Legends of Justice

1897

A detective drama in the shadows of Victorian London. Follow the evidence, weigh your choices and live with the consequences.

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A detective drama with a dark undercurrent

London, 1897. Every testimony conceals another version of the truth.

Legends of Justice unfolds in London in 1897, a city where gaslight never reaches the bottom of every alley. You are an investigator in an age when truth is a commodity and justice has a price.

Each case is built from evidence, testimony and silence. You gather what can be found, test each account against the next and decide which conclusion becomes official.

Choices endure. A name you protect in one chapter may return much later, and the city remembers how you chose to proceed.

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An investigator's lamplit study with pinned photographs, letters and a magnifying glass on the desk

“The city remembers what the law chooses to forget.”

Four ways into the city

Investigation is not a checklist. It is a sequence of judgments that cannot be undone.

A foggy London alley with an open iron gate and two gas lamps against wet brick

Hand-built districts to explore freely, from the docks to silent drawing rooms.
Evidence is found through observation, not markers on a map.
Your notebook records what you have seen and lets you connect the threads.
Side trails lead to people whose stories might otherwise remain unheard.

Case file 1897–06

Gallery archive

Fogbound docks at night with moored sailing ships and lamplight reflected on the water — Fig. 01The docks at dawn

A dim police station with timber panelling, ledgers and an officer in silhouette — Fig. 02The night watch

A dark drawing room with velvet chairs, a fireplace and a portrait above the mantel — Fig. 03The drawing room after questioning

A horse-drawn carriage on wet cobbles in the fog, with gas lamps lining the street — Fig. 04The road through the fog

A brick cellar vault lit by one lantern, with crates and chains along the walls — Fig. 05The vault beneath the city

Victorian rooftops in dawn fog, with chimneys and a distant cathedral dome — Fig. 06The rooftops before sunrise

Notes from inside the production

Unvarnished notes from the making of Legends of Justice.

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Small team. Singular focus.

Cause & Effect Studios AB is an independent Swedish game studio. We work at a small scale and close to the material, creating narrative games where choices continue to matter.

We would rather make a few things well. Legends of Justice is our first title, developed deliberately and documented through an open production journal.

Fig. 07 — Developer

Marcus Nordenstam

Marcus builds the systems and architecture of Legends of Justice. He turns the design and narrative into playable mechanics, keeps the code clean and makes sure the game runs as intended.

Fig. 08 — Designer

Fredrik Jonsson

Fredrik shapes the visual design and game direction of Legends of Justice. He establishes the look, structures the player experience and makes certain every scene supports the story.

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