Detective Aloha: Spoiler-Free Game Guide

Detective Aloha is a phone-based murder mystery for iOS. Witnesses text in; you reply by picking dialogue choices. Wrong deductions drain your battery — so don't guess.

This is the spoiler-free guide: structure and gentle nudges only, no answers. Want the full beat-by-beat instead? Use the toggle above to jump to the full walkthrough.

Get Detective Aloha on the App Store →

How the game works

  • Phone-based mystery. Witnesses text in; you reply by picking dialogue choices.
  • Battery. Wrong deductions drain it. Don't guess.
  • Case File. Tap clues to inspect. Some have action buttons that pull records.

Chapter 1

The Call

Who's here: Chief Tanaka, Dylan Reeves.

Detective Jones

Who's here: Detective Jones. How to unlock: after you finish The Call.

The CEO

Who's here: Bexley Chutney III. How to unlock: after you finish Detective Jones.

Clues to look for (names only — no spoilers):

  • SnackChain
  • Yeetly
  • Two Startups, One House
  • House Cliques

The Heir

Who's here: Preston Fairfax-Llewellyn. How to unlock: after you finish The CEO.

Clues to look for (names only — no spoilers):

  • Kyle's Background
  • Dylan Pulling Away

The Wellness Architect

Who's here: Bodhi Wavelength. How to unlock: after you finish The Heir.

Clues to look for (names only — no spoilers):

  • Overheard Hiking Plans
  • Bodhi's Bruise

The Coder

Who's here: Hex Montague. How to unlock: after you finish The Wellness Architect.

Clues to look for (names only — no spoilers):

  • Self-Driving Car Pickup

The Event Architect

Who's here: Pippa Orlando-Vance. How to unlock: after you finish The Wellness Architect.

Clues to look for (names only — no spoilers):

  • Pippa's Spreadsheet
  • Kyle Never Confirmed at Rave

The Streamer

Who's here: Zephyr Klaxon. How to unlock: after you finish The Wellness Architect.

Clues to look for (names only — no spoilers):

  • The Burrito Quest
  • 40-Minute Stream Gap

Present Your Theory

Who's here: Chief Tanaka. How to unlock: after you finish all of: The CEO, The Heir, The Wellness Architect, The Coder, The Event Architect, The Streamer; and when you find the Green Family Address clue; and when you find the Driveyo Trip Log — Marin Destination clue.

Chapter 2

Jones — Thanks

Who's here: Detective Jones. How to unlock: after the surfaced ch2 moment.

Jones — Body in Marin

Who's here: Detective Jones, Felix Vex. How to unlock: after the surfaced c2s2 moment.

Clues to look for (names only — no spoilers):

  • Felix Vex Found Dead in Marin

Dylan Reeves — First Statement

Who's here: Dylan Reeves, Detective Jones. How to unlock: after you finish Jones — Body in Marin; and after the paywall passed moment.

Clues to look for (names only — no spoilers):

  • Dylan's Version of the Trip
  • Kyle Left the House Tuesday Night

Indigo — Call

Who's here: Indigo Rhys. How to unlock: after you finish Dylan Reeves — First Statement.

Clues to look for (names only — no spoilers):

  • Kyle Watched the House
  • Kyle Never Arrived at the Rave
  • Text from Felix's Phone, Tuesday 11:14pm
  • Indigo Knows Felix
  • Felix Wanted Out of Yeetly
  • Felix's Drug History

Pippa — Follow-up

Who's here: Pippa Orlando-Vance. How to unlock: when you find the Kyle Watched the House clue.

Clues to look for (names only — no spoilers):

  • Kyle Asked Pippa About Felix's Set

Mara Della — Yeetly

Who's here: Mara Della. How to unlock: after you finish Indigo — Call.

Clues to look for (names only — no spoilers):

  • Drink Handoff at the DJ Booth

Reeve Kwak — Yeetly

Who's here: Reeve Kwak. How to unlock: after you finish Mara Della — Yeetly; and after the investigate mystery can delivered moment.

Clues to look for (names only — no spoilers):

  • Felix's Last Sighting — 10:17pm Side Exit

Saffron Kim — Yeetly

Who's here: Saffron Kim. How to unlock: after you finish Reeve Kwak — Yeetly.

Clues to look for (names only — no spoilers):

  • Cargo Van Rental

Dylan Reeves — Second Statement

Who's here: Dylan Reeves, Detective Jones. How to unlock: after you finish Saffron Kim — Yeetly.

Clues to look for (names only — no spoilers):

  • Dylan's Tea

Aloha — What We Have

Who's here: Chief Tanaka, Detective Jones. How to unlock: after you finish Dylan Reeves — Second Statement.

Kyle Green

Who's here: Kyle Green. How to unlock: after you finish Aloha — What We Have.

