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Nancy Drew®: The Haunting of Castle Malloy cover art

Nancy Drew®: The Haunting of Castle Malloy

HeR Interactive · 2009-07-17

Steam

Adventure

Franchise: Nancy Drew · Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 05, 2009 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Unveil a Ghostly Legend and Find a Vanished Groom!

Nancy Drew®: The Haunting of Castle Malloy is an Adventure game released in 2009, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (82% of 218 reviews).

0
playing now
82%
positive of 218 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
68/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$9.99
steam price (US)

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

The Haunting of Castle Malloy is the 19th installment in the Nancy Drew point-and-click adventure game series by Her Interactive. The game is available to play on Microsoft Windows platforms. It has an ESRB rating of E for moments of mild violence. 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 book The Bike Tour Mystery (2002).

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 15 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 29% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 28% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 8.7k–17k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 218 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.09 at GameStop PC (2013-12-23)via IsThereAnyDeal

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

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
7720132026Week of 2014-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2014-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2014-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1202026-09-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 00:00 — 4 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 4 players2026-09-20 15:00 — 8 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 3 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 5 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 6 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 6 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 4 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 3 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 8 players2026-10-06 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 2 players2026-10-09 01:00 — 5 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 16:00 — 4 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 11 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
91Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 2 · peak 7Dec 2012 — avg 1 · peak 10May 2013 — avg 1 · peak 7Oct 2013 — avg 1 · peak 5Mar 2014 — avg 1 · peak 5Aug 2014 — avg 1 · peak 6Jan 2015 — avg 2 · peak 11Jun 2015 — avg 2 · peak 10Nov 2015 — avg 1 · peak 7Apr 2016 — avg 2 · peak 9Sep 2016 — avg 1 · peak 6Feb 2017 — avg 3 · peak 10Jul 2017 — avg 2 · peak 12Dec 2017 — avg 3 · peak 13May 2018 — avg 2 · peak 9Oct 2018 — avg 2 · peak 11Mar 2019 — avg 3 · peak 11Aug 2019 — avg 3 · peak 12Jan 2020 — avg 5 · peak 17Jun 2020 — avg 5 · peak 15Nov 2020 — avg 5 · peak 19Apr 2021 — avg 5 · peak 19Sep 2021 — avg 4 · peak 17Feb 2022 — avg 6 · peak 17Jul 2022 — avg 6 · peak 21Dec 2022 — avg 6 · peak 25May 2023 — avg 5 · peak 19Oct 2023 — avg 4 · peak 17Mar 2024 — avg 6 · peak 20Aug 2024 — avg 6 · peak 21Jan 2025 — avg 6 · peak 28Jun 2025 — avg 5 · peak 13Nov 2025 — avg 4 · peak 17Apr 2026 — avg 4 · peak 17Aug 2026 — avg 5 · peak 22
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 $6.992015-11-25 — best price $3.492016-01-04 — best price $6.992016-06-23 — best price $4.192016-11-01 — best price $6.992016-12-22 — best price $2.792017-07-05 — best price $6.992017-12-21 — best price $2.092018-07-05 — best price $6.992018-11-21 — best price $4.192019-01-03 — best price $6.992019-06-26 — best price $4.192019-11-01 — best price $6.992019-12-19 — best price $2.092020-01-27 — best price $6.992020-11-25 — best price $4.542021-01-05 — best price $6.992021-10-28 — best price $4.542021-12-01 — best price $6.992022-01-27 — best price $3.842022-07-07 — best price $6.992022-12-22 — best price $4.192023-02-27 — best price $6.992023-06-29 — best price $3.492023-11-28 — best price $6.992024-03-14 — best price $3.492024-07-11 — best price $6.992024-12-04 — best price $9.992025-03-13 — best price $7.992025-07-10 — best price $9.992025-12-18 — best price $6.492026-01-19 — best price $9.992026-06-25 — best price $6.492026-07-09 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2712026-05-29 — 8 pageviews2026-06-02 — 6 pageviews2026-06-06 — 11 pageviews2026-06-10 — 7 pageviews2026-06-14 — 3 pageviews2026-06-18 — 13 pageviews2026-06-22 — 11 pageviews2026-06-26 — 14 pageviews2026-06-30 — 12 pageviews2026-07-04 — 10 pageviews2026-07-08 — 6 pageviews2026-07-12 — 18 pageviews2026-07-16 — 9 pageviews2026-07-20 — 7 pageviews2026-07-24 — 15 pageviews2026-07-28 — 11 pageviews2026-08-01 — 6 pageviews2026-08-05 — 12 pageviews2026-08-09 — 10 pageviews2026-08-13 — 12 pageviews2026-08-17 — 13 pageviews2026-08-21 — 7 pageviews2026-08-25 — 15 pageviews2026-08-29 — 13 pageviews2026-09-02 — 16 pageviews2026-09-06 — 21 pageviews2026-09-10 — 17 pageviews2026-09-14 — 13 pageviews2026-09-18 — 8 pageviews2026-09-22 — 13 pageviews2026-09-26 — 12 pageviews2026-09-30 — 1 pageviews2026-10-04 — 10 pageviews2026-10-07 — 10 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

2.5DDramaFunnyCasualPuzzleClassicAdventureDetectiveMouse onlyStory Rich

Census log

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

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