Murder by Numbers

Buy84%

Very Positive · 2k player reviews · Medium confidence

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

Mediatonic · Dialogue Heavy · Mar 6, 2020

Player review score
84%
Very Positive
Price
$14.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
4
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
2
Full audio0 of 2
Subtitles0 of 2

Should I buy Murder by Numbers?

Buy it if you like
  • Story: 223 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Difficulty: 70 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 59 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Interface: 14 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Controls: 7 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Accessibility: 6 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 2k player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
64% of themes are praise9% are divided27% are complaints
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
223 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
It has a great narrative excuse to slip the pircross puzzles into the game, which do a good job to give a break between the visual novel gameplay.
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
70 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
A very decent nonogram puzzler with slowly spiking difficulty that, while never reaching sky-high limits, does present solid challenges towards the end.
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
59 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gamepad issues aside, the game has addicting gameplay, nice art style and memorable music which doesn't get boring to listen to.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
35 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Recommend picking up with the soundtrack as I've re-listened to it outside of the game as well.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
23 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Complementing the visuals is an upbeat, jazzy soundtrack composed by Masakazu Sugimori, whose past work on *Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney* and *Ghost Trick* is immediately recognizable in its energetic flair.
Characters
Players who bring up Characters mostly praise it.
14 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Character design and the occasional whole screen drawing works well in the game.

+1 more players loved

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Story223 reviews
Difficulty70 reviews
Gameplay59 reviews
Audio35 reviews
Graphics23 reviews
Characters14 reviews
Steam Deck10 reviews
Divided opinion
Bugs
40% still recommend
Players complain
Interface
64% still recommend
Controls
57% still recommend
Accessibility
67% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

  • Full controller support

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Trading Cards

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckVerified
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachineVerified

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$14.99

The lowest we've tracked is $4.94.

4 points recordedtoday · $14.99

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