Murder by Numbers (2020)

Mediatonic

Google Stadia · Nintendo Switch · PC (Microsoft Windows)

3.45 from 124 ratings

766 members have it in their collection · 31 playing now · 364 backlogged · 52 wish listed

How long? Main story 28h · with extras 28h · 100% 30h (from 12 logged playthroughs)

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!
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Details

Developers
Mediatonic
Publishers
The Irregular Corporation
Genres
Indie, Puzzle, Visual Novel
Themes
Action, Drama, Mystery
Steam
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Release dates

  • Mar 05, 2020 (Worldwide) Nintendo Switch
  • Mar 06, 2020 (Worldwide) PC (Microsoft Windows)
  • Mar 23, 2021 (Worldwide) Google Stadia

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Rating distribution

5 stars
12
4 stars
47
3 stars
53
2 stars
9
1 star
3
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Community All Reviews Statuses

TheBeautifulEric

Status TheBeautifulEric Jan 15, 2024 Completed

Fun game, I hope it gets a sequel. It's a mix of picross (nonograms) and the investigation sections of Ace Attorney. I didn't like the writing and the pacing really slow.Also accusing everyone and being wrong almost every time didn't really carry the weight I felt that it should. I also found it weird that new evidence would appear …

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Fun game, I hope it gets a sequel. It's a mix of picross (nonograms) and the investigation sections of Ace Attorney. I didn't like the writing and the pacing really slow.Also accusing everyone and being wrong almost every time didn't really carry the weight I felt that it should. I also found it weird that new evidence would appear despite the area not changing at all since the last time I would check for evidence.I wasn't a big fan of the characters for the most part, but I had a strange sense of attachment when everything was over, the same kind of feeling of comfort when you see the credits roll in Ace Attorney and you see what the cast has been up to after the game ends. It was frustrating seeing how incompetent everyone was though. At a certain point, I felt picross fatigue where the puzzles went from being a highlight of my experience to an absolute slog. I hit a point where I wanted the game to be over and to just continue with the story, but I would be hit with non-stop puzzles. I'm also upset because I got a S rank in all cases except the 3rd one because there are missable puzzles. That being said, I did really appreciate the difficulty options and the hint system they added.

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Nelemania

Status Nelemania Jan 13, 2024

I thought: "How hard can Picross, be? They would not put something extremely difficult into a Visual Novel, right?"

The first case I was: "See it is as easy as you thought it would be."

The second case: "WHAT THE FUCK IS HAPPENING TO MY BRAIN?"

I can only do 5 and then there is a knot in my brain. …

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I thought: "How hard can Picross, be? They would not put something extremely difficult into a Visual Novel, right?"

The first case I was: "See it is as easy as you thought it would be."

The second case: "WHAT THE FUCK IS HAPPENING TO MY BRAIN?"

I can only do 5 and then there is a knot in my brain. This will definitely take a while, still having fun though - with Picross (my first time ever doing this kind of puzzle) and the VN which is charming and had me laugh out loud multiple times. The investigation part with the robot is a bit random.

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adverb

Status adverb Sep 5, 2021

I feel like we’re almost done with the fourth and final case but we haven’t seen KC and/or Becky pop up yet. I’m guessing they gotta make an appearance!

adverb

Status adverb Aug 31, 2021

My husband and I beat the third case onto the 4th one. I hope nothing bad happens to Scout, but I feel like it’s going in that direction. Please let this game have a happy ending!

adverb

Status adverb Aug 24, 2021

My husband and I have been playing the heck out of this game. We are up to Case 3. I’m a huge Picross fan so I was excited about this. My husband is not really a puzzle guy but he’s gotten really into this game. Scout is friggin’ adorable!

peter

Status peter Mar 6, 2020

I only got to play about 5 minutes last night because my son didn’t want me to play video games. About the only thing I can say so far is this game is beautiful. The art style is just awesome. It doesn’t seem like it’s too hand holdy in terms of teaching picross, which is good for me since I …

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I only got to play about 5 minutes last night because my son didn’t want me to play video games. About the only thing I can say so far is this game is beautiful. The art style is just awesome. It doesn’t seem like it’s too hand holdy in terms of teaching picross, which is good for me since I play a ton. It might be a little tricky for someone who’s never played any picross, but I don’t really know. Looking forward to digging in this weekend.

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peter

Status peter Feb 17, 2020

How did I only just hear of this game a few days ago? This sounds incredible. It’s supposed to be out March 5th.