The Deed: Dynasty
The Deed: Dynasty
Game
Game2015
The Deed
Developer Pilgrim Adventures, GrabTheGames Studios
A keenly dark twist on the traditional murder mystery setting, The Deed is an Adventure/RPG game about getting away with murder. Arran Bruce, the rightful heir to Dunshiel House, returns home to settle a score with his estranged family. From the Steam store page
180 reactions from 2 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky) · newest Oct 14, 2026 · last updated Oct 19, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
89
LovedLoved
144 positive · 17 negative
95% range 84–93%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 144 | 17 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 0 | 0 | 19 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
1,354 of 1,499 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
90% recommend · 154 yes, 17 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 171 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (3,396 of 3,785 positive).
Players praise the game's clever concept of being the murderer in a mystery. [1][2][3] Many note it is very short but surprisingly replayable with different outcomes. [4][1][5] Some reviewers criticize the dated graphics and lack of depth. [6][7][8]
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Representative posts
- [7]
The Deed is a pixel-style game made with RPGMaker, bt using realistic photos for character portraits feels rly off to me. The worldbuilding is super incomplete, like theres jst no explanation why the protags dad gave the inheritance to his sister. The logic behind the final conviction also has tons of unfair flaws.
- [4]
Surprisingly fun, for how bad it looks. This is proof that if you got a solid gameplay mechanic, you can make it work even when your graphics look like AI slop. I assume that for most people, your first run will end up with you doing the Deed with your bare hands (because you forgot to pick a weapon), and then being found guilty after failing to hide hahaha either way, the game really starts on your second run, once …
- [1]
Most murder mysteries ask you to find the killer. This one lets you be the killer. Short, clever and surprisingly replayable thanks to all the different ways you can try to get away with it.
- [6]
The deed is a very short 2D adventure game about greed, betrayal, madness and... murder! In the game, you play as the murderer and need to quickly come up with the perfect one to get away with everything. Its a nice concept but the game felt like it was made in a few days and it really lacks content. A slow run, reading through everything and exploring the house fully, takes around 30 minutes but you can probably …
- [2]
This is an older, short RPG Maker game but it has a surprising amount of depth and creativity for an amateur project. The objective is to kill your sister at a family gathering to get the family inheritance, and plant evidence to take suspicion off of yourself. While your sister is pretty terrible, there's really no truly good ending here. Even if you pull it off, you can never be happy after what you've done, which …
Summarised from 34 of the 185 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 10, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
Players who liked The Deed talk about clever twist on murder mystery genre; those who didn't talk about very short, can be completed in 2 hours. Which matters more to you?
Reactions
60 of 180 · most liked firstThe Deed is a pixel-style game made with RPGMaker, bt using realistic photos for character portraits feels rly off to me. The worldbuilding is super incomplete, like theres jst no explanation why the protags dad gave the inheritance to his sister. The logic behind the final conviction also has tons of unfair flaws.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I planted my Dads whip in my sisters bedroom and framed him for murder 100/10 - Kinky
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I planted my Dads whip in my sisters bedroom and framed him for murder 100/10 - Kinky
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Most murder mysteries ask you to find the killer. This one lets you be the killer. Short, clever and surprisingly replayable thanks to all the different ways you can try to get away with it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Surprisingly fun, for how bad it looks. This is proof that if you got a solid gameplay mechanic, you can make it work even when your graphics look like AI slop. I assume that for most people, your first run will end up with you doing the Deed with your bare hands (because you forgot to pick a weapon), and then being found guilty after failing to hide hahaha either way, the game really starts on your second run, once you understand how it works and can finally plan for it. I ended up doing two…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Giving away keys for the following games on Steam: Grotto The Deed Dynasty Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Manager Sands of Aura To qualify you MUST be following @beststeamdeals.bsky.social. Reply with your favorite purchase of the Steam sale, as well as what game you'd like to win!
