9 Clues: The Secret of Serpent Creek

Buy90%

Very Positive · 2k player reviews · Medium confidence

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

Steam Deck Unrated
  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

Tap It Games · Hidden Object · Jul 10, 2014

Player review score
90%
Very Positive
Price
$14.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
19
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
10
Full audio1 of 10
Subtitles10 of 10

Should I buy 9 Clues: The Secret of Serpent Creek?

Buy it if you like
  • Story: 163 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Difficulty: 74 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 56 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews

Based on 2k player reviews · updated

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 praise25% are divided0% are complaints
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
163 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
It was an interesting and mysterious little story, although, some of it was predictable from the start, some aspects were a little choppy, and the ending was very abrupt.
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
74 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The hidden object scenes were fairly easy for me to solve as well as some of the puzzles, but the graphics and the storyline more than make up for the level of difficulty in my personal opinion.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
56 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Since gameplay is limited to pointing, clicking and thinking, graphics and sound are very important to me in this kind of adventure (light).
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
48 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Very fitting soundtrack that added to the creepy atmosphere of the story.
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
40 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
While there is minimal challenge to them, I liked that they actually put a detective mechanic, in a detective game.
Interface
Players who bring up Interface mostly praise it.
12 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Thanks to the very intuitive inventory, all this can be done in a smooth manner, and thanks to the map (with fast-travel system incorporated), the amount of backtracking is limited.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Story163 reviews
Difficulty74 reviews
Graphics56 reviews
Audio48 reviews
Gameplay40 reviews
Interface12 reviews
Divided opinion
Bugs
83% still recommend
Linux compatibility
100% still recommend
Players complain

No recurring complaints in this sample.

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

Steam lists no controller support.

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Trading Cards

Platforms

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$14.99

The lowest we've tracked is $2.99.

4 points recordedtoday · $14.99

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