Nancy Drew®: Sea of Darkness
Point-and-click mystery adventure about a missing captain in Iceland
HeR Interactive · Released Feb 2, 2017
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 93% of 232
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Playing now
- 0
- peak 24h 5
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- 1 year ago
- Mar 14, 2025
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
93% of 232 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
Nancy Drew®: Sea of Darkness system requirements
As published by the developer.
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
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
Tags
- Exploration
- Mystery
- Puzzle
- Point & Click
- Female Protagonist
- Investigation
- Detective
- Story Rich
- 2D
- Snow
- Based On A Novel
- Casual
- Family Friendly
- Atmospheric
- Adventure
- Retro
Recent updates
- Mar 14, 2025 · Update — Windows 11 Compatibility
1 DLC available.
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