An Online Murder Mystery Game Created By You

What is an online murder mystery game?

An online murder mystery game is when groups of friends gather over a video call and act out a murder story to try and figure out which character is the murderer!

Our murder mystery generator makes it really easy to create your own online murder mystery game.

You can play it on your phone or computer over a video call – or in real life!

You can even print out the online murder mystery scripts if you'd prefer not to be looking at a screen all night.

Just like a traditional murder mystery game – our online murder mystery game is where players hear evidence and solve clues to work out who amongst them is the murderer.

Or more to the point... whodunnit!

The online game is spread over several rounds – and is perfect for a murder mystery dinner party – or even a whole murder mystery weekend.

Your virtual murder mystery games can be themed too – so you and your guests can dress up in character (which we'd recommend!).

It's an online murder mystery game... but you can play it in real life too!

And just to be clear – our online murder mystery game can be played online (over Zoom, Facetime, Google Hangouts, etc) on your phone, tablet or computer – or in real life too, reading the script from your phone or as a printed script.

How do you create a personalized online murder mystery game?

Our online murder mystery game generator is super easy to use.

Just click the mystery game generator link and follow these steps:

1. First, choose a murder mystery game based on the number of guests

Choose whether you want to personalize the game for:

• An Online Dinner Party Mystery for 6–10 guests (Try it now) (Remember, you can play online or in real life!)
• An Event Mystery for 12–200+ people (Comming soon!)

2. Fill in your online murder mystery game details

Now you can get creative and start making your game!

At any time before your party use our online murder mystery game builder to make 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 creator – so have fun and get creative!

It should take less than 15 mins to make your murder mystery game.

3. Send players your unique online murder mystery game link

Text, email or post your unique game link of the crime scene to your party guests.

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

You (the game creator) will be the Host.

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

4. Play the online murder mystery game

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

You'll play the online murder mystery game together over a few rounds using your phones (Or computers! Or printed-out scripts!).

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 dunnit! There will be prompts to help you pry information and evidence out of each other
• Voting – where guests vote for who you think the murderer is
  

The winner is the detective with the highest score at the end.

The whole game takes about 1-2 hours.

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

How do you play an online murder mystery game?

There are a few variants of virtual murder mystery games you can play.

If you're not sure how to play murder mystery – first you need to understand that the most common types of murder mystery games are (they can be virtually done online – or played in real life):

A Scripted Dinner Party Murder Mystery

Players are given a script to read which includes character background information, questions to ask and general murder plot dialogue.

Players tend to stay in the same place for the duration of the game.

The guided nature of the script makes this option a great ice breaker for small groups that don’t know each other well.

A scripted game works well for small groups of 6–20 guests.

Where can I host my online murder mystery game?

So, that's how murder mystery parties work... now you need a place to host your crime scene!

People imagine playing the game in a murder mystery mansion to be the perfect setting.

But since you're playing an online murder mystery game – you can pretty much play it anywhere! And we mean anywhere... as long as there's an internet connection, obvs!

How long does an online murder mystery game take to play?

You’ll typically need to set aside 1–2 hours to play our online murder mystery game.

Though you can easily double that time if you’re playing it as part of a murder mystery dinner party.

But, if you’re pushed for time – you can whizz through much quicker. It’s up to you to dictate the pace. You could span it over an entire weekend if you wanted.

Online murder mystery game characters and costumes

Even though you're playing online – to get in the murder mystery mood players may want to dress in character.

What players wear usually depends on the theme of the game.

You don’t have to go down the typical Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple or Colonel Mustard costume route.

You could theme it for a specific occasion; a Christmas murder mystery, a Halloween murder mystery party – or even a murder mystery hen party!

When you build a virtual murder mystery game — players are emailed information about their character so they know who they’re playing and what to wear.

For more theme and costume ideas head over to our How to host a murder mystery dinner party page.

Create your own online murder mystery game

As far as we know, there are 2 ways:

1. An easy way
2. And a hard way!

1. The easy way! Use You Dunnit's personalized murder mystery script generator

All the benefits of a custom murder mystery template without the hassle, stress or price : )

2. The hard way! Write your own murder mystery game script [Step by step guide]

Even if you’re a keen writer – writing you’re own murder mystery game might be harder than you think.

Once you’ve set aside enough time, pushed through your writer’s block – coming up with a logical and coherent murder mystery that’s fun and engaging to play (with red herrings along the way) can be tough.

But if you’re still up for the challenge – we’ve put together a helpful guide called: How to write a murder mystery game 👈. Good luck!