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Murder Mystery Machine

Blazing Griffin · Microids · 2021-08-25

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 25, 2021 (Xbox One), Aug 25, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 19, 2019 (iOS), Aug 25, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 25, 2021 (PlayStation 4)

Join the District Crime Agency in this isometric, modern noir deduction thriller. Explore crime scenes in complex dioramas, organize your evidence effectively, and blur the lines between right and wrong to present your case. Do you have what it takes to be a real detective?

4
playing now
55%
positive of 179 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
73/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 57% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.6k–8.1k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 179 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$0.99-90%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$0.99-90%
Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.88 at GamesPlanet US (2026-04-10) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 99 of 133 observed days · $0.11 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

402026-08-12 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 01:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 17:00 — 2 players2026-08-21 08:00 — 3 players2026-08-22 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 16:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-29 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 13:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$0.812021-08-252026-08-302021-08-25 — best price $17.992021-10-29 — best price $15.992021-12-11 — best price $19.992022-02-14 — best price $13.192022-05-16 — best price $12.992022-07-08 — best price $15.992022-08-06 — best price $12.162022-10-25 — best price $14.692022-12-16 — best price $19.992023-02-15 — best price $17.972023-04-25 — best price $17.972023-06-12 — best price $4.992023-07-27 — best price $5.992023-10-02 — best price $5.002023-11-11 — best price $3.162023-12-15 — best price $5.002024-02-12 — best price $1.792024-03-22 — best price $19.992024-05-06 — best price $2.992024-06-07 — best price $16.642024-07-31 — best price $16.642024-09-10 — best price $1.802024-10-10 — best price $2.642024-11-06 — best price $0.892024-12-21 — best price $2.002025-02-13 — best price $0.992025-03-28 — best price $4.002025-05-22 — best price $0.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-08-25 — best price $19.992025-10-13 — best price $1.992025-11-21 — best price $1.542026-01-15 — best price $0.992026-03-04 — best price $17.192026-04-16 — best price $19.992026-05-19 — best price $16.842026-06-30 — best price $1.682026-08-14 — best price $16.182026-08-30 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportFamily Sharing

14 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Traditional Chinese…

Player tags

NoirCrimeIndiePuzzleMysteryStrategyAdventureDetectiveDifficultIsometric

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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