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Nancy Drew®: Danger on Deception Island

HeR Interactive · 2009-10-10

Steam

Adventure

Franchise: Nancy Drew · Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 03, 2003 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Plunge into Danger to Bring a Mysterious Island’s Secrets to the Surface!

Nancy Drew®: Danger on Deception Island is a 2009 Adventure game priced at $9.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (92% of 295 reviews).

2
playing now
92%
positive of 295 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Danger on Deception Island is the ninth installment in the Nancy Drew point-and-click adventure game series by Her Interactive. The game is available for play on Microsoft Windows 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 affect the actual plot of the game. The game is loosely based on the book Whispers in the Fog (1999).

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 24 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 14% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 25% of 28,764 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 12k–24k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 295 total reviews — how this is computed.

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

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8820142026Week of 2014-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1302026-09-15 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 6 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 5 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 11 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 6 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 6 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 10 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 5 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 8 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 3 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 8 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 13 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 4 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 4 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 8 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 5 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 11 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
70Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 1 · peak 5Dec 2012 — avg 0 · peak 4May 2013 — avg 0 · peak 4Oct 2013 — avg 0 · peak 4Mar 2014 — avg 1 · peak 4Aug 2014 — avg 1 · peak 4Jan 2015 — avg 2 · peak 10Jun 2015 — avg 1 · peak 6Nov 2015 — avg 1 · peak 6Apr 2016 — avg 1 · peak 5Sep 2016 — avg 1 · peak 8Feb 2017 — avg 1 · peak 6Jul 2017 — avg 2 · peak 8Dec 2017 — avg 2 · peak 12May 2018 — avg 2 · peak 9Oct 2018 — avg 1 · peak 6Mar 2019 — avg 3 · peak 10Aug 2019 — avg 2 · peak 11Jan 2020 — avg 5 · peak 20Jun 2020 — avg 6 · peak 19Nov 2020 — avg 4 · peak 15Apr 2021 — avg 5 · peak 15Sep 2021 — avg 5 · peak 19Feb 2022 — avg 5 · peak 16Jul 2022 — avg 5 · peak 17Dec 2022 — avg 5 · peak 16May 2023 — avg 5 · peak 18Oct 2023 — avg 4 · peak 15Mar 2024 — avg 5 · peak 20Aug 2024 — avg 5 · peak 17Jan 2025 — avg 5 · peak 20Jun 2025 — avg 5 · peak 18Nov 2025 — avg 4 · peak 15Apr 2026 — avg 5 · peak 16Aug 2026 — avg 6 · peak 22
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$2.092015-01-012026-07-092015-01-01 — best price $2.092015-06-22 — best price $6.992015-12-22 — best price $2.092016-02-12 — best price $6.992016-08-05 — best price $6.292016-11-29 — best price $6.992017-11-22 — best price $4.192018-01-04 — best price $6.992018-07-05 — best price $6.992018-11-21 — best price $4.192019-01-03 — best price $6.992019-06-26 — best price $4.192019-12-03 — best price $6.992020-01-23 — best price $4.192020-06-25 — best price $4.192020-11-25 — best price $4.542021-01-05 — best price $6.992021-10-28 — best price $4.542021-12-01 — best price $6.992022-01-27 — best price $3.842022-07-07 — best price $6.992022-12-22 — best price $4.192023-02-27 — best price $6.992023-06-29 — best price $3.492023-11-28 — best price $6.992024-03-14 — best price $3.492024-07-11 — best price $6.992024-12-04 — best price $9.992025-03-13 — best price $7.992025-07-10 — best price $9.992025-12-18 — best price $6.492026-01-19 — best price $9.992026-06-25 — best price $6.492026-07-09 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2772026-06-04 — 14 pageviews2026-06-08 — 12 pageviews2026-06-12 — 17 pageviews2026-06-16 — 16 pageviews2026-06-20 — 22 pageviews2026-06-24 — 14 pageviews2026-06-28 — 17 pageviews2026-07-02 — 16 pageviews2026-07-06 — 12 pageviews2026-07-10 — 18 pageviews2026-07-14 — 15 pageviews2026-07-18 — 18 pageviews2026-07-22 — 12 pageviews2026-07-26 — 16 pageviews2026-07-30 — 25 pageviews2026-08-03 — 10 pageviews2026-08-07 — 15 pageviews2026-08-11 — 14 pageviews2026-08-15 — 24 pageviews2026-08-19 — 20 pageviews2026-08-23 — 16 pageviews2026-08-27 — 16 pageviews2026-08-31 — 11 pageviews2026-09-04 — 15 pageviews2026-09-08 — 12 pageviews2026-09-12 — 22 pageviews2026-09-16 — 11 pageviews2026-09-20 — 23 pageviews2026-09-24 — 14 pageviews2026-09-28 — 9 pageviews2026-10-02 — 7 pageviews2026-10-06 — 13 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

FunnyRetroCasualPuzzleClassicAdventureDetectiveMouse onlyStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

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

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