Cases

Cases (sometimes also referred to as "Episodes") are the mission structures of Criminal Case.

Overview
In Criminal Case, every time a murder occurs, a murder case must be filed in the police force database.

A case, or an episode, always begins with a short cutscene. In this cutscene, the player finds out about a murder from the chief of police or a witness, and heads to the scene of the murder with their partner. Alternatively, the player and their partner head to a location, only to find out that a murder has happened there. Either way, the cops find clues in the murder location, leading to them searching other crime scenes, finding more clues, interviewing different suspects, and carefully analyzing evidence to finally incriminate the killer.

Criminal Case features 56 cases in Grimsborough with 59 additional cases in Pacific Bay (not counting Welcome to Pacific Bay) and 56 more in the World Edition (not counting The Murder of Amanda Love), totaling 171 cases. There are 60 cases planned for Mysteries of the Past, making it 231 cases overall.