Murder by Numbers

Murder by Numbers is an exquisite detective puzzler with wonderful writing, gorgeous graphics, and masterful music.

Murder By Numbers is a fun and funny 90s romp for nonogram enthusiasts, but perhaps not the casuals.

Murder by Numbers has all the logic of picross with the look and feel of your favorite childhood cartoon.

Murder by Numbers successfully blends a Phoenix Wright-style visual novel with a Picross-style puzzle game by making each aspect great in its own right. It may not be the game to dethrone Jupiter from its Picross pedestal, and its somewhat overly linear detective story doesn’t quite reach as high as its Ace Attorney inspiration, but that doesn’t mean it’s not a mystery worth solving. Honor and SCO...

While the game can be a bit repetitive and some of the number puzzles either too difficult or too simple depending on the situation, this is an exciting and well-executed puzzle title that should certainly be experienced once, even if you're just in it for how impossibly cool all the characters look.

Mediatonic has combined a visual novel with a picross puzzler to create a mystery adventure with flair.

Since picross is the bulk of the gameplay, your picross talents will play a major factor in how long the game takes. The story is split across four relatively short cases, but you’ll be solving picross puzzles every step of the way. I love mystery games, so I had high hopes for Murder by Numbers, but unfortunately the plot never pulled me in. Each case has a fairly simple story, with both social c...