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Nancy Drew®: Ghost of Thornton Hall

HeR Interactive, Inc. · HeR Interactive · 2013-05-14

Steam

Adventure

Franchise: Nancy Drew · Modes: Single player

Releases: May 14, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 02, 2013 (Mac)

Some Families Keep Deadly Secrets!

Nancy Drew®: Ghost of Thornton Hall is an Adventure game released in 2013, priced at $19.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (93% of 331 reviews) and an estimated owner base of 20,000 .. 50,000.

4
playing now
93%
positive of 331 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
71/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 22:00 UTC (census sample)

Ghost of Thornton Hall is the 28th 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, Amateur and Master sleuth modes, each offering a different difficulty level of puzzles and hints, however neither of these changes affect the plot of the game. The game is loosely based on the book Uncivil Acts (2005).

Health check

Quiet
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 18 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 23% of 28,796 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 13k–26k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 331 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $4.98 at WinGameStore (2015-11-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 5 of 10 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9920162026Week of 2016-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 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: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1602026-09-15 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 6 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 5 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 4 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 3 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 5 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 5 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 9 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 5 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 16 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 7 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 5 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 7 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 9 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 12 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 22:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
90Dec 2012Aug 2026Dec 2012 — avg 0 · peak 1May 2013 — avg 9 · peak 47Oct 2013 — avg 2 · peak 8Mar 2014 — avg 1 · peak 6Aug 2014 — avg 1 · peak 5Jan 2015 — avg 3 · peak 20Jun 2015 — avg 2 · peak 12Nov 2015 — avg 1 · peak 7Apr 2016 — avg 2 · peak 9Sep 2016 — avg 1 · peak 6Feb 2017 — avg 1 · peak 7Jul 2017 — avg 3 · peak 10Dec 2017 — avg 3 · peak 22May 2018 — avg 2 · peak 7Oct 2018 — avg 1 · peak 8Mar 2019 — avg 2 · peak 11Aug 2019 — avg 3 · peak 9Jan 2020 — avg 6 · peak 27Jun 2020 — avg 5 · peak 20Nov 2020 — avg 5 · peak 22Apr 2021 — avg 4 · peak 17Sep 2021 — avg 4 · peak 13Feb 2022 — avg 6 · peak 19Jul 2022 — avg 5 · peak 17Dec 2022 — avg 7 · peak 25May 2023 — avg 5 · peak 17Oct 2023 — avg 5 · peak 16Mar 2024 — avg 5 · peak 21Aug 2024 — avg 5 · peak 27Jan 2025 — avg 7 · peak 25Jun 2025 — avg 6 · peak 17Nov 2025 — avg 6 · peak 27Apr 2026 — avg 5 · peak 19Aug 2026 — avg 6 · peak 17
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$4.982015-01-012026-07-092015-01-01 — best price $5.992015-06-22 — best price $19.992015-12-01 — best price $19.992015-12-22 — best price $5.992016-02-05 — best price $9.992016-03-02 — best price $19.952016-04-28 — best price $4.982016-06-01 — best price $19.952016-06-27 — best price $19.952016-11-29 — best price $19.992017-06-22 — best price $11.992017-11-01 — best price $19.992017-12-21 — best price $5.992018-07-05 — best price $19.992018-12-20 — best price $5.992019-02-11 — best price $19.992019-11-26 — best price $11.992020-01-02 — best price $19.992020-06-25 — best price $11.992020-11-02 — best price $19.992020-12-22 — best price $9.992021-02-15 — best price $19.992021-11-24 — best price $9.992022-01-05 — best price $19.992022-06-23 — best price $13.992022-11-29 — best price $19.992023-02-20 — best price $9.992023-05-01 — best price $19.992023-11-21 — best price $9.992024-01-04 — best price $19.992024-06-27 — best price $9.992024-12-04 — best price $19.992025-03-13 — best price $15.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-10-27 — 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

14462026-06-01 — 9 pageviews2026-06-05 — 8 pageviews2026-06-09 — 15 pageviews2026-06-13 — 12 pageviews2026-06-17 — 19 pageviews2026-06-21 — 41 pageviews2026-06-25 — 144 pageviews2026-06-29 — 17 pageviews2026-07-03 — 25 pageviews2026-07-07 — 13 pageviews2026-07-11 — 22 pageviews2026-07-15 — 17 pageviews2026-07-19 — 15 pageviews2026-07-23 — 21 pageviews2026-07-27 — 14 pageviews2026-07-31 — 37 pageviews2026-08-04 — 18 pageviews2026-08-08 — 11 pageviews2026-08-12 — 17 pageviews2026-08-16 — 21 pageviews2026-08-20 — 12 pageviews2026-08-24 — 32 pageviews2026-08-28 — 24 pageviews2026-09-01 — 29 pageviews2026-09-05 — 21 pageviews2026-09-09 — 13 pageviews2026-09-13 — 13 pageviews2026-09-17 — 17 pageviews2026-09-21 — 11 pageviews2026-09-25 — 15 pageviews2026-09-29 — 6 pageviews2026-10-03 — 20 pageviews2026-10-07 — 17 pageviews2026-10-10 — 22 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

12
achievements tracked
74.6%
earned "Spooks"
45%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerFamily Sharing1 DLC

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2018-10-04 (Steam store data)

Player tags

2DDramaCasualPuzzleClassicMysteryAdventureDetectiveMouse onlyStory Rich

Census log

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

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