Procedural records

Some clue cards have action buttons that pull additional records. Tap them in your Case File. Many take real-world time to come back — keep playing and check the badge.

Pull Marin property records

On clue: Kyle's Background (found in The Heir) Requires: Kyle Never Confirmed at Rave. Delivery: 5–7 minutes (real time).

Subpoena Driveyo records

On clue: Self-Driving Car Pickup (found in The Coder) Requires: Self-Driving Car Pickup, Green Family Address. Delivery: 6–8 minutes (real time).

Order Marin PD wellness check

On clue: Overheard Hiking Plans (found in The Wellness Architect) Requires: tanaka authorized wellness. Delivery: instant.

Investigate the can

On clue: Drink Handoff at the DJ Booth (found in Mara Della — Yeetly) Delivery: instant.

Search rental records

On clue: Cargo Van Rental (found in Saffron Kim — Yeetly) Delivery: 4–6 minutes (real time).

Request prelim from Marin

On clue: Felix Vex Found Dead in Marin (found in Jones — Body in Marin) Requires: indigo call complete. Delivery: when Pippa — Follow-up completes.

All clues

There are 31 clues across the case. Names only — descriptions left out so nothing is given away.

Chapter 1

  • SnackChain
  • Yeetly
  • Two Startups, One House
  • House Cliques
  • Kyle's Background
  • Dylan Pulling Away
  • Overheard Hiking Plans
  • Bodhi's Bruise
  • Self-Driving Car Pickup
  • Pippa's Spreadsheet
  • Kyle Never Confirmed at Rave
  • The Burrito Quest
  • 40-Minute Stream Gap
  • Green Family Address
  • Driveyo Trip Log — Marin Destination

Chapter 2

  • Felix Vex Found Dead in Marin
  • Dylan's Version of the Trip
  • Kyle Left the House Tuesday Night
  • Kyle Watched the House
  • Kyle Never Arrived at the Rave
  • Text from Felix's Phone, Tuesday 11:14pm
  • Indigo Knows Felix
  • Felix Wanted Out of Yeetly
  • Felix's Drug History
  • Kyle Asked Pippa About Felix's Set
  • Tox Report
  • Body — Positioning Discrepancy
  • Drink Handoff at the DJ Booth
  • Felix's Last Sighting — 10:17pm Side Exit
  • Cargo Van Rental
  • Dylan's Tea

People

Detective Aloha

SFPD Homicide, currently on vacation

SFPD homicide on extended vacation. Sharp, dry, perpetually beach-bound.

Chief Tanaka

SFPD Chief of Police

SFPD chief. Gruff, perpetually behind schedule. Barks orders disguised as requests.

Detective Jones

SFPD Homicide

SFPD homicide, on scene. Sharp, by-the-book, frustrated her usual playbook doesn't work on tech bros.

Dylan Reeves

Mayor's Son

24, mayor's son. Failson influencer who somehow gets along with everyone in his hacker mansion.

Bexley Chutney III

CEO & Founder, SnackChain

CEO of SnackChain. Speaks exclusively in pitch deck. Pre-revenue for four years and counting.

Zephyr Klaxon

Content Creator & Livestreamer

Streamer, 340K followers. Documents everything. Stream goes dark the night Dylan vanished.

Bodhi Wavelength

Wellness Architect

Wellness "architect." Shirtless always, 4am ice baths, never gives a direct answer.

Preston Fairfax-Llewellyn

Heir, Fairfax-Llewellyn Trust

Old money. Boarding-school friend of Dylan. Loafers, no socks, family attorney on speed-dial.

Hex Montague

Software Engineer

Software engineer. Hasn't left his room in days. May not have noticed Dylan was missing.

Pippa Orlando-Vance

Event Architect & Lifestyle Curator

Event "architect." Organized the gala Dylan skipped. Color-coded spreadsheet of everyone's whereabouts.

Felix Vex

Yeetly

Social glue of the Yeetly crew. Threw the warehouse raves, remembered everyone's coffee order.

Kyle Green

Yeetly

Yeetly engineer. Marin family.

Indigo Rhys

Yeetly

Felix's girlfriend, lives off-site. Runs the Yeetly ops side. Watches more than she talks.

Mara Della

Yeetly

Yeetly designer. Reads rooms fast, catches body-language stuff, short on small talk.

Saffron Kim

Yeetly

Yeetly growth lead. Loud, generous, knows everyone in SF tech. Folds anecdotes into theories.

Reeve Kwak

Yeetly

Yeetly backend engineer. Precise, methodical, keeps a timestamped journal.

Deputy Alvarez

Marin County Sheriff's Office

Marin Sheriff. 18 years in. Calm, methodical, no patience for SF drama.


Get Detective Aloha: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/detective-aloha/id6763670476