neutral · AI labelView post →---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☑ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ 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 computer ---{…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Heated Rivalry is a romance but the end game is not sex. We’re not building up to The Deed and then everything works out after. We’re following two characters who want each other but the external pressures of multiple cultural layers keeps them from even dating normally.
neutral · AI labelView post →The deed is a very short 2D adventure game about greed, betrayal, madness and... murder! In the game, you play as the murderer and need to quickly come up with the perfect one to get away with everything. Its a nice concept but the game felt like it was made in a few days and it really lacks content. A slow run, reading through everything and exploring the house fully, takes around 30 minutes but you can probably speedrun the whole game in under 10 minutes, using the save/load system and a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →🚨 FREE GAME ALERT 🚨 🔔 The Deed 💥 Is on a #Giveaway on #Steam 📅 Ends on 27 Sep at 7 pm CET & 1 pm ET ☑️ Type: Single-Player Adventure RPG ✅ Reviews: Very Positive ✴️ SteamDB Rating: 86.64% 🔗 Link:⬇️ store.steampowered.com/app/420740/T... #FreeToKeep #IndieGame #Gaming #GamingCommunity
neutral · AI labelView post →THE DEED IS DONE. After nearly 90 hours, the platinum for Dragon Age: The Veilguard is complete. I have streamed this game every Sunday since release date, nearly 4 months straight! If you spent any time on this journey with me, thank you so much 🙏 #dragonage #bioware #platinum
neutral · AI labelView post →www.twitch.tv/cmd2014/clip... I Beat The Hardest Boss In #MetaphorRefantazio I May Have Had To Use An Item To Do It, But The Deed Is Done! (My Poor Girl Eupha Out Of MP)
neutral · AI labelView post →Today's door is the game "The Deed" as a Steam Global Key. To enter, just repost the post... that's it! #Vtuber #JustJihye
neutral · AI labelView post →The basic idea of a single player stealth sorta game where you have to balance your social life while setting up events, establishing an alibi, and hiding evidence and stuff is cool af 😔 The closest things I know are the games Gnosia, The Deed, and Overboard! 🤷♀️
neutral · AI labelView post →I bought a key for 1.55 Euros and i thought i would get Resident Evil Requiem. But instead i got this masterpiece of a game. I would recommend it to everyone. The Game is Peak
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A short but good puzzle game with an interesting dialogue sequence for your actions. There is replayability, especially if you are looking to get all the achievements.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One of the few games i never felt like dragging myself to get all achievements. It was really good.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is an inventive rpg abut getting away with murder, and I am loving it. Its very short, but very replayable. For only a dollar, I would strongly reccomend.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Finished writing my new game book ‘Mr Blobby and the Propaganda of the Deed.’ It’s very stupid and also 41,000 words and 581 passages because when I commit to something stupid I absolutely commit.
neutral · AI labelView post →This is an older, short RPG Maker game but it has a surprising amount of depth and creativity for an amateur project. The objective is to kill your sister at a family gathering to get the family inheritance, and plant evidence to take suspicion off of yourself. While your sister is pretty terrible, there's really no truly good ending here. Even if you pull it off, you can never be happy after what you've done, which I think is the right tone. The game is most entertaining on your first run…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →🚨 FREE GAME ALERT 🚨 🔔The Deed: Dynasty 💥Is on a #Giveaway on #Steam 📅Free To Keep Until 25th Dec @ 6 pm UTC ☑️Type: Dark Narrative-Driven Adventure RPG ✅Reviews: Very Positive ✴️SteamDB Rating: 80.92% 🔗Link:⬇️ store.steampowered.com/app/460960/T... #Crime #RPG #IndieGames #FreeGameAlert
neutral · AI labelView post →Quite the decent game for both its length and price. The gameplay itself is simple but the story telling is fun and engaging, and leaves a lot for multiple playthroughs. I'd recommend to get this one on sale, as it's only 50 cents then.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Okay for a criminal evening Story You explore different ways of "acquiring your heritage". However, those alternative courses of action are not different enough to keep being engaging after the second playthrough. Gameplay Point-and-click style gameplay. Graphics It looks really dated. Achievements Achievements are easy and fast. There is a great guide. 100% completion took me 2 hours.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a couple hours if you want to get all achievements. The conversation system is pretty deep, and the story serves its purpose.