Star Apprentice: Magical Murder Mystery

Star Apprentice: Magical Murder Mystery

Will-o-Works · July 9, 2021 · Detective, Visual Novel, Mystery, Anime, Magic

Star Apprentice: Magical Murder Mystery is free to play — no purchase needed. We track it so you know if that ever changes.

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Star Apprentice: Magical Murder Mystery price

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About Star Apprentice: Magical Murder Mystery

✦ AI summary

Star Apprentice: Magical Murder Mystery is a detective adventure where you play as Minnie, investigating suspects aboard a magical train and confronting them in intense bullet hell shooters to expose their lies. This student-made game uniquely blends mystery solving with arcade action, featuring pixel art visuals and over 90 lines of voice acting across a colorful cast of quirky magical characters.

As the titular Star Apprentice Minnie, you will traverse a magical train, collecting evidence and confronting suspects. Uncover clues that will allow you to confront the quirky cast of characters in chaotic bullet hell Confrontation scenes. Blast away the enemy's contradictions, and discover the truth behind the mystery aboard the Scarlet Express!

Throughout the game, you'll grapple with a colourful cast of mysterious magical suspects, including an obsessed fangirl, an alcoholic, and a business tycoon. Will the Star Apprentice be able to rise up to the challenge and find the culprit behind the mystery, or will she be stuck in her mentor’s shadow forever?

This game was built by a group of students at the University of Alberta for a game development term project. As such, the game is a free download for all!

Features:
  • A unique genre fusion of mystery games and bullet hell shooters
  • Gorgeous custom pixel art with visual novel style portraits
  • One gripping case aboard a high speed locomotive
  • Over 90 lines of voice acted dialogue
  • Cute anime girls

Star Apprentice: Magical Murder Mystery — game info

Platforms
Windows
Steam Deck
Playable
Player modes
Single-player
Controller
Partial controller support
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

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

Recommended Aug 15, 2026
Great game, the bullet hell gameplay was fun to experience and had some cool stages. I liked how the bullets were designed with each character you were fighting in mind, and how [spoiler] Charlotte's fight involved a mix of different ones. [/spoiler] Lovely artwork, music, etc.
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Recommended Aug 5, 2026
It's a pretty neat little game, everything is good enough to make an enjoyable experience during its runtime, and I appreciate how the bullet hell segments play into the plot even though its not a genre I particularly enjoy. I wish it had like an ending CG but that's really the only thing I can think of to complain about that would be fair for a short free game like this. I will definitely check out the sequel whenever it comes out.
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Recommended Sep 25, 2026
Love the concept. Loved the story and the ideas. Loved the graphics and characters. But the last part was too difficult for me on the default settings. I needed to change the lives to get through the final battle after trying quite a few times. I think I'm at least an averagely-skilled gamer so I imagine a fair amount of people are going to change the difficulty as well. Also, I don't the music was an issue overall - I quite enjoyed it most of the time - but some of the battle music did feel a little too much to hear over and over especially during the final boss.
Recommended Jun 11, 2026
i loved this story.
Recommended May 17, 2026
after booting up the game i searched up curious cat catastrophe on youtube surprised to not find anything then was shocked as i made it to the title change
Recommended Mar 8, 2026
Cute game, hope to see more.

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