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Nancy Drew®: Secret of the Old Clock

HeR Interactive · 2009-10-10

Steam

Adventure

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

Releases: Jul 12, 2005 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Venture into the Past and Outwit a Criminal Before Time Runs Out!

Nancy Drew®: Secret of the Old Clock is a 2009 Adventure game priced at $9.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Very Positive (90% of 263 reviews) sentiment.

2
playing now
90%
positive of 263 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (12 ratings)
pending
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)

Secret of the Old Clock is the 12th 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 was created to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Nancy Drew's creation. It is based on the first four Nancy Drew books published: The Secret of the Old Clock, The Hidden Staircase, The Bungalow Mystery, and The Mystery at Lilac Inn.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 20 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 13% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 26% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 11k–21k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 263 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.09 at GameStop PC (2013-12-24)via IsThereAnyDeal

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

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620142026Week of 2014-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

802026-09-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 4 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 3 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 3 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 3 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 4 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 6 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 5 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 7 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 3 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 8 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 5 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 6 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
60Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 0 · peak 4Dec 2012 — avg 0 · peak 4May 2013 — avg 0 · peak 3Oct 2013 — avg 0 · peak 4Mar 2014 — avg 0 · peak 4Aug 2014 — avg 1 · peak 5Jan 2015 — avg 1 · peak 14Jun 2015 — avg 1 · peak 6Nov 2015 — avg 1 · peak 4Apr 2016 — avg 1 · peak 5Sep 2016 — avg 1 · peak 5Feb 2017 — avg 2 · peak 7Jul 2017 — avg 2 · peak 7Dec 2017 — avg 2 · peak 10May 2018 — avg 1 · peak 6Oct 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Mar 2019 — avg 2 · peak 10Aug 2019 — avg 2 · peak 9Jan 2020 — avg 5 · peak 22Jun 2020 — avg 4 · peak 16Nov 2020 — avg 3 · peak 14Apr 2021 — avg 4 · peak 14Sep 2021 — avg 3 · peak 11Feb 2022 — avg 5 · peak 15Jul 2022 — avg 4 · peak 14Dec 2022 — avg 4 · peak 14May 2023 — avg 4 · peak 17Oct 2023 — avg 4 · peak 12Mar 2024 — avg 4 · peak 16Aug 2024 — avg 5 · peak 16Jan 2025 — avg 4 · peak 18Jun 2025 — avg 4 · peak 15Dec 2025 — avg 3 · peak 10May 2026 — avg 3 · peak 16Aug 2026 — avg 4 · peak 14
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 $6.992016-11-23 — best price $4.542017-01-02 — best price $6.992017-11-23 — best price $4.192018-01-04 — 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 $4.192020-07-09 — best price $6.992020-12-22 — best price $3.492021-02-15 — best price $6.992021-11-24 — best price $3.492022-01-05 — best price $6.992022-06-23 — best price $4.892022-11-29 — best price $6.992023-02-20 — best price $3.492023-05-01 — best price $6.992023-11-21 — best price $3.492024-01-04 — best price $6.992024-06-27 — best price $3.492024-11-27 — best price $4.992025-01-02 — best price $9.992025-06-26 — best price $6.492025-10-06 — 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

2952026-06-04 — 12 pageviews2026-06-08 — 8 pageviews2026-06-12 — 18 pageviews2026-06-16 — 18 pageviews2026-06-20 — 10 pageviews2026-06-24 — 17 pageviews2026-06-28 — 16 pageviews2026-07-02 — 9 pageviews2026-07-06 — 17 pageviews2026-07-10 — 22 pageviews2026-07-14 — 10 pageviews2026-07-18 — 10 pageviews2026-07-22 — 14 pageviews2026-07-26 — 15 pageviews2026-07-30 — 23 pageviews2026-08-03 — 18 pageviews2026-08-07 — 20 pageviews2026-08-11 — 17 pageviews2026-08-15 — 13 pageviews2026-08-19 — 10 pageviews2026-08-23 — 17 pageviews2026-08-27 — 19 pageviews2026-08-31 — 17 pageviews2026-09-04 — 13 pageviews2026-09-08 — 12 pageviews2026-09-12 — 23 pageviews2026-09-16 — 16 pageviews2026-09-20 — 20 pageviews2026-09-24 — 14 pageviews2026-09-28 — 12 pageviews2026-10-02 — 8 pageviews2026-10-06 — 8 pageviews2026-10-10 — 5 pageviews2026-10-13 — 17 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

2.5DFunnyRetroPuzzleClassicAdventureDetectiveMouse onlyStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

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

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