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Nancy Drew®: Secret of the Scarlet Hand cover art

Nancy Drew®: Secret of the Scarlet Hand

HeR Interactive · 2009-10-10

Steam

Action

Franchise: Nancy Drew · Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 12, 2002 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Expose Buried Secrets and Catch a Thief Red-handed!

Nancy Drew®: Secret of the Scarlet Hand is an Action game released in 2009, priced at $9.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (89% of 208 reviews) and an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners.

3
playing now
89%
positive of 208 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
67/100
IGDB user rating (16 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

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

Secret of the Scarlet Hand is the sixth 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 affect the actual plot of the game. The game is loosely based on a book of the same name, published in 1995.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 14% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 29% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 8.3k–17k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 208 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
6620142026Week of 2014-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

902026-09-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 4 players2026-09-18 00:00 — 5 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 15:00 — 4 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 8 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 3 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 4 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 3 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 2 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 6 players2026-10-09 01:00 — 6 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 16:00 — 5 players2026-10-13 00:00 — 5 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 3 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 1 · peak 4Oct 2013 — avg 0 · peak 3Mar 2014 — avg 0 · peak 4Aug 2014 — avg 1 · peak 5Jan 2015 — avg 2 · peak 13Jun 2015 — avg 1 · peak 8Nov 2015 — avg 1 · peak 5Apr 2016 — avg 2 · peak 6Sep 2016 — avg 1 · peak 6Feb 2017 — avg 1 · peak 7Jul 2017 — avg 2 · peak 10Dec 2017 — avg 2 · peak 14May 2018 — avg 2 · peak 10Oct 2018 — avg 1 · peak 7Mar 2019 — avg 2 · peak 8Aug 2019 — avg 3 · peak 10Jan 2020 — avg 6 · peak 22Jun 2020 — avg 4 · peak 15Nov 2020 — avg 3 · peak 12Apr 2021 — avg 3 · peak 12Sep 2021 — avg 3 · peak 10Feb 2022 — avg 5 · peak 15Jul 2022 — avg 4 · peak 18Dec 2022 — avg 4 · peak 19May 2023 — avg 4 · peak 17Oct 2023 — avg 3 · peak 14Mar 2024 — avg 5 · peak 20Aug 2024 — avg 4 · peak 17Jan 2025 — avg 6 · peak 24Jun 2025 — avg 4 · peak 13Dec 2025 — avg 5 · peak 19May 2026 — avg 4 · peak 10Aug 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 $6.992016-08-05 — 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 $6.492026-01-05 — best price $9.992026-03-19 — best price $6.992026-07-09 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2342026-06-04 — 17 pageviews2026-06-08 — 18 pageviews2026-06-12 — 14 pageviews2026-06-16 — 16 pageviews2026-06-20 — 15 pageviews2026-06-24 — 14 pageviews2026-06-28 — 15 pageviews2026-07-02 — 9 pageviews2026-07-06 — 16 pageviews2026-07-10 — 13 pageviews2026-07-14 — 18 pageviews2026-07-18 — 15 pageviews2026-07-22 — 20 pageviews2026-07-26 — 19 pageviews2026-07-30 — 18 pageviews2026-08-03 — 14 pageviews2026-08-07 — 13 pageviews2026-08-11 — 20 pageviews2026-08-15 — 14 pageviews2026-08-19 — 8 pageviews2026-08-23 — 12 pageviews2026-08-27 — 9 pageviews2026-08-31 — 12 pageviews2026-09-04 — 12 pageviews2026-09-08 — 11 pageviews2026-09-12 — 11 pageviews2026-09-16 — 12 pageviews2026-09-20 — 18 pageviews2026-09-24 — 15 pageviews2026-09-28 — 17 pageviews2026-10-02 — 8 pageviews2026-10-06 — 11 pageviews2026-10-10 — 15 pageviews2026-10-13 — 10 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-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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