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11 Great Games Like Murder by Numbers

These are hand-picked games similar to Murder by Numbers. Our experts have spent time searching for great games like Murder by Numbers. We don't use automatic matching, instead, we identify games that are good to play if you have enjoyed Murder by Numbers, or as younger rated alternatives for players not ready for PEGI 12+ or ESRB EVERYONE 10+ games. These selections also include games that offer a different experience but address a similar theme or topic.
 

Murder by Numbers is a detective game where you find clues by solving math-square nonogram-style logic puzzles. A little like Phoenix Wright games where you have a murder to solve, but here you have to use maths logic rather than pure deduction.

Unfortunately, Murder by Numbers is not available on Android, Mac, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S or iOS. However, we recommend the following games that offer a similar experience or theme:

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Murder by Numbers
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PEGI Rating 12+ for Murder by NumbersESRB Rating EVERYONE 10+ for Murder by Numbers

DetailsGame Details

Rating: PEGI 12+, ESRB EVERYONE 10+

Release Date: 05/03/2020

Platforms: Nintendo Switch and PC

Genres: Narrative and Puzzle

Players: This is a single player game

Costs: Purchase cost

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Puzzle Quest 3
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PEGI Rating 7+ for Puzzle Quest 3ESRB Rating EVERYONE 10+ for Puzzle Quest 3

Puzzle Quest 3 (Series)

Rating: PEGI 7+, ESRB EVERYONE 10+

Release Date: 16/03/2007, updated in 2019

Platforms: Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii, PC, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Portable, Xbox One and iOS

Genres: Puzzle and Role-Playing

Developer: @i2Games

Players: This is a single player game

Puzzle Quest 3 is the latest in a series of games that combine role-playing with tile-matching puzzles. Set in a fantasy world, you move around the map, encountering monsters and other enemies. When you go the battle are played out as tile puzzles where...

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Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney
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PEGI Rating 12+ for Phoenix Wright Ace AttorneyESRB Rating TEEN for Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney

Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney (Series)

Rating: PEGI 12+, ESRB TEEN

Release Date: 12/12/2014, updated in 2019

Platforms: Android, Nintendo 2DS|3DS, Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and iOS

Genres: Adventure, Puzzle and Role-Playing

Players: This is a single player game

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney is a courtroom murder mystery series where you piece together clues to challenge testimonies and uncover the truth. It’s like a visual novel, although you must interact with characters and evidence to progress.

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Ghost Trick
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PEGI Rating 12+ for Ghost TrickESRB Rating TEEN for Ghost Trick

Ghost Trick

Rating: PEGI 12+, ESRB TEEN

Release Date: 19/06/2010

Platforms: Nintendo DS and iOS

Genres: Adventure, Narrative and Puzzle

Developer: @CapcomUSA_

Players: This is a single player game

Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective is a game where you play a ghost that can stop time to solve crimes and save lives. You can inhabit and control objects and possess corpses to alter what happens. His ultimate aim is to use his memories to find out how he...

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Dicey Dungeons
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PEGI Rating 3+ for Dicey DungeonsESRB Rating EVERYONE 10+ for Dicey Dungeons

Dicey Dungeons

Rating: PEGI 3+, ESRB EVERYONE 10+

Release Date: 13/08/2019

Platforms: Android, Mac, Nintendo Switch, PC and iOS

Genres: Adventure, Fighting, Puzzle, Strategy and Turn-Based

Players: This is a single player game

Dicey Dungeons is video game adventure where you build a deck of cards to represent characters, attacks and weapons. Here the novelty is that these cards combine with dice roles to determine who wins battles.

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Clubhouse Games
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PEGI Rating 12+ for Clubhouse GamesESRB Rating EVERYONE for Clubhouse Games

Clubhouse Games (Series)

Rating: PEGI 12+, ESRB EVERYONE

Release Date: 29/09/2006, updated in 2020

Platforms: Nintendo DS and Nintendo Switch

Genres: Action, Platform, Puzzle and Strategy

Players: You can play with 4 players in the same room and up to 4 players online

Clubhouse Games, is a series that offers classic board and card games in one large bundle. It's not only great value but introduces children to a wide range of real-world games to play with the family.

