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Agatha Christie - The ABC Murders

Artefacts Studio · Microids · 2016-02-04

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Adventure

Franchise: Agatha Christie · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Nov 09, 2009 (Nintendo DS)

The ABC Murders is an adventure and investigation game adapted from the classic Agatha Christie novel. You are the famous private detective Hercule Poirot and, once again, you find yourself up against a mysterious serial killer who goes by the name of "ABC".

Agatha Christie - The ABC Murders is a $14.99 Adventure game released in 2016, estimated to have 200,000 .. 500,000 owners, with a Very Positive review sentiment (81% of 3085 reviews).

1
playing now
81%
positive of 3.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
66/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
60/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Agatha Christie: The ABC Murders is a point-and-click adventure mystery video game developed by Artefacts Studio and published by Anuman under their Microïds brand for Microsoft Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in February 2016. It was later released for Nintendo Switch in October 2020.

Trailer

Agatha Christie - The ABC Murders trailer thumbnail

Agatha Christie - The ABC Murders - Launch Trailer | PS5 Games

≈201,625 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 107 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~13/week).
  • · Review velocity up 4% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 28,945 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 77k–185k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,085 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.72 at GamersGate (2021-08-23) · bundled 14×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 78 of 126 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
515120182026Week of 2018-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1712026-09-15 14:00 — 11 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 16 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 5 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 9 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 17 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 3 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 6 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 5 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 7 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 4 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 9 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 5 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 4 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 5 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 9 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 4 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 5 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 11 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 6 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 5 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 6 players2026-10-15 05:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
360Dec 2015Aug 2026Dec 2015 — avg 0 · peak 2Apr 2016 — avg 21 · peak 212Aug 2016 — avg 9 · peak 28Dec 2016 — avg 19 · peak 89Apr 2017 — avg 13 · peak 47Aug 2017 — avg 9 · peak 26Dec 2017 — avg 13 · peak 44Apr 2018 — avg 9 · peak 30Aug 2018 — avg 7 · peak 24Dec 2018 — avg 8 · peak 38Apr 2019 — avg 10 · peak 40Aug 2019 — avg 7 · peak 20Dec 2019 — avg 12 · peak 54Apr 2020 — avg 11 · peak 38Aug 2020 — avg 13 · peak 45Dec 2020 — avg 18 · peak 61Apr 2021 — avg 14 · peak 58Aug 2021 — avg 12 · peak 37Dec 2021 — avg 14 · peak 46Apr 2022 — avg 11 · peak 43Aug 2022 — avg 9 · peak 38Dec 2022 — avg 10 · peak 29Apr 2023 — avg 9 · peak 27Aug 2023 — avg 8 · peak 24Dec 2023 — avg 10 · peak 30Apr 2024 — avg 5 · peak 17Aug 2024 — avg 8 · peak 23Dec 2024 — avg 10 · peak 31Apr 2025 — avg 6 · peak 16Aug 2025 — avg 6 · peak 18Dec 2025 — avg 8 · peak 28Apr 2026 — avg 7 · peak 23Aug 2026 — avg 7 · peak 23
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$29.99$0.872016-01-142026-08-252016-01-14 — best price $22.392016-04-12 — best price $23.992016-07-20 — best price $7.492016-10-28 — best price $4.942017-03-30 — best price $2.182017-07-12 — best price $14.992017-12-12 — best price $3.892018-04-22 — best price $3.062018-08-10 — best price $3.422018-12-24 — best price $7.952019-04-30 — best price $14.992019-09-28 — best price $9.842020-01-02 — best price $14.992020-02-29 — best price $11.822020-07-14 — best price $2.992020-10-27 — best price $14.992021-01-14 — best price $8.582021-05-12 — best price $1.272021-08-07 — best price $11.962021-11-02 — best price $14.992022-01-24 — best price $14.992022-05-30 — best price $14.992022-10-10 — best price $14.992023-02-15 — best price $13.472023-06-25 — best price $14.992023-10-13 — best price $2.992023-12-18 — best price $12.542024-04-11 — best price $1.322024-06-27 — best price $2.242024-09-25 — best price $2.102024-12-21 — best price $1.952025-03-28 — best price $3.002025-07-18 — best price $14.992025-11-05 — best price $1.982026-02-02 — best price $14.992026-05-11 — best price $14.992026-07-26 — best price $12.632026-08-25 — best price $1.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3062026-05-30 — 16 pageviews2026-06-03 — 21 pageviews2026-06-07 — 12 pageviews2026-06-11 — 20 pageviews2026-06-15 — 8 pageviews2026-06-19 — 13 pageviews2026-06-23 — 10 pageviews2026-06-27 — 22 pageviews2026-07-01 — 25 pageviews2026-07-05 — 24 pageviews2026-07-09 — 21 pageviews2026-07-13 — 23 pageviews2026-07-17 — 25 pageviews2026-07-21 — 17 pageviews2026-07-25 — 27 pageviews2026-07-29 — 18 pageviews2026-08-02 — 21 pageviews2026-08-06 — 17 pageviews2026-08-10 — 17 pageviews2026-08-14 — 13 pageviews2026-08-18 — 20 pageviews2026-08-22 — 23 pageviews2026-08-26 — 19 pageviews2026-08-30 — 22 pageviews2026-09-03 — 27 pageviews2026-09-07 — 15 pageviews2026-09-11 — 17 pageviews2026-09-15 — 21 pageviews2026-09-19 — 17 pageviews2026-09-23 — 18 pageviews2026-09-27 — 16 pageviews2026-10-01 — 13 pageviews2026-10-05 — 17 pageviews2026-10-09 — 16 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

50
achievements tracked
70.2%
earned "Cat's eye"
35.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

7 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)5,09029%15
Steam (Steam)4,89513%50
Xbox One (Xbox)2,40725%50
PS4 (PlayStation)16950%15
Switch (Nintendo)320%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

NoirCrimePuzzleMysteryAdventureDetectiveStory RichSingleplayerThird PersonVisual Novel

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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