Adventure · February 4, 2016

Agatha Christie – The ABC Murders (2016)

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Agatha Christie - The ABC Murders Your weapon is your knowledge. Your wits will be put to the ultimate test! The ABC Murders is an adventure and investigation game adapted from the classic Agatha Christie novel. The player embodies the famous Hercule Poirot in a 3rd person perspective adventure game packed with mysteries. Once again, the private detective will find himself up against a mysterious opponent who goes by the name of 'ABC'. Your intelligence will never have been so challenged! You will have to explore many crime scenes in various cities set in beautiful surroundings across the United Kingdom. Leave no stone unturned when it comes to cross examinations and deadly puzzles! Observe, question and explore everything possible in order to make the smartest deductions and understand the murderer’s plans! KEY FEATURES : Examinations: The player can collect information by examining suspects and paying attention to what they say, how they say it and how they feel. Puzzles: The player will have to solve puzzles in order to obtain more clues. Brain Deductions: Depending on the clues collected, the player will be able to make deductions and find out more about the murderer. Timeline: As the player draws conclusions and progresses through the story, he can use Poirot's Timeline. This means that Hercule Poirot can build a timeline with all the relevant events revealed during the investigation.

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Peer Adventure titles

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Position in Adventure

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume2.8k Steam reviewsTop 75% in Adventure
Positive rating82% positiveGenre average: 87% — this title sits in top 81%
Metacritic67/100Genre average 77 — top 89% of Adventure titles
Engagement hours5 h averageTop 63% for session depth among Adventure

Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Adventure · 94
  • Detective · 78
  • Point & Click · 64
  • Mystery · 53
  • Puzzle · 36
  • Based On A Novel · 27
  • Singleplayer · 26
  • Investigation · 23
  • Crime · 22
  • Story Rich · 19
  • Noir · 13
  • Third Person · 9
  • Visual Novel · 5

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (8)

  • English volume_up
  • French volume_up
  • Italian
  • German
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Polish
  • Russian
  • Portuguese - Brazil volume_up

Full audio (3)

  • English
  • French
  • Portuguese - Brazil

Reception Metrics

Steam community

82%Mostly Positive · 2.8k reviews

2.3k positive · 510 negative

Metacritic

67/100 critic aggregate

Metacritic user score

6.1/10

Curator recommendations

1.9k

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Release & Availability

Release dateFeb 4, 2016
DeveloperArtefacts Studio
PublisherMicroids
Base price$1.49 -90%
PlatformsWindows, macOS, Linux
Estimated owners100k–1M
External linksOfficial site · [email protected]

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

5h

short (5–15 hours)

Median

4h

Typical completion time

Achievements

50

Steam unlocks available

Features & Capabilities

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards

Input & Comfort

  • Full controller support

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Editions & Packages

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