Murder

About Murder

Murder is a stealth assassination party game for two players on a shared keyboard. One player controls the detective who is trying to identify and catch the murderer; the other player secretly controls the murderer who is attempting to eliminate NPCs without being caught. The NPCs move around the environment and the murderer must create opportunities to strike when the detective's view is obscured or their attention is directed elsewhere.

The game reads differently depending on which role you're playing. As the detective, your task is observation — identifying anomalies in NPC positioning and catching the murderer mid-act. As the murderer, your task is distraction and timing — using the environment to interrupt the detective's view and striking during the obscured windows. Both roles require reading the other player's attention rather than just responding to NPCs.

Murderer Strategy

The detective's field of view is fixed at all times. Move behind cover between strike opportunities rather than standing near intended targets — proximity is the detective's strongest tell. Strike targets on the far side of cover from the detective rather than on the nearer side. The most reliable window is immediately after the detective moves to investigate something you arranged to draw attention away from your actual target area — the moment of distraction and the location shift both reduce their effective watch range simultaneously.