Apart from minimal issues during some puzzles, Agatha Christie: The ABC Murders is a straightforward point-and-click mystery title that is intriguing and fun to play. The art style, voice acting and curiousness of the story provide a good few hours of fun. This is a game that can be enjoyed by anyone who loves cosy crime and puzzle solving.
Agatha Christie: The ABC Murders2016
Agatha Christie: The ABC Murders
2016 Microids69Worthwhile
Playtime
ShortTypically 6 hours
Playable on
Available on
- −80%$2.99
- $19.99
- $19.99
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Details
- Launch
- February 4, 2016
- Developer
- Artefacts Studio
- Publisher
- Microids
Overview
The ABC Murders is an adventure and investigation game adapted from the classic Agatha Christie novel. You are the famous private detective Hercule Poirot and, once again, you find yourself up against a mysterious serial killer who goes by the name of "ABC".
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Reception
Press67
Players82
WorthwhileGreat- Metacritic67from 17 reviews
- OpenCritic68from 19 reviews
The gameplay is where Agatha Christie: The A.B.C. Murders begins to reveal itself as a worthy, faithful contender to recreate the iconic Poirot story.
A different kind of point-and-click adventure, Agatha Christie – The ABC Murders has both highs and lows on the Nintendo Switch. But it's the quantity and quality of speech that pushes it over the edge for me, despite the inexplicable lack of handheld play.
Ultimately, Agatha Christie's The ABC Murders is a perfectly competent point-and-click detective game, competently ported to Nintendo Switch. It's more difficult to deliver a "great detective" story in a way that feels appropriate to the character and the players than most people would think, but the developers have done an admirable job here overall....
That's just one of the many things that make The ABC Murders feel unpolished and a bit rough around the edges.