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Murder by Numbers

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Murder by Numbers
Murder by Numbers cover
Developers
Mediatonic
Publishers
The Irregular Corporation
Engines
Unity 2018[Note 1]
Release dates
Windows March 6, 2020
Reception
Metacritic 79
OpenCritic 81
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Relaxed
Perspectives Flip screen, Side view
Controls Point and select
Genres Puzzle, Visual novel
Art styles Anime
Themes Contemporary, Detective/mystery, North America
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Murder by Numbers is a singleplayer flip screen and side view puzzle and visual novel game.

General information

Developer Discord server
Visual Novel Database article
GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Epic Games Store
DRM-free after installation through Epic Games Launcher (notes may include more details)
Game can be launched directly from the executable[2]
Windows
GamersGate
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Windows
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Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Collector's Edition also available.
Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Humble Store
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Windows
Steam
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Collector's Edition also available.
Windows

Version differences

The Collector's Edition includes the base game and the Soundtrack & Artbook.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Mediatonic\Murder By Numbers\settings.txt
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Mediatonic\Murder by Numbers\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1140290/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Mediatonic\Murder By Numbers\save*.txt
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Mediatonic\Murder By Numbers\MemoryProgress.txt
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1140290/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

Video

General settings
General settings

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
16:9 static aspect.
Multi-monitor
16:9 static aspect.[3]
Ultra-widescreen
16:9 static aspect.[4]
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Used in place of exclusive fullscreen.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
Frame rate is capped at display refresh rate.[5][6]
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unity page for more details.

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Uses OS cursor.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Controller types

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music, SFX
Surround sound
Stereo.[7]
Subtitles
Closed captions
Certain sound effects (e.g. doors unlocking) are captioned as part of the game script.
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Japanese

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

No middleware information; you can edit this page to add it.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i3
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 660
AMD Radeon R9 285
2 GB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible
Sound (audio device) DirectX compatible
A 64-bit operating system is required.
Integrated GPUs may work but are not supported.


Notes

  1. Unity engine build: 2018.4.5f1[1]
  2. 2.0 2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/1140290/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (1140290) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. Verified by User:thesmashingone on 2020-03-07
  2. Verified by User:Dribbleondo on 2023-07-20
    Had no issues launching it or playing it for 5 minutes.
  3. Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2020-03-18
    Tested at 2560x480 custom resolution.
  4. Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2020-03-18
    Tested at 2560x1080 custom resolution.
  5. Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2020-03-18
    Tested at 50 Hz, 60 Hz.
  6. Verified by User:Cptmold on 2020-03-18
    Tested at 144 Hz / 144 FPS using RivaTuner Statistics Server.
  7. Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2020-03-18
    Tested with Special K.