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Nancy Drew®: Sea of Darkness

Point-and-click mystery adventure about a missing captain in Iceland

HeR Interactive · Released Feb 2, 2017

Adventure

Reviews
Very Positive
92% of 217
Recent reviews
Not enough recent
Players
10
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Playable
Last update on Steam
1 year ago
Mar 14, 2025
Minimum PC
DirectX 9 GPU
0.5 GB RAM · 3 GB disk
Full requirements

What is Nancy Drew®: Sea of Darkness?

As Nancy Drew, you investigate a ship captain’s disappearance in an Icelandic town. You explore, question suspects, solve puzzles, and work through maritime tasks such as tying knots. The point-and-click adventure has Amateur and Master difficulty settings.

For you if...

  • +you like nautical details in a detective story
  • +you want a choice of investigation difficulty settings

Not for you if...

  • −you prefer action to questioning suspects and solving puzzles
  • −you dislike working through many puzzles to advance

What players say

92% of 217 reviews are positive

Players praise the Icelandic setting, music, story, and puzzles they find challenging but fair. Some say the math and sudoku-style puzzles become repetitive or difficult, and others find certain puzzle instructions unclear.

Screenshots and trailer

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Nancy Drew®: Sea of Darkness system requirements

Minimum: DirectX 9 GPU, 0.5 GB RAM, 3 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

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Minimum

OS
Windows Vista/7/8/10/11
Processor
1.5 GHZ or greater Pentium 4 CPU or equivalent class1.5 GHZ
Graphics
128 MB DirectX 9.0 compatible video card
Memory
512 MB RAM
Storage
3 GB available space

Does Nancy Drew®: Sea of Darkness have co-op or multiplayer?

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

Does Nancy Drew®: Sea of Darkness 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
Full audio: English.

Does Nancy Drew®: Sea of Darkness 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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Recent updates

1 DLC available.

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