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I had tried both sequels previously before playing this one. Surprisingly this one is better when it comes to it's logic than those that came after. This one is a single fairly short scenario. It hints at some narrative, but doesn't do anything with it and there seems to be no main secondary option to deviate. Due to these things it isn't that interesting. It hints at possible combinations to get desired varied outcomes. However the endings are very much just the same thing just insert that a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very short story but so intense. Every door waits new mystery. I liked it. You play as arran. Your goal is to kill your sister and make it look like and accident and blame someone else. You do it properly you get away with it. Wrong move you end up into the jail. Its like a mix of a visual novel and rpg. You should give it a try.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Im really glad they have Turkish option but.. it was boring.Everything was moving in slow motion. Not the best game for impatient people like me.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's good one evening game for really low price. To get all achievements it took me around 2 hours, ngl to get the father found guilty took me a while.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →short and simple but good game its not visually impressive or anything much but its pretty enjoyable for what it is definitely recommend if you have a spare buck laying around
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I got the game during a 100% off sale. It was one of the most fun games I played on my old computer. It’s a really interesting game and can be a bit difficult at first. I still have a few endings left to get, haha. If you enjoy suspense games, I’d say it’s definitely worth the money!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Short murder mystery where you are the murderer. You need to find a weapon, do the deed and cover your murder by impying others. There are many ways to do that. Looks meh, but the gameplay is awesome.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →“Murder Mystery with a Twist! Commit the murder and try to get away with it. A Great Idea built on such a limited engine.” Presentation and Narrative - RPGMaker Graphics, down to using pre-built assets. - Somewhat Okay Story and Narrative. - Developer was trying to do a twist on the classic WHODUNIT? Genre. Props for that! Gameplay - Short Game (can be done in 2 hours or you will probably be bored after) - Controls are kinda wonky (maybe because it’s how RPGMaker Games do it?) - somewhat…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →very fun little game, I really like how intricately the interview is made that EVERYTHING you do is accounted for, including who you spoke to and specific interactions. very well made, and I am sure I will have fun 100%ing it
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Just finished 100% completing this game, and it was a bit of a mixed experience for me. It’s a short game where the main goal is to find the right combination of items and actions to achieve specific endings. Some of these combinations are actually pretty clever, which makes experimenting a bit rewarding. That said, I’m not really a fan of this type of game, so it didn’t fully click with me. A lot of the experience comes down to trial and error, which can feel a bit repetitive depending…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →very confusing and strange game tbh
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A really fun short game with multiple endings. i especially like how it twists the murder mystery idea by having you as the killer. i recommend it especially since its real cheap.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I got this game when it was free, and I don't think I'd recommend spending money on it. A playthrough is maybe 15 minutes, and the ending variations are so tiny that it has almost no replay value.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Review after 100% ♡♡♡ Incomplete worldbuilding. "Don't waste your life, I did. Go home," -John Rambo ⣴⣿⣦⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣼⣿⣿⣿⣷⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⣄⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣤⣤⣶⣶⣿⣿⡗ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠃ ⣿⣿⡇⠜⠙⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀Got a cat here ⣿⣿⣿⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠋⡹⠙⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀ Friends passing ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣾⣿⣿⠛⠀⠀by can touch her ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠛⠁⠀⠀and click Like to pet ♡ ⣿⣿⡿⠻⠿⠿⠿⠿⠛⠹⠑⠀⠀ Award for good luck, Take My Points for infinite pets ♡ ⠟⠁⠀
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Deed is done once more, but the kids have informed me in no uncertain terms that the Game Is Up, however it will still be played if there are presents involved. We'll see about that next year...
