Worth it for the right player.
At $19.99. It has been as low as $12.99.
- Story and characters: 115 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Graphics: 29 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Gameplay: 17 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Bugs: 10 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
Based on 334 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.
Now you have much better story games like LIS and most of Telltale Games' series, but the Nancy Drew games to me still retain that old flair and charm of early 2000's point and clicks.
I love the clunky art style, and like 12 fps you get when scrolling around, it's charming more so than ugly.
Instead of offering a simple visual upgrade, this version rebuilds the classic mystery with enhanced graphics, modernized gameplay, new puzzles, additional story content, and a revised ending that gives returning players fresh surprises while remaining faithful to the original premise.
Along your search, you'll encounter many interesting characters will old and clunky, but charming voice acting.
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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. One more theme was raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and is not shown.
Should you buy it now?
Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.
Currently $19.99. The lowest we've tracked is $12.99.
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