If you’re aiming to get the Platinum trophy in Detroit: Become Human, you’re in for a narrative-rich ride that tests both your patience and your planning. The game, now part of the PlayStation Plus Collection and previously available for free via PS Plus, remains one of Quantic Dream’s most celebrated experiences. And while the Platinum isn’t exactly difficult to obtain, it does demand your time, focus, and some strategic replays. Here’s everything you need to know — all spoiler-free.


Overview of the Trophy Hunt

  • Difficulty: 2/10
  • Estimated Time to Platinum: ~30 hours if optimized, more realistically 40–50 hours
  • Trophies: 49 total (including Platinum)
  • Missable Trophies: Yes
  • Multiple Playthroughs Required: Yes
  • Online Trophies: None
  • Difficulty-Specific Trophies: None

Step 1: Play Blind – Enjoy the Experience

Your first playthrough should be spoiler-free and guide-free. This isn’t just a suggestion — it’s the best way to appreciate the deeply branching narrative of Detroit. Choose based on your instincts. Let the consequences be real. You’ll experience your own version of the story, which is the heart of what this game offers.

Of course, this will add to your total playtime, but it’s worth it. You’ll also start to organically unlock a number of the game’s narrative-based trophies during this run.


Step 2: The “Good” Playthrough – Save Everyone

Your second run should focus on making morally “good” choices. Save lives, avoid violence, and keep all three main characters alive through to the end.

This is also a good opportunity to:

  • Start your magazine collection (these serve as the game’s collectibles).
  • Focus on dialogue options that reflect empathy, compassion, or strategic non-violence.

This route will secure a large number of trophies associated with peaceful or idealistic outcomes.


Step 3: The “Bad” Playthrough – Destroy and Divide

Now go full chaos. Make the opposite decisions:

  • Choose violent or destructive options.
  • Let characters die.
  • Push the story into its darkest possible corners.

One notable trophy here involves killing off the character Connor repeatedly at every opportunity. Each death impacts the flow of the narrative, and the trophy requires this specific pattern. Be sure to act on that throughout this playthrough.

Completing this run will knock out a set of trophies tied to tragic or negative outcomes.


Step 4: Chapter Select Cleanup

Once you’ve completed both a “good” and “bad” playthrough, it’s time to clean up.

Use the Chapter Select feature to:

  • Replay sections with alternate major decisions.
  • Choose different dialogue or actions when confronted with narrative branches.
  • Collect any missing magazines.
  • Unlock trophies for seeing both sides of major consequences.

Whenever the game gives you a major binary choice (e.g., help vs. ignore, attack vs. retreat), there’s often a trophy tied to each outcome. Don’t skip either.


Step 5: Unlocking Rewards

Throughout your gameplay, you’ll earn points based on the story paths you unlock. These points can be spent in the Extras menu to purchase:

  • Concept art
  • Model galleries
  • Music

There’s a trophy for purchasing all available extras. By the time you’ve completed your multiple playthroughs and various endings, you should have more than enough points to buy everything.


Miscellaneous Notes

  • Trophy tracking is intuitive, and the flowchart system helps you visualize where you’ve been and what you’ve missed.
  • Despite the branching complexity, the trophies are mostly tied to major moments — not obscure micro-decisions.
  • There are only two trophies specifically related to collectibles (magazines), making that aspect fairly light.
  • Most players will unlock a majority of trophies naturally just by engaging with the story’s branching paths.

Final Thoughts

The Detroit: Become Human Platinum isn’t difficult, but it does require you to commit to the experience. It’s a game about narrative choices, moral dilemmas, and how your decisions shape the future of its world.

Because of this, the trophy hunt becomes an extension of the game’s design — a reason to explore every nuance, every possibility. If you play it the way it’s meant to be played, that Platinum trophy won’t just be another virtual prize. It’ll be the proof of having explored one of gaming’s most intricate story trees from root to leaf.

So play your first run authentically. Then come back and explore. Every path. Every possibility. It’s all waiting in Detroit.

Enjoy the ride, and good luck with that Platinum.


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