Case Library
All Murdoku Cases
39 official Murdoku cases organized by difficulty. Each case has a dedicated page with scene description, key mechanics, and strategy hints.
Very Easy (5)
Very Easy The Book Club
A gentle introduction to Murdoku in a cozy book club setting. Learn the basic mechanics of placing suspects and reading clue cards.
Very Easy 24-Hour Delivery
A compact 6×6 puzzle set around a delivery service. Great for practicing fundamental clue interpretation.
Very Easy Netflix and Kill
A playful movie-night themed puzzle that keeps the challenge light while reinforcing core deduction skills.
Very Easy Fresh Paint
An art-studio themed beginner puzzle. The small grid helps you focus on mastering clue card logic.
Very Easy Car Repair
A garage-themed easy puzzle perfect for first-time players who want to build confidence before tackling larger grids.
Easy (10)
Easy The Flower Store
A floral shop scene with a 7×7 grid. Slightly more suspects than the very easy cases, introducing multi-step deduction.
Easy The Riding Lesson
An equestrian-themed puzzle on a larger 9×9 grid. The bigger map means more space to manage, but the logic remains approachable.
Easy The Beach
A sunny beach scene with hidden darkness. The 7×7 grid is a manageable step up for players graduating from very easy cases.
Easy The Dead Plumber
A house-call themed puzzle where a plumber's visit turns fatal. Good practice for tracking suspects across multiple rooms.
Easy Hoarders
A cluttered home setting with objects everywhere. The abundance of object clues makes this a rich deduction experience.
Easy The Great Escape
A prison-break themed puzzle. Tests your ability to reason about who was where when the escape happened.
Easy The Courtroom
A legal drama on a 9×9 grid. The structured courtroom layout creates natural zones that help organize your deduction.
Easy Summer Isles
An island getaway turned crime scene. Water boundaries and island geography add a spatial twist to the deduction.
Easy The Backyard Garden
A suburban garden puzzle. Plants, paths, and garden features create a distinctive clue landscape.
Easy A Walk in the Park
A public park provides the backdrop for this accessible easy-difficulty case. Open spaces and clear landmarks help you focus on logic.
Medium (9)
Medium White Wedding
A wedding venue puzzle where not everyone is celebrating. Medium difficulty introduces more complex clue interactions.
Medium Hell's Kitchen
A restaurant kitchen at full pressure. The 8×8 grid and kitchen stations create a fast-paced deduction environment.
Medium Lakeside Cabin
A remote cabin by the lake. Isolation means every clue matters — there's no outside help coming.
Medium Surprise Visitors
Unexpected guests complicate an already tricky situation. Multiple visitor groups create intersecting clue networks.
Medium Freezing Rain
A stormy night sets the mood for this atmospheric medium puzzle. Weather conditions add thematic flavor to the clue reading.
Medium The Barbershop
A barbershop provides a distinctive setting with chairs, mirrors, and stations creating natural positional references.
Medium The Art School
An art school with studios, galleries, and classrooms. Creative spaces make for creative deductions.
Medium Preppers
A survivalist compound puzzle. Stockpiled supplies and bunker rooms create a unique spatial layout for deduction.
Medium Holiday Shopping
A shopping mall during the holiday rush. The 12×12 grid is one of the largest medium puzzles, demanding systematic approach.
Hard (10)
Hard A Messy Situation
A chaotic crime scene with clues scattered everywhere. The mess is the challenge — filtering signal from noise is key.
Hard The Abandoned Museum
An empty museum after hours. Exhibits, wings, and galleries form the spatial vocabulary for this harder challenge.
Hard The Commercial Square
A large 11×11 public square with shops, stalls, and open areas. The scale demands systematic candidate management.
Hard Date Night
A restaurant full of couples on date night. Pair dynamics add a unique layer to the deduction process.
Hard Sleeping with the Fishes
An aquarium and waterfront setting on an 11×9 grid. Water features create natural barriers and unique adjacency rules.
Hard Blackout
A power outage plunges the scene into darkness. Limited visibility means you must rely more on non-visual clues.
Hard The Lisbon Book Fair
The largest grid among hard puzzles at 13×13. A sprawling outdoor book fair with dozens of stalls tests your organizational skills.
Hard The Hiking Trip
A wilderness trail on an unusual 12×14 grid. Natural terrain features and trail paths structure the deduction.
Hard The Botanical Garden
A lush botanical garden with greenhouses, paths, and themed sections. Rich in object and plant-based clues.
Hard The Horsetrack
A racetrack with stables, stands, and track areas. The large grid and specialized zones demand careful deduction.
Expert (5)
Expert The Movie Studio
A massive 16×16 movie studio with sound stages, backlots, and production offices. Expert difficulty demands mastery of all deduction techniques.
Expert The Zoo
A 16×16 zoo with enclosures, aviaries, and visitor paths. The variety of animal-themed zones creates a uniquely challenging layout.
Expert The Golf Course
An expansive 16×16 golf course with fairways, greens, bunkers, and clubhouse. Expert-level spatial reasoning required.
Expert Solitary Confinement
A prison complex on a 16×16 grid with cells, corridors, and guard stations. The confined setting with many small rooms creates intense deduction density.
Expert Mystery Islands
An archipelago of mystery islands on the largest 16×16 grid. Water separation between islands creates independent deduction zones.