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Mystery Case Files: Huntsville™ cover art

Mystery Case Files: Huntsville™

Big Fish Games · BFG Entertainment · 2010-04-21

Steam

Casual

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 18, 2005 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 01, 2005 (Linux), Nov 18, 2005 (Mac)

Do you have a keen eye for detail? See if you can locate enough hidden clues to solve the crimes and become a Master Detective. Mystery Case Files: Huntsville™ provides players with a collection of intriguing mysteries and brain-teasers to solve. There are picture puzzles to ponder, strange crime scenes to explore, and much, much, more!

4
playing now
85%
positive of 122 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (0 outlets, IGDB)
61/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
6.5h
time to beat (IGDB)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Mystery Case Files is a video game series originally developed by the internal studios of Big Fish Games. Sequels were then developed by Elephant Games between 2013 and 2014 and Eipix Entertainment between 2015 and 2019. The newest installments have been developed by GrandMA Studios since 2020. The Mystery Case Files series is known for its hidden object puzzles where, in order to progress through a game, the player plays the role of a Master Detective and must find a certain number of items hidden somewhere on a painted scene.

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 54% of 9,678 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 4.9k–9.8k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 122 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2025-12-18)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 5 of 10 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

412026-08-12 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 23:00 — 4 players2026-08-14 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-17 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-17 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 22:00 — 2 players2026-08-20 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-21 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-21 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 05:00 — 4 players2026-08-23 20:00 — 4 players2026-08-24 12:00 — 4 players2026-08-25 04:00 — 4 players2026-08-25 20:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 12:00 — 4 players2026-08-27 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 21:00 — 4 players2026-08-28 13:00 — 2 players2026-08-29 05:00 — 4 players2026-08-29 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 13:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$23.74$0.992015-01-012026-07-092015-01-01 — best price $9.992015-04-01 — best price $15.952015-04-21 — best price $15.952015-05-07 — best price $15.952015-09-10 — best price $7.472016-01-04 — best price $3.732016-04-04 — best price $14.952016-06-27 — best price $14.952016-11-24 — best price $7.472017-02-14 — best price $7.472017-06-22 — best price $4.992017-09-11 — best price $14.952017-11-29 — best price $14.952018-01-03 — best price $14.952018-03-19 — best price $14.952018-06-01 — best price $7.472018-07-16 — best price $14.952018-09-21 — best price $7.472018-10-29 — best price $4.992018-12-01 — best price $14.952019-02-11 — best price $9.992019-04-19 — best price $7.472019-06-28 — best price $7.472019-08-09 — best price $7.472019-11-01 — best price $9.992019-12-19 — best price $3.492020-01-27 — best price $9.992020-10-29 — best price $4.492021-01-05 — best price $9.992021-11-24 — best price $3.992022-07-07 — best price $9.992023-02-20 — best price $4.992023-04-24 — best price $9.992023-12-21 — best price $4.992024-12-04 — best price $9.992025-07-02 — best price $4.992026-01-05 — best price $9.992026-06-25 — best price $2.992026-07-09 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2061212026-05-31 — 164 pageviews2026-06-03 — 150 pageviews2026-06-06 — 147 pageviews2026-06-09 — 160 pageviews2026-06-12 — 148 pageviews2026-06-15 — 143 pageviews2026-06-18 — 171 pageviews2026-06-21 — 156 pageviews2026-06-24 — 123 pageviews2026-06-27 — 177 pageviews2026-06-30 — 133 pageviews2026-07-03 — 149 pageviews2026-07-06 — 138 pageviews2026-07-09 — 141 pageviews2026-07-12 — 184 pageviews2026-07-15 — 155 pageviews2026-07-18 — 148 pageviews2026-07-21 — 132 pageviews2026-07-24 — 135 pageviews2026-07-27 — 124 pageviews2026-07-30 — 154 pageviews2026-08-02 — 186 pageviews2026-08-05 — 141 pageviews2026-08-08 — 171 pageviews2026-08-11 — 151 pageviews2026-08-14 — 130 pageviews2026-08-17 — 178 pageviews2026-08-20 — 145 pageviews2026-08-23 — 163 pageviews2026-08-26 — 136 pageviews2026-08-28 — 152 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

CasualMysteryHidden Object

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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