Clue: Murder By Death

Clue: Murder By Death

Cocodrolo Games · 2026 · Detective, Mystery, Story Rich, Choices Matter, Dialogue Heavy

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About Clue: Murder By Death

Lord Robert Anderson has been found murdered in his secluded country manor. Summoned by his loyal butler, an old comrade of your father from the Great War, you arrive in the dead of night to uncover the truth.Everyone appears distraught, yet behind polite smiles lie secrets, grudges, and carefully hidden motives.
You don’t yet know who committed the crime or why but you do know one thing:⏱ You have 180 minutes before Scotland Yard arrives.

Clue: Murder by Death is a narrative-driven detective adventure inspired by classic British crime fiction and modern investigative games. Explore an imposing manor, examine evidence, interrogate suspects, and connect clues across multiple branching narrative paths. Every conversation, every alliance, and every accusation shapes the investigation and determines how the story ends. Who can you trust? Who is lying? And what truth will you ultimately uncover?

🎩 Key Features

🔹 Story-rich detective mystery set in 1930s England
🔹 Meaningful choices that impact characters and outcomes
🔹 Multiple endings based on your deductions and decisions
🔹 A real-time investigation with a 180-minute limit
🔹 Fully explorable 3D isometric manor packed with secrets
🔹 Deep character-driven narrative with hidden motives and alliances
🔹 Unique visual style blending dark humour and vintage charm
🔹 Original atmospheric soundtrack
🔹 Available in English, French, Catalan, Spanish, and Italian

🏰 The Manor

A fog-shrouded English estate where elegance masks corruption.
Every room tells a story, and every object may hide a vital clue.Explore studies, libraries, servants’ quarters, hidden passages, and forgotten rooms as you peel back layers of deception.

💀 The Suspects

Each resident of the manor has something to hide.Some conceal forbidden affairs.
Others protect secret societies.
A few may be willing to kill again to keep the truth buried.Your task is not only to uncover what happened, but to decide who deserves to face justice.

🧭 Gameplay

Investigate crime scenes, inspect evidence, connect the dots and interrogate suspects.
Form alliances, follow different investigative paths, and experience a branching narrative where every action has consequences.Inspired by Clue, Agatha Christie, and Return of the Obra Dinn, this is a mystery where observation and deduction are your most powerful tools.

🧮 By the Numbers

🔹 1 murder to solve before time runs out
🔹 10 suspects, each with secrets and motives
🔹 ~165 explorable rooms inside a single manor
🔹 ~150 interactive items
🔹 1,100+ unique object descriptions
🔹 9,800+ lines of dialogue (≈170,000 words)
🔹 Multiple narrative paths and more than one possible truth

🎨 Visual Style

A handcrafted blend of diorama-style 3D environments and expressive chibi characters.
Each room is densely detailed, filled with interactive elements and narrative clues waiting to be discovered.

🧑‍💻 Developed by

Cocodrilo Games — an independent studio dedicated to crafting atmospheric, story-driven mysteries full of tension, charm, and dark humour.

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Not recommended Feb 21, 2026
My biggest grip that the rooms aren't named on the map. The game feels like it has potential but let down by the confusing layout of the mansion and slow walking pace. Giving wine to a ghost was the strangest part of the game. There's interesting dialogue with the characters and finding secret passage. Other that that, it's a tedious game with no end in sight.
7 found this helpful
Recommended Feb 17, 2026
The game is much too large for the amount of movement you are able to do, it felt monotonous and I was exhausted, I didnt even want to finish. please let me teleport or something, i was so excited when i finally understood a puzzle but im too tired to finish it.
6 found this helpful
Recommended Feb 24, 2026
I picked this up coz I love detective games, and I was pleasantly surprised. The game focuses on investigation, puzzles, and storytelling rather than action, which is refreshing for me. The mansion is designed in a way that encourages curiosity. You're constantly checking objects, rethinking conversations, and trying to understand the motivations of each character. Bases on what I played until now, makes it interesting is that the story is told through different perspectives, so you never feel completely sure about about what really happened until you connect all pieces. It's a thoughtful and atmospheric mystery game that rewards patience and attention to detail. If you enjoy solving puzzles and uncovering secrets, you'll likely have a great time here.
3 found this helpful
Recommended Feb 23, 2026
The graphics, voices, and music are all super charming and make the game feel playful without being annoying. The small fetch quests that help you unlock more clues, along with the case timer keep the game pace moving. My one gripe is I get lost often since the map doesn’t show room names or where NPCs are located, which can be frustrating. I’m already looking forward to jumping back in and seeing what else I can uncover.
2 found this helpful
Not recommended Mar 22, 2026
I just finished my first play through, obviously haven't figured out the murderer yet but have discovered some secrets of the family. It's cute and interesting, but also a bit slow and tedious, especially the slow walking speed. i'd really recommend having faster walking speed since a lot of the puzzles need you to take item A to location B and the mansion is HUGEEE with 2 floors. So when you figure out one thing, you need to walk a longgg way to grab the item then go to specific person, then sometimes it doesn't work and it's so tiring. Since it's a new game, and I kinda enjoyed it, I'll put positive review for now. But ideally it can fix all the issues so the gameplay is easier. Might change review to negative or post feedback in discord server to hope for some improvements. I changed the recommendation to negative since it takes so long to walk around, I don't even want to start a new run. :( My first play through took me 5.5 hours, and I'll post my playthrough video later so feel free to check it out! Thanks! Here's some of my suggestions: 0. there's some issues with who is speaking. You can see quite often that it's supposed to be the suspect talking, but the check-mark is …
1 found this helpful
Not recommended Mar 21, 2026
Why is this game so difficult to understand? I CANT

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