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Art of Murder - FBI Confidential
Developer City Interactive S.A.
Art of Murder: FBI Confidential (Polish: Art of Murder: Sztuka Zbrodni) is an adventure video game and the first in the Art of Murder series. Originally released by Polish developer City Interactive in 2008, the game has been released on Steam. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
106 reactions from 1 source (Steam reviews) · newest Jul 7, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
66
Fresh
70 positive · 36 negative
95% range 57–74%
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Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
186 of 254 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
Summary pending — the reactions are listed below.
Reactions
60 of 106 · most liked first"Art of Murder" refers to how artfully the game makes me want to murder the main character. Pros: + Graphics look nice. + General gameplay works well for the most part. + Music isn't bad. + Story would be okay, if only it was told properly. Cons: - Main character is dumb as a stick. - Main character's dialogue contradicts NPC dialogue and evidence several times. - Several puzzles are so illogical that the infamous Gabriel Knight 3 "cat hair moustache" puzzle makes more sense. Not hard, just…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very nice point & click game. It has great crime, mystery story what just got better & better when I played on. Puzzles are logic & not too hard. Usually when I got stuck in point & click game I start to use every item in my invetory with every other item, but I didn't do it in this game, that is good sign for fun game. Game gives you little hints how to solve the puzzles & because that it is easy to just get stuck in few places, but I didn't use any walkthrough, so it's not impossible to beat…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A pretty good point and click game with an interesting plot. It plays very much more like a tv detective drama than a movie one and that's okay. Both are entertaining in their own way. The story is linear, which I appreciated. This game is about 6-8 hours depending on how fast you catch on to the objectives you need to do. The game strongly encourages just following the plot instead of going your own way. It prevents you from collecting every item you can click on, stating you don't know what…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →pros + good looking and detailed pre rendered graphics + decent voice acting + background music is good + puzzles are enjoyable and not too difficult. there are also inventory puzzles you can combine some items. + hotspots are marked to make it easy. no need to hunt for pixels. + story is intriguing and exciting. you're an FBI agent and investigating some ritualistic murders and there is a recurring pre-Columbian theme in story. + game is long cons - cut scenes low quality and quite dark. -…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The first in the Art of Murder series, FBI Confidential isn't the bottom of the point-and-click barrel, but it comes dangerously close. The saving grace for this game is the location visuals. The places you go just look great for an older game. Even the characters don't look half bad. The only real enjoyment I got from this game was going from place to place just to see things. Unfortunately the gameplay itself goes back and forth between average casual item interactions, to mind-blowingly…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I only recommend it if you get it cheaper. It is not a bad game, just seems they run out of ideas about the puzzles. Story is decend and keeps you going but the puzzles are not challenging. They are just confusing from lack of basic clues. Example:Why cant i move a barrel? Oh, after looking at it and listening to the character saying stupid things about it, you realise its too heavy and need to be made lighter. If only the character would say "i am not strong enough" or "this is too heavy"…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I played enough to say that this is a very budget version of the Strong Female Detective Story popularised by the still better of the bunch Still Life. It is a bit all over the place, technically it stands its own just barely, the characters do not make much sense, but it has a sense of place and it is quite pleasant in how it follows the classic point n click adventure scheme. It is very cheap already, so for this price and if you are a collector of this kind of games as I am, it is…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Art of Murder - FBI Confidential is an extremely underwhelming point n click adventure game. The only thing I really liked about this game were the laughably god-awful dialogues. I think they were written in English by someone with only cursory knowledge of the language. But then when it comes to gameplay, it is just god-awful, no cheers there. It is a simplistic adventure game, where you can only pick up certain objects exactly when you need them. This artificial linearity is really annoying,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Annoying. You can sum up the story into 1 minute of gameplay. The rest is just cheap ways to justify a game. Game over sequence in the end shows laziness in development. Obscure. Uninteresting. Logic is far-fetched. Not a good detective game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Let me start by saying I have a soft spot for old classic point n click adventure games. This one's really very good but not great as it contains multiple aggravations. Where do I start: Normally voice acting doesn't bother me at all. But in this case, the main actress who you have to listen to throughout the whole game sounds like she couldn't be any more bored if she actually tried. Many of the items don't let you pick them up until you need them, which sucks because you have to remember…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Thumbs down! This is a point and click adventure which cannot be solved with logic. I needed to look at some walkthroughs to finish and one walkthrough actually described a puzzle as “absolutely ridiculous”. The puzzles were so bad that I was reminded of games in the 80’s and 90’s that were deliberately designed to sell hint books. Even if you know what you have to do, some solutions require a bit of pixel-hunting to get them to work. In addition, one puzzle is on a timer, but the game doesn’t…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The playthrough is not especially intuitive and quite unrewarding. The story and character development are lacking and predictable. All in all it works, but is boring.