Comparison

9Plays vs Murdered by Midnight

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

9Plays

Experience a unique puzzle game with nine hidden plays across nine squares. Challenge your logic and strategy in this minimalist yet engaging experience. Perfect for quick brain teasers.

Highlights
  • Nine hidden plays
  • Nine squares grid
  • Logic puzzle
  • Strategy challenge
  • Minimalist design
Features
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9 possibilities of 9 hidden plays in 9 squares

About

Murdered by Midnight

Engage in a thrilling murder mystery game set in the 1920s. Deduce the killer, weapon, motive, and time of death by following clues and interrogating characters. Play solo or with friends globally.

Highlights
  • Deduce murderer, weapon, motive, and time of death
  • Set in a 1920s Art Deco mansion
  • Highly replayable with over 483,000 possible outcomes
  • Single-player against AI or multiplayer with friends
  • Achievements and scoreboard
  • Immersive period-specific graphics and characters
Features
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The Murdered by Midnight board game can now be enjoyed anywhere on the go. Either play with friends or family around the world. Be the first to deduce the murderer, murder weapon, motive and time of death to solve the murder and win the game! The story takes place in the 1920’s in a fabulous Art Deco mansion, Briarwood Manor. The owners have gathered six world famous detectives and several of their friends and family to throw a “murder party”, where they’ll stage a mock murder for the detectives to solve as entertainment… as was all the rage in the 20’s. Unfortunately, things get all too real when someone commits an actual murder before the party gets started. Can you follow the clues and bring the guilty to justice before time runs out? FEATURES: MURDERED BY MIDNIGHT DELUXE - You get the heart of Murdered by Midnight for Free. When you are ready to upgrade, make a one-time in-app purchase of Murdered by Midnight Deluxe to access the game control Options or remove Ads. HIGHLY REPLAYABLE - Not including the detectives, there are 25 people at the manor during the time of the murder, this includes staff, family members and friends. Considering that the person who found the body is not the murderer, there are 22 possible suspects for the crime. With all of the combinations of people, weapons, motives and times, there are more than 483,000 possible outcomes just waiting to be explored! EASY TO PLAY, HARD TO MASTER - During a turn each player can: move to a new location, search for weapons, dust for prints, perform forensics analysis or ask a witness what they saw or who they suspect. Using these clues, the player can deduce the murderer, murder weapon, motive and time of death. SINGLE & MULTIPLAYER - Play either by yourself against one or more of our AI Detectives or with friends and family over Game Center. Enter an open match to play with anyone in the world! Multiple matches can be open at any given time. ACHIEVEMENTS AND SCOREBOARD - Multiplayer games feature a number of Achievements that can be won to keep gameplay exciting and fun. Compare your wins with your friends and family on the master scoreboard. RICH AND IMMERSIVE ENVIRONMENTS - Murdered by Midnight features beautiful, period-specific graphics and fonts designed to invoke the Art Deco feel and draw the player into the game’s environment. INTERESTING CHARACTERS - Each non-player character includes a unique portrait and mini biography to help tell the story and make the player’s feel like they are staring in their own murder mystery novel. MULTIPLE RESPONSES - Murdered by Midnight features multiple responses for each character based on the current scenario. This provides a rich and immersive story that helps to draw you into the game and keeps things from getting boring and repetitive.

Screenshots

9Plays4 screens
Murdered by Midnight4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: 9Plays at 100% against Murdered by Midnight's 33%. 9Plays also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Murdered by Midnight's advantage is device support (4 vs 2). On price, ratings volume and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Murdered by Midnight sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. 9Plays asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

9Plays holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of 9Plays's written reviews are positive against 33% of Murdered by Midnight's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

9Plays ships an update every 7 months, Murdered by Midnight every 26 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
9Plays versus Murdered by Midnight: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter9PlaysMurdered by Midnight
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better3.0 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings55
Update frequencyEvery 7 months — betterEvery 26 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — better
Requires iOS9.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB94 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperRunaway2k LLCAppracatappra, LLC

Customer experience

9Plays

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Murdered by Midnight

All ratings5 ratings
Positive40.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative40.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

In-app purchases

None

9Plays

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Murdered by Midnight

One-time1
  • Murdered By Midnight Deluxe$0.99

Questions

Is 9Plays free?
9Plays is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Murdered by Midnight free?
Murdered by Midnight is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, 9Plays or Murdered by Midnight?
9Plays is rated higher. 9Plays averages 5.0 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Murdered by Midnight averages 3.0 from 5 ratings.
Do 9Plays or Murdered by Midnight have ads?
Neither 9Plays nor Murdered by Midnight shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 9Plays or Murdered by Midnight?
9Plays ships an update every 7 months, and Murdered by Midnight every 26 months. Most recently, 9Plays was updated on November 3, 2026 and Murdered by Midnight on November 3, 2026.

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