The Commercial Square Murdoku Case Guide & Walkthrough Tips

The Commercial Square — Murdoku Hard Case Guide

A large 11×11 public square with shops, stalls, and open areas. The scale demands systematic candidate management.

Difficulty
Hard
Grid Size
11 × 11
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The Commercial Square game board screenshot
Official Murdoku game board - The Commercial Square
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Scene

A downtown commercial square, café umbrellas shading crowded tables, pigeons flocking around the fountain. Every shop is busy with the day's trade — but behind the rolled-down shutter of one closed store, a deal has just been settled in a way nobody wanted.

Key Mechanic

Large-grid systematic deduction with complex shop-to-shop relationships.

General Clues

  • There were at least two people in each store.

Suspects & Clues

Every suspect card is shown below. Use these clues together with the grid constraints to deduce positions.

Amara portrait
Amara

She was beside the statue.

Bryan portrait
Bryan

He was in the Walkway, beside the Fountain area.

Chanel portrait
Chanel

She was in the Board Game Store.

Darren portrait
Darren

He was beside a cash register.

Edmund portrait
Edmund

He was the only person sitting in any Store.

Floriana portrait
Floriana

She was sitting in a chair in the Walkway.

Galina portrait
Galina

She was beside a shelf.

Harrison portrait
Harrison

He was beside a garbage can.

Igor portrait
Igor

He was exactly one column east of Amara.

Jesse portrait
Jesse

He was not in a corner of a Store.

Victor portrait
Victor Victim

The Victim. He was alone with the murderer.

How to Play & Walkthrough Tips

Open the official case and use the strategy tips from this guide to work through the clues. Remember: place suspects only when forced, respect row and column constraints, and find the murderer last.

Open Official Case ->

Case Hint

Do not jump to the solved board yet. Try a few more deductions first; if you are stuck, use this hidden case hint to check the final placement.

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