4 Penny Coffins Brings Victorian Murder Mystery to Steam Just in Time for Halloween
Other Ocean has revealed that 4 Penny Coffins, its horror social investigation game, launches on Steam October 27... just in time for Halloween! A new final trailer accompanied the date announcement, and a free full demo will be available during Steam Next Fest from October 19 through October 26.
4 Penny Coffins blends social deduction with investigation mechanics. You and up to seven other players can enter Ripper Mode, where one person is secretly the murderer while the rest collect evidence, question suspects, track suspicious behaviour, and attempt to expose them before another body drops. The Ripper can bribe witnesses, smear fingerprints, plant false evidence, and eliminate pursuers one by one. That makes your actions feel risky, because the wrong call could hand the killer a win.
For players who would rather not put their friendships through a multiplayer murder trial, the game also includes Magistrate Mode. This replayable campaign supports one to five players and pits detectives against an AI-controlled Ripper across procedurally generated cases.
That gives 4 Penny Coffins two distinct appeals: a tense party-game experience built around deception and paranoia, and a more traditional co-op investigation mode for players who want the Victorian detective fantasy without the betrayal.
The setting draws inspiration from the 1888 Jack the Ripper murders in London’s Whitechapel district, pairing period atmosphere with a stylized, monochromatic visual approach. IGN’s preview described it as Jack the Ripper meets Among Us, with a dose of Psychonauts-style humour and a strikingly grim art direction. Rather than relying only on voting and suspicion, it gives detectives forensic tools and gives the killer active ways to corrupt the investigation.
Try It Before Halloween
The full demo arrives on Steam as part of Next Fest on October 19 and remains playable until October 26. 4 Penny Coffins then launches October 27 for PC via Steam.
If your group has exhausted its Among Us arguments and wants something grimmer, more investigative, and considerably more Victorian, this is one to wishlist before the fog rolls in.