Agatha Christie: The ABC Murders

Agatha Christie: The ABC Murders

Developers
	Artefacts Studio
Publishers
	Microids
Engines
Former	Unity 5
	Unity 2018
Release dates
Windows	February 4, 2016
macOS (OS X)	February 4, 2016
Linux	February 4, 2016
Reception
OpenCritic	67
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Relaxed
Perspectives	Cinematic camera
Controls	Point and select
Genres	Adventure
Art styles	Cel-shaded
Themes	Detective/mystery, Europe, Interwar
Series	Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie: The ABC Murders is a singleplayer cinematic camera adventure game in the Agatha Christie series.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
GamersGate
GOG.com
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
itch.io
Mac App Store
Microsoft Store
Steam

Monetization

Type	Notes
One-time game purchase	The game requires an upfront purchase to access.

Microtransactions

Type	Notes
No microtransactions	None

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microids\The ABC Murders
Microsoft Store
macOS (OS X)
Linux	$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/unity3d/Microids/The ABC Murders/prefs

This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Microids\The ABC Murders\Profils\
Microsoft Store
macOS (OS X)
Linux	$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/unity3d/Microids/The ABC Murders/Profils/

3 player profiles available.

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud
Xbox Cloud

Video

In-game video settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Hor+
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Toggle with Alt+↵ Enter.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Fullscreen is always borderless.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Quality - High option enables some kind of anti-aliasing and better textures.
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Not capped since October 2020 update.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unity page for more details.

Input

In-game mouse toggle.

In-game controller toggle and settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion		Mouse does not move camera.
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support		Toggle requires to be activated via mouse input.
Controller remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion		Only for rotating objects in puzzles.

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

DualShock 4 controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging		Toggle requires to be activated via mouse input.
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M		Toggle overrides other input device. Switching off controller may lead to inability to close game using mouse. Use Alt+F4 to close game then.

Audio

In-game audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music, Voice, Sound
Surround sound		2.0 Stereo
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

In-game language settings.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish

Issues fixed

Low frame rate

Use the -force-d3d9 command line argument[citation needed]

Use the Low frame rate fix[citation needed]
Causes some lights to flicker.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c, 11	Use the -force-d3d9 command line argument for D3D9.
OpenGL		OS X and Linux only.
Shader Model support	4.0

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows			64-bit only since October 2020 update. 32-bit only before that.
macOS (OS X)
Linux

System requirements

Windows

macOS (OS X)

Linux

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP	Vista, 7, 8, 10
Processor (CPU)	AMD/Intel Dual Core 2.2 GHz	AMD / Intel Dual Core 3.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	3 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2.8 GB
Video card (GPU)	ATI/Nvidia dedicated/integrated or mobile graphics card 512 MB of VRAM Shader model 4.0 support	ATI/Nvidia dedicated or mobile graphics card 1 GB of VRAM

A 64-bit operating system is required.

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.6.8 (Snow Leopard) or newer	10.7.5 (Lion), 10.8.5 (Mountain Lion), 10.9.5 (Mavericks) and 10.10.2 (Yosemite)
Processor (CPU)	Intel Quad Core 3.1 GHz
System memory (RAM)	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2.8 GB
Video card (GPU)	Intel integrated or mobile graphics card 768 MB of VRAM Shader model 5.0 support	AMD/Nvidia Dedicated

Linux
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	Linux x86_64
Processor (CPU)	Intel Quad Core 3.1 GHz
System memory (RAM)	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2.8 GB
Video card (GPU)	Intel integrated or mobile graphics card 768 MB of VRAM Shader model 5.0 support