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Nancy Drew®: Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake

HeR Interactive · 2009-10-10

Steam

Adventure

Franchise: Nancy Drew · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Nov 01, 2002 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

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Nancy Drew®: Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake is a $9.99 Adventure game released in 2009, estimated to have 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Very Positive rating from 92% of 307 reviews.

7
playing now
92%
positive of 307 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
64/100
IGDB user rating (13 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

7 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake is the seventh 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, including a Junior and Senior detective mode. Each mode offers a different difficulty level of puzzles and hints, but neither of these changes affects the actual plot of the game. The game is loosely based on two books, Nancy Drew Ghost Stories: Ghost Dogs of Whispering Oaks (1983) and Mystery By Moonlight (2002).

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 7 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 25 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 4% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 24% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 12k–25k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 307 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.74 at Steam (2012-10-29)via IsThereAnyDeal

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

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8820152026Week of 2015-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1202026-09-15 07:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 3 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 3 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 9 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 3 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 8 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 4 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 3 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 9 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 8 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 4 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 9 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 12 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 4 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 7 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 10 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 5 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 5 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 7 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 7 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
70Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 1 · peak 6Dec 2012 — avg 1 · peak 5May 2013 — avg 0 · peak 3Oct 2013 — avg 0 · peak 4Mar 2014 — avg 1 · peak 5Aug 2014 — avg 1 · peak 4Jan 2015 — avg 2 · peak 9Jun 2015 — avg 2 · peak 6Nov 2015 — avg 1 · peak 7Apr 2016 — avg 1 · peak 6Sep 2016 — avg 1 · peak 5Feb 2017 — avg 1 · peak 11Jul 2017 — avg 2 · peak 9Dec 2017 — avg 2 · peak 16May 2018 — avg 2 · peak 7Oct 2018 — avg 1 · peak 8Mar 2019 — avg 2 · peak 8Aug 2019 — avg 2 · peak 12Jan 2020 — avg 5 · peak 23Jun 2020 — avg 5 · peak 17Nov 2020 — avg 4 · peak 16Apr 2021 — avg 4 · peak 13Sep 2021 — avg 4 · peak 12Feb 2022 — avg 5 · peak 16Jul 2022 — avg 5 · peak 16Dec 2022 — avg 5 · peak 16May 2023 — avg 5 · peak 18Oct 2023 — avg 4 · peak 14Mar 2024 — avg 5 · peak 18Aug 2024 — avg 5 · peak 20Jan 2025 — avg 5 · peak 22Jun 2025 — avg 4 · peak 15Nov 2025 — avg 4 · peak 15Apr 2026 — avg 4 · peak 12Aug 2026 — avg 5 · peak 21
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 $6.992017-06-23 — best price $4.192017-11-28 — 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 $9.992024-12-19 — best price $4.992025-03-20 — best price $9.992025-09-29 — best price $6.492025-11-03 — best price $9.992026-01-12 — best price $5.992026-03-26 — best price $9.992026-07-09 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3742026-06-02 — 9 pageviews2026-06-06 — 10 pageviews2026-06-10 — 13 pageviews2026-06-14 — 10 pageviews2026-06-18 — 13 pageviews2026-06-22 — 16 pageviews2026-06-26 — 17 pageviews2026-06-30 — 17 pageviews2026-07-04 — 24 pageviews2026-07-08 — 8 pageviews2026-07-12 — 24 pageviews2026-07-16 — 20 pageviews2026-07-20 — 8 pageviews2026-07-24 — 14 pageviews2026-07-28 — 18 pageviews2026-08-01 — 8 pageviews2026-08-05 — 13 pageviews2026-08-09 — 27 pageviews2026-08-13 — 17 pageviews2026-08-17 — 18 pageviews2026-08-21 — 22 pageviews2026-08-25 — 19 pageviews2026-08-29 — 31 pageviews2026-09-02 — 14 pageviews2026-09-06 — 14 pageviews2026-09-10 — 15 pageviews2026-09-14 — 14 pageviews2026-09-18 — 9 pageviews2026-09-22 — 13 pageviews2026-09-26 — 18 pageviews2026-09-30 — 4 pageviews2026-10-04 — 11 pageviews2026-10-08 — 16 pageviews2026-10-12 — 6 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

2DCasualPuzzleClassicMysteryAdventureDetectiveMouse onlyStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

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

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