Five Mysterious Murders news & patch notes

Hi, everyone

In this update, the game got a guiding system. Randomized goals with step-by-step tips appear during a playthrough.

Hi everyone! This update includes:

• Improved into arts

• Bugfixes

• Interface scale control

Hi everyone!

This is a major update that addresses all alpha-players' feedback, contains crucial changes for the game art system and gameplay mechanics.

Follow-up Patch

Art & New Lighting System

The environment is now more diverse with new grass, ground, and forest tiles. The game is brighter, and the lighting is more balanced.

UI and Controls Enhancement

All essential tools are now available at the bottom and no longer rely only on shortcuts:

• Settings

• Notes

• Backpack

• Map

Bugfixes

Addressed player feedback from recent playthroughs. With the new balanced camera zoom, the game is now comfortable to play on both low- and high-resolution screens. The camera offset is dynamic, providing a better view across all screen sizes.

The New Trailer

Fun Stuff

Hi everyone! This update includes:

• Improved note placement to better indicate mob locations

• You can now click on the entrance doors to exit the houses

• Added a tip explaining how to revive mobs

• Rebalanced weapon damage

• Fixed an issue with pit trap placement

Hi all, the update includes

• Arts improvements

• Video tutorial at the spawn point

• An experimental system to repair the player's health: It is now possible to delete photos taken by tourists using a computer at the ranger's station.

• Fixed the movement lock issue on the spawning island

• Added more tutorial hints

• Minor bugfixes and art improvements

Hello everyone! 👋

Here’s the latest update:

• Added Portuguese language support

• Improved the teleportation Totems' behavior — clicking a Totem now opens the map instantly

• Visual improvements

Hello everyone!

Here is a regular update with the following changes:

• Introduction of the Russian language for the game interface

• Art improvements

• Minor bug fixes and player experience improvements

As usual, any feedback is welcome in the comments.

Happy Holidays!

Hi all,

Long story short: New voices for characters. Smoother, more atmospheric, less robotic.

Please also check out the latest bugfix and player experience patch.

... more fixes and improvements are coming!

Hello Maniacs!

Here’s the full list of bug fixes and improvements included in this update. Everything is based on the first reviews and feedback.

Player Convenience

• Press "I" to open the inventory ("E" still works too)

• Highlighted icons when consuming food and drinks

• A wrench and a hammer can now be used to hunt animals

• No delays when rendering the minimap

• More mushrooms added to village chests and houses

• Graves now drop randomized useful loot (ropes, rats, mushrooms, etc.)

• Improved enemy stamina-reduction animation

• Ability to swap items in the inventory

• New tutorial on how to collect resources from dead enemies

• Removed unused loot from chests

• Unreachable items can be picked up by the cursor

Bug Fixes

• Fixed highlighting of nearby enemies

• Fixed the pie icon

• Shovel can no longer destroy the rotten cheese table

• Fixed infinite cheese generation

• Doghouse can no longer be destroyed

• Fixed haircut animation sound

❓Survey: What to do next ❓

• Re-do AI voices (Yes, I know they are shit)

• Add more languages (put down what language you want to see in the comments)

• Add more locations and traps/weapons (put down in the comments if you have good ideas)

Hello, everyone!

After almost a year on Steam, Five Mysterious Murders is going to be released as Early Access on December 3rd, 2025! There are a few things that differentiate the Early Access version from the DEMO.

A lot of traps and weapons

Other than 15 various traps and weapons become accessible. All of them have different damages and interaction mechanics. The killing tools can be crafted, or the very rare ones (e.g., the Chainsaw) can be found by exploring the map.

Non-lethal attacks

There are 3 types of non-lethal attacks accessible in the game now. The opponents can fall asleep drinking a beverage with hypnotic, fall down, and pass out slipping on the spilled oil or from a disgusting, nauseous smell. A passed-out opponent doesn't notice your movement and can also be subjected to any of the lethal attacks.

Enhanced attack scenes

The attack scenes became better and smoother in terms of performance. Several bugfixes were done there, and the most notable one is that the opponents will no longer overlap with trees or other objects when they are under attack.

Well-categorised Inventory

The inventory is split now into the categories

• Survival Kit - The tools necessary for survival

• Non-Lethal Kit - See above

• Execution Kit - Weapons to apply to the passed-out opponents

• Traps

• Other - So far, only the radio that can distract the opponents, but there will be more items in the future

Hello, everyone! 🎃

Demo v38 is now live — just in time for the most creepy time of the year! 👻

This update is inspired by your Next Fest feedback and includes:

• A new tutorial to guide you through the gameplay basics

• Performance boosts for a smoother experience

• Collision fixes and other small improvements