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Nancy Drew®: Alibi in Ashes

HeR Interactive · 2011-11-02

Steam

Adventure

Franchise: Nancy Drew · Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 02, 2011 (Mac), Nov 02, 2011 (Linux), Nov 02, 2011 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

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Nancy Drew®: Alibi in Ashes is a 2011 Adventure game priced at $19.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (90% of 277 reviews).

1
playing now
90%
positive of 277 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
79/100
IGDB user rating (10 ratings)
bronze
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$19.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 14:00 UTC (census sample)

Alibi in Ashes is the 25th installment in the Nancy Drew point-and-click adventure game series by Her Interactive. The game is available for play on Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X platforms. It has an ESRB rating of E for moments of mild violence and peril. Players take on the first-person view of fictional amateur sleuth Nancy Drew and must solve the mystery through interrogation of suspects, solving puzzles, and discovering clues. There are two levels of gameplay, Junior and Senior detective modes, each offering a different difficulty level of puzzles and hints, however neither of these changes affects the plot of the game. The game is loosely based on the books False Impressions (1990) and The Clues Challenge (2000).

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 14 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 26% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 25% of 29,201 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-26

Estimated sales: 11k–22k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 277 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.74 at GreenManGaming (2013-11-08)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
111120162026Week of 2016-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

702026-09-15 23:00 — 4 players2026-09-17 07:00 — 3 players2026-09-18 15:00 — 5 players2026-09-19 22:00 — 4 players2026-09-21 06:00 — 2 players2026-09-22 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 21:00 — 7 players2026-09-25 05:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 12:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 20:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 03:00 — 4 players2026-09-30 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 18:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 02:00 — 3 players2026-10-04 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 18:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 01:00 — 6 players2026-10-08 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 16:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 07:00 — 2 players2026-10-13 15:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 22:00 — 5 players2026-10-15 14:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
70Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 1 · peak 8Dec 2012 — avg 2 · peak 10May 2013 — avg 1 · peak 7Oct 2013 — avg 1 · peak 5Mar 2014 — avg 1 · peak 6Aug 2014 — avg 1 · peak 6Jan 2015 — avg 2 · peak 19Jun 2015 — avg 2 · peak 8Nov 2015 — avg 1 · peak 8Apr 2016 — avg 1 · peak 6Sep 2016 — avg 1 · peak 6Feb 2017 — avg 2 · peak 9Jul 2017 — avg 3 · peak 14Dec 2017 — avg 3 · peak 20May 2018 — avg 2 · peak 8Oct 2018 — avg 2 · peak 8Mar 2019 — avg 3 · peak 9Aug 2019 — avg 3 · peak 12Jan 2020 — avg 5 · peak 29Jun 2020 — avg 4 · peak 14Nov 2020 — avg 4 · peak 17Apr 2021 — avg 4 · peak 14Sep 2021 — avg 3 · peak 11Feb 2022 — avg 5 · peak 15Jul 2022 — avg 5 · peak 17Dec 2022 — avg 4 · peak 16May 2023 — avg 6 · peak 22Oct 2023 — avg 3 · peak 12Mar 2024 — avg 5 · peak 16Aug 2024 — avg 4 · peak 14Jan 2025 — avg 4 · peak 15Jul 2025 — avg 3 · peak 11Feb 2026 — avg 3 · peak 15Aug 2026 — avg 4 · peak 13
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$1.742015-01-012026-07-092015-01-01 — best price $2.092015-06-22 — best price $6.992015-12-01 — best price $6.992015-12-22 — best price $2.092016-02-05 — best price $5.592016-03-02 — best price $6.992016-04-28 — best price $1.742016-06-01 — best price $6.992016-06-27 — best price $6.992016-10-18 — best price $5.792016-12-22 — best price $2.792017-07-05 — best price $6.992018-04-20 — best price $6.992018-07-17 — best price $5.592018-11-27 — best price $6.992019-02-04 — best price $4.192019-07-09 — best price $6.992019-12-19 — best price $2.092020-01-27 — best price $6.992020-07-09 — best price $6.992020-12-01 — best price $6.992021-02-11 — best price $3.842021-11-01 — best price $6.992021-12-22 — best price $3.492022-02-03 — best price $6.992022-11-22 — best price $4.192023-01-05 — best price $6.992023-04-24 — best price $3.842023-07-13 — best price $6.992023-12-21 — best price $3.492024-03-21 — best price $6.992024-10-24 — best price $19.992024-12-19 — best price $9.992025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-09-29 — best price $12.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-03-19 — best price $13.992026-07-09 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2222026-06-04 — 12 pageviews2026-06-08 — 10 pageviews2026-06-12 — 10 pageviews2026-06-16 — 6 pageviews2026-06-20 — 2 pageviews2026-06-24 — 14 pageviews2026-06-28 — 14 pageviews2026-07-02 — 8 pageviews2026-07-06 — 4 pageviews2026-07-10 — 10 pageviews2026-07-14 — 10 pageviews2026-07-18 — 7 pageviews2026-07-22 — 16 pageviews2026-07-26 — 22 pageviews2026-07-30 — 13 pageviews2026-08-03 — 8 pageviews2026-08-07 — 9 pageviews2026-08-11 — 10 pageviews2026-08-15 — 9 pageviews2026-08-19 — 7 pageviews2026-08-23 — 8 pageviews2026-08-27 — 10 pageviews2026-08-31 — 22 pageviews2026-09-04 — 12 pageviews2026-09-08 — 6 pageviews2026-09-12 — 8 pageviews2026-09-16 — 5 pageviews2026-09-20 — 5 pageviews2026-09-24 — 6 pageviews2026-09-28 — 3 pageviews2026-10-02 — 7 pageviews2026-10-06 — 7 pageviews2026-10-10 — 9 pageviews2026-10-13 — 8 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

2.5DFunnyCasualPuzzleClassicAdventureDetectiveMouse onlyStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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