This post details ten top-rated murder mystery Christmas games to play with family and friends. Including dinner party, crime scene investigation, escape rooms and virtual online games. With a range of themes and decade styles. For kids, tweens, teens, adults and mixed age groups.
For more top murder mystery games to play this Christmas, see my posts listed below. Plus I’ve included some gift and stocking filler ideas for fans of murder mysteries, whodunnit dinner parties, detective games and police TV shows.
Top Mystery Games for Christmas!
1. A Christmas Mash-Up Murder
From: Masters of Mystery | Number of Players: 4-20 | Age rating: 15+ | Format: Printable & Digital Murder Mystery Kit, Play in person or virtually/online/Zoom.
Plot: The holidays can be stressful for all of us – but they’re especially hard on the people who reenact a Christmas story every year for our entertainment. So good old Ebenezer Scrooge has started a “Holiday Derangement Syndrome” therapy group for characters from pop culture to get together and talk about their feelings…
For more details of this game: A Christmas Mash-Up Murder by Masters of Mystery – Game Review.
*A Christmas Mash-Up Murder by Masters of Mystery is available from UK Amazon and US Amazon.
2. Big Escape Room Christmas Box
From: Lock Paper Scissors | Format: Christmas Printable Escape Games.
This games bundle includes 4 top-rated printable escape room games. Plus exclusive bonus Christmas printables – puzzles, poster and props.
Treat the whole gang this Christmas, with a game that everyone can enjoy together. Just grab this extra-value pack to snag Lock Paper Scissors’ 4 best escape room adventures.
For more details see my post New Big Escape Room Christmas Box Printable Games + Bonus Free Printables!
*The Big Escape Room Christmas Box is available online from Lock Paper Scissors.
3. The Case of the Disappearing Presents
From: Mysteries on the Net | Number of Kids: 8 to 25 | Age rating: 10-13 years old | Format: Printable/Mystery Book.
Plot: Every year, in the town of Spruce Valley. Hamley-Schwarz toy shop wraps 100 presents and arranges them beneath the huge Christmas tree in the town square. After carols and Christmas cookies, the much-loved Mayor Bailey, dresses as Santa and arrives in on a sleigh. To hand out the presents to the town’s children… [Source: Amazon]
For more details see my post Top Tweens Mystery-Solving Christmas Game – The Case of the Disappearing Presents for 10-13 year olds.
*The Strange Case of the Disappearing Presents mystery book available from UK Amazon and US Amazon.
4. Murder at the Christmas Feast
From: Murderous Decisions | Number of Players: 6-14 | Age rating: 14+ | Format: Christmas Murder Mystery Kit in a Tin.
Description: MURDEROUS DECISIONS! A classic, fully scripted Christmas murder mystery game where everyone chooses how to catch the killer and your decisions change the story!
Santa impersonator Nick Gifts has been bumped off at Mullmoor Manor, but whodunit? Gather your friends for a rollercoaster murder mystery you all direct for up to 14 players! Murder at the Christmas Feast! [Source: Amazon]
*Murder at the Christmas Feast mystery party game available from UK Amazon and US Amazon.
5. Murder Mystery On The Night Train
From: Talking Tables | No. of players: 5 to 12 | Ages: 16+ | Format: Dinner Party Boxed Kit | Themes: Classic 1930s Christmas Mystery, Replayable Game.
Plot: You are invited to embark on an evening of intrigue, deceit and wrongdoing on board luxury train The European Belle. But dangerous deeds have been taking place, can your guests work out whodunit? [Source: Amazon]
For more details see my post 1930s Murder Mystery On The Night Train – Mystery Christmas Party Game.
*Murder Mystery On The Night Train mystery party kit available from UK Amazon and US Amazon.
6. I Saw Mommy Killing Santa Claus!
From: Mysteries on the Net | Number of Players: 6 suspects/roles plus up to 60 people can take part in the investigation game play | Age rating: 18+ | Format: PDF Printable/Book.
Plot: It’s Christmas time again and the toy department at Lacy’s is selling more merchandise than its chief competitor, Tidewater’s Toys. The main reason for this explosion of sales is Elmer Ellsworth, Lacy’s holiday Santa Claus. Before Elmer was hired for last year’s Christmas season, Lacy’s toy receipts were so bad that the store was ready to stop selling toys altogether.
Now, business is booming because Elmer makes Santa come alive to young and old alike. In a daily holiday ritual, kids hug Santa and mothers give him kisses as photos are taken for Christmas albums. But, in the midst of parents and children lined up to tell the jolly old elf all about their wish lists, Elmer stands up, utters a faint “ho, ho, ho,” and falls to the floor in front of his chair. He is dead. Someone has done in the department store Santa before he could grant everyone’s wishes.
*I Saw Mommy Killing Santa Claus! mystery book available from UK Amazon and US Amazon.
7. A Very Merry Christmas Murder Mystery
From: Flexi Party | Ages: 13+ | Players: 4 to 8 players | Format: Family-Friendly Virtual Christmas Murder Mystery.
Plot: Albi LeGrinch, the world’s most successful christmas tree merchant, is hosting a big family-style Christmas at his winter wonderland estate.
But before any presents can be ripped in the large glass-fronted foyer of Albi’s luxury mountain-side mansion, he’s found hanging from the top of his own giant Christmas tree with industrial grade tinsel! Who committed such a ho-ho-ho horrific deed! [Source: Amazon]
For more details see my post Family Murder Mystery Christmas Virtual / Online Game: A Very Merry Christmas Murder Mystery.
*A Very Merry Christmas Murder Mystery from UK Amazon.
8. Murder at The Ugly Sweater Office Holiday Party
From: Broadway Murder Mysteries | Number of Players: 4-20 | Age rating: 13+ | Format: Printable Mystery Game on PDF.
Plot: A holiday office party is in full swing at the Tasty-Ful Design Company, when Nepo Tasty, the owner’s nephew, turns up dead in the copy room! Find out who did it in this murder mystery case files game! You and the other players get to pack the Tasty-Ful office as the VP, HR personnel, down to the Security Guard. And the best part? ANYONE could be the culprit, even YOU! [Source: Amazon]
*Murder at The Ugly Sweater Office Holiday Party available from UK Amazon and US Amazon.
9. Operation Save Santa – A North Pole Mystery
From: Broadway Murder Mysteries | Number of Players: 4 to 20 | Age rating: 8 and up | Format: USB Loaded with Printable Game Files. Playable: virtual or in person.
Plot: It’s December 23rd and Santa Claus is missing! What’s worse, he was the only one who knew the password for the master “Nice vs. Naughty” database!
The North Pole is in an uproar, with Mrs. Claus, elves, reindeer and various visitors milling about pointing fingers at each other… Can you solve this North Pole mystery?
For more details of this Christmas mystery party game for kids, see my post Christmas Mystery Party Game for Kids: Operation Save Santa!
*Operation Save Santa available from UK Amazon and
US Amazon.
Also by Broadway Murder Mysteries: Printable 80s Murder Mystery Game & Free Printable Mystery Game for 4 Players: Bullets on Broadway.
10. Agatha Christie Game: The Mystery at Hunter’s Lodge
From: Hunt A Killer & Agatha Christie Ltd | Number of Players: 1 or more | Age rating: 14+ | Format: All-in-One Mystery Game | Setting: 1920s English Country Manor, Winter/Snow.
Description: Philanthropic millionaire Harrington Pace is murdered in his own bed, and genius detective Hercule Poirot is too ill to take the case. Captain Arthur Hastings turns to you for assistance with this baffling case. Don your pince-nez glasses, it’s time to solve a murder. [Source: Amazon]
For more details of this game: Hunt a Killer Agatha Christie Game: The Mystery at Hunter’s Lodge – Review.
*Agatha Christie’s The Mystery at Hunter’s Lodge available from US Amazon and UK Amazon.
Murder Mystery Advent Calendars
Professor Charlie’s World Tour Advent Calendar by Hidden Games.
Mr Holmes’ Advent Calendar.
30 Second Mysteries Calendar – Solve a Mystery a Day!.
12 Top Harry Potter Advent Calendars.
EXIT Advent Calendar 2022 – The Hunt for the Golden Book.
EXiT 2021 Advent Calendar: Mystery of the Ice Cave.
For more festive mystery games, checkout: Best Christmas Printable Escape Games and Free Printable Christmas Mystery Game.
Christmas Gift Ideas for Mystery Game Fans
CosyKiller’s An Inheritance of Murder Mystery Subscription Box.
Moon Summit Mystery Box Set by Hunt A Killer.
Mystery Subscription Boxes by A Killing Affair.
EXiT Escape Rooms – 6 Game Bundle.
Shadows in the Forest from ThinkFun – Spooky Kids Board Game.
3D Escape Room Cursed Dollhouse.
Luxury Cluedo Edition Gorgeous 3D Cluedo Board Game.
Stocking Filler Ideas for Mystery Fans
30 Second Mysteries 2022 Calendar – Solve a Mystery a Day!
Davy Jones Locker – Escape Room in a Box.
4 Top Sherlock Holmes Escape Room Puzzle Books.
Pirates Escape Game – Activity Book for Kids.
Storytelling Card Game: Mystery Mansion.
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