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Game2023
Agatha Christie - Murder on the Orient Express
Developer Microids Studio Lyon
Step on board the legendary Orient Express and immerse yourself in the most famous detective suit in a race against the clock to unmask the murderer. From the Steam store page
244 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Oct 30, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
79
LovedLoved
148 positive · 39 negative
95% range 73–84%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 148 | 39 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 8 | 0 | 40 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 4 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
369 of 443 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
78% recommend · 148 yes, 42 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 190 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (1,082 of 1,295 positive).
The modern setting in 2023 divides opinion, with some finding it fresh and others unnecessary. [1][2][3] Several reviewers note the game is best for newcomers to the story or those who enjoy slow-paced mysteries. [4][5][6]
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Representative posts
- [16]
If You’ve Never Read the Original, This Game Isn’t the Right Introduction I have mixed feelings about this game. Normally, I’d recommend a 5/10 game—and honestly, this one hovers around that mark. But for various reasons, I can only give it a 4/10. I feel like this game is merely using the reputation of *Murder on the Orient Express* to push what the developers truly wanted to create: a personal showcase for Joanna …
- [11]
The investigation part is my favorite thing in the whole game. You are just walking around the train, talking to people, picking up clues, and connecting everything on the mind map. It is also a slow-paced game, with tons of talking and going back and forth. I personally want something I can really sink into, not a game that rushes me along. There are moments where I’m just sitting there like, “Wait… that doesn’t …
- [2]
I do recommend this game with some caveats, I should start there. I had fun playing this game. I like the game mechanics and I have a soft spot for most things Poirot since he is my favourite fictional detective. That said! There is an awful lot of running along a train corridor which gets a bit repetetive after a while, but it was manageable. I have one big thing that annoyed me more. WHY!?!?!? Why is this game set …
- [7]
Reviewing (mostly) every game (or DLC) in my library, part 653: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️☆☆ (8/10) Agatha Christie – Murder on the Orient Express is, perhaps unsurprisingly, a very good murder mystery. The story is excellent, the characters are memorable, and the writing does a great job capturing the atmosphere of the original novel. Honestly, I was perfectly happy to just sit back and let Hercule Poirot do his thing, which …
- [1]
A classic story of Agatha Christie modernized into 21 century ...instead of being early 1930 as in the book in this game the action will be in 2023...this adaption of the 21 century feels interesting to see the murder from this point of view. If you read the books or watched the movies you might know about who is who and perhaps even the killer...however this game also brings a new investigation of another murder …
Summarised from 34 of the 250 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 12, 2026. How summaries are made
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Players who liked Agatha Christie - Murder on the Orient Express talk about excellent story and memorable characters; those who didn't talk about too much repetitive walking back and forth on the train. Which matters more to you?
