The Murder Book Casebook
Inside Murder Book
Verified information about Murder Book, its development and the Gungrounds team.
- What Is Murder Book?The definitive overview of Murder Book: what it is, how it plays, who is making it and when it is planned to release.
- How Murder Book Turns Interrogation Into GameplayA step-by-step look at Murder Book's interrogation loop, from reading behaviour to choosing how to press a suspect.
- Why Murder Book Cases Are Designed for 5–10-Minute SessionsWhy Murder Book's cases are built as complete 5–10-minute stories, and what that means for how you play.
- Designing Unreliable Stories for Murder BookHow Murder Book turns unreliable suspect accounts into something players can examine, based on its press kit and development screenshots.
- Building a Detective Game Without CombatThe design questions a detective game without combat has to answer, and what Murder Book's published materials show about its approach.
- How Real Police Footage Inspired Murder BookWhat is confirmed about the real police footage and psychological interviews that inspired Murder Book, and what that does and does not mean.
- Meet the Team Behind Murder BookThe people credited on Murder Book and the independent Zagreb studio behind it.
- The Development of Murder Book: From Zagreb to ReleaseA verified timeline of Murder Book's development, updated as new milestones are confirmed.
- Why Gungrounds Is Making Murder BookThe studio history, change of direction, public funding and Cannes selection that form the verified context for Gungrounds making Murder Book.
- Murder Book Release, Steam Wishlist and Development FAQAnswers to the most common questions about Murder Book's release window, platforms, Steam wishlist and development status.