Agatha Christie - The ABC Murders
Skip · Narrative · 2016
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
WAIT.
Under the fair line today. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17, and it was discounted in 8 of its last 8 seasonal sales; 90% in the Winter Sale 2025.
Today
$14.99Skip
Typical seasonal cut
$1.4990% offFair
- Cost per hour▼
- $2.20/hr
- Reviews▼
- 81% of 3,101
- Genre rank
- Top 24% Narrative
Holding it back: Cost per hour, Reviews
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at $1.49 or less.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 6.8h
- To 100%
- 10.1h 1.5x the story
- Achievements
- 50
Price and sales
- Sales
- 100 on record
- Typical cut
- 85% off
- Steam low
- $1.49 July 2020
- Sale every
- 36d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 2 now
- Cheaper than
- 17% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 72% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
70% start to 4% rarestThis site could not identify an ending achievement for this game, so there is no finish rate. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
It has been discounted 100 times in the 11 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 85 percent, about 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 4 weeks ago.
Its score sits in the top 24 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 83 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 72 percent. The Testament of Sherlock Holmes ($19.99, scores 51) outscores it, and so does Blacksad: Under the Skin ($2.99, scores 65). Both sit among its closest neighbours.
More about Agatha Christie - The ABC Murders
Of the 578 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 4 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to September 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 53 percent of the 152 reviews written there were positive, against 81 percent overall, and those are 7 percent of everything written about it.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Last discount ended 31 days ago.
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
What players say
This game is a blend of adventure and visual novels, with some simple puzzles thrown in. The voice acting is really nice and I appreciate this game's depiction of Poirot and Hastings. In terms of the narrative, it stays true to the original story its based on, which will appeal to new and old fans of all things Hercule Poirot alike. It doesn't overstay its welcome too and can easily be finished in 4-6 hours. Highly...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Agatha Christie - The ABC Murders stands as a highly polished and faithful adaptation of the classic detective novel, translating the intricate narrative into an engaging adventure game. Stepping into the shoes of the iconic Hercule Poirot, the experience revolves around solving a series of clever murders by analyzing crime scenes, questioning witnesses, and collecting vital clues. The game beautifully captures the...
Did you ever read an Agatha Christie book and think "this experience would be greatly improved with some slightly uncanny wannabe-Telltale animation, bad pathing, hidden-object searching, and puzzles that are on the easy side but still feel the need to hold your hand through them"? No? No one has ever thought that, you say? This game isn't the worst, or anything. It's just not very good.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
The ABC Murders is an adventure and investigation game adapted from the classic Agatha Christie novel. You are the famous private detective Hercule Poirot and, once again, you find yourself up against a mysterious serial killer who goes by the name of "ABC".
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Agatha Christie - The ABC Murders scores 49/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/374900/agatha-christie-the-abc-murdersReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Oct 20, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.