Nancy Drew®: Secret of the Old Clock
Fair · Narrative · 2009
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $9.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 4.9h 6.6h to 100%
- Value
- $2.04/hr
- Reviews
- 90% of 263 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at $5.50 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
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About the game
Venture into the Past and Outwit a Criminal Before Time Runs Out!
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
52 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 13 percent on value. It is pricier than 70 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 86 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Agent A: A puzzle in disguise ($19.99, scores 61) beats it on value, while it beats Nancy Drew®: Midnight in Salem ($21.99, scores 3).
More about Nancy Drew®: Secret of the Old Clock
80 from critics against 90 percent from players, and the player number comes from people who own the game.
Of the 204 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, none come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to August 2026.
What players say
I remember playing this game after buying it at a garage sale over a decade ago. I never beat it but remembered it fondly. After listening to one of the books on a long drive, the memory of it popped into my head. All that to say, nostalgia is a very large part of why I recommend this game. The character models and animations all remind me of older games like Planescape; Torment, a kind of vintage feel that suits...
2 more reviews
Nancy Drew: Secret of the Old Clock is a classic point-and-click mystery adventure that successfully captures the charm of early detective fiction while delivering an engaging interactive experience. Developed and published by HeR Interactive, the game serves as a tribute to Nancy Drew's literary origins by transporting players back to the 1930s, where every clue, conversation, and puzzle contributes to an unfolding...
I liked this one quite a lot. It's set in the 30s and is probably one of the most straight forwards games ND has to offer. Easily done without any walkthrough and the old-timey music is a blast.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
Nancy Drew®: Secret of the Old Clock scores 59/100 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/31880/nancy-drew-secret-of-the-old-clockReviews 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.