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Murder Is Game Over

HitherYon Games · 2022-10-25

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 27, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 25, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 27, 2023 (Xbox One), Oct 27, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S), Oct 27, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Oct 27, 2023 (PlayStation 5)

Join the investigation in Murder Is Game Over, a pixel art point-and-click game where you and Cleo try to solve the murder of a famous game designer. Can you uncover the clues and catch the killer before it's game over?

96%
positive of 57 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$4.99
steam price (US)

A fabulously wealthy game designer is found dead outside his castle in rural Vermont, and soon evidence shows that this was not merely a freak accident attributed to local superstition. Now it's up to you to investigate the murder and apprehend the guilty. Play as unlikely partners -- ace sleuth Detective Guy and Cleo the clue-sniffing dog to explore the castle grounds, search for clues, and question suspects. Can you solve the case?(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 75% of 11,450 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.1k–2.6k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 57 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.49-50%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.49-50%
Microsoft Store$4.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.49 at Steam (2024-02-12)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 33 of 56 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
7720222026Week of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$99.99$2.492022-07-202026-08-302022-07-20 — best price $99.992022-11-29 — best price $4.992023-01-05 — best price $4.992023-02-20 — best price $3.742023-03-23 — best price $4.992023-06-11 — best price $3.742023-08-21 — best price $4.992023-10-02 — best price $2.992023-11-04 — best price $4.992023-12-02 — best price $4.992024-01-09 — best price $2.742024-02-12 — best price $2.492024-03-06 — best price $4.992024-04-04 — best price $2.492024-05-21 — best price $2.502024-06-28 — best price $2.502024-08-05 — best price $2.492024-08-19 — best price $2.502024-11-04 — best price $4.992024-12-20 — best price $2.492025-02-28 — best price $2.492025-04-17 — best price $2.492025-05-26 — best price $2.492025-06-27 — best price $2.492025-08-04 — best price $2.492025-09-12 — best price $2.492025-09-30 — best price $2.502025-11-06 — best price $2.492026-01-23 — best price $2.492026-04-15 — best price $2.492026-06-02 — best price $4.992026-08-12 — best price $2.492026-08-30 — best price $2.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing2 DLC

5 supported languages: English, German, French, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Player tags

2DFunnyPuzzleDetectiveDark HumorStory RichText-BasedDark ComedyExplorationVisual Novel

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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