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The Deed II
Developer Pilgrim Adventures
Can you commit the perfect murder? Outside a brothel in 1930s Paris, a man recognises one of the orderlies who had cruelly abused him while he was in a mental asylum. Some deeds cannot be forgiven ... From the Steam store page
61 reactions from 1 source (Steam reviews) · newest Aug 2, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
72
Fresh
44 positive · 17 negative
95% range 60–82%
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Steam's own rating
Very Positive
124 of 154 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
Summary pending — the reactions are listed below.
Reactions
60 of 61 · most liked firstI introduced myself as William Shakespeare, made a beeline for the guy and immediately tried to wring his neck with my bare hands in front of everybody. It was a spectacular failure. Another hidden gem by Pilgrim Adventures. Don't let the II fool you - it is the latest installment in a series, but the story isn't really connected to the previous games. The gameplay is what ties them together: each game in the Deed franchise improves upon the formula. The original, while good, is a bit…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sequel? Whilst the title says part 2 the story this time takes place in another location. We are in France (still in the early 20th century) but there are no returning characters or references to the events of the previous episode. It is a sequel only in terms of gameplay: find items you can use as evidence and weapon, do your deed then have your interrogation with the police. This is not a family story now: we are someone with a past in an asylum and one of the guards becomes our target for…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Deed II keeps the main concept of the previous 2 games (The Deed and The Deed: Dynasty). The player assassinates someone (a long-time enemy) and then tries to get away with it by blaming others for the murder and planting incriminating evidence into their rooms or elsewhere. It seems easy, but it is not, especially if someone wishes to get all the achievements. The main difference with the other 2 games is that in this one there is a specific time limit for the player to commit the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The devil is in the details. To pull off the perfect crime, you must be meticulous and cunning. Every lie must be carefully crafted, and every action must be strategically planned.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My Playtime: 4.1h (100% achievement, finished the game 20+) My First Playthrough: ~20 minutes Grindy Achievement(s): No. Optional Achievement(s): Yes (11 achievements). Difficult Achievement(s): No. Intro The Deed II is a game where you try to be a murderer without being caught. The game happens in a brothel with several other people in it. Whether you pin the murder on someone else or not will be up to you. Pros: - Multiple endings Cons: - Too time-sensitive to figure out where things are -…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I want to love this game. The characters are interesting, and the way they go about the day more naturally is appealing. However, they have made this game ridiculously difficult without really any pay off. There are two windows of opportunity to murder Frank. The first one is next to impossible to do for no reason. You have a short window to get the murder weapon, frame someone else and by the time you've done that the window has already past. Even after looking up exactly how to do it, I was…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Overall, this is an excellent game with a lot of replay value. The only criticism I have of this game is that it is way too hard. No matter how many times I've played it, I only get the convicted, killed, or unsolved ending. I have yet to been able to frame anybody else and I have no idea why. Also if you want to commit the crime in the backyard while Frank is taking a whiz, you have to act fast. I mean ridiculously fast. I wish they would give you even just 5 more minutes before he steps…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you are thinking about buying this you probably already played the earlier installments. This is just like the other Deed games with minor improvements. So if you liked those you will definitely have fun with this one!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Okay this game has some glaring negatives. The incredibly short 1 hour time limit on the game really does ruin things. It is like the protagonist purposefully picks the hardest day to do the deed. 1 of the 3 places to commit the deed is a hassle as it involves completing all pre-murder prep within the first 8 minutes worth of game time. This game unfortunately only has one scenario. Good news is this game has significantly improved from it's predecessor (Deed Dynasty). A time limit with…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →greatest game i have ever played deep storyline immersive gameplay sex 10/10 would recommend fun for the whole family
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Deed, The Deed: Dynasty and The Deed II are all great games in which your goal is simple, commit a murder to get your revenge and get away with it. Doing so, however, is not as easy. Careful planning, thinking ahead and a good memory are the tools needed to master these games. Strongly recommended!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Easier to make the murder case remain unsolved than framing any of the suspects :o
