Make your own personalized Christmas murder mystery party game

The Christmas party murder mystery game for friends and families

You Dunnit allows players to create their own, personalized murder mystery game script based on their own characters and set in a location of their design.

You Dunnit personalized murder mystery games are hilarious, providing a super fun game to play with friends and families on Christmas Eve, during this festive season celebration – or even on Christmas Day!

You can create your murder mystery game online using our game builder (which only takes about 15 minutes) and then your players can either access the game on their mobile devices or by printing out the scripts.

You can play together – whether you are in the same room or playing online over a Zoom video call.

You Dunnit custom murder mystery games are great Christmas activity for families who want something funny that involves everyone – and doesn’t require throwing dice or having to listen to your drunk uncle reading a 16-page rule booklet over Christmas pudding.

If you are looking for something new and original that no one has ever played before, create your own personalized, Christmas-themed, murder mystery game today and have a Christmas party that no one will ever forget!

Whether you play your murder mystery game at a Christmas work party, or with your whole family at home, online or even after Christmas to see in the new year, you will be sure to have a magical time.

How do you create the game?

Our murder mystery game generator makes it easy to create your own personalized script. Just click the mystery game maker link and follow these steps:

1. Choose your murder mystery based on the number of guests

Choose whether you want to personalize the game for:

• A Dinner Party Mystery for 6–10 guests (Try it now)
• An Event Mystery for 12–200+ people (Launching soon!)

2. Personalize your game details

Anytime before your party use our murder mystery builder to create your personalized game.

You decide:

• Who's the victim?
• Where does the murder happen?
• What are the character names?

Plus lots more!

You're the murder mystery game creator – so have fun and get creative!

It should take less than 15 mins to create and personalize your game.

3. Send players your unique game link

Text, email or post your unique game link of the crime scene to your party guests (you could even send it in a fancy Christmas party invitation or present!)

It contains their character information and hints and tips on how to play – so they can get prepared to play the game.

You (the game creator) will be the Host. And all your guests are the suspects.

The players won't be able to access or play until you start the game from the Hosts panel.

4. Play the game!

When you're ready to play your murder mystery – give the players access with a secret game code! (which is stored in your host panel) and get sleighing!

As the story unfolds you'll all play the murder mystery game together, sharing clues and evidence, over several rounds.

All suspects take part in the investigation, using their wit and skill to convince others that their motives and alibis are legit – to prove their innocence.

Rounds include a combination of:

• The Script – all the players read through a script together
• Questioning & Evidence – you all go off script and can talk openly about who you think is the killer! There will be prompts to help you pry clues and evidence out of each other
• Voting – where guests vote for who they think the murderer is

The whole game takes about 1-2 hours... it's just like being in your own murder mystery film!

Everyone takes part in the trial – using their best detective work to be the judge and jury! Once all the clues have been examined, at the end of the game, you'll find out what the murder weapon was, who's innocent, who has blood on their hands – and who's going to prison!

There's also a printable PDF version of the whodunnit game script too – just in case someone's battery dies!

How many players will we need?

A Christmas murder mystery typically involves a group of 6-10 players, usually made up of family and friends who gather together to celebrate the holidays. One person in the group is typically the host, one is the murderer, and the others are suspects and must use their detective skills to figure out whodunnit!

How long does the average game last?

The average You Dunnit game lasts about 2 hours but can vary greatly depending on the number of players and how long each player takes to make read their script, and decipher clues.

How difficult is it to set up a game?

You Dunnit games are super simple to set up. They require no previous experience – and there's no special equipment required either. It should only take 15 minutes to set up the game, and your account. Then whenever you're ready, just send the game link to the players – they'll be able to play on any device, or as a bonus, print out the script if they'd rather not be looking at their phone all evening.

Who is the victim?

That's totally up to you! All You Dunnit games can be personalized so that the game is totally unique for your party.

Who is the murderer?

Again, it's up to you! When you set the game up, you decide who's the victim and who's the murderer. It could be an elf, an ex-boyfriend – or perhaps Santa has been sleighing himself!