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Mystery Case Files: Return to Ravenhearst™ cover art

Mystery Case Files: Return to Ravenhearst™

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

SteamMicrosoft Store

AdventureCasual

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 24, 2014 (Nintendo 3DS), Nov 27, 2008 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 27, 2008 (Mac), Apr 21, 2010 (Linux), Jun 18, 2013 (Windows Phone), Nov 06, 2008 (iOS)

Emma`s soul is free. But her ghost has delivered a dire warning: evil still lurks in Ravenhearst Manor. Big Fish Games Studios takes you deep inside the cursed estate in Mystery Case Files: Return to Ravenhearst™, the thrilling sequel.

2
playing now
86%
positive of 156 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
7.5h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

2 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

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  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 59% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 6.2k–12k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 156 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$4.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at MacGameStore (2023-11-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 13 of 24 observed days · $3.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

702026-08-12 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-12 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 15:00 — 4 players2026-08-15 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 23:00 — 5 players2026-08-16 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-17 23:00 — 4 players2026-08-18 14:00 — 3 players2026-08-19 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 22:00 — 7 players2026-08-20 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-21 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 21:00 — 4 players2026-08-22 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 04:00 — 4 players2026-08-25 20:00 — 3 players2026-08-26 12:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 04:00 — 3 players2026-08-29 21:00 — 2 players2026-08-30 13:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$11.84$2.482015-01-012026-08-272015-01-01 — best price $6.952015-04-24 — best price $7.952015-09-10 — best price $4.972016-02-05 — best price $4.992016-06-17 — best price $4.972016-11-23 — best price $4.992017-03-21 — best price $9.952017-09-11 — best price $9.952017-12-20 — best price $4.972018-04-09 — best price $4.972018-07-05 — best price $9.992018-09-24 — best price $9.952018-12-01 — best price $9.952019-03-08 — best price $4.972019-07-01 — best price $9.952019-10-28 — best price $4.992020-01-02 — best price $9.992020-06-25 — best price $3.992020-10-29 — best price $4.492021-10-28 — best price $4.492022-06-23 — best price $4.992022-12-22 — best price $2.992023-03-13 — best price $4.972023-04-25 — best price $7.962023-08-14 — best price $9.952023-11-03 — best price $9.952024-01-04 — best price $9.992024-07-11 — best price $9.992024-12-19 — best price $3.492025-03-13 — best price $3.992025-07-03 — best price $4.972025-10-06 — best price $9.992026-01-05 — best price $9.992026-06-25 — best price $2.992026-08-27 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2061212026-05-29 — 139 pageviews2026-06-01 — 123 pageviews2026-06-04 — 163 pageviews2026-06-07 — 181 pageviews2026-06-10 — 134 pageviews2026-06-13 — 147 pageviews2026-06-16 — 130 pageviews2026-06-19 — 139 pageviews2026-06-22 — 127 pageviews2026-06-25 — 141 pageviews2026-06-28 — 206 pageviews2026-07-01 — 123 pageviews2026-07-04 — 181 pageviews2026-07-07 — 146 pageviews2026-07-10 — 121 pageviews2026-07-13 — 139 pageviews2026-07-16 — 148 pageviews2026-07-19 — 182 pageviews2026-07-22 — 125 pageviews2026-07-25 — 133 pageviews2026-07-28 — 158 pageviews2026-07-31 — 165 pageviews2026-08-03 — 175 pageviews2026-08-06 — 146 pageviews2026-08-09 — 204 pageviews2026-08-12 — 139 pageviews2026-08-15 — 156 pageviews2026-08-18 — 132 pageviews2026-08-21 — 137 pageviews2026-08-24 — 137 pageviews2026-08-26 — 136 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

CasualHorrorPuzzleAdventureHidden Object

Census log

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

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