Nancy Drew®: The Haunting of Castle Malloy
Fair · Narrative · 2009
Steam Deck UnsupportedThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $9.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 7.5h