Nancy Drew®: Curse of Blackmoor Manor

Nancy Drew®: Curse of Blackmoor Manor

Fair · Narrative · 2009

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

NO RUSH.

Fair at $9.99. Buy it if you want it.

Length
7.8h 8.3h to 100%
Value
$1.28/hr
Reviews
88% of 442 positive
It needs 20% off ($7.95) to be worth it, though reviews keep it under BANGER.
Watch this gameOne alert at $7.95 or less.

Buy now or wait

Next discount: likely in the Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4. Calls like this were right 83% of the time in a backtest over 70 weeks.

Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.

Next sale
Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4

Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.

What drives the score

How to read this

Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work

Holding it back
Value$1.28/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews88% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones Scored as 86% after the small-sample adjustment
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds0 of 333 reviews
Steam-purchase reviews sampled whose writer refunded the game. Nothing is docked
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

About the game

Delve into Dark Legends Lurking in the Shadow of an Old English Mansion!
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 61 MB of memory, 16-bit DirectX compatible video card, 297 MB of storage. Windows only.

The value story

54 discounts in the 14 years on record, a median of 45 percent off across all of them, roughly 12 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.

Against its own genre it lands in the top 9 percent on value. It is pricier than 70 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 85 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Thimbleweed Park™ ($19.99, scores 71) beats it on value, while it beats Nancy Drew®: Midnight in Salem ($21.99, scores 3).

More about Nancy Drew®: Curse of Blackmoor Manor

Of the 333 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, none come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to August 2026.

Players

Players online
4 when we last checked, on Sep 28, 14:55 UTC

Player counts from the Steam Web API.

What players say

this is my favorite nancy drew game. i played it as a kid and it permanently altered the way i make plots for roleplaying games. just been making overly complicated scavenger hunts ever since. 10/5 stars.
girldinnerRecommendedafter 11hJun 2026Read on Steam
2 more reviews
Another one of the greats! I understand this one won't be everyone's cup of tea, with the puzzles being some of the most challenging in the series (in my opinion) and the game dragging in a few spots, but don't let that deter you! This is the cream of the crop when it comes to the earlier Nancy Drew games. It's got that oldschool visual weirdness which really enhances the spooky factor. Genuinely a classic when it...
WiiSportsRecommendedafter 4.3hMay 2026Read on Steam
This one is close to a No. The overall theme is interesting, there are two interesting characters and two, who despite being in the same manor are largely ignored, which is an utter shame. It's A LOT of walking back and forth all while forcing you to repeat the same riddles to access parts of the Manor. The Manor is also super small. Still I wanted to finish it and really liked the voice actors in it. But its really...
BuffyRecommendedafter 9.5hMar 2026Read on Steam

Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.

No data upstream: achievement curve (Steam global achievements).

Cite this score

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Nancy Drew®: Curse of Blackmoor Manor scores 65/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/31830/nancy-drew-curse-of-blackmoor-manor
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Reviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 29, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Critics vs players+7
Critics81
Players88
Metacritic critics · 442 Steam player reviews

Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

DeveloperHeR Interactive
PublisherHeR Interactive
GenreNarrative
Released2009
Players75Kowners, SteamSpy estimate