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Murder by Numbers
Reading the Steam reviews of a picross-and-murder-mystery hybrid, and the question of who actually deduces
Mediatonic · 2020-03-06 · ■■■□□ 3/5 · 7.5/10
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Murder by Numbers is a puzzle / logic puzzle game released by Mediatonic in 2020.
Puzzlebyrinth scores it 7.5/10, with a difficulty of 3/5. Reading the Steam reviews of a picross-and-murder-mystery hybrid, and the question of who actually deduces
Its core mechanics are Deduction / Logic Grid Deduction.
Our Review
A 2D visual-novel-meets-picross set in 1996 Los Angeles, where out-of-work actress Honor and a discarded robot named SCOUT solve nonogram puzzles to uncover clues and chase a murder case. Published by The Irregular Corporation, with music by Ace Attorney composer Masakazu Sugimori and character art by Hatoful Boyfriend's Hato Moa.