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Dragon Box
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PEGI Rating 3+ for Dragon BoxESRB Rating EVERYONE for Dragon Box

Dragon Box

Rating: PEGI 3+, ESRB EVERYONE

Release Date: 09/05/2012

Platforms: Android, Mac, PC and iOS

Genres: Puzzle

Players: This is a single player game

DragonBox is an educational series of games that teaches young children maths, such as algebra using pattern matching with symbols. Unlike other educational games, the fun is in the doing in DragonBox, rather than incentivising learning with separate...

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Tangle Tower
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PEGI Rating 7+ for Tangle TowerESRB Rating EVERYONE 10+ for Tangle Tower

Tangle Tower

Rating: PEGI 7+, ESRB EVERYONE 10+

Release Date: 19/09/2019

Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PC and iOS Apple Arcade

Genres: Narrative and Puzzle

Players: This is a single player game

Tangle Tower is a murder mystery game, from the same developer as Snipperclips, where you explore a grand old house and it’s intertwining families to solve a mysterious murder. You are given the events of the murder, each...

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Lost Words: Beyond the Page
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PEGI Rating 7+ for Lost Words Beyond the PageESRB Rating EVERYONE for Lost Words Beyond the Page

Lost Words: Beyond the Page

Rating: PEGI 7+, ESRB EVERYONE

Release Date: 01/12/2019

Platforms: Mac, Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, Stadia and Xbox One

Genres: Narrative, Platform and Puzzle

Players: This is a single player game

Lost Words is an adventure game where you run, jump and explore inside a young girl’s diary. You control Izzy as she writes her diary by walking on words, move them around and solve different puzzles. This develops two parallel stories, one about Izzy...

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Patterned
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Patterned

Rating: Not rated by PEGI or ESRB

Release Date: 15/09/2019

Platforms: iOS Apple Arcade

Genres: Puzzle

Players: This is a single player game

Patterned is a puzzle game where you piece together beautiful patterns. It's a bit like a jigsaw but without the stress of forever finding more blue sky pieces. Each pattern begins as a sketch and you use visual clues to reassemble its scrambled pieces.

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Collapsus

Collapsus

Rating: Not rated by PEGI or ESRB

Release Date: Coming soon

Platforms: Android, Mac, Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One and iOS

Genres: Creative and Puzzle

Developer: @WraithGames

Players: You can play with 8 players in the same room

Collapsus is a puzzle game where you match tiles. You rotate the screen to adjust which way is down, then tapping a single tiles makes it disappear. And vertical or horizontal lines with matching colours you create also disappear. Tapping a single tile...

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Grindstone
PEGI Rating 16+ for GrindstoneESRB Rating TEEN for Grindstone

Grindstone

Rating: PEGI 16+, ESRB TEEN

Release Date: 19/09/2019

Platforms: Nintendo Switch and iOS Apple Arcade

Genres: Action, Fighting and Puzzle

Developer: @CapyGames

Players: This is a single player game

Grindstone is a colour matching puzzle game, where you plot the right path through each grid-level to attack enemies and gain treasure. The aim it to join together as many similar coloured monsters as possible in once go.

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Solve a Mystery

Like a good crime drama or whodunnit novel, solving mysteries and puzzles is a good way to engage in a story. However, rather than just watching these mysteries while someone else does the heavy lifting, these video games place you firmly in the role of the detective. Gathering statements, sifting evidence and making intelligent leaps of deduction requires care and attention. These investigations makes these games slower than others, but it’s worth the effort each time you find the correct conclusion and move the story on.

These games present you with a mysterious scenario to be solved. Whether with direct puzzles, locations to investigate or crime scenarios to deduce, they offer a unique, first-hand sleuthing challenge.
 
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Nuts
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Do Not Feed the Monkeys
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PEGI Rating 16+ for Do Not Feed the MonkeysESRB Rating TEEN for Do Not Feed the Monkeys
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HoloVista
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Backbone
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