Murder by Numbers
Mediatonic · 2020 · Dialogue Heavy, Investigation, Visual Novel, Puzzle, Female Protagonist
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About Murder by Numbers
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!
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
Players praise the game's puzzle gameplay and engaging mystery story, with many finding it enjoyable and fun for fans of picross-style games. However, complaints center around awkward, preachy dialogue that feels out of place, poorly handled representation of queer and POC characters, a story that drags on in later cases, and some technical issues like washed-out character designs and missing quality-of-life features like S-Rank tracking.
I like the game but I advice to take it at your own pace. Take a break before the next puzzle. It is a fun game. But there's always a clue that requires a puzzle to complete. It's hard to progress through the story with so many puzzles to wade through. The story and dialogue is pretty fun, reminds me of 2000s cartoon dialogue.1 found this helpful
I think this game is really fun... up until about case 4, in which I feel like the game starts to drag on. If I could give this game a middle of the road review I would, it's a fine game and if you're into picross style games then you should play this, it's pretty cute and fun, but the story definitely goes on for too long. overall, it's fine. Not too challenging and pretty straightforward, I just feel like in a sea of games this isn't one that really stands out.1 found this helpful
Man, they were not lying when they said to set the game to "easy". The game is fun! I wish the black characters didn't look so washed out and ashy, though. I also wish there was some kind of pop-up if you missed a puzzle -- I had to completely redo one of the chapters to get an S-Rank! For every rank you get bonus puzzles, but there is no reward (not even an achievement) for completing those. All and all, I had fun, but it definitely felt lacking in a few areas. Still, if you're here for character shenanigans and fun puzzles, you'll probably enjoy it!1 found this helpful
I love this game, the puzzles are challenging and the story is fun.
Puzzle and story were fantastic. Did get enjoyment out of playing and teased the brain
loved this game a lot, was my first experience with a murder mystery sort of game and couldn't have picked a better one
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