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Agatha Christie: The ABC Murders

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Agatha Christie: The ABC Murders
Agatha Christie: The ABC Murders cover
Developers
Artefacts Studio
Publishers
Microids
Engines
Former Unity 5[Note 1]
Unity 2018[Note 2]
Release dates
Windows February 4, 2016
macOS (OS X) February 4, 2016
Linux February 4, 2016
Reception
OpenCritic 67
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Relaxed
Perspectives Cinematic camera
Controls Point and select
Genres Adventure
Art styles Cel-shaded
Themes Detective/mystery, Europe, Interwar
Series Agatha Christie
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Agatha Christie: The ABC Murders is a singleplayer cinematic camera adventure game in the Agatha Christie series.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Monetization

Type Notes
One-time game purchase The game requires an upfront purchase to access.

Microtransactions

Type Notes
No microtransactions None

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microids\The ABC Murders
Microsoft Store
macOS (OS X)
Linux $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/unity3d/Microids/The ABC Murders/prefs
This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Microids\The ABC Murders\Profils\
Microsoft Store
macOS (OS X)
Linux $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/unity3d/Microids/The ABC Murders/Profils/
3 player profiles available.

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud
Xbox Cloud

Video

In-game video settings.
In-game video settings.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Hor+
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Toggle with Alt+ Enter.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Fullscreen is always borderless.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Quality - High option enables some kind of anti-aliasing and better textures.
High-fidelity upscaling
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
Not capped since October 2020 update.
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

In-game mouse toggle.
In-game mouse toggle.
In-game controller toggle and settings.
In-game controller toggle and settings.

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Mouse does not move camera.
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Toggle requires to be activated via mouse input.
Controller remapping
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion
Only for rotating objects in puzzles.
Controller types
XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration
PlayStation controllers
Generic/other controllers
Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Toggle requires to be activated via mouse input.
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M
Toggle overrides other input device. Switching off controller may lead to inability to close game using mouse. Use Alt+F4 to close game then.

Audio

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music, Voice, Sound
Surround sound
2.0 Stereo[3]
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio
In-game language settings.
In-game language settings.

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish

Issues fixed

Low frame rate

Use the -force-d3d9 command line argument[citation needed]
Use the Low frame rate fix[citation needed]
Causes some lights to flicker.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9.0c, 11 Use the -force-d3d9 command line argument for D3D9.
OpenGL
OS X and Linux only.
Shader Model support 4.0
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
64-bit only since October 2020 update. 32-bit only before that.
macOS (OS X)
Linux

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP
Processor (CPU) AMD/Intel Dual Core 2.2 GHz
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2.8 GB
Video card (GPU) ATI/Nvidia dedicated/integrated or mobile graphics card
512 MB of VRAM
Shader model 4.0 support
A 64-bit operating system is required.
macOS (OS X)
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard) or newer
Processor (CPU) Intel Quad Core 3.1 GHz
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2.8 GB
Video card (GPU) Intel integrated or mobile graphics card
768 MB of VRAM
Shader model 5.0 support
Linux
Minimum
Operating system (OS) Linux x86_64
Processor (CPU) Intel Quad Core 3.1 GHz
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2.8 GB
Video card (GPU) Intel integrated or mobile graphics card
768 MB of VRAM
Shader model 5.0 support


Notes

  1. Unity engine build: 5.1.2p1[1]
  2. Unity engine build: 2018.4.21f1[2]

References

  1. Verified by User:Vetle on 2018-05-11
  2. Verified by User:Mastan on 2020-06-10
  3. Verified by User:Mastan on 2021-02-09
    Tested using Orban Loudness Meter.