The Deed

Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.

Very Positive · 91%Very Positive · 91%2015

$0.99

US Steam price, checked 3 h ago

The verdict

A very short RPG Maker reverse murder mystery where you kill your sister and frame someone else. Clever and cheap, but skip it if you want depth, long playtime or a polished UI.

Great for

Players who like short, cheap narrative puzzle games and achievement hunting with a dark twist

Main risk

Runs take minutes and repeat quickly, with near-identical endings and little real variety

What players love

Replayable with multiple endings and weapons

Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews

“it is exceptionally fun to replay the scenario repeatedly just to see how changing small variables can lead to wildly different narrative endings”
Steam review · 10.8 h played ↗

“the sheer number of possible outcomes to get away with it makes time fly by”
Steam review · 1.9 h played ↗

Clever reverse murder mystery premise

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews

“Most murder mysteries ask you to find the killer. This one lets you be the killer.”
Steam review · 3 h played ↗

“i especially like how it twists the murder mystery idea by having you as the killer”
Steam review · 1.8 h played ↗

“A brilliantly simple and atmospheric detective puzzle where you are not the detective but the criminal.”
Steam review · translated · 12.1 h played ↗

Good atmosphere, characters and writing

Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews

“The storytelling is done exceptionally well, creating memorable characters with personality.”
Steam review · 3.2 h played ↗

“It's cozy and spooky and clever”
Steam review · 0.8 h played ↗

Choices and dialogue matter

Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews

“I really like how intricately the interview is made that EVERYTHING you do is accounted for”
Steam review · 1.1 h played ↗

“The game takes note of surprising number of your actions, and uses them against you”
Steam review · 1.2 h played ↗

“This is a game where you can truly say "your decisions have consequences" and it's not an empty phrase.”
Steam review · translated · 4.4 h played ↗

Very cheap, good value

Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews

“A great little game, definitely worth 1$.”
Steam review · 2.3 h played ↗

“simple, short and easy 100% for $0.90, it's alright.”
Steam review · 2.1 h played ↗

Short, easy achievement hunting

Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews

“Achievements are all easily achievable, great for achievement hunting!”
Steam review · 2.1 h played ↗

“lots of different ways to do it and pretty fun to get all of the achievements”
Steam review · 2.1 h played ↗

What players complain about

Very short with little content

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews

“The game is short, low budget and has nearly no content.”
Steam review · 0.8 h played ↗

“it is far too short and simple”
Steam review · 1.4 h played ↗

“A very primitive game, about 30 minutes.”
Steam review · translated · 0.4 h played ↗

Repetitive with near-identical endings

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews

“It has multiple endings but they are almost identical.”
Steam review · 1.2 h played ↗

“the game gets extremely repetitive and frankly boring”
Steam review · 2 h played ↗

“the point of framing others disappears because everything leads to the same outcome.”
Steam review · translated · 3.2 h played ↗

Tiny window, no options or fullscreen

Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews

“there is no options menu to increase the display scaling”
Steam review · 0.3 h played ↗

“no resolution change, and fullscreen is just a stretched mini-screen.”
Steam review · translated · 0.1 h played ↗

Too easy or too limited by two-item rule

Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews

“it's virtually impossible to not get away with murder”
Steam review · 5.7 h played ↗

“you're limited to planting one piece of evidence before the murder”
Steam review · 0.9 h played ↗

Trial and error, illogical outcomes

Mentioned in ~1 in 15 negative reviews

“your actions are mostly based on guesswork, and there's no sound logic in the game choices”
Steam review · 0.6 h played ↗

“WHERE IS THE LOGIC? Nonsense.”
Steam review · translated · 1.6 h played ↗

Unlikable protagonist and objectionable story

Mentioned in ~1 in 17 negative reviews

“the mysogyny was INSANE”
Steam review · 0.1 h played ↗

“The player character was more creepy, disgusting and loathsome than everybody else”
Steam review · 2.4 h played ↗

System requirements

From the Steam store page

Steam Deck: Unsupported

Minimum

OSWindows 98/XP/Vista/7/8/10

ProcessorIntel Pentium III 800 Mhz

Storage512 MB available space

OSWindows 98/XP/Vista/7/8/10

ProcessorIntel Pentium III 800 Mhz

Storage512 MB available space

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