Platforms
Windows PC
Mild Blood, Tobacco Reference, Violent References
No Interactive Elements
Rating Summary
Mystery Chronicles: Murder Among Friends is rated T for Teen by the ESRB with Mild Blood, Tobacco Reference, and Violent References.
This is seek-and-find game in which players search for specific items on a screen full of jumbled objects. The game consists of a storyline involving the hunt for a killer who has murdered a man and a woman and kidnapped their children. Players search through murder scenes and gather clues through a series of puzzles, matching exercise, and puzzle-style games. On-screen text accompanies many of the story panel images and can sometimes reference violent acts (e.g., "His head has been smashed in" and "Annette had killed Charles and then himself."). One panel depicts a corpse lying in the bushes with a small puddle of blood around its head. Among the many items that players can find are cigarettes and cigars.