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Voice Driven Murder Mystery

Shares rank 13 of 24 adventure games by recommenders

Players find this voice-driven detective game fun, novel and well made, with easy switching between suspects, for $4. One reported problem is connection failures.

Players find this voice-driven detective game fun, novel and well made, with easy switching between suspects, for $4. One reported problem is connection failures.

10 people gave an opinion

recommend it
8
criticize it
2
approval share
80%
Each figure is one person. RecommendsCriticizes

Recommended in 1 of 13 months

  1. November 2025: not recommended
  2. December 2025: not recommended
  3. January 2026: not recommended
  4. February 2026: not recommended
  5. March 2026: not recommended
  6. April 2026: not recommended
  7. May 2026: not recommended
  8. June 2026: not recommended
  9. July 2026: not recommended
  10. August 2026: recommended
  11. September 2026: not recommended
  12. October 2026: not recommended
  13. November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)

Why it doesn’t carry the badge

  • 8 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
  • 4 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
  • Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.

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What people say about it

The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.

Why people recommend it

Each mark is one comment

  • Fun and engaging detective game

    “Kept me hooked, even though I am not a crime nut.”

    Comment from 10 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: Voice driven murder mystery, Interview AI suspects with your voice”

    “This is a really fun take on a detective game.”

    Comment from 10 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: Voice driven murder mystery, Interview AI suspects with your voice”

    “This is really fun, great work!”

    Comment from 10 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: Voice driven murder mystery, Interview AI suspects with your voice”

Other adventure games people recommend

The four most recommended other adventure games, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.

Voice Driven Murder Mystery compared with 4 alternatives
ProductRecommendCriticizeApprovalMonthsOwnedBadge
Sid Meier's Pirates!611185%5—Approved
Grim Fandango41884%320 yrs3 owners—
Myst31782%10—Approved
Monkey Island29391%9—Approved
Voice Driven Murder MysteryThis page8280%1——
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What people said

9 of the 10 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.

“Only $4 to solve which I thought was value for money.”

MixedComment from 12 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: Voice driven murder mystery, Interview AI suspects with your voice”

“Genuinely novel and nicely done.”

RecommendsComment from 11 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: Voice driven murder mystery, Interview AI suspects with your voice”

“This is really fun, great work!”

RecommendsComment from 10 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: Voice driven murder mystery, Interview AI suspects with your voice”

“Kept me hooked, even though I am not a crime nut.”

RecommendsComment from 10 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: Voice driven murder mystery, Interview AI suspects with your voice”

“I love the fact that you can just move from one suspect to the other quickly.”

MixedComment from 10 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: Voice driven murder mystery, Interview AI suspects with your voice”

“more well-done than I assumed a vibe-coded game would be”

MixedComment from 10 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: Voice driven murder mystery, Interview AI suspects with your voice”

“even if the developer is in good faith you can expect your voice to be part of training data”

CriticizesComment from 10 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: Voice driven murder mystery, Interview AI suspects with your voice”

“This is a really fun take on a detective game.”

RecommendsComment from 10 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: Voice driven murder mystery, Interview AI suspects with your voice”

“It was working great... But now it says it can't connect.”

MixedComment from 10 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: Voice driven murder mystery, Interview AI suspects with your voice”

Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.