9 Clues: The Secret of Serpent Creek

9 Clues: The Secret of Serpent Creek

Steam Deck · unrated

Tap It Games · Hidden Object · Jul 10, 2014

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

At $14.99. It has been as low as $2.99.

90%
Very Positive
2k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 181 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Difficulty: 61 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 59 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Bugs: 7 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 2k player reviews · updated 6 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
75% of themes are praise13% are divided12% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
The story is neat, and deals with the supernatural.
181 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
The puzzles were not too difficult, I was able to solve everything without asking for a hint.
61 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The story is thought out, the controls are very to use, the graphics are pleasing (the hand brush painted type of graphics where there’s not so much animation, but rather layering images on top of each other in sequence), and most importantly, there are very few to no glitches (I heard someone say something about one in Linux, but I’m Win7).
59 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
I was surprised by the quality of voice acting and music in general.
54 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
But the story itself is good, if a little out of the ballpark, and the gameplay was fun and relaxing.
29 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Interface
Players who bring up Interface mostly praise it.
(Luckily there are skip buttons available for cutscenes so you can just read the subtitles and move on if you so desire) My only complaint--and it's more of a critcism--is that none of the hidden object scenes were anywhere near as challenging as they are in other Artifex Mundi games.
15 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love6 themes
Story and characters181 reviews
Difficulty61 reviews
Graphics59 reviews
Audio54 reviews
Gameplay29 reviews
Interface15 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Linux compatibility7 reviews
100%
Players complain% still recommend
Bugs7 reviews
86%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $14.99. The lowest we've tracked is $2.99.

4 points recordedtoday · $14.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
90%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
19
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.