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Nancy Drew®: Trail of the Twister

Point-and-click detective adventure investigating accidents among storm chasers

HeR Interactive · Released Jul 25, 2011

Adventure

Reviews
Mixed
70% of 166
Recent reviews
Not enough recent
Playing now
2
right now
Steam Deck
Playable
Last update
1 year ago
Mar 14, 2025

What is Nancy Drew®: Trail of the Twister?

This single-player point-and-click adventure casts you as Nancy Drew, working undercover with a storm-chasing team competing to predict tornadoes. As equipment fails and crew members are injured, you study clouds and Doppler data, maintain weather gear, drive a Doppler truck, and solve puzzles to investigate what is going wrong.

For you if...

  • +you enjoy puzzles set around storm chasing and weather research
  • +you like investigating a mystery by talking with characters

Not for you if...

  • −you want a detective story with fewer routine tasks
  • −you prefer action over point-and-click puzzles

What players say

70% of 166 reviews are positive

Players praise the puzzles and characters. Some find the mystery thin, the tasks repetitive, and the instructions for certain puzzles unclear.

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Nancy Drew®: Trail of the Twister

Nancy Drew®: Trail of the Twister system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS
Windows® XP/Vista/7/8/10/11
Processor
1GHz or greater Pentium 3 or equivalent class CPU
Graphics
32MB DirectX 9.0 compatible video card
Memory
256 MB of RAM
Storage
1 GB or more hard drive space

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Keyboard and mouse
Platforms
Windows, macOS
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

Multiplayer and co-op

Languages

Text only: English.

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