Nancy Drew®: Secret of the Scarlet Hand (Steam Game) Steam logo

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Expose Buried Secrets and Catch a Thief Red-handed!

Developer  Publisher:  Genre:  Translations:  Features:  Tags:  
Release DateOct 10, 2009
Price$ 6.99
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)88.4% (very positive) Top 30% / 88.8%  Top 30%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)79.8% Top 25% / 80.3%  Top 20%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)146  / 152
Curators13 reviews
Median Play Time8.5 hours  Top 20%
Play Time per Dollar1.2 hour  Top 20%
Followers214 
Owners± 42.3K  Top 25%
Copies Sold± 6.1K 
Gross Revenue ($)± 18.1K 

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Nancy Drew®: Secret of the Scarlet Hand steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

Here you can see Nancy Drew®: Secret of the Scarlet Hand's Steam rating and reviews between June 2014 and September 2023. Steam's rating oscillates between 91.6% (November 2017) and 80% (March 2018).

With 152 reviews, Nancy Drew®: Secret of the Scarlet Hand could be a decent indie success.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Nancy Drew®: Secret of the Scarlet Hand and the proportion of players they represent.

This donut graph displays the languages of Nancy Drew®: Secret of the Scarlet Hand's Steam reviews. The most popular language is English (96%), followed by Russian (2%). The player's languages are diversified, with 5 different languages appearing in the reviews. The game has only one translation (English), it could have been more popular if it was translated in more languages.

Time Played

Chart displaying Nancy Drew®: Secret of the Scarlet Hand percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time players have spent in Nancy Drew®: Secret of the Scarlet Hand, comparing positive and negative reviews. The time played is decent, reaching 13 hours in the 80th percentile.

The median play time for the negative reviews is similar to the median for positive reviews, hinting that there is no significant difference in the player's experience and that is more a question of personal taste. A high negative review play time (median : 8 hours) could mean that Nancy Drew®: Secret of the Scarlet Hand crashes after a while or becomes too repetitive or difficult in the end. The Players' feedback section might give some insight about that.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Puzzles are difficult but satisfying
  • Peak point-and-click adventure and mystery solving
  • Diegetic minigames and puzzles
  • Realistic characters and motivations
  • Some puzzles had layers to solving them
  • Copious notes to fall back on
  • All phone numbers are useful
  • Experimenting with control schemes
  • Design ensures you actually pay attention
  • Interesting and engaging story
  • Known bug where you can't call an NPC to get one of the key pieces needed
  • CPU spike throughout the game that causes mouse lag
  • Lots of meaningless tasks need to be completed
  • Solving the mystery feels like a second thought
  • Story isn't very memorable
  • Better ND titles to play
  • Most puzzles are solve-once-and-leave-forever
  • Phone calls taking away the player's actions
  • Tedious tasks to progress through the game
  • Not the best ND title

It's important to understand that this list of positives and negatives is not an unbiased evaluation of the game. Its purpose is to support developers in understanding what their players want. The game's rating of 88.4%  Top 30% should be taken into account when assessing them.

Please take this list with a grain of salt, as this is an AI generated list based on a small sample of Nancy Drew®: Secret of the Scarlet Hand's review data provided by Steam. Additionally, remember that not all issues need to be fixed, sometimes the best approach is to communicate better to manage the player's expectations.

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