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good point & click game. Very nice graphic and adventure. Amazing Art of Murder series.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As with every City Interactive game, the graphics are great, the translation is dogwater, the voice acting is horrible, and the puzzles make no sense. But by Christ, I cannot stop playing these games. Objectively, it'll be one of the worst games you've ever played, but by the end you'll be in a significantly better mood because you played it. Play it after someone you love dies, you get laid off, or you get bad news. You'll thank me!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is the very first game of art of murder. It's very lacking in many aspects such as playability, transitions, puzzle logic, etc. I felt like I stumbled over a cement wall from time to time because of many silly things like talking. That was the main issue. If you spoke to a character, you didn't know if you still had to follow the conversation or no, there aren't any signs and consequently, you couldn't continue the story. They ameliorated many aspects from the next games, fortunately.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Also a decent piece of the series, has a nice twist in it and some fun puzzles. Graphics are decent and the voice acting is ok as well.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Too bad - it doesn't run on Windows 11 (low FPS). As described by the community in the Hub, I don't want to download any dubious third-party software just to make the game playable.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game not very well put together,. Requires too many random combinations of objects and leaps of fancy. Even talking to characters requires you to keep on clicking on them to get them to finish their conversations. Story good but let down too much randomness.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →3/10 It's like a couple of 17 year old wrote this game..... I can't really recommend this game, even for a point n click fanatic. This game is clearly made by someone that don't know English. I'm surprised the voice actors didn't try to correct the dialog. There are so many things that I can criticize.... For example: you can't put fuel on lighter "this is just stupid" (she says something similar). But put lighter on fuel.... aaah the lighter is full now... I'm not going to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →run of the mill 2000s point and click adventure, and i say that as a good thing, love these kinda games and this is a good one
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Serious technical issues. - 7 FPS. - Terrible graphics - Low and unchangeable resolution. TRASH!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I played this game as a kid back then in 2010. However I was not able to complete it as the language was not my strongest and soon the game was forgotten. I completed L.A Noire a while back and that's when I suddenly remembered about this "Detective Click and Move game I played as a kid". I finally was able to resolve all the riddles and complete the game. I wouldn't say that it's the "Best Detective Game" out there. The game hasn't aged too well either. You aren't honestly missing out on…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Wow. This game is painful. The first damn task is to find yourself a ream of paper. Seriously? After she claims that she's gonna have a "six pack" from lifting a ream of paper, I literally laughed out loud. Every line is an overreaction from your main detective actor. If this person was in my everyday real life, she would shout things like, "♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥! That's a number two pencil!" and, "I found a crouton under the couch cushion," and, "Air conditioners are windy!" Finally, watching the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is sadly linear, and niche in its logic. Without a modern hints system a guide is certainly useful. It probably wasn't too bad on release but hasn't aged well, that combine with the lack of achievements to make it feel like you've accomplished anything, or cards for levels means I can't recommend it, which is sad as the base game is solid, it just lacks amusement value despite having compelling characters.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I know I gave this game a positive vote and I stand by that recommendation, but this game is absolutely terrible. There is no attention to simple details, such as the fact that telephone numbers (which actually play a huge part in the game) are not in a North American format, despite the game supposedly taking place in the USA. A minor detail, but still detracts from the immersion hard. The dialogue was obviously not written by a native English speaker. Nobody talks like that. Nowhere.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I played this for the first time about 10 years ago. Re-played for the good memories and I like myself some good detective point-and-click adventure. I enjoy the story even though it seemed short to me (about 6 hours for completion). It's a quite old game, but graphics are fine. Puzzles and object combinations are not that hard. What is very positive it that you can walk through most places without missing anything, so you don't get stuck for too long or walk back and forth like in other games.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Honestly, This is a terrible game. Terrible dialogue, terrible animation. Terrible moon logic. Terrible 4:3 ratio. Nothing nice to say about it. and i LIKE terrible games usually!!!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Minor spoilers!!!!! The game is bad, just bad. The good: + Good forshadowing. It's subtle and don't make the plot twist in the end obvious. + Good plot twist. if you know narrative structure and how plot works, you will see it coming, but most people will not see it coming. The bad: - Abysmal voice acting. There is just no way these voice actors were professionals. - In an attempt to make clever puzzles, the author(s) accidentally make the player go "just why?" - Bad narrative pacing, and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Nice classic game for those into "point & click adventures".
