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Murder by Numbers uncover a dark conspiracy by interrogating a wild range of weird and wonderful characters, designed by the incomparable Hato Moa, creator of Hatoful Boyfriend.
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About Murder by Numbers
About this game
Solve Pixel Puzzles to find clues.
Use those clues to interrogate witnesses.
Work your way to the truth...
...and uncover the mystery of Murder by Numbers!
Los Angeles, 1996. Honor Mizrahi was just an actress on a hit TV detective show. But when her boss ends up dead just minutes after he fires her, she finds herself starring in her own murder mystery. Teaming up with SCOUT, a reconnaissance robot thrown away after a mysterious incident, she sets out to clear her name - and a new detective duo is born!
Investigate a range of murders across TV studios, glitzy award shows, drag clubs, and more - all set to an energetic soundtrack from famed composer Masakazu Sugimori (Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, Ghost Trick and Viewtiful Joe).
Uncover a dark conspiracy by interrogating a wild range of weird and wonderful characters, designed by the incomparable Hato Moa, creator of Hatoful Boyfriend.
90s fashions! Upbeat jams! Sass dialled up to 100! Questionable jokes! Drag queens! All that and more awaits... in Murder by Numbers!
Game Details
- Platform:
- steam
- Release Date:
- March 06, 2020
- Developer:
- Mediatonic
- Publisher:
- The Irregular Corporation
- Rating:
- Supported Languages:
- English
- Link:
- Themes:
- Investigation
Detective
Female Protagonist
LGBTQ+
Colorful
Crime
Logic
Comic Book
Mystery
1990s
Anime
Conspiracy
- Play Styles:
- Singleplayer
Conversation
2D
- Features:
- Steam Achievements
Steam Trading Cards
Steam Cloud
Singleplayer
Product Requirements
Minimum:
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 7 or higher (64 bit)
- Processor: Intel Core i3 or higher
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: GeForce GTX 660 (2048 MB) or Radeon R9 285 (2048 MB) - Integrated GPUs may work but are not supported.
- DirectX: Version 9.0c
- Storage: 2 GB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX compatible
Recommended:
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
Critic Reviews
79
Based on 19 Critics
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Relax & enjoy! 77.27% of players consider this game to be Just Right
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Completionist! 40% of players have Conquered It
Murder by Numbers User Reviews
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21 - 26 of 22 Reviews
K
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The nonograms are okay, but the visual novel part is flat, boring, and tedious with uninteresting one-dimensional characters that drags on and on. This, along with the lack of QoL features a picross game should have like locking the cursor to row / column when dragging, makes the game an annoying and sluggish experience overall. Wait for a big discount if you plan on getting it.
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Positronic Brain
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Do you like Picross and/or Visual Novels? If you said yes to either, I got a game for you. If you said yes to both, boy, do I have a game for you!
(The puzzles are good! The story is decent, even if it misteps a bit on representation.)
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Frances H
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This game is a series of nonogram / picross puzzles put together with a detective game. The detective portions are more of a VN than a mystery game, but the story is enjoyable enough. The nonograms could be harder.
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Nitro
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Picross meets a murder mystery game? Sign me up! The puzzles are well-made, with a difficulty curve that keeps you engaged as the game progresses and plenty of bonus content that's unlocked automatically as the player solves puzzles. These can be missed if the player needs help with any of the main story puzzles, but they aren't counted towards 100%. Still, some relevant (if technically beyond what the story needs) story beats are locked behind these, which I feel might not be ideal. That said, the characters are all well-written, the main cast is charming, and even the perpetrators of the case and the overarching "villains" are fantastically done. Overall - a great game, and one I would recommend to anybody who enjoys this sort of puzzle!
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Fanatical User
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The second half of the game was more challenging, but it was a lot of fun.
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Keka
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For picross/puzzle lovers it's an amazing game. I've never played anything similar before, but I must say that bow it's one of my favourites. I bought this game because of the detective theme, never espected to find this gem. Story is really great, sometimes you see it coming, sometimes you don't, but it keeps you entertained.
For me, the strong point is the Picross. Gameplay is great, easy to follow, and the puzzles are very interesting, I was always eager to play more and more.
Art is really nice too, as expected of a Visual Novel.
After finishing it, I tried searching for similar games, but to be honest, no other Picross game has the quality of this one,
Completely recommended for you, puzzle lovers.
Hope they make another one in the future.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Somewhere in the middle. 77% of GameFAQs users said the difficulty is Just Right. 23% of GameFAQs users said Murder by Numbers is Tough or Unforgiving.
According to ACB, Murder by Numbers is suitable for players aged 15 and above.
Yes, Murder by Numbers is Steam Deck Verified. Valve’s testing indicates that Murder by Numbers is Verified on Steam Deck. This game is fully functional on Steam Deck, and works great with the built-in controls and display.
- All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
- This game shows Steam Deck controller icons
- In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
- This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
Minimum:
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 7 or higher (64 bit)
- Processor: Intel Core i3 or higher
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: GeForce GTX 660 (2048 MB) or Radeon R9 285 (2048 MB) - Integrated GPUs may work but are not supported.
- DirectX: Version 9.0c
- Storage: 2 GB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX compatible
Recommended:
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
The average playtime for GameFAQs users is 29 hours. 100% of users played Murder by Numbers for over 12 hours.
79% of critics on Metacritic recommend Murder by Numbers. The Metascore is 79 out of 100.
80% of Fanatical users recommend Murder by Numbers. The average review score is 4.2/5
Yes, 80% of Fanatical users and 79% of critics on Metacritic recommend Murder by Numbers.
Murder by Numbers was released on March 06, 2020
Murder by Numbers is published by The Irregular Corporation
Murder by Numbers was developed by Mediatonic
Fanatical users tagged Murder by Numbers as Visual Novel, Puzzle, Interactive Fiction, and Story Rich
Fanatical users tagged Murder by Numbers as Investigation, Detective, Female Protagonist, and LGBTQ+
Yes. Fanatical users tagged Murder by Numbers as having Singleplayer
Yes, Fanatical users tagged Murder by Numbers as Visual Novel
Yes, Fanatical users tagged Murder by Numbers as Puzzle
Yes, Fanatical users tagged Murder by Numbers as Interactive Fiction
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