Nancy Drew®: The Haunted Carousel
Point-and-click mystery of a stolen carousel horse and midnight rides
HeR Interactive · Released Oct 10, 2009
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 93% of 252
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 8
- daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update on Steam
- Unknown
- no patch notes on Steam
Metacritic: 85/100 (critic reviews)
What is Nancy Drew®: The Haunted Carousel?
This first-person point-and-click adventure puts you in the role of Nancy Drew at a seaside amusement park, where a stolen carousel horse and unexplained late-night rides prompt an investigation. Explore for clues, question suspects, solve puzzles and arcade minigames, and track leads on a laptop.
For you if...
- +you like character-driven mysteries in amusement-park settings
- +you prefer approachable puzzles and arcade minigames
Not for you if...
- −you want a long investigation with many logic puzzles
- −you dislike conversation-heavy detective games
What players say
93% of 252 reviews are positive
Players praise the park setting, characters, and arcade games. Their most common complaints are that the mystery is short and has too few puzzles.
Screenshots and trailer
Nancy Drew®: The Haunted Carousel system requirements
Minimum: 16-bit, 0 GB RAM, 0.2 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Nancy Drew®: The Haunted Carousel?
The published requirements do not name a graphics card we can compare.
Set up my PC →Minimum
- OS
- Windows® 98/ME/2000/XP/Vista
- Processor
- 200MHz CPU
- Graphics
- 16-bit graphics video card
- Memory
- 16MB RAM
- Storage
- 160 MB of free space
Does Nancy Drew®: The Haunted Carousel have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Nancy Drew®: The Haunted Carousel run on Steam Deck?
Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Steam features
- Family Sharing
- Languages
- Text only: English.
Does Nancy Drew®: The Haunted Carousel use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 25, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
