Murder Mystery Game
Live role-play dinner-party puzzle — each guest is assigned a character, one is a murderer, and the rest must deduce who through the evening.
What is Murder Mystery Game?
Murder mystery games are live role-play dinner-party puzzles with roots in 1930s British parlour play (and Agatha Christie novels). Each guest is assigned a character in a pre-written scenario, one of whom is the murderer. Over an evening (usually 2–4 hours across 3 acts, each timed to a course of dinner), players stay in character, share clues, interrogate suspects and try to solve the murder. Commercialised as How to Host a Murder (1985); Murder Mystery Company runs professional versions worldwide.
Quick facts
Category
Escape & Immersive
Type
Team sport
Players
6–20
Where played
indoor
Country of origin
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Estimated origin
1930s British parlour game; commercialised How to Host a Murder 1985 (US)
Olympic
No
Popularity
global