Who Pressed Mute on Uncle Marcus?
Wales Interactive · 2022 · FMV, Adventure, Choices Matter, Singleplayer, Casual
PC
Mostly Positive71% · 661 📉 Recent reviews down 63%
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About Who Pressed Mute on Uncle Marcus?
✦ AI summary
Race against time to solve a family murder mystery as Uncle Marcus reveals he's been poisoned right before the annual quiz begins. Interrogate your eccentric relatives and piece together clues in this star-studded full-motion video thriller where your choices determine who the killer really is.
Every year, Abby’s mum has a family quiz on her birthday. It’s a long-held tradition, one that brings the whole rich and eccentric family together - and one that Abby dreads. But this year's quiz comes with a shocking difference... as it’s about to begin, her beloved Uncle Marcus tells her that he’s dying - and someone in the family has poisoned him. Abby is the only one he can trust... You must find out who the murderer is before it is too late.
• Shot in lockdown and filmed simultaneously in London and Los Angeles
• Starring Andy Buckley (The Office) as Uncle Marcus and Abigail Hardingham as Abby
• Also starring Susannah Doyle (Black Mirror), Robbie Kay (Once Upon a Time) and Gabrielle Glaister
• Returning FMV actors Georgia Small (Five Dates) and Al Weaver (The Complex)
• From the studios behind The Complex, Five Dates, Night Book and Bloodshore
• Shot in lockdown and filmed simultaneously in London and Los Angeles
• Starring Andy Buckley (The Office) as Uncle Marcus and Abigail Hardingham as Abby
• Also starring Susannah Doyle (Black Mirror), Robbie Kay (Once Upon a Time) and Gabrielle Glaister
• Returning FMV actors Georgia Small (Five Dates) and Al Weaver (The Complex)
• From the studios behind The Complex, Five Dates, Night Book and Bloodshore
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
I have truelly reached a point of forgeting my own families faces and names this is my family now uncle marcus looked out for me since birth and i see him everytime i close my eyes rest well marcus after how much i spam killed you2 found this helpful
Far more entertaining and enjoyable than I could have anticipated. I legitimately laughed at a good amount of the jokes. While trying to get enough clues was difficult on two of the characters, overall, this was a delight. To those complaining that you have to play through it multiple times, there is a skip option for the scenes you've already seen.
very silly and fun. would definitely recommend it if you like choices matter style movie-esque games
I gave a thumbs up mainly for attempting something different. I found it quite hard to get into though. You're supposed to be trying to work out who poisoned Uncle Marcus, but the decisions available never really made me feel like I was doing any detective work. So it's best taken not too seriously.
An unbearable recorded-stories game where you repeat the story over and over to find out answers. To top it off, the video stories freeze constantly, forcing you to exit and repeat yet again.
*Who Pressed Mute on Uncle Marcus?* is a short FMV mystery that I would recommend, but mainly to people who already enjoy this kind of game. The setup is fun: a family quiz over video call slowly turns into a murder mystery when Uncle Marcus tells Abby that someone poisoned him. I liked how awkward the family felt. Everyone smiles, jokes and argues like a normal messy family, but underneath that, almost everyone seems suspicious. Abby has to keep playing along while secretly gathering clues, which gives the game a nice uncomfortable feeling. Uncle Marcus is probably the most likable part. He feels warm, strange and a little sad, like the only person in the family who still wants some real connection. Because of that, trying to save him gives the story some heart. The rest of the family are more exaggerated, but that also makes them entertaining. The problem is that the mystery is not very deep. A lot of the game feels more like collecting conversations than truly investigating. Replaying to find evidence can also become repetitive, even with the skip function. Still, the acting is fun, the family drama is amusing, and the short length helps it avoid becoming too tiring. …
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