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not recommendable. One of the worst point and click adventures I ever played. Background drawings are quite pretty. Music, sound effects, and voice over are okay, The story is pretty shallow and mostly straightforward. Also it misses all realism concerning how the agency in question is working. What's really bad and gets very frustrating is the game play. You're forced along exactly one path and that one has a lot of back and forth (especially to the office) and you have to "walk" it through…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Art of Murder: FBI Confidential, developed and published by City Interactive S.A., is a traditional point-and-click adventure game that attempts to merge the dark intrigue of a serial killer mystery with the classic investigative structure of the genre. Set primarily in New York City, it places the player in the role of Nicole Bonnet, a young FBI agent tasked with tracking down a ruthless murderer who leaves behind gruesome scenes marked by strange, pre-Columbian artifacts. The premise is…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very average game. Puzzles were easy, so I didn't get stuck. The voice acting could have been better in some spots. 7/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is a classic and although it isn't as smooth as the newer games it is still worth playing after all these years and there still aren't enough mystery games out there!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I think it's my 1st negative short review. Nicole Bonnet must be the most stupid, incompetent agent in the whole world... The story is not very interesting, bad voice cover, bad dialogues and not very good puzzles. Not recommented...
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A unique game in the same vein as point and click games, with its own flavour of murder mystery. Nice graphics, somber mood and music. This is a rare gem and silent hit!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a typical point & click mystery game. There is quite a lot to do, and some interesting locations to visit. It is not always obvious what you need to do, which can be a little frustrating. If you like point & click games, get it on sale.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sound: 7 Graphics: 6 Story: 5 Gameplay: 6 Commands: 7 Fun: 5 Time to load / lag: 9 Bugs / Problems: 8 Final score - 5
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →classic Point and Click adventure game. the focus here is more investigative about a mysterious murderer who's being chased by the FBI. 1- Graphics: 5/5 Pretty good graphics. I'd argue it has aged pretty well after almost 12 years now. 2- Story: 3/5 Average story line. you feel like you already saw that dozens of times before. 3- Puzzles: 3/5 sometimes seems pretty illogical. the type where you say to yourself "that's pretty stupid" when you know the solution for them. but the good thing here…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I didn't enjoy this game. I found it difficult and finicky and gave up playing fairly early on in the game
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Just lacked fun. No real detective element to it, despite the theme. You just follow the game's story and it turns simple tasks into improbably counter-intuitive puzzles while all the actual deduction is done as part of the script. Ended up playing through it with a walkthrough in the end just to get it done, as some of the puzzles require spotting tiny details on the screen in random places. Voice acting is off and the cut scenes kick in at random times. I want to be more positive about…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not only do they talk too much, screen is not sharp and game is anyway boring...
