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Murderous Muses

D'Avekki Studios Ltd · 2023-04-11

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AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: May 11, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Apr 12, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 12, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Apr 12, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Apr 12, 2023 (Xbox One), Apr 12, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S)

Solve a sinister murder by spending three reality-shifting nights in a haunted art gallery. An infinitely re-playable murder mystery blending deduction, exploration, puzzles, collectibles and FMV.

69%
positive of 86 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
3.76★
PlayStation Store rating (37 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$13.99
steam price (US)

You’re hired as a security guard for an art gallery that’s showing the final works of Mordechai Grey - a year after he was murdered in his artist’s loft. The police suspect he was killed by one of the six ‘muses’ he was painting at the time, but his murderer has never been caught. After starting your shift, you find yourself surrounded by his paintings, alone in the gallery with only the haunting voice of your predecessor for company. Explore rooms and corridors that weren’t there before and restore the victim’s memories by hanging portraits in exhibits with rotating plaques. Can you beat th(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 27% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 64% of 13,850 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.7k–3.9k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 86 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$10.47-25%
Microsoft Store$14.49

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.21 at Fanatical (2025-06-20) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.49 · on sale 42 of 66 observed days · $11.28 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

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151520232026Week of 2023-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.49$3.212023-04-122026-09-082023-04-12 — best price $13.992023-07-27 — best price $13.992023-10-27 — best price $10.282023-12-21 — best price $6.992024-01-24 — best price $13.992024-02-29 — best price $13.992024-03-19 — best price $8.392024-04-13 — best price $12.592024-05-10 — best price $10.282024-05-31 — best price $6.292024-06-17 — best price $5.592024-07-24 — best price $6.292024-08-05 — best price $5.592024-08-28 — best price $10.282024-10-15 — best price $6.292024-11-26 — best price $6.292025-01-02 — best price $13.992025-01-24 — best price $6.292025-02-21 — best price $13.992025-03-08 — best price $13.992025-04-10 — best price $4.192025-05-02 — best price $11.082025-05-20 — best price $13.992025-06-13 — best price $10.282025-07-24 — best price $4.192025-08-18 — best price $4.192025-10-07 — best price $4.192025-11-05 — best price $13.992025-11-25 — best price $4.192026-01-06 — best price $10.282026-01-22 — best price $13.992026-02-28 — best price $5.592026-04-03 — best price $4.292026-04-24 — best price $13.992026-05-25 — best price $13.992026-07-17 — best price $4.352026-09-01 — best price $10.472026-09-08 — best price $14.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

5 supported languages: English, French, Spanish - Spain, German, Italian

Player tags

FMVPuzzleMysteryAdventureDetectiveLore-RichNonlinearStory RichLovecraftianReplay Value

Census log

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