Jack the Ripper (2004 video game)

For the text adventure game, see Jack the Ripper (1987 video game).

Jack the Ripper is an adventure video game, based upon the unidentified serial killer Jack the Ripper. The game was released for Microsoft Windows in 2004. It was developed by Galilea Games and published by The Adventure Company.

Jack the Ripper
Cover art
Developer(s)	Galilea Games
Publisher(s)	NA: The Adventure Company EU: Microids
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows
Release	NA: January 29, 2004[1] EU: March 4, 2004
Mode(s)	Single-player

The game is set in New York in 1901, where James Palmer, a reporter of the newspaper New York Today, is investigating a set of murders similar to those of "Jack the Ripper" in Whitechapel thirteen years earlier; the murders turn out to be the work of the actual Ripper.^[2]

Reception

Aggregate score

Aggregator	Score
Metacritic	58/100[3]

Review scores

Publication	Score
Adventure Gamers	[4]
Computer Games Magazine	[5]
Computer Gaming World	[6]
GameSpot	5.2/10[7]
GameSpy	[8]
GameZone	5.8/10[9]
IGN	7.8/10[10]
Jeuxvideo.com	13/20[11]
PC Gamer (US)	61%[12]

Reception

The game received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.^[3]