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I bought this game as a bundle with the other Art of Murder games at a highly reduced price. For such a cheap price I'd say it's worth it, especially if you like point & click games. Growing up it was one of the only two computer games that I had, so I mostly purchased this out of nostalgia! The game is a classic point & click adventure with a pretty interesting, although cliché, story and all the puzzles you would expect. I've had a lot of fun playing this title, however there are some…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A good selection of puzzle solving.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My first AoM game and I like it, I like it alot. Yeah, sure, there are some "wtf" inventory moments where I thought "wait, this isnt' sam and max so what the hell game?!" but I enjoyed the experience non the less. The end wasn't such a shock for me and I actually felt that by the end the game dragged after the conclusion was obvious. But hey, more gaming hours for us with a good point and click game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Nicole is certainly the worst agent ever. I knew who the culprit ten minutes after playing thanks to the obivous clue right in front of me. So, the rest of the game was painfully very very long. Near the end, I can't help but scream at her for being so dumb. And her so called catchphrases like she doesn't have strength for this or that or "this is not a woman's job". Just shut up. Okay? If you can't even lift a ream of papers without complaining, how the heck did you pass the physical test to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's like if Michael Scott wrote a murder mystery point and click game, honestly. The game become immensely better if you just view it from the perspective that Nicole is probably just hallucinating all of this whilst in a coma. Makes a lot of things make more sense. "Message in a booo-tttllle." I love you Nicole. Never change. Is it a good game? No. Did I love it and have a great time playing it? Yeah. Would I recommend this generally? No. Would I recommend this if you're a fan of the obtuse…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i think this game is great but sometime the problem that we should be solve it just not make sense for me
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It is a mediocre adventure game that may offer a few hours of enjoyment, especially if you’re into crime or police stories and enjoy adventure games. It gave me some Still Life vibes in a positive way. Even if the execution isn’t perfect, it’s definitely worth a try.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →10/10 story 6/10 gameplay 11/10 nostalgia
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I had to play this game with a walkthrough open to double-check things because some of the puzzles were so nonsense. In addition to this, its incredibly predictable (I knew who the bad guy was nearly immediately, before even meeting all the suspects) and has some poorly realized sterotyping involved in the so-called mystery (oh no, not the violent "Indians"!). In addition the character's walking speed is so agonizingly slow that I had to have something else nearby to do while navigating through…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Wow, this game was a blast from the past. I remember playing this when I was younger and it was very nostalgic for me. For a game that was made over 15 years ago, I feel like it held up pretty well. There were some moments where I was confused on what to do (ex. when you get held captive) or when combining things had to be done a certain way for them to work. Overall, I still enjoyed playing it. It's so cool to see the Art of Murder series on Steam.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →good game and interesting puzzles
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Art of Murder. Bang of Detective. There is no sleuthing in this. It is just a quest. Not a bad thing but don't expect to think or detect anything.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game buy on sale
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I liked it and thought it was well designed for it's age, some things were a bit out there though, so I did have to check out a walkthrough a couple times (the chair) - I didn't enjoy the backtracking though, it makes the game a lot longer than it has to be All in all I'd recommend it if point and click adventures are your thing - also I bought the whole Art of murder bundle on sale and I think it was cheaper than this game alone.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →What can I say. A really fun game, but it gives me a headache. I love it (maybe more like than love) and hate it at the same time. Also, I'm stuck on day 2 and can't move on, due to my irritation with the dumbness of the main character (maybe mine a little too). I recommend it to anyone who likes the vibe of simple (in terms of graphics and character movement, not difficulty level) point & click games. Although I probably won't be able to finish it, since my gaming desk has already suffered…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It is a pretty standard point-and-click adventure, with a couple of good plot twists. The artwork for all the locations and backgrounds is very well done.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →People find this a terrible video game ever released. Wait... This is actually a good piece. I'm not trying to be biased, but I've played this game since it came out first and to me, it's amazing. The graphics are far ahead of their time, the soundtrack fits the theme and has a "decent" storyline. The only weak point is the voice acting. I mean, it's not that bad, but you may have noticed some great expressions from the characters. Better get this if it's on sale!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is quite simply a bad game. The only saving grace is the graphics are well made, but otherwise it is bad and you should avoid it. Most of the puzzles are completely trial and error based, the story is cliche and poorly executed, and the voice acting to average, at best.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've probably played this 100 times since it was on disc and on Steam. I'm so glad Steam added it. Each time I play it, I see it in a different light as the years go by. This is a good, solid adventure game with a female protagonist. The hint feature shows all the active spots so you don't overlook something. The "puzzles" apply to the activities you need to accomplish. They are not just random nonsense.
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