Murder Mystery Unsolved Case Files

Let's quickly break down how a normal non-fiction would play out in reality. If a murder occurred, the detective would start an investigation. This would involve things like interrogations, collecting forensic evidence and any other evidence found at the scene - receipts, etc. This requires a number of people all handling very specific jobs that they have been specially trained for.


In a fictional murder mystery unsolved case file, the player takes on many roles and is fully in charge of every aspect of the investigation. This is way more fun than only focusing on reading interrogation transcripts and looking for something that doesn't match. This also allows these cold cases to be set in fantastical destinations around the world, in space, even on another planet.

I've played around 30 of these unsolved case files, and have an excellent idea of what makes them good or not-so-good. Let's start with the bad. Unsolved murder mystery case files that have only one objective - finding the killer, aren't as much fun as those with multiple objective to complete. Let me break it down for you. Imagine you've got a ton of evidence to work through. You read through a bunch of interrogations and, with some evidence in hand, you decide who you think the killer is. I've managed to do this within 10 minutes, and was certain that this person was the killer. I then check the answer key and find out that I was wrong, and the killer was someone else because of a tiny piece of evidence that I've overlooked. While it is my fault for missing that piece of evidence - in the end, I've still wasted a bunch of money and only gotten 10 minutes of enjoyment out of it.


For this reason, I now only play games that have multiple objectives and an online multiple choice answer sheet. With these games, I'm not overcrowded with evidence, where I could easily miss something. Instead, I have a few choice bit of evidence that I'll use to solve the first objective, before more evidence is added to the pile. And when it's time to choose the killer, I'll pick from a list of people on their website. If I get it wrong, it'll simply tell me to try again. I can then look at the provided clues and make another attempt. This way of setting out these unsolved cold case files gives me hours of enjoyment instead of simply making a wrong guess.


I'm chosen some of my favorite murder mystery case files for you to check out that all follow the guidelines I've set above.