Murder by Numbers

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!

Murder by Numbers is a investigation, visual novel and puzzle game developed by Mediatonic and published by The Irregular Corporation.
Released on March 06th 2020 is available only on Windows in 2 languages: English and Japanese.

It has received 1,524 reviews of which 1,280 were positive and 244 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.0 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 12.49€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Murder by Numbers into these genres:

Investigation Visual Novel Puzzle Female Protagonist LGBTQ+ Interactive Fiction Detective 2D Story Rich Comic Book Conversation Anime Colorful Cartoony Crime Logic Mystery Adventure 1990's Conspiracy

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Requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS *: Windows 7 or higher (64 bit)
Processor: Intel Core i3 or higher
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: GeForce GTX 660 (2048 MB) or Radeon R9 285 (2048 MB) - Integrated GPUs may work but are not supported.
DirectX: Version 9.0c
Storage: 2 GB available space
Sound Card: DirectX compatible

Reviews

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Aug. 2024

If you like nonogram/picross puzzles and ace attorney style story games mixed with puzzles, you will probably enjoy this game. If you only want the puzzles, steer clear as the pace of the story is slow and you will need to wade through a lot of it to get to the puzzles themselves.

July 2024

First things first: my play time is not accurate. I would often get up and get distracted doing other things since there's no time penalties or time related achievements. Secondly: it's very common to miss a puzzle in chapter 3 and missing it prevents you from getting S Rank. Make sure you check your locations after speaking to the other characters to make sure SCOUT doesn't have more he can investigate in the area. Like others have pointed out, it's more Ace Attorney than Picross, but unlike Ace Attorney the stories are more straight forward. I found myself solving a lot of the "crimes" very early on while Honor was coming up with sometimes outlandish theories and putting the wrong person in custody. But Honor doesn't have the benefit of knowing she's in a video game, so you just kind of have to go along for the ride. The character design is the biggest reason for the mysteries feeling flat. They're charming but they're also often too on the nose: if they look like a criminal, they're a criminal. I mean, the loan shark literally looks like a shark. Still, if you enjoy Picross and would enjoy reading a story with Ace Attorney Lite style mysteries, it's worth getting on sale at the very least.

March 2024

Murder by Numbers is a fun and enjoyable game in the style of Ace Attorney and other similiar VNs. It's cliché, it has various humerous characters and the soundtrack, while a bit repetitive, is nice to listen to. It's very much a western love letter to both Japanese VNs and the picross genre. You play as a former actress turned private investigator, solving murders together with a robot that you find. There are four cases where each have its own storyline and characters, but it also has overarching plot where you get to know both the main character, her companion and the recurring supporting cast (such as her mother, a police detective, a stylist, etc.). It all ties together neatly in the fourth and last case. Well almost. The gameplay is interesting as the developers mixes your typical VN together with picross which adds more to the game. With that said, I do think that some of the timed puzzles are very hardcore and at times it felt like pure luck was the reason why I managed to finished them (mainly during case 3 and 4). I definitely recommend this game! It's fun and the picross puzzles aren't too hardcore, but instead enjoyable to solve. I want more of this, and apparently so did the developers as there is a slight hint for a continuation towards the end of the game. However after this game release the studio, Mediatonic, released the popular game Fall Guys and subsequently got bought by Epic Games. I unfortunately do not see the studio working on any other games for a foreseeable future.

March 2024

Ace Attorney x Picross? I never imagined something like this would happen, but it's honestly pretty good! Cool story, charming characters, fun nonogram puzzles with REALLY good controls, what more could you ask for? The nonogram puzzles can be tough if you're not huge on those, that might just be me, since I don't use hints and am playing on Normal mode. Still a great fun time, I definitively recommend it to anyone that loves nonogram puzzles and games like Ace Attorney!

Dec. 2023

Right off the bat I want to say that if you enjoy puzzle mystery games then this is an easy recommend. The music, art, and writing are great and if you want some puzzles to chill out with then pick this game up without a second thought. To give more then a few other thoughts however, this game is very good however due to that fact, the aspects where it falls a bit standout quite a lot. The story was enjoyable but it goes for the big breakdowns in Ace Attorney and it doesn't really work (This game is actually a lot like Ace Attorney). Because there really isn't a lead up to the trial you don't have time for things to simmer. It's like trying to squish the drama of the trails and characterization of the investigations into one. Another minor gripe is that there are timed puzzles. They are very easy, but it makes me wonder why would you put them in the game if you knew they'd be an issue if they weren't super easy. It didn't really add any suspense in the story for it to switch from a relaxing puzzle game that I can take my time with into something that just kinda felt annoying. My biggest criticism of this game is that the pacing is awful, all because of the puzzles. There is one moment (no real spoilers here) where someone hands you a business card and you need to complete a long puzzle to see that it's a business card. WHY? It would be one thing if it was really easy and the difficulty of the puzzle was based off of the item, but it's a constant issue with this game. Plenty of big suspenseful moments are murdered by this (although it does help a few). Can't stress that I really enjoyed this game, and I think it's 100% worth it. The issues stick out because everything else extremely well made. It's wonderful :)

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