Reactions
60 of 244 · most liked first"I survived Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express and all I got was a dusty turkey baster"
neutral · AI labelView post →Many have been foolish enough to try & keep the truth from Hercule Poirot •⩊•
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I bought this on sale keen to play a good, old-fashioned Poirot game, but this excitement quickly turned into disappointment. While Murder on the Orient Express does occasionally offer some quality head-scratchers, it suffers from poor UI and longwinded, overly repetitive plot exposition that leave the player wishing for a skip button. These, in my opinion, are far greater crimes than adding a fresh twist to Christie's story or even introducing another detective. Not being able to access…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If You’ve Never Read the Original, This Game Isn’t the Right Introduction I have mixed feelings about this game. Normally, I’d recommend a 5/10 game—and honestly, this one hovers around that mark. But for various reasons, I can only give it a 4/10. I feel like this game is merely using the reputation of *Murder on the Orient Express* to push what the developers truly wanted to create: a personal showcase for Joanna Locke. Microids Studio Lyon placed all the best puzzle design, narrative…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Dont expect an other Hercule Poirot game this was clearly made for kids. Its by no means a challenging dectetive game but a fun enough game to play for some mindless time killing. This was definetly made for kids since its a lot easier than other poirot games and the protaganists give themselfes a gold star every time they are able to read or solve a 10 piece puzzle wich is pretty anoying. Plus there are quite a view ocations where the answer is staring you in the face but you have to wait…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I should have trusted the negative reviews because it's literally so boring. The puzzles (can we even call it that?) are so easy and irrelevant to the plot, it just feels like they're just throwing it in there so you feel like there's something to do in the game. It's such a shame because I think the graphics are quite good and who doesn't love Agatha Christie's story right? I'm sad because it's a waste of such a good franchise and story, they could have done a well-made, real detective game.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →🔴LIVE - all aboard!!!! there's a killer on this train!! more Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express!! 🚂🔪🚂🔪 www.twitch.tv/halfmoonjoe
neutral · AI labelView post →🔴LIVE - murder?? in MY train?? that's right it's time to play Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express!!!! 🚂🔪🔎🔍 www.twitch.tv/halfmoonjoe
neutral · AI labelView post →The investigation part is my favorite thing in the whole game. You are just walking around the train, talking to people, picking up clues, and connecting everything on the mind map. It is also a slow-paced game, with tons of talking and going back and forth. I personally want something I can really sink into, not a game that rushes me along. There are moments where I’m just sitting there like, “Wait… that doesn’t make sense”, staring at the screen for what feels like forever, questioning…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →🔴LIVE - somebody get me off this train!!!! time for more Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express!!!! 🚂🔪🚂🔪 www.twitch.tv/halfmoonjoe
neutral · AI labelView post →A Grown-Up Detective Story with Childish Puzzles As a big fan of Poirot mysteries, I was thrilled when I first heard about this game. I waited for a discount on Steam or other platforms, and finally, I bought it. After 17 hours of gameplay, I can confidently say that I completely disagree with the glowing reviews from critics and Steam users. Before starting, I was curious to see how the developers would keep players engaged in a story whose outcome is known to almost every adult on the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The year is 2023. Poirot receives an email while in Istanbul that he is required in London as soon as possible. So, naturally, he takes... a vintage train. That is the level of writing to expect in this game. It's... fine. The game design is simple, the initial quests are very basic and the character models would have been cutting edge 10-20 years ago. If you feel like playing a simple game that won't require much thought then this is a fine game. Or if you are under 14 then it does the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →"The impossible could not have happened, therefore the impossible must be possible in spite of appearances." Elementary. Well, not quite.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I cannot recommend this game at full price. I purchased it with 75% discount and I'm not even sure if it was worth the $10. I finished the game in only two days but the main problem is that it's way too easy, almost like the difficulty is tuned to children. The game takes you by the hand at literally every step you take.. It constantly tells you what to do, who to question, where to look, etc. And this means that the player doesn't have to think anymore. The featured 'mindmap' answers all…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Agatha Christie - Murder on the Orient Express (2001 720p). Murder on the Orient Express is a 2001 made-for-television mystery film directed by Carl Schenkel based on the 1934 novel Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie, featuring Hercule Poirot. This version is set in the present day and has a smaller cast than the novel. The screenplay was written by Stephen Harrigan and the original music score was composed by Christopher Franke.…
