This browser-based version enhances the original gameplay by automating clue assignments, allowing for character customization, synchronizing the game timer and soundtrack, and providing a streamlined, immersive experience.

Emily St. James for Vox Media compared the game to Twin Peaks, praised its suitability for remote play, and called it "sublime.

The initial forty-five minutes are dedicated to setup; establishing characters, relationships, and important locations in the story.

Following the setup, the actual game lasts for ninety minutes and is communication is held entirely through text messages on players’ cellphones.

The bulk of the gameplay consists of interacting with the other players as the assigned characters, both in a main group chat and in separate private conversations, with the objective being to figure out what happened to Alice.