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →In this fantastic sequel to The Deed, Pilgrim Adventures invites the player to think like a criminal to pull off a most sinister act of retribution. Being a criminal mastermind is no easy feat either. Both The Deed and The Deed II feature an interrogation style scene at the end (not unlike Poirot's infamous step by step explanation of how a crime is carried out before unveiling the murderer in epic fashion) and should you slip up on your dialogue choices or perhaps fail to plant enough false…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →since not many people have reviewed this...... so far, so good. perfect example of how to improve a game. great premise. pleasing graphics. very dark story. i own all of the 'Deed' games, this is the best imo. as of 2.16.20. a solid 7.5/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The repetitiveness really doesn't go away in all aspects and areas of the gameplay. The story elements feel fairly shallow. Dialogues become so much of a mechanic you get correct or wrong that they sap any substance from the conversation's contents. Its use of still 3D models with often strange emotes for the character portraits is off-putting.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Don't go into this game expecting the same as the previous ones. Time is limited. Your target will be in the presence of witnesses for most of the time. You have little time to gather information and to devise a plan, especially because the dialog options you choose have a huge impact on the outcome. You have to be EXTRA careful. Everything (and there is a great deal more in this game) has to fall into place PERFECTLY. The detective is especially cunning. As a result, getting a kill without…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good but harder than the prequel.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →For some reason I didn't enjoy this. Seems that I am in the minority of people not liking this very much, while I did enjoy Dynasty. It seemed overly difficult, and the pay off isn't that great. There are too many dialogue branches and you have to find exactly the 'right' ones for each achievement, plus the time constraint (although realistic) doesn't make the game more thrilling, only more frustrating. My playing time is due to my achievement-hunting nature. If there was a neutral option I…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →After not really liking Dynasty, The Deed II felt more like a return to form. Whereas Dynasty just felt like too much, The Deed II felt like an improvement on the original. 100% in about 5 hours.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Well, The Deed 2 is certainly better than its predecessor, but I don't think that's really saying much. The protagonist has a more interesting motive than the first game, but I don't feel like it's very well fleshed out or explained. The characters are also more varied and interesting than 1's characters, but most of the gameplay is picking someone to frame, than talking to everyone else about that person, repeat about a dozen times. If you genuinely liked the first one, or wish that it had a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Deed II in my opinion is not as fun as " The Deed" or "Deed Dynasty", and here is why. First and foremost, I am not personally a fan of the new time mechanic in the Deed II, where you have to manage your own time, while talking to NPC's or while deciding what items to pick up or plant and how to commit the murder. I realize this was done to try to improve gameplay, but it makes the first few playthroughs feel really rushed until you've located key NPC's to frame and also know where key…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a good story, but most endings are nearly impossible to achieve without a guide (and sometimes even with one). Dialogue gets repetitive, I couldn't see myself sitting down and trying to get a bunch of endings in one run without getting bored. Aside from the first few playthroughs where you might get the easiest endings, it's best played in small bursts with a guide in your hand. You'll get a few endings really easily, but most endings where you frame someone are too difficult to achieve…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Summary The deed 2 is a mystery puzzle game where you need to murder Frank Graceman (a former overseer who tortured you back in the mental asylum), without getting caught. Achievement hunting This game isn't super grindy nor difficult to 100%, but it can be quite difficult without a guide. Pros/cons Pros -Good music -Distinct characters -Great variety in murder methods and locations Cons -Cutscenes (especially your own execution), and conversations, can be quite slow -The time…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →In comparison to the prior installments of The Deed (The Deed I and its upgrade Dynasty), The Deed 2 seems to have gone very much under the radar with comparatively scant reviews and a discussion board occupied by crickets at a fancy table sipping English tea. Pinkies up gentlemen. It's a darn shame because this proper sequel to the original offers up several key improvements to the series that made sure my time spent committing murder and framing the innocent was punchy and to the damn…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A very fun experience. Looking forward to more sequels with new situations/dialogues/characters.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Try to commit the perfect murder. Lots of different choices. Explore the house for weapons, alibis and other people to frame as you try to murder your former doctor from when you were in the asylum https://youtu.be/IVZt4N5jSxM
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →game is short,but multiple endings. it would be much greater if no crashes,sigh. (2crashes in 30 minutes) 5/10
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really like The Deed games and this one is a great sequel. I'm a little surprised we didn't keep following the Bruce family, but it doesn't take away from the game in any way since the games aren't really tied together. This one was quite a bit more cheeky, which was pretty fun and so are the achievements. The only thing I wasn't a fan of was the new timer mechanic. There was way too much to explore and look at before I got a chance to try complete "the deed". It took me 1 1/2 plays in…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →love the different dialogues and ways you could kill and get away with it, 10/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →2 tags for this game: #Caucasian #Male 咱们大女人别玩这种扫兴游戏了
