Murder by Numbers
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Developers | |
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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 |
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 | Game can be launched directly from the executable[2] | |||
GamersGate | ||||
GOG.com | Collector's Edition also available. | |||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Steam | Collector's Edition also available. |
Version differences
- The Collector's Edition includes the base game and the Soundtrack & Artbook.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Mediatonic\Murder By Numbers\settings.txt HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Mediatonic\Murder by Numbers\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1140290/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Mediatonic\Murder By Numbers\save*.txt %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Mediatonic\Murder By Numbers\MemoryProgress.txt |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1140290/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
Epic Games Launcher | ||
GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
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 |
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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 |
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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 | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 7 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i3 | Intel Core i5 |
System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | 8 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
- ↑ Unity engine build: 2018.4.5f1[1]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/1140290/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (1140290) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Verified by User:thesmashingone on 2020-03-07
- ↑ Verified by User:Dribbleondo on 2023-07-20
- Had no issues launching it or playing it for 5 minutes.
- ↑ Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2020-03-18
- Tested at 2560x480 custom resolution.
- ↑ Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2020-03-18
- Tested at 2560x1080 custom resolution.
- ↑ Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2020-03-18
- Tested at 50 Hz, 60 Hz.
- ↑ Verified by User:Cptmold on 2020-03-18
- Tested at 144 Hz / 144 FPS using RivaTuner Statistics Server.
- ↑ Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2020-03-18
- Tested with Special K.