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Murder by Numbers

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App ID 1140290
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher The Irregular Corporation
Franchise The Irregular Corporation
Supported Systems Windows
Technologies Unity Engine
Last Changenumber 31939018
Last Record Update 28 October 2025 – 05:24:09 UTC ()
Release Date 6 March 2020 – 16:28:08 UTC ()
😎 80.31%
1k reviews
3
In-Game
🔍 Investigation 📚 Visual Novel 🧩 Puzzle 👩 Female Protagonist 📚 Interactive Fiction

Solve Pixel Puzzles to find clues. Use those clues to interrogate witnesses. Work your way to the truth... ...and uncover the mystery of Murder by Numbers!

Additional Information

Developer Mediatonic
metacritic_name Murder by Numbers
controller_support full
metacritic_score 79
metacritic_fullurl https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/murder-by-numbers?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1f
community_visible_stats Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher The Irregular Corporation
Store Release Date 6 March 2020 – 16:28:17 UTC ()
osarch 64
community_hub_visible Yes
Primary Genre Adventure (25)
Store Genres Adventure (25), Indie (23)
Steam Release Date 6 March 2020 – 16:28:08 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 5 March 2020 – 13:08:30 UTC () (1583413710)
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japaneseパズル探偵スカウト
review_score 8
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Detected Technologies (?) Unity Engine
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
  • This game shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  •  
  • category: Verified
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 14 May 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 5287370
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First seen on SteamDB 8 August 2019 – 16:28:59 UTC (), in changelist #6696922

Supported Languages

2 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles Achievements
English Yes Yes
Japanese Yes Yes

Tags

🔍 Investigation 📚 Visual Novel 🧩 Puzzle 👩 Female Protagonist 📚 Interactive Fiction 🕵️ Detective 🏳️‍🌈 LGBTQ+ 🏽 2D 📚 Story Rich 💬 Comic Book 🗣️ Conversation 🌸 Anime 🎨 Colorful 🐰 Cartoony 🚨 Crime 🧩 Logic 🤫 Mystery 🗺️ Adventure 📼 1990's 👁️ Conspiracy

Categories

Single-player Steam Achievements Steam Trading Cards Steam Cloud Family Sharing

Hardware Categories

Full Controller Support

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timestamp23 March 2021 – 17:41:39 UTC

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timestamp 6 March 2020 – 11:48:28 UTC

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timestamp 7 February 2020 – 13:23:29 UTC

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timestamp 9 October 2019 – 13:49:19 UTC

Steam charts

  • 3 players right now
  • 9 24-hour peak
  • 664 all-time peak 12 December 2021
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  • 8 24-hour peak
  • 1,843 all-time peak
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User reviews history

  • 😎 Very Positive
  • 80.31% SteamDB Rating
  • 1,358 84.0% positive reviews
  • 259 16.0% negative reviews

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Markers

Date Label 30-day Peak
6 March 2020 Steam Release -
7 June 2021 ⇄ Fanatical: Platinum Collection - Build Your Own Bundle (Jun / Jul 2021) -
14 October 2021 ⇄ Fanatical: Fanatical Favorites Build Your Own Bundle (Oct 2021) -
2 December 2021 ⇄ Fanatical: Best of Platinum Collection 2021 -
9 February 2022 ⇄ Fanatical: Reaper Bundle X -
21 June 2022 ⇄ Fanatical: Build Your Own Play On The Go Bundle -
23 February 2023 ⇄ Fanatical: Safe in Our World Charity Bundle 2023 -

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Steam player counter indicates there are currently 3 players live playing Murder by Numbers on Steam.

Murder by Numbers had an all-time peak of 664 concurrent players on 12 December 2021.

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