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A former psychiatric patient finds his tormentor, the plot is funny. A variable game with an unusual story and many endings.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →RPG Maker strikes again! The Deed II is one of hundreds of low effort retro-pixel RPG Maker asset/construction kit flips spamming the Steam catalog, made with the RPG Maker video game construction kit... in their own words, "Our easy to use tools are simple enough for a child." Like all RPG Maker "games", this is essentially a bunch of low quality/canned assets from RPG Maker coupled with a cringeworthy high school anime club fan fiction, although this game does contain some "bespoke" assets…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The first two games of this series were fine. But this one is just too much: Spend over 30 mins talking to everybody about themselves and their opinion about everyone else. Do the deed. And then learn right at the start of the interrogation that defending yourself would now be pointless. Spend the next minutes hammering enter to skip the rest of the interrogation. This took me 38 mins. And I won't do it again.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A solid evolution of the deed series: the ability for multiple question rabbit holes with NPCs, more options for dealing with the aftermath, and tracking NPC schedules (would be cool if you could plan the deed around other NPC schedules while they don't have alibis for framing) are strong additions. A small, nice series, but look forward to the next addition in this niche.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Definitely enjoyed this installation of the series. It was fun and challenging trying to figure out the various ways to get away with murder (should you choose that path). I would have enjoyed a bit more depth in the main character's story but understand why it's a bit abrupt. There was a lot of characters in this game and all had very interesting backgrounds (some more than others). I am a big fan of games that allow for various endings, and this one offers it in a short, bittersweet way (as…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very similar game formula to the new Hitman games, (get [this specific item] to [this spot]. and say [these words] to [these people] and kill the target to finish the level). The game is massively simplified for rpg maker (No gunplay/firefights), but it has more emphasis on text/social/speech trees which makes this game unique especially before and after the deed is done. There is only ONE LEVEL in the game and it is short and timed (about 1-2 hours to beat the first time without a guide…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Kino Mystery Game where you play as the culprit again. I only wish there was a way to implicate the dog as the culprit.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very well done considering how short the game is. Worth playing, especially if you enjoyed the original 'The Deed'. This game more of a focus on vengeance rather than just plain greed, as the first game did. Also I found some aspects of the original game rather goofy such as the dialogue, this game doesn't suffer from that.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I am 32 years old. My ex-wife and I have a daughter together, and we adopted our son together. Both are now 4 years old. When we were going through our separation, I felt lost and unhappy. I was self-destructive. One day, I was so angry with everything spiraling out of control that I punched a concrete wall in a moment of overwhelming emotion. This resulted in breaking my fifth metacarpal in my right hand—the hand I worked with, played games with, and used to carry my children to bed—the hand…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Murder simulator 1900s edition This is a another in a series of murder simulators where you of course, commit justified homicide. Gameplay: Its fairly simple, find a murder weapon kill the bad guy and then either, frame someone else or try and make it look like a suicide. Story: This series usually follows the Bruce family, but not this time round, which is kinda a shame. The story itself is pretty simple, bad guy is bad and must die. Overall its a short but fun little experience. Once…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →In the Deed II, Kenneth Miller a former psychiatric patient must avenge the abuse he suffered by the head of the asylum Frank Graceman. He must kill him during his brief visit to a brothel and frame another person at the brothel to escape the law's punishment Story The story is interesting in that out of all the characters to frame, only one character has a genuine motive to want Frank dead. As a result, when you frame someone you need to draw out their eccentric interests, personal issues…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Wow. What a wacky game. Really caught me by surprise. With some more polish it would probably sell well. Right now it has that rough indie vibe with the graphics from the late 90s. Its not a bad thing... but it may turn off some people. The setting and plot is definitely not for me, but (from what i've played before) the game mechanics are definitely unique. I am sure certain crowds would love this adventure type of game. I can see this is a work of passion hence my thumbs up. Best of luck.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I get convicted over and over and have to start over and over again...poor game design (not worse than Elder Scrolls Online's combat though...)
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →you can feed the dog sausage
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this game blows. its harder then the first but to an extreme level. if you do not plan everything perfectly then you lose and you cannot tell you lost until the end. any minor mistake can force you to start from scratch. i hope they make a third however.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Deed II, developed and published by GrabTheGames, is a narrative-focused point-and-click adventure that places players at the center of a dark and morally complex story. Released in 2020, the game is set in the atmospheric streets of 1930s Paris, where players assume the role of a man intent on seeking vengeance against a former orderly who abused him during his time in a mental asylum. The game combines investigative gameplay with strategic decision-making, inviting players to carefully…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →wish there's no time limit in here.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game should also provide some numbers on screen when they are important, such as when making dialogue choices based on my character's stats, it would be helpful if they were shown on Mouse Over said decision to help me evaluate it better. I think playing this game is like sitting in a chair and hitting the ball with a hammer whenever you lose a coin flip.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Deed ll vs. The Deed Pros: - Lots of endings for every possible outcome. - You can now deposit items. - I was afraid for the time limit first, but it didn´t made the game too hard at all. Netural: - The first games atmosphere felt more horroristic somehow, but The Deed ll has also a very nicely done visual. Cons: A bit complex this one, but... - In short: I miss a better alibi system. The game is way too easy after you have found the main formula for the gameplay. In…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →though this is a technically better game than the first, it’s not as quirky or as fun. most of the solutions or win conditions are fairly obtuse and difficult to perform since you have to meet people/get items in a specific order. adding to the annoyance is having to wait 2-5 minutes for the night’s events to play out before you can make your move. definitely an interesting concept, but it needed more time to bake. this is a skip from me.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →you have to be so incredibly precise, that one wrong move would get you a game over
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A reverse murder mystery... A little more complicated than its predecessor in total stories possible.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You can't run in this game and can't complete that one achievement
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A very interesting, thought-provoking game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →These games are quite dark, but very fun. The core idea is, you must try to get away with murder. It's essentially a murderish puzzle game. If you've played the other The Deed games, then this is similar in concept, but very different in execution. I like the idea here a lot, but it's so small, it ends up feeling like a prototype of a potential The Deed II rather than the actual game. Despite the massive improvements here, I think The Deed: Dynasty is still undoubtedly the best in the series,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Short little game with many possible outcomes. It's definitely worth a try
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is a little difficult and the logics is not rigorous. The only trick is to obtain the information about the person to be framed, so that the hero can fabricate the motivation and the flaw of the character. The game added some achievements that are difficult to trigger, some of which are waste of time.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I only found out last week that there were more games in 'The Deed' series, and I spent a little time every day since playing this. It's much more complex and interesting than the first, with a surprising amount of depth and lore to the cast. Really it's an improvement in every way, and I'm so happy to explore!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I recommend The Deed for a simple, short and sweet game that it is. It let's the player do something that surprisingly I haven't seen in many games. Something that we've all fantasized about (or is that just me?): to get away with murder. It was a very short game but it had many options, many ways of getting to the ending, many endings, many conversations to have etc etc... And all of that in a way that anyone could play. Anyone could pick it up and play, it was that simple. The Deed II is…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Love the multiple endings. Story rich.
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