Murder at Merivale Manor

This is such good value and quality. After doing a few of there types of things this is the best quality wise I’ve come across. The attention to detail and level of effort that’s gone into making the “evidence” is amazing. I love that you are essential left to get on with investigating without having to add info in or check in. You are just investigating the evidence, piecing it together gradually and working on it as a case file, then when you think you’ve solved it submit your answer. It’s really clever and interesting. Things are put together well but not so easily it all connects straight away, you do dig and have to prove the theories you think before submitting the answer . We really enjoyed this one and will be doing more!

It’s amazing and a spectacular time with friends!

A very entertaining way to spend an evening with friends or family. We had a lot of fun working through the clues and working out who had alibis and who was still firmly on the suspect list. There’s a lot of reading to get through but once you have digested the evidence it’s pretty easy to pick your way through it and discover the online files - which give you a further insight to the case. We played as a four and took great delight in guessing the correct murderer. If you’re thinking of buying one of these I would highly recommend - put your detective skills to the test, and have a great time whilst doing it!

We've completed 3 of these games no as a family of 4 (2 teenagers) with the others being Millionaire and Miami. This one definitely sits in the middle. Takes a decent bit of time to sift through the clues but slightly obvious quite quickly who the murderer is. Still enjoyable hence the 5 stars, not a patch of Miami which is the best so far but maybe a decent one to start off with to get used to the style. Took us 2-3 hours to complete. Once solved you're given a full breakdown of the timeline and what happened which we hadn't full appreciated when we first started playing these games. Now we make sure we solve all the clues and understand fully what happened before submitting our answer. You get a good sense of satisfaction knowing not only that you identified the murderer but that you completely solved the case.

Really great experience! All the help needed if you run out of ideas. Only thing was that our order had duplicate photos and was missing one piece of evidence. Apart from that it was great.

I really enjoyed doing this. It had me thinking and when I got stuck, the hints on the website were really helpful. I found putting little sticky notes on the sources telling me why they were really helped when I was quickly trying to find something.

We really enjoyed this immersive game! It was well structured, with an interesting plot. The quality of the evidence made us feel like real crime investigators. Highly recommended. This was the first game in the series that we’ve played, and we’d definitely be willing to try more. The evidence was clear enough for us to solve the case in a couple of hours.

Such a great way to get away from electronics and spend time with loved ones. Me and my bestfriend tend to just be on our phones every time we have a sleepover, but we instead sat for 3 hours doing this case, only using the internet when needed for the files. So good and recommend honestly, we’ve completed two by now and it’s so worth it!

Classical principle „cross out all other suspects and who is left is the killer”, no additional envelopes, case is linear, and too overwhelmed with texts you need to read, much of which has nothing to do with case

Yet another well written mystery story with an haunting historical cold case backbone and unmissable thrilling furnishes

Our family with grown kids and significant others did this cold case after Christmas this year. We are a diverse group with very different interests and participation levels. In a nutshell, this was a blast. Everyone participated reading through the materials provided and summarizing info to get the important facts. There were photos - very period appropriate taped on the walls and all the materials spread all over the table. The quality was exceptional. Newspaper articles looked authentic. Witness statements, etal were very realistic. It is necessary to logon to get “updated” evidence to be able to solve the mystery. We were able to solve it but it took a full 3 hours and was a fun challenge. The kids asked when we could do another one - always the sign it was good. I would highly recommend to anyone who would find this activity fun. Well worth it.

I’ve played three of the Cryptic Killers games so far, and I’ve genuinely enjoyed every single one. They strike the perfect balance between fun and challenging—just difficult enough to make you think, but never frustrating to the point where you want to give up. The creativity in the puzzles really stands out. Each game feels unique, and I love how they keep you engaged with clever clues and interesting twists. You can tell a lot of thought went into the design and storytelling. If you enjoy puzzle or mystery games that make you think outside the box, I would definitely recommend giving Cryptic Killers a try. I’m already looking forward to playing more!

It was a great game that myself and. my husband completed on a Sunday evening. It took us about 2 hours to solve the murder. It is very different to other detective games but we really enjoyed it and will definitely be getting another one!