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 255
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Playing now
- 1
- peak 24h 9
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- Unknown
- no patch notes found
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 255 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
As published by the developer.
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
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Steam features
- Family Sharing
Steam Deck: Playable
- 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
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