that he has been framed and hopes to prove his innocence. One of his blog readers Mystery Monkey (the leader of the ghost hunters from the first game) learns this and decides to prove his innocence. He talks to superior about Frog's jailing when the superior mentions Mason Mole. Monkey recalls a mole appearing on the island during the first game and the superior reveals that a mole was spotted in the town from the second game. Monkey investigates frog's office and uses powder finding several footprints leading to Lobsters desk and finds several letters and photos revealing that Lobster and Mason were friends and the two had planned to set up Frog for a crime and that Lobster hadn't solved any cases recently. Monkey and Superior arrive in Cowboy County and prove Frog's innocence. Lobster explains that he felt threatened by Frog's amazing detective skills that his own career began to falter so he pretended to solve cases hoping the superior wouldn't notice and he and Mason apologizes for everything. They accept their apologies and the superior fires them both but suggests the two become post men. Superior then hires Monkey as the number 1 detective making Frog his sidekick much to his excitement and then they and the town have a party.

Two weeks later, on Frog's birthday. Monkey says that a new case is in the other room of their office and Frog finds every character he has meet during the games have thrown him a surprise birthday. Lobster (who is now going as Lobster Postie) gives him a package revealing a small hat specially designed to fit his head. He puts it on and finds it cool thanking them for everything. During the credits things that all the characters have done are shown in photos including a photo of Frog and Sherman on a date.

Reception

Reception
Aggregate score Aggregator Score Metacritic 82/100