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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 · Perspectives: First person

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.

Mystery Case Files: Return to Ravenhearst™ is an Adventure and Casual game released in 2010, priced at $9.99, with an estimated owner base of 20,000 .. 50,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (86% of 158 reviews).

5
playing now
86%
positive of 158 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
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)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 07:00 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

Quiet
  • · 5 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 16 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 33% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 6.3k–13k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 158 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 17 of 26 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
7720142026Week of 2014-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1002026-09-15 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 3 players2026-09-18 00:00 — 5 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 4 players2026-09-20 15:00 — 6 players2026-09-21 23:00 — 4 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 5 players2026-09-24 14:00 — 4 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 3 players2026-09-27 05:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 20:00 — 3 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 11:00 — 3 players2026-10-03 19:00 — 4 players2026-10-05 03:00 — 5 players2026-10-06 10:00 — 4 players2026-10-07 18:00 — 5 players2026-10-09 01:00 — 4 players2026-10-10 09:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 16:00 — 6 players2026-10-13 00:00 — 6 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
50Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 1 · peak 4Dec 2012 — avg 0 · peak 3May 2013 — avg 0 · peak 3Oct 2013 — avg 0 · peak 3Mar 2014 — avg 0 · peak 3Aug 2014 — avg 0 · peak 3Jan 2015 — avg 1 · peak 4Jun 2015 — avg 0 · peak 3Nov 2015 — avg 0 · peak 2Apr 2016 — avg 1 · peak 3Sep 2016 — avg 0 · peak 4Feb 2017 — avg 0 · peak 4Jul 2017 — avg 1 · peak 5Dec 2017 — avg 1 · peak 6May 2018 — avg 0 · peak 4Oct 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Mar 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Aug 2019 — avg 1 · peak 4Jan 2020 — avg 2 · peak 6Jun 2020 — avg 2 · peak 6Nov 2020 — avg 2 · peak 7Apr 2021 — avg 1 · peak 5Sep 2021 — avg 1 · peak 6Feb 2022 — avg 2 · peak 8Jul 2022 — avg 2 · peak 8Jan 2023 — avg 3 · peak 10Jun 2023 — avg 3 · peak 8Nov 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Apr 2024 — avg 2 · peak 7Sep 2024 — avg 3 · peak 8May 2025 — avg 2 · peak 8Oct 2025 — avg 3 · peak 7May 2026 — avg 3 · peak 8Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 8
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$11.84$2.482015-01-012026-10-082015-01-01 — 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 $2.992026-09-24 — best price $4.992026-10-08 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2061122026-05-29 — 139 pageviews2026-06-02 — 146 pageviews2026-06-06 — 147 pageviews2026-06-10 — 134 pageviews2026-06-14 — 167 pageviews2026-06-18 — 171 pageviews2026-06-22 — 127 pageviews2026-06-26 — 167 pageviews2026-06-30 — 133 pageviews2026-07-04 — 181 pageviews2026-07-08 — 168 pageviews2026-07-12 — 184 pageviews2026-07-16 — 148 pageviews2026-07-20 — 138 pageviews2026-07-24 — 135 pageviews2026-07-28 — 158 pageviews2026-08-01 — 164 pageviews2026-08-05 — 141 pageviews2026-08-09 — 204 pageviews2026-08-13 — 178 pageviews2026-08-17 — 178 pageviews2026-08-21 — 137 pageviews2026-08-25 — 159 pageviews2026-08-29 — 147 pageviews2026-09-02 — 127 pageviews2026-09-06 — 154 pageviews2026-09-10 — 130 pageviews2026-09-14 — 140 pageviews2026-09-18 — 114 pageviews2026-09-22 — 146 pageviews2026-09-26 — 154 pageviews2026-09-30 — 112 pageviews2026-10-04 — 131 pageviews2026-10-08 — 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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