Easy
One step at a time, with extra clues to help.
Midnight Alibi
Every alibi is a clue.
A logic puzzle for people who like Sudoku and murder mysteries. Rebuild every suspect’s night, hour by hour, until only one of them could have been in the room when the victim died.
The case
Someone was killed tonight.
The board is a timeline. Each row is a suspect, each column is an hour, and each square is the room that suspect was in. Like Sudoku, every suspect visits every room exactly once, and no two suspects share a room in the same hour.
Each suspect gives one testimony, and forensics add a little evidence. The body was found in one room at the time of death, so whoever was there then is the killer.
On Hard and Expert, the killer’s testimony is a lie. You’re also hunting for the one statement that can’t be true.
Crime briefingNo. 1002
Lord Ashcombe
Found dead · Lounge · 11pm
9pm10pm
11pm †12am
Basil
LoungeGardenGalleryConservatory
Nora
GardenLoungeConservatoryGallery
Hugo
GalleryConservatoryLoungeGarden
Esme
ConservatoryGalleryGardenLounge
How it plays
From testimony to accusation
Every case can be solved by logic alone: no guessing, and exactly one answer.
Read the testimony
Each suspect makes one statement. Evidence cards add what forensics found.
Fill the timeline
Place every suspect in a room for every hour. Pencil in hunches, undo freely, and ask for a hint when you’re stuck.
Name the killer
Who was in the room at the time of death? Make your accusation and close the case.
Phone and tablet
A bigger desk on a tablet.
The same casebook on every phone and tablet, Android or iPhone and iPad: a roomier board on a tablet, and everything within thumb’s reach on a phone.
Four levels
From four suspects to six, with a liar on Hard and Expert.
Each case is graded by the hardest method it needs, and every case has a permanent number you can share. Hard and Expert open as you rise through the ranks. The levels and methods, in full.
Medium
You will need to spot pairs of rooms and squares.
Hard
Pairs, cross-checks and catching the liar.
Expert
Cross-checking rows and harder.
Explore the manor
Before you open a case
The rules, the ranks, challenges and honours you can earn, and the rooms and people of the house.
In the casebook
Made for a quiet half hour.
A new case every day
Today’s case is free for everyone, and every player gets the same case.
Hints that teach
A hint gives a nudge first and names the method. Tap Show answer to see the answer, with every step explained.
Rise through the ranks
Eighteen ranks from Clue Hunter to Baker Street Detective, and commendations for milestones, challenges and a few secret feats. Each earns a level, a challenge or a new look for your desk.
Plays offline
No account and no connection needed. Your progress, stats and detective rank stay on your phone.
Cloud Sync
Your case history is backed up with Google Play Games on Android, or Game Center on iPhone and iPad, so you can pick it up on your other devices of the same kind. It’s on by default, and you can turn it off in Settings.
No ads
No banners and no videos between cases. Nothing interrupts the investigation.
Price
Forty cases free, and one purchase for all of Volume 1
Free
Open cases
- The first 10 cases of every level: 40 in all (Hard and Expert open as you rise through the ranks)
- Today’s case, every day
- Hints, hunches, statistics and Cloud Sync
One-time purchase
Case Files: Volume 1
- The first 100 cases of every level: 400 in all (Hard and Expert still open as you rise through the ranks)
- Yours to keep, with nothing to renew
- Restores on a new device with the same Google or Apple account
No subscription and no ads. The price is shown in Google Play or the App Store before you buy.
How the app handles your data
Playing never needs an account. The app sends anonymous gameplay statistics to help improve it, and you can turn that off in Settings. Cloud Sync is on by default and you can turn it off in Settings. You can delete your cloud history from inside the app at any time.