neutral · AI labelView post →A classic story of Agatha Christie modernized into 21 century ...instead of being early 1930 as in the book in this game the action will be in 2023...this adaption of the 21 century feels interesting to see the murder from this point of view. If you read the books or watched the movies you might know about who is who and perhaps even the killer...however this game also brings a new investigation of another murder that is investigated by detective Joanna Locke and in a certain point of the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Thoroughly mediocre and simplistic. Frogwares’ Sherlock Holmes games do a much better job of a similar detective experience.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →[Fanatical] Build Your Own Platinum Collection Bundle (Jan 2026). Get 3 games for $9.99, 5 games for $15, or 7 games for $19.95 - Agatha Christie - Murder on the Orient Express - Asterigos: Curse of the Stars - DUCKSIDE - Dino Path Trail - Dodgeball Academia - Fae Tactics - Grandma, No! - Grapple Dogs: Cosmic Canines & Grapple Dog Double Pack - Havendock - Complete Edition - House Builder - The Atomic Age Bundle - Lil' Guardsman - MainFrames - Mika and The Witch's Mountain - Next Space Rebels…
neutral · AI labelView post →I do recommend this game with some caveats, I should start there. I had fun playing this game. I like the game mechanics and I have a soft spot for most things Poirot since he is my favourite fictional detective. That said! There is an awful lot of running along a train corridor which gets a bit repetetive after a while, but it was manageable. I have one big thing that annoyed me more. WHY!?!?!? Why is this game set in 2023? It added nothing but confusion. There was no point what so ever for…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The point and click adventure (which feels like a "hidden object" game) segments felt tedious, and some of the mind map interactions made me cringe. The few puzzles I had were nice, but game is just a slog.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →For context, I love Agatha Christie books, the Orient Express setup, the detective genre, and point and click games, so I would have been the ideal player for this game. I didn’t mind playing a story I had already read and watched, or the modern setting with mobile phones, or even the somewhat dated and underwhelming art style. And, I quite liked the addition of Joanna Locke as Poirot’s investigative partner, the mechanic of the mindmap, and the puzzle hint system. I was very annoyed at the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The female "Detective Locke" in this ruins an otherwise acceptable game. I started actively rooting for the bad guys over her. She is so insufferable. The puzzles are easy and the speech is slow (I could read the subtitles multiple times over before the character was done speaking) but those are tolerable. The camera work is good. The graphics are smooth. Some excellent artwork....all thrown out the window because they had to have annoying charmless leftist woman character.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Me, before playing this: "Agatha Christie, Queen of Crime? Pffft, there is no way her work can still be any good in 2025." Me, after playing this: "H... how?? This case makes Danganronpa look like a stroll through the park with a baby!" Hot take: Agatha Christie? Pretty good writer! I'm praising her instead of praising the game because the core of the case is a very direct adaptation of her 1934 novel, "ported" onto the modern times. There is some weirdness - Poirot says at one point…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Honestly, I found this one to be a huge disappointment. First of all, the games were boring, or downright stupid. Second, the changes to the original story only detracted from it - why are we in modern times? So many elements of the story simply fall apart when modern forensics are considered. Why did we add the detective, and how on earth did the Armstrong family and friends find out Rachett way before she did? How did they even know he was the guilty party, in this iteration? He was never…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 19 #BookSky💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge Agatha Christie - Murder on the Orient Express
neutral · AI labelView post →I didn't watch the trailer for Agatha Christie - Murder on the Orient Express 2023 very carefully, so I was super shocked when I started playing it and Poirot pulls out a smartphone from his pocket in the first seconds of the game. like my head just blew up
neutral · AI labelView post →“Poirot's eyes opened. "That is great ferocity," he said. "It is a woman," said the chef de train, speaking for the first time. "Depend upon it, it was a woman. Only a woman would stab like that." ✍️Agatha Christie, Murder on the Orient Express #BookWormSat
neutral · AI labelView post →way too many cut scenes you could not skip if you wanted too, many puzzles (good), but their solutions sometimes seemed random and hard but other times super easy, the game feels dragged out, but i do like the other storyline about the armstrong case. Before the chapters in venice i found it hard to comprehend what happened, who the murderer was and why they did it. All in all the game sometimes doesnt make sense and by the end i was super bored and just wanted it to end. I also dont understand…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I thought this would be a fun detective game, but it was so incredibly boring. Achievement for following someone for 3 seconds? Wow, I am so proud of myself. The woman having a discussion about the restaurants fridge storage, could she be a driver or a pastry chef? Hmmmmmmmmmm, though call. I don't need a game to be difficult to be fun, but this is ridiculous.