neutral · AI labelView post →@kpopalypse.com free game Save 100% on The Deed: Dynasty on Steam store.steampowered.com/app/460960/T...
neutral · AI labelView post →That house lives in my head more vividly than places I've actually lived. I know the exact pressure needed on the attic door to open it silently and the precise moment Giles' back is most vulnerable. Each replay is a different genre I'm directing—a clumsy tragedy one time, a chilling procedural the next. The genius is in how it makes me complicit, turning me from a player into a co-author of a tiny, terrible story. It's my go-to chamber piece of interactive guilt, a dark little engine of…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The creak of the staircase and the tick of the grandfather clock are my opening verses to a poem I've written a hundred different ways. I approach each session now not as a crime, but as a character study—what kind of killer am I today? A rushed and panicked one, or a cold, calculating artist? I know every possible outcome, yet I'm always searching for a new nuance, a subtle shift in timing or item placement. It's a dark, intimate little box of possibilities I keep returning to, just to see my…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The writing is really simple and boring, I found the whole story pretty dumb to be honest.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not my cup of tea :)
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I got it for free and it was a lot better than I expected it to be. Very short game but lots of different ways to do it and pretty fun to get all of the achievements.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I saw the cover of game and i was like who tf would play this but it was sooo good and fun! i cant wait to play the deed 2 but one thing in this game pissed me off is when I wanted to get different endings, I kept skipping their talks and I kept accidentally clicking on different options.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Adventure/RPG #VideoGame #TheDeed is currently #free to keep at #Steam store.steampowered.com/app/420740/T...
neutral · AI labelView post →The Deed was good fun. You’re setting up a murder and trying to pin it on someone else, so your choices matter when it comes to getting away with it. A neat little twist on a murder mystery, and I enjoyed it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →5/10 - My family life in the game
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Deed on Steam is a brilliant dark comedy masterpiece for anyone who loves unconventional murder mystery games. Instead of playing the detective, you are the mastermind planning the perfect crime to frame your sister and secure your family inheritance. The game is incredibly clever because it forces you to think like a true criminal by making you carefully select your murder weapon, plant evidence, and manipulate conversations during the subsequent police interrogation. Since a single…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is amazing. I have really enjoyed all the different ways to end the game. It adds a lot of realism to it. Still need to find all endings yet. Overall must have to the collection
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →really good game! makes you think of all the ways you can manipulate the characters and investigator, is really cool I must admit!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →While its short it is as short as the price is low so no complaint, the story unfolding each time differently is always interesting to see
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun game, the first attempt took me around 25 minutes, but the game can be completed in less than 5. Despite the short length, it has a respectable amount of replay value, and there are also a good amount of achievements, i think it's worth 1 euro (although i got it for free).
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Nice game, theres some strategy involved but expected from a murder mystery. Love how much thought you actually have to put into it, did blame my dad first try but the next three I struggled trying to make it look like a suicide and only managed to get an unsolved next try.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A short and decent game. The atmosphere and dialogue is fine. The game has some replay value in how you do the murder. Recommended. If you want something short.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I will give this game 6/10 which is why this review positive, it slightly outweights it's negative sides in my opinion. It's a short game for people who are good at manipulation, or have a manipulative type of mindset, main objective is to "win" the game by getting away with a murder. I didn't find it that amusing personally, but dialogues were fullfulling I suppose as there are whole dialogue trees that you can unravel and by talking having different outcomes. Not sure what else can I add.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The story is not complicated but what's impressive is how thoroughly it take into account your dialogues and actions. It's short and pretty replayble, and getting the achievements without using a guide is actually kinda fun.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Absolute cinema, simply! The game seems like just any game, but I loved it so much, I definitely want to play the others in the franchise. If the devs made bigger games with the same premise, I would find it incredible! I love detective games, but this one, where you're the problem, is even better, lol!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →AMAZING GAME!!! this was the first murder mystery type game ive tried and it did NOT disapoint. alot of effort looks like it was put into the games design and characters. 9.9/10 (nothing is perfect)
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