Psycho-Sleuth cognitive disorders

Murders in Psycho-Sleuth are filtered through contagious cognitive disorders. The store gives clear examples: OCD forces absolute truth so no one can lie; spatial neglect erases evidence from the left side of reality; prosopagnosia blurs every face. Alien Limb Syndrome is floated as another possible explanation for a severed-limb scene.

Written and reviewed by Psycho Sleuth Editorial Team · Updated 5 November 2026

Psycho-Sleuth screenshot: story CG of a silver-haired Afflicted One reaching toward the viewer. — Official Steam screenshot: story CG of a silver-haired Afflicted One reaching toward the viewer.

Disorder example	Store-page effect
OCD	Absolute truth — no one can lie
Spatial neglect	Evidence on the left side of reality is erased
Prosopagnosia	Every face becomes anonymous
Alien Limb Syndrome	Named as a possible reading of a severed-limb corpse
Contagion	Warped perceptions can spread to others at the scene

Psycho-Sleuth screenshot: key art of two Afflicted Ones with a bloodied knife in the foreground. — Official Steam screenshot: key art of two Afflicted Ones with a bloodied knife in the foreground.

The cult Li frames the trial as a path to godhood for anyone who kills without being exposed. Punishments for revealed culprits are said to be shaped by each person's own disorder. This page only repeats those published examples; it does not invent a full disorder roster.