---
title: "Mystery House"
description: "Mystery House is a monochrome interactive fiction adventure game that places the player in a Victorian mansion with seven other people. As the player explores t"
image: "https://t.vndb.org/cv/18/44718.jpg"
---

# Mystery House

![Mystery House](https://t.vndb.org/cv/18/44718.jpg)

**Aliases:** Hi-Res Adventure #1

**Developer:** Sierra Entertainment

**Release date:** May 5, 1980

**Platform:** Windows, Linux, macOS, iOS, Android, FM7, FM8, P88, P98, Website, OTH

**Language:** English, French, Japanese

**Rating:** 4.9/10 (24 votes)

## Description
Mystery House is a monochrome interactive fiction adventure game that places the player in a Victorian mansion with seven other people. As the player explores the mansion, he discovers that there is a killer murdering each guest one by one. The objective of the game is to figure out who the murderer is before the murderer finds the hero. Players explore and manipulate objects by typing in one or two-word phrases such as "north" or "get knife".

[From [Mobygames](https://www.mobygames.com/game/hi-res-adventure-1-mystery-house)]

## Characters
### Joe
A gravedigger. Hangs around the nearby graves.

- **Gender:** Male
- **Hair:** Brown

## Shops
- [Official Website](https://www.scummvm.org/games/#games-hires1)

## Releases
### French
- **1980**: Mystery House - [Official website](https://www.scummvm.org/games/#games-hires1)

### English
- **1980-05-05**: Mystery House
- **2005-03-15**: Mystery House - Taken Over - [Official website](https://web.archive.org/web/20050405221952/http://www.turbulence.org/Works/mystery/games.php)
- **2009-03-10**: Mystery House - [Official website](https://web.archive.org/web/20100208221233/http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=307511510&mt=8)

### Japanese
- **1983-04**: Mystery House
- **1983-04**: Mystery House
- **1983-04**: Mystery House
- **1983**: Mystery House
- **1985**: Mystery House - Popular Edition

## Tags
Horror, ADV, Murder Mystery, No Sexual Content, Western-style Manor, Detective Work, Interactive Adventure Game, Puzzle Game, Black and White, Text Parser, No Romance Plot

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- [Mystery House](https://pinovel.net/v26969)
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- [Cranston Manor](https://pinovel.net/v33724)
- [Time Zone](https://pinovel.net/v26957)
- [Las Vegas](https://pinovel.net/v26978)

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