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Reviewing (mostly) every game (or DLC) in my library, part 653: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️☆☆ (8/10) Agatha Christie – Murder on the Orient Express is, perhaps unsurprisingly, a very good murder mystery. The story is excellent, the characters are memorable, and the writing does a great job capturing the atmosphere of the original novel. Honestly, I was perfectly happy to just sit back and let Hercule Poirot do his thing, which is both the game's greatest strength and one of its weaknesses. The mystery…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's an okay mystery, perfect for beginners. However, if you're a seasoned detective you might find this game quite boring since it holds your hand every step of the way, telling you exactly what to do. Puzzles in minigames were okay, quite classic for a mystery game. Mindmap was an interesting feature which wasn't fully explored or maybe its potential wasn't fully used in this game. Storywise - I personally think the story was elongated for no reason other than excuse the "12 juries". If the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It is not great, but interesting enough. I think I would rather reread the book then play this again? And I tried, spent hours on it. I think this works for a certain demographic. I really liked the new character and the visuals are mostly good.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Just dull and nonsensical in the final third of the game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I was awaiting to enjoy a good murder mystery of the famed Hercule Poirot, among my favourite detectives but alas even as I got into the game and tried liking it, there were too many pitfalls which made it extremely lacking enjoyment throughout and taxing to complete to the point of being tedious. Among the few gripes I had: - The 3D graphics were neither the best, for a 2023 game released the 3D models were quite non-agreeable nor realistic, the background models may be ok but also…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →“The impossible could not have happened, therefore the impossible must be possible in spite of appearances.” Agatha Christie, Murder on the Orient Express #BookologyThursday
neutral · AI labelView post →It isn't Poirot. It is a Kenneth Branagh look a like but it isn't David Suchet so its no Poirot. That out of the way, its repetitive and needlessly clunky. It is ok at first but it gets tiresome pretty fast. Procedural doesn't cover it, it is pedantic. Every time you do anything requiring a little thought, and I do mean EVERYTHING, you get a small scene from fake Poirot saying "I'm brilliant cos I'm smart!" or something similarly smug. It say skip at the bottom but you cant skip it fast…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Decent game, but I got bored somewhere in the middle. The graphics are polished, but feel a bit sterile. The puzzles are quite easy, which actually suits me because I’m lazy :) Still, a bit more challenge — or more interesting puzzles — would have been nice. I enjoy the Sherlock Holmes games much more, probably because of the protagonist and the setting. If you like these types of games, give it a try.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →After playing demo , I was keen for this. Repented after playing. THIS GAME IS LESS OF DETECTION AND MORE OF ALL HOPELESS PUZZLES. MOST OF PUZZLES ARE NOT EVEN RELATED TO MURDER LIKE FIXING THE ORANGE JUICER OF CHEF , MAKING CHESS MOVE AND WHAT NOT! it is frustrating to get rid of the puzzles. NOT RECOMMENED
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Really, really enjoyed playing this game. I went in completely blind—haven’t read the original novel and knew nothing about the documentary—so this was purely a game-first experience, and it hooked me fast. The voice acting is executed perfectly; the accents and languages feel authentic and add a lot to the immersion. It feels like every conversation builds something. The story is packed with twists and turns, and each character is well-written with their own backstory, making every…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☑ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Masterpiece ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☐ Kids ☐ Teens ☑ Adults ☑ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run Paint ☑ Potato ☐ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The mechanics are grossly handholdy and overly congratulatory. I noticed from a picture that someone was using their right hand instead of their left hand? Short animation about how I'm the best detective ever. For every. Single. Answer. Answers that you have no option to get wrong. The game tells you you're wrong immediately until you change your answer to the right one. There are a lot of irrelevant mini games which I am not a fan of. I'd like my investigation games to be about investigating,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's VERY hard to recommend this game. On one hand: The graphics are fantastic. Level desing is as "sublime" as the desserts in the game. Characters are great. The story is beautiful. They kept the original feeling of the books in every way, yet managed to modernize the whole thing. The story is set in the present times. Mobile phones, TVs, cars, computers, and all that, and it feels fantastic, as it doesn't ruin the story. Which is also great. Just as close to the original to be a perfect…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Brilliant. i think this is the best of the Agatha Christie games. Once you get use to the rather fluid camera controls, it is brill.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →+ masterpiece story + better fun with guests + music and graphics + in one breath - puaro can't run - stuffy moments with some puzzles - 10-13 chapters are strange
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Many puzzle are just not relevant to the story or detective
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →8. Agatha Christie Murder on the Orient Express (2023) this was a really charming game with some fun puzzles to solve. it was very bad memory accessible and held my hand when i forgot everything 😅 i wanted a less emotionally heavy game after the last few and this had just enough drama for me.
