Host your own murder mystery night at home
Bring the drama, laughter, and chaos into your own home with ready-to-play downloadable murder mystery games.
Each game pack includes everything you need to run your own murder mystery game at home: character sheets, secrets, evidence, and host instructions, all beautifully designed and easy to print. Just download, assign characters, pour the drinks, and let the accusations begin!
Whether you’re hosting a dinner party with friends, a birthday celebration, or a team-building night, our games make it effortless to create a night of intrigue and laughter.
No need for professional actors. Just enthusiasm, a bit of imagination, and a willingness to deceive your friends.
We are still working on and play-testing some of our own in-house games, but for now we highly recommend the games by Freeform Games in the UK. We’ve played and hosted these games many times and they are the games we enjoyed playing the most out of all the games we tried. They are full of interesting story arcs and red herrings and will keep you guessing all night.
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This is a random selection of games by Freeform Games, you can see the entire selection on their site
Hollywood Lies
Hollywood Lies is a downloadable movie-themed murder mystery game for 16 to 32 guests and one or two hosts. It is set at a modern-day Hollywood post-awards party, and characters include producers, directors and actors. This includes, free of charge, Halloween and Christmas-themed versions of the game. Written by Steve Hatherley and DeAnna Knippling. Recommended […]
Spellbound
Spellbound is a downloadable magical murder mystery game for 13 to 17 guests and one or two hosts. It is set at a magical school, with students, professors, and visiting detectives as characters. Will the students and professors solve the mystery and save the school from an ancient enemy? Written by Lisa Perez. Recommended for […]
Snow Business
Snow Business is a downloadable snowbound murder mystery game for 10 to 12 guests and one host. Set in an isolated ski chalet in the French Alps, a family holiday goes wrong when one of the guests is found dead! Written by Lisa Butler. Recommended for ages 18+.
The Reality is Murder
The Reality is Murder is a downloadable murder mystery game for 23 to 30 guests and one or two hosts and is set on a tropical island during a reality tv show. Written by Freeform Games. Recommended for ages 18+.
Who Shot the Sheriff
Who Shot the Sheriff is a downloadable Wild West murder mystery game for 12 to 15 guests and a host. Set in an 1869 ghost town, the Sheriff of Buzzard Creek has been found dead in the stables of the Gold Nugget Saloon. Written by Tara Laben. Recommended for ages 12+.
Death at the Derby
Death at the Derby is a downloadable murder mystery game for 20 to 32 guests and one or two hosts and is set at the Olaf Downs racecourse in the USA. Written by Jeremy Gustafson and Pam Hoffmann. Recommended for ages 18+.
Way out West
Way out West is a downloadable murder mystery game for 10 to 24 guests and one or two hosts set in the Wild West. Characters include dastardly railwaymen, upright sheriffs and scheming saloon staff. Written by Tracy Bose. Recommended for ages 12+.
The Night before Christmas
The Night before Christmas is a downloadable Christmas-themed murder mystery game for 12 to 15 guests and a host. This Christmas Eve certainly won’t bring goodwill to all men as blackmail, theft and betrayal occur at a glittering 1948 Massachusetts cocktail party. This includes, free of charge, a non-holidays-themed version of the game. Written by […]
Murder on the Istanbul Express
Murder on the Istanbul Express is a downloadable 1914 murder mystery game set aboard the luxurious Istanbul Express for 7 to 11 guests and one host. Characters include the train crew, merchants, inventors – and spies! Written by Mark Jarrell. Recommended for ages 12+.