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Murderous Muses

Murderous Muses

Solve a sinister murder by spending three reality-shifting nights in a haunted art gallery. An infinitely re-playable murder mystery blending deduction, exploration, puzzles, collectibles and FMV.

Released Apr 11, 2023 Developer D'Avekki Studios Ltd Platforms Windows · Mac FMVStory RichDetectivePuzzleReplay Value
View on Steam ↗ $13.99 (US · as of 2026-05-13)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28.

69.0%positive87 reviews
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“Out of all the games I've played when it comes to this studio, mechanically I like this one the best. Unlike some of these other reviews, I think the 3D sections are the best part of this game. Unlike Shapeshifting decectrive (which was a bit to passive for my tastes) and Dr…”

— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“D'Avekki do some fab FMV games, and this is no exception. I played it through once and was hooked, after uncovering more I kept playing! Interesting and unique story, all the characters are well fleshed out, and it has that fab "liminal space" feel to it. Definitely recommend…”

— a player, Steam review · 23 hrs played
Not recommended · 0 found this helpful

“I bought this in the triple pack, and out of the 3 this had the poorest review so I decided to play it first. I was rather enjoying the game at first, despite there not really being any "puzzles". Like...one of the puzzles is literally just the game of connection, or memory, or…”

— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-28.

21achievements
23.7%median completion
7.1%rarest: Private Eye
63.5% of players 60.1% of players 55.6% of players 41.9% of players 41.6% of players 34.5% of players 31.0% of players 26.5% of players 24.5% of players 24.1% of players 23.7% of players 21.5% of players 19.4% of players 17.8% of players 16.5% of players 16.5% of players 14.4% of players 13.7% of players 11.5% of players 10.3% of players 7.1% of players 63.5% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
63.5%J.A.M.I.E. and the Magic Tour — Listened to your first J.A.M.I.E. lore painting narration
60.1%Art Block — You made it out of the tutorial puzzle
55.6%Art History — Hung your first painting to see into the past
Rarest badges of honor
7.1%Private Eye — You solved the murder with over 20 eyes left
10.3%The Importance of Being Urnest — You collected all the urns
11.5%Pay To Win — You paid the tips hotline

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Nov 07, 2023
Murderous Muses Case Files board game available now!

Break out of the gallery and hit the streets to investigate Mordechai's murder as you've never investigated it before! Murderous Muses Case Files game is a tabletop spin-off of your favourite 2023 FMV

Jun 08, 2023
Patch 1.04 - The Whole Story

Update 1.04 includes a new room to explore, new ways to consume content, new help videos, hints and more Eyes of Mordechai to discover! We hope you enjoy this last major update for Murderous Muses, an

May 24, 2023
Patch 1.04 incoming & official tips video

Patch 1.04 has hit final testing and brings with it a raft of new changes! These include a new room to discover with a way to watch all the videos you've ever unlocked, all the Mirlhaven's Unsolved My

Apr 20, 2023
Patch 1.03 - Endgame

Patch 1.03 is here and it's our biggest yet, with new stuff to try, find and collect... + Keyword Indicators A new row of indicators will appear under the current keyword plaques from the second run o

Apr 16, 2023
1.021

Just a tiny patch... + Added new exhibition board in tutorial room + Added hint circles to the police wall in Night Gallery One Our next update will help you unlock all the suspect videos you've misse

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-28.

GenresAdventure, Indie
Player tagsFMV · Story Rich · Detective · Puzzle · Replay Value · Procedural Generation · Resource Management · Investigation · Lore-Rich · Adventure · Mystery · Point & Click (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Partial Controller Support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , French, Spanish - Spain, German, Italian, Turkish *
Achievements21
Official sitehttps://murderousmuses.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 64-bit Processor: Intel i5-4590 / AMD FX 8350 equivalent or greater Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 or greater or equivalent DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 13 GB available space