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Nancy Drew®: The Silent Spy

HeR Interactive · 2017-04-03

Steam

Adventure

Franchise: Nancy Drew · Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 22, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 22, 2013 (Mac)

Defuse a Toxic Plot and Reveal the Truth Behind Kate Drew’s Death!

Nancy Drew®: The Silent Spy is an Adventure game released in 2017, priced at $19.99, with an estimated owner base of 50,000 .. 100,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (90% of 177 reviews).

3
playing now
90%
positive of 177 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
73/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC (census sample)

The Silent Spy is the 29th installment in the Nancy Drew point-and-click adventure game series by Her Interactive. It runs Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X platforms and has an ESRB rating of E for moments of mild violence and peril.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 13 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 28% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 31% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 4.4k–11k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 177 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $4.99 at WinGameStore (2015-11-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620172026Week of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1202026-09-15 04:00 — 6 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 7 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 4 players2026-09-21 19:00 — 7 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 6 players2026-09-24 10:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 5 players2026-09-27 01:00 — 6 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 4 players2026-09-29 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 07:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 4 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 6 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 7 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
81Apr 2017Aug 2026Apr 2017 — avg 1 · peak 7Jul 2017 — avg 2 · peak 12Oct 2017 — avg 1 · peak 6Jan 2018 — avg 4 · peak 23Apr 2018 — avg 1 · peak 8Jul 2018 — avg 2 · peak 10Oct 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Jan 2019 — avg 3 · peak 22Apr 2019 — avg 1 · peak 8Jul 2019 — avg 3 · peak 13Oct 2019 — avg 2 · peak 6Jan 2020 — avg 6 · peak 32Apr 2020 — avg 7 · peak 17Jul 2020 — avg 5 · peak 18Oct 2020 — avg 3 · peak 13Jan 2021 — avg 7 · peak 29Apr 2021 — avg 5 · peak 18Jul 2021 — avg 4 · peak 12Oct 2021 — avg 3 · peak 15Jan 2022 — avg 8 · peak 28Apr 2022 — avg 5 · peak 15Jul 2022 — avg 5 · peak 17Oct 2022 — avg 3 · peak 12Jan 2023 — avg 6 · peak 27Apr 2023 — avg 7 · peak 23Jul 2023 — avg 7 · peak 23Oct 2023 — avg 3 · peak 12Jan 2024 — avg 8 · peak 29Apr 2024 — avg 5 · peak 18Jul 2024 — avg 5 · peak 20Oct 2024 — avg 3 · peak 12Jan 2025 — avg 6 · peak 21Apr 2025 — avg 4 · peak 14Jul 2025 — avg 5 · peak 17Oct 2025 — avg 3 · peak 10Jan 2026 — avg 6 · peak 25Apr 2026 — avg 4 · peak 12Jul 2026 — avg 5 · peak 18Aug 2026 — avg 4 · peak 13
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$4.992015-07-102026-07-092015-07-10 — best price $19.992015-12-18 — best price $4.992016-02-23 — best price $4.992016-04-04 — best price $19.992016-05-27 — best price $4.992016-06-27 — best price $19.992017-07-05 — 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 $11.992020-12-01 — best price $19.992021-02-11 — best price $10.992021-11-01 — best price $19.992021-12-22 — best price $9.992022-02-03 — best price $19.992022-11-22 — best price $11.992023-01-05 — best price $19.992023-04-24 — best price $10.992023-07-13 — best price $19.992023-12-21 — best price $9.992024-03-21 — best price $19.992024-11-27 — best price $9.992025-01-02 — best price $19.992025-06-26 — best price $12.992025-10-06 — best price $19.992026-01-12 — best price $11.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-07-09 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2012026-06-04 — 6 pageviews2026-06-08 — 7 pageviews2026-06-12 — 12 pageviews2026-06-16 — 8 pageviews2026-06-20 — 9 pageviews2026-06-24 — 17 pageviews2026-06-28 — 9 pageviews2026-07-02 — 6 pageviews2026-07-06 — 17 pageviews2026-07-10 — 12 pageviews2026-07-14 — 7 pageviews2026-07-18 — 13 pageviews2026-07-22 — 4 pageviews2026-07-26 — 13 pageviews2026-07-30 — 8 pageviews2026-08-03 — 12 pageviews2026-08-07 — 9 pageviews2026-08-11 — 8 pageviews2026-08-15 — 11 pageviews2026-08-19 — 9 pageviews2026-08-23 — 14 pageviews2026-08-27 — 8 pageviews2026-08-31 — 9 pageviews2026-09-04 — 14 pageviews2026-09-08 — 8 pageviews2026-09-12 — 9 pageviews2026-09-16 — 7 pageviews2026-09-20 — 12 pageviews2026-09-24 — 4 pageviews2026-09-28 — 4 pageviews2026-10-02 — 6 pageviews2026-10-06 — 12 pageviews2026-10-10 — 9 pageviews2026-10-13 — 8 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerFamily Sharing1 DLC

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

Player tags

2.5DDramaFunnyPuzzleArcheryAdventureDetectiveMouse onlyStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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