
How to run your own murder mystery party
Organise a murder mystery party with friends. It's quick and easy to set up. Play in person or online.
Make My Murder Mystery Party GameRunning a party doesn't have to be murder
Our customizable murder mystery party game builder is so easy to use. Make a whodunnit party your guests will never forget!
Customize your murder mystery party
Personalize your own murder mystery party script!
Get together to play
Run your party in real life or virtually
Easy to build. Simple to play.
All our party games are fun and safe for all detectives aged 11+
How do you play a You Dunnit murder mystery party game?
The whodunnit party game is played over a number of rounds – while you eat, drink and socialize!
There are three parts to each round:
- Script – players read through the script together.
- Questions and Evidence – players use the guidelines to ask and answer questions, but they can go also have fun improvising as they try to work out whodunnit! There are prompts to guide players to help them tease information out of each other.
- Voting – players can vote for who they guess the murderer is.
After the final round, the murderer is exposed!
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Build your party using our online murder mystery game builder. Play it virtually – or in real life!
That's right – You Dunnit murder mystery party games can be played as an online murder mystery game (eg: Zoom) using your phone, tablet or computer – or in person, using your phone to read the script or using the game as a printed script.
Play your murder mystery party online or in person
Play your murder mystery dinner party with your friends – around the table or on Zoom, Teams or FaceTime.
Write your own murder mystery party
Make the scripts your own using our Murder Mystery Game Builder.
Play with your family
Your murder mystery party will be totally unique, so you can base it on your own family!
Start a Video Call
If you can't be together in person, play your murder mystery party over a video call
Make your personalized murder mystery party game
- Create your game in less than 15 mins
- Delivered instantly to your phone
- Play virtually online or in-person
“It was so much fun and easy for people to get involved. A really brilliant murder mystery story!”
“Everyone was engaged from the start and threw themselves into solving the murder. The event was great fun – and brilliant value for money.”
“Hilarious! Played over Zoom, in 6 locations, including 2 countries. Even our 78 year old mother managed it!”
“A great night with friends! Will definitely be going with these guys again!”
Murder mystery builder: How do you write your own personalized murder mystery party game?
The You Dunnit murder mystery party game creator makes it simple to write your own custom game.
Head over to our mystery game maker and let us take the hard work out of it!
1. Select your murder mystery game based on how many guests you have
Select between:
- Dinner Party Mystery: 6–10 guests (Try it now)
- Event Mystery for 12–200+ people (Coming soon!)
2. Fill in the blanks
You get to write lots of personalizable content:
- Who is the murder victim?
- Where and when is your murder mystery party game set?
- Who are the characters and what are their names?
Plus lots of extra content!
As the murder mystery game writer – can you have lots of creative fun!
Build it now... Play later
Your game should take less than 15 mins to write and you can play any time after when it is convenient for you and your friends.
3. Send your party guests the unique murder mystery party game link
Text or email the unique murder mystery game link to all the players.
This contains their character's profile along with hints and tips on how to play – so they can prepare for your murder mystery party ahead of time.
You (the game creator) will Host your game and will get extra instructions for how to lead it through.
The other players can't access the game rounds until you hit 'start the game' from your Hosts panel.
4. Start your murder mystery party!
Once you're ready to start your murder mystery party – give your players access with a secret game code which you'll find in your host panel.
Play your murder mystery party together over three rounds using your downloaded scripts or swiping through the rounds using your phones.
Each round consists of:
- Scripts – players read through the script together.
- Questions and Evidence – players use the guidelines to ask and answer questions, but they can go also have fun improvising as they try to work out whodunnit! There are prompts to guide players to help them tease information out of each other.
- Voting – players can vote for who they guess the murderer is.
After the final round, the murderer is exposed!
Give yourselves about 1-2 hours to complete the game at your party.
Don't forget, you can print a PDF version of the whodunnit game script too – in case a player's phone battery dies! 🪫☠️
Play together in person or play online
Get together or play over Zoom
Make your own murder mystery party
Personalize your script
Fast and easy to write
Takes 15 minutes to write - and then you can play anytime
Create your own characters
Base them on real people or chose fictitious names
Play using your cell phone
Or download and print your PDF scripts
Games suitable for all
Ideal for detectives aged 11+
Whodunnit party night
A murder mystery party to play with your family and friends
Crime solving game
Become an inspector!
Make your custom murder mystery party
- Create a personalized murder mystery party script in under 15 minutes
- Organize a murder mystery dinner party or a virtual team-building exercise!
- Play using your phone or download your PDF scripts
Where should you play a murder mystery party?
As well as thinking about what food and drink you want at your murder mystery party, you can also get creative with the theme and location of your game.
Other than playing it around your table at home or virtually online you might consider:
- Running a team-building exercise as your business retreat
- With your football team
- With your church youth group
- With your classmates at college
- In your workplace as an office party
Why not even consider getting away for a short break, booking an Airbnb or hiring a holiday apartment or a haunted house! 👻
When should you play a murder mystery party?
Most murder mystery parties are played in the evening – but in terms of the time of year, and certain life events it can be pretty much any time.
Here are some ideas:
- Halloween murder mystery party
- Christmas murder mystery party
- Murder mystery hen party
- Murder mystery stag do party
Write your own murder mystery party game!
Our easy-to-use game builder enables you to create your own custom Murder Mystery party. Give it a go!
Choose your mystery
Where do Murder Mystery games come from?
Murder mystery parties originated from ‘Wink Murder’ game from over 100 years ago. The secret 'murderer' kills other players by winking at them, while the a 'guesser' have to work out who it is before everyone is killed off! 😉
How long does it take to play a murder mystery party game?
Allow 1–2 hours to play your murder mystery party.
If you’re in a rush you can speed through the scripts - you decide on the pace.
If you've gone away for the weekend, why not play each of the three rounds on different evenings?
What is the most played murder mystery party game?
The most famous murder mystery party game is Cluedo, which was first released in 1949. It is still a best-seller today.
How to build your own murder mystery party game
You have two choices, one is quick and easy, while the other takes time and is pretty hard!
1. Quick and Easy: Use You Dunnit's murder mystery party game generator
Create your game your way following our step-by-step game builder online
Create a personalized murder mystery party game
- It only takes 15 minutes to create
- You can access your game instantly - no waiting for the post!
- You can play anytime, whenever you and your party guests are ready
2. The long and hard way! Write your own murder mystery party script using our Step by-step guide
Writing you’re own murder mystery party takes time and effort.
If you think you've got it in you, we’ve compiled a popular guide: How to write a murder mystery game.
Give it a go by following these steps: