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Nancy Drew®: The Phantom of Venice

First-person point-and-click mystery about tracking a thief through Venice

HeR Interactive · Released Jul 17, 2009

Adventure

Reviews
Very Positive
89% of 211
Recent reviews
Not enough recent
Players
8
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Unsupported
Last update on Steam
1 year ago
Mar 14, 2025
Minimum PC
DirectX 9 GPU
0.1 GB RAM · 1 GB disk
Full requirements

Metacritic: 69/100 (critic reviews)

What is Nancy Drew®: The Phantom of Venice?

You play Nancy Drew in a first-person, point-and-click adventure about an undercover investigation into thefts of historic artifacts in Venice. You explore locations, question suspects, gather clues, solve puzzles, and play minigames, including the Italian card game Scopa.

For you if...

  • +you like single-player mysteries with an undercover premise
  • +you enjoy piecing together clues through exploration

Not for you if...

  • −you prefer action to puzzle-led detective work
  • −you want a mystery without card games or minigames

What players say

89% of 211 reviews are positive

Players praise the Venice setting, the story, and Scopa. Some find the puzzles tedious or difficult toward the end and wish they could talk to suspects more often.

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Nancy Drew®: The Phantom of Venice system requirements

Minimum: DirectX 9 GPU, 0.1 GB RAM, 1 GB of disk space.

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Minimum

OS
Window XP/Vista
Processor
1 GHz or greater Pentium or equivalent class CPU
Graphics
32 MB DirectX 9.0 compatible video card
Memory
128 MB of RAM
Storage
1 GB or more of hard drive space
DirectX
9.0

Does Nancy Drew®: The Phantom of Venice have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Does Nancy Drew®: The Phantom of Venice run on Steam Deck?

Unsupported No: Valve rates it Unsupported on Steam Deck.

  • Not supported on SteamOS

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Keyboard and mouse
Platforms
Windows
Steam features
Family Sharing
Languages
Full audio: English, German.

Does Nancy Drew®: The Phantom of Venice 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

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