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Nancy Drew®: The Creature of Kapu Cave

HeR Interactive · 2009-07-17

Steam

Adventure

Franchise: Nancy Drew · Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 01, 2006 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

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Nancy Drew®: The Creature of Kapu Cave is an Adventure game released in 2009, priced at $9.99, with Mostly Positive (74% of 192 reviews) and an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners.

3
playing now
74%
positive of 192 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
60/100
IGDB user rating (12 ratings)
bronze
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$9.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 23:00 UTC (census sample)

The Creature of Kapu Cave is a point-and-click adventure game and the 15th installment in the Nancy Drew series by Her Interactive. The game is available on Windows. 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 plot of the game. The game is loosely based on the 1998 book Mystery on Maui in the Nancy Drew series.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 17 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 30% of 28,920 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 7.7k–15k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 192 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.09 at Steam (2014-12-18)via IsThereAnyDeal

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

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620132026Week of 2013-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1102026-09-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 15:00 — 5 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 7 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 4 players2026-09-27 05:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 20:00 — 3 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 7 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 4 players2026-10-06 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 01:00 — 6 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 16:00 — 4 players2026-10-13 00:00 — 11 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 23:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
60Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 1 · peak 4Dec 2012 — avg 0 · peak 3May 2013 — avg 0 · peak 4Oct 2013 — avg 0 · peak 3Mar 2014 — avg 0 · peak 3Aug 2014 — avg 0 · peak 4Jan 2015 — avg 1 · peak 8Jun 2015 — avg 1 · peak 6Nov 2015 — avg 1 · peak 4Apr 2016 — avg 1 · peak 6Sep 2016 — avg 1 · peak 4Feb 2017 — avg 1 · peak 6Jul 2017 — avg 1 · peak 7Dec 2017 — avg 2 · peak 11May 2018 — avg 1 · peak 7Oct 2018 — avg 1 · peak 6Mar 2019 — avg 2 · peak 8Aug 2019 — avg 1 · peak 8Jan 2020 — avg 3 · peak 15Jun 2020 — avg 3 · peak 11Nov 2020 — avg 2 · peak 11Apr 2021 — avg 3 · peak 11Sep 2021 — avg 2 · peak 10Feb 2022 — avg 3 · peak 10Jul 2022 — avg 3 · peak 12Dec 2022 — avg 3 · peak 13May 2023 — avg 3 · peak 14Oct 2023 — avg 2 · peak 8Mar 2024 — avg 4 · peak 16Aug 2024 — avg 3 · peak 9Jan 2025 — avg 3 · peak 14Jun 2025 — avg 3 · peak 10Nov 2025 — avg 3 · peak 10May 2026 — avg 3 · peak 14Aug 2026 — avg 4 · peak 12
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 $6.992017-11-22 — 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 $6.992023-04-24 — 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

2512026-06-04 — 10 pageviews2026-06-08 — 6 pageviews2026-06-12 — 11 pageviews2026-06-16 — 15 pageviews2026-06-20 — 4 pageviews2026-06-24 — 25 pageviews2026-06-28 — 10 pageviews2026-07-02 — 8 pageviews2026-07-06 — 11 pageviews2026-07-10 — 9 pageviews2026-07-14 — 4 pageviews2026-07-18 — 13 pageviews2026-07-22 — 5 pageviews2026-07-26 — 11 pageviews2026-07-30 — 14 pageviews2026-08-03 — 13 pageviews2026-08-07 — 4 pageviews2026-08-11 — 7 pageviews2026-08-15 — 6 pageviews2026-08-19 — 9 pageviews2026-08-23 — 8 pageviews2026-08-27 — 14 pageviews2026-08-31 — 8 pageviews2026-09-04 — 5 pageviews2026-09-08 — 5 pageviews2026-09-12 — 8 pageviews2026-09-16 — 17 pageviews2026-09-20 — 10 pageviews2026-09-24 — 6 pageviews2026-09-28 — 10 pageviews2026-10-02 — 4 pageviews2026-10-06 — 7 pageviews2026-10-10 — 7 pageviews2026-10-13 — 6 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

2D2.5DFunnyCasualPuzzleClassicAdventureDetectiveMouse onlyStory Rich

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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