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neutral · AI labelView post →[Game Bundle] Microids Mystery Menagerie. $1: | Game name | Steam link | |----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| | Still Life 2 | https://store.steampowered.com/app/46490/Still_Life_2/ | | Still Life | https://store.steampowered.com/app/46480/Still_Life/ | | Post Mortem |…
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neutral · AI labelView post →The most boring Agatha Christie's game I've ever played. It's a very poor attempt to introduce "mind map" like in Sherlock Holmes games with the difference that all the answers are linear and questions are incorrectly articulated. I've played around 2h and I am afraid I cannot do it anymore. The graphic is nice though and the train depicted beautifully, the small positive in the ocean of negatives of this game. Honestly, Nansy Drew is million times more exciting than this.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT! i thought i wouldnt at first because i thought it would be hard and weird to play but i was so wrong. i love a good mystery game and even more a murder mystery game. i couldnt stop playing it until 3 or 4am and the next day i found myself playing more. if you like seek and find games and a good murder mystery then you will enjoy thing game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I wish you could move a little faster, but otherwise it was fun.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →*light spoilers* This is a difficult one. I want to preface this negative review with two acknowledgements: (1) I did not read the Agatha Christie story, meaning that it is hard to judge if I am criticizing the book or the game, but as I only know the game, that is what I will be focusing on, and (2) despite the criticism I do recognize that the game is made by people who know their jobs and cared about this project, so I am not saying everything here is aweful. However... (1) The biggest…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have no idea why this game has all these high scoring reviews. Don't get me wrong, it's good and i recommend it if you like this type of game, but it doesn't compare to old school adventure games. Personally, i think the puzzles were not always that good, most of them were pretty easy. Some were just there for the sake of it, meaning they had no real purpose. The story/gameplay is also too linear for my taste. If you have read the book, don't expect the story to be same. That is not…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The setting on the train is interesting at first, but the pacing felt slow and some of the investigation sequences became repetitive. I found it hard to stay fully engaged with the gameplay, and the experience did not capture the tension and excitement that the story is known for.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I was really hopeful for this game when I went in, but was very disappointed. I had not read murder on the orient express, so I did not go in with any attachment to the original material. That being said, the switch to a modern setting is quite odd. It strikes me as quite odd, because it does make the setup less believable and more bizarre. The rest of the story they wrote to expand on the original material relies heavily on this modern setting, so I would not be surprised if this was the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Simplistic, boring and set in 2023 for no reason. Overpriced af
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is good at first but quickly gets super long and boring. I regret the money I spent on it, even when it was on sale. Too much dialogue and walking back and forth. Then when you think it's finally over, there's even MORE. So done with this one.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As you yourself have said, what other explanation can there be?' Poirot stared straight ahead of him. 'That is what I ask myself,' he said. 'That is what I never cease to ask myself. Agatha Christie, Murder on the Orient Express #ClassicLitMonday
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