Compared to other Playstation-Publiced Games, Midnight Murder Club has flown under the radar. Originally released earlier this year in early access, Midnight Murder Club stands out for two important reasons. First, it is primarily an online multiplayer game that does not have much in the way of live service element, and two, it is an FPS where the action takes place in a scary pitch manor.
Midnight Murder ClubDefining feature is how its map is shrouded in the dark when players put away their flashlights. This creates an interesting dynamic where players have to choose between holding their flashlights to see where they go but potentially expose their place to their opponents or turn off the flashlights and hide in the dark. The fact that players can be killed with a hit increases the intensity and makes each meeting so much more nerve -wracking. There are really some laughs available from this interesting installation, especially when playing with a group of friends. Fortunately, Midnight Murder Club Makes grouping with friends into a breeze, even though it is not free to play.
Instead of walking the free to play the route, Midnight Murder Club Costs $ 9.99. Even at such a low price, it can be difficult to convince friends to take the step on a new multiplayer game, but Midnight Murder Club Eliminates this obstacle. A purchase of Midnight Murder Club Enables players to host up to five of their friends in the game for free. Midnight Murder Club Guest Pass players can access every piece of content that the owner of the game can, which is a nice touch and should make a group together to play the game online much easier.
Midnight Murder Club Randoms Destroy the experience
The problem is Midnight Murder Club Don't have much to keep players engaged in the long term. While the game is an blast at first, it becomes boring fast thanks to the lack of compelling progression, only with a map, and the nightmare playing with random teammates/opponents online. If you can get a full lobby of people you know you will have much more fun with Midnight Murder ClubBut if the plan is to trust that random people will fill your lobby through matchmaking, you are better at playing something else. Almost every single game I played online had at least one person who left, which threw off the team sizes, made it even harder to find opponents on the map and generally sucked the fun of the experience.
Midnight Murder Club Has a bigger problem with Leaver's than any online -Multiplayer game that I have played in the latest memory. My only guess is that people leave when the lobby vote for a match type they do not want, which is something that can be solved with more traditional playlists. When playing with strangers online, Midnight Murder Club Do not let players choose the position they want to play right away. Instead, they vote for the situation they want to play, and the vast majority of the time it seems that wildcards are winning.
Midnight Murder ClubWildcards mode is mainly death match, but with a twist. In it, players choose a selection of cards that they have earned from their matches to dramatically shake up the game. One of the more entertaining cards means that everyone in the match shrinks down to doll size, while others are a little more useful, like one that makes pocket light rays larger. The random chaos on the cards makes the yoke sign the most unpredictable and funny game mode Midnight Murder ClubSo it is no surprise that it is so popular, but that means that everyone who is interested in playing the other match types is mostly lucky if they do not have enough friends to put together a private lobby.
In addition to the wildcard, others Midnight Murder Club Match types include standard -free for everyone and Team Deathmatch, as well as thief at night and headhunters. Thief at night, players who collect and bank taxes have hidden around the mansion, while Headhunters is an objective -based position where one team tries to destroy Totems and the other work to defend them. The situations can all be fun with the right group of friends, but they all suffer from a big question.
Midnight Murder Club Have only one map, and it's too big. While the size of Midnight Murder Club Mansion makes the game excited and fun at first, it doesn't take long for it to worn its welcome. Switching around the mansion in the dark and looking for someone to shoot becomes boring because of how big the map is, which means there are too many rock in the action. People who actually use Midnight Murder ClubProximity -chart functionality makes the large map more tolerable, but it was difficult to find a full lobby of people using MICS in my experience.
Midnight Murder Club's Pve Co-OP mode is a DUD
PVP is Midnight Murder ClubMain sales site, but there is also a 2-player PVE mode called Graveyard Shift. Unfortunately, Graveyard Shift is the worst position in the game. It again plopes players on the same map as the PVP modes, but this time they have repetitive tasks to complete while fighting against computer-controlled opponents. Graveyard Shift shines a headlight on the drawer's disadvantages and the limited number of players makes it much less interesting than the other modes offered.
Graveyard Shift is one of two modes that you can play solo properly, where the other is the wildcard. The other types of matching do not support Bots, which is a disappointment for those who may not have six players but want to play positions other than the joke character with a full lobby. What are bizaries is that Midnight Murder Club Let players start these non-bot modes by themselves if they want, and it is even possible to earn trophies in them without doing anything. I let the timer end in a free-for-all-mode by myself and were awarded the trophy for winning one. This is good news for trophy hunters who want simple trophies, but it is unlikely to move the needle for anyone else.
Midnight Murder Club Is the type of game that is dependent entirely on who you play with for it to be fun. The core concept is large and is well suited for fun moments with friends, but the matchmaking experience is terrible, Pve mode is a waste of time and the bot restrictions are the main scrapping. If you can scrape up five friends to play with, Midnight Murder Club Is good for some laughs, but everyone else will be better at playing another multiplayer game.
Midnight Murder Club
Reviewed on PC


- Published
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August 14, 2025
- Developer
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Velan Studios
- Publisher
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Playstation Studios
- Multiple players
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Online Co-OP, Online Multiplayer
- Early Access -release
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March 13, 2025
- PC drop date
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August 14, 2025
- Good for some laughs with friends
- Exciting “pitch -black fps” concept it helps to stand out
- Guest pass function means that your madman only needs to buy a copy of the game
- Hard to find a quality lobby through matchmaking
- Graveyard Shift Co-OP mode is boring
- Only a map
- Unfortunate cure restrictions