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Nancy Drew®: The White Wolf of Icicle Creek

HeR Interactive · 2009-07-17

Steam

Adventure

Franchise: Nancy Drew · Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 02, 2008 (Wii), Jun 07, 2007 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

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Nancy Drew®: The White Wolf of Icicle Creek is a 2009 Adventure title priced at $9.99, estimated to have 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (74% of 266 reviews).

6
playing now
74%
positive of 267 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (14 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

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

The White Wolf of Icicle Creek is the 16th installment in the Nancy Drew point-and-click adventure game series by Her Interactive and by Sega for the Wii. It is available to play on Microsoft Windows platforms and Wii. Players take on the first-person view of a fictional amateur sleuth, Nancy Drew, and must solve a mystery by interrogating suspects, solving puzzles, and discovering clues. The game is loosely based on the book The Mystery of the Mother Wolf (2000).

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 6 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 25 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 47% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 26% of 28,693 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 11k–21k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 267 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
8820142026Week of 2014-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1902026-09-15 04:00 — 3 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 3 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 4 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 5 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 7 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 4 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 8 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 11 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 7 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 19 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 5 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 3 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 9 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 6 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 6 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
100Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 1 · peak 5Dec 2012 — avg 1 · peak 6May 2013 — avg 1 · peak 4Oct 2013 — avg 1 · peak 4Mar 2014 — avg 1 · peak 6Aug 2014 — avg 1 · peak 6Jan 2015 — avg 2 · peak 15Jun 2015 — avg 2 · peak 9Nov 2015 — avg 1 · peak 7Apr 2016 — avg 2 · peak 7Sep 2016 — avg 2 · peak 8Feb 2017 — avg 2 · peak 7Jul 2017 — avg 3 · peak 10Dec 2017 — avg 4 · peak 17May 2018 — avg 2 · peak 9Oct 2018 — avg 1 · peak 6Mar 2019 — avg 3 · peak 10Aug 2019 — avg 3 · peak 13Jan 2020 — avg 6 · peak 24Jun 2020 — avg 6 · peak 19Nov 2020 — avg 5 · peak 18Apr 2021 — avg 4 · peak 16Sep 2021 — avg 4 · peak 19Feb 2022 — avg 6 · peak 23Jul 2022 — avg 6 · peak 21Dec 2022 — avg 7 · peak 27May 2023 — avg 6 · peak 24Oct 2023 — avg 5 · peak 19Mar 2024 — avg 6 · peak 24Aug 2024 — avg 5 · peak 19Jan 2025 — avg 8 · peak 31Jun 2025 — avg 4 · peak 14Nov 2025 — avg 5 · peak 18Apr 2026 — avg 5 · peak 19Aug 2026 — avg 7 · peak 21
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 $6.992023-02-20 — 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

2652026-06-04 — 12 pageviews2026-06-08 — 19 pageviews2026-06-12 — 15 pageviews2026-06-16 — 19 pageviews2026-06-20 — 20 pageviews2026-06-24 — 24 pageviews2026-06-28 — 25 pageviews2026-07-02 — 10 pageviews2026-07-06 — 14 pageviews2026-07-10 — 15 pageviews2026-07-14 — 15 pageviews2026-07-18 — 13 pageviews2026-07-22 — 18 pageviews2026-07-26 — 15 pageviews2026-07-30 — 26 pageviews2026-08-03 — 13 pageviews2026-08-07 — 12 pageviews2026-08-11 — 11 pageviews2026-08-15 — 16 pageviews2026-08-19 — 13 pageviews2026-08-23 — 15 pageviews2026-08-27 — 14 pageviews2026-08-31 — 12 pageviews2026-09-04 — 13 pageviews2026-09-08 — 11 pageviews2026-09-12 — 13 pageviews2026-09-16 — 13 pageviews2026-09-20 — 19 pageviews2026-09-24 — 9 pageviews2026-09-28 — 17 pageviews2026-10-02 — 9 pageviews2026-10-06 — 8 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

2.5DDramaFunnyRetroPuzzleClassicAdventureDetectiveMouse 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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