The Murdoku app icon: a detective in round glasses on a brass coin

Install the Murdoku app — free, no store, no account

Murdoku installs straight from this website. No app store to visit, no download to wait for, no account to create: your browser adds it to your home screen or dock, and it opens in its own window like any other app, without the address bar.

How to install Murdoku

Android — Chrome, Edge, Samsung Internet

Open murdokuonline.org and either accept the install banner when it appears, or open the browser menu and choose Install app (sometimes Add to Home screen). Murdoku then behaves like any installed app: its own icon, its own window, no browser chrome.

iPhone and iPad — Safari

Open murdokuonline.org in Safari, press the Share button, and choose Add to Home Screen. iOS does not offer an install banner, so this is the route — the result is identical.

Windows, macOS and Linux — Chrome or Edge

Open the site and look for the install icon at the right-hand end of the address bar, or use the browser menu and choose Install Murdoku. It then appears among your applications and opens in a plain window, which suits a puzzle rather better than a tab does.

Why there is no download

Murdoku is not a large program. The whole game — every case, the editor, the generator and the solver that verifies each puzzle — runs inside the browser, so installing it is a matter of keeping a shortcut and a copy of the page rather than fetching an installer. That is also why nothing ever needs updating: you always open the current version.

It also means your data stays yours. Progress, solved cases and settings live on your own device, not in an account, so nothing needs signing into and nothing needs deleting later.

Is there a Steam or Play Store version?

An Android build of Murdoku exists, and the installable web app above is the same game from the same source. No Steam release is planned. If you were looking for a desktop version, installing from Chrome or Edge gives you a real application window on Windows, macOS and Linux alike — which is the thing a desktop release would have given you.

Prefer not to install?

Nothing here is gated behind installing. Play Murdoku in the browser exactly as you would installed, or print a case and solve it on paper with a pencil. Installing only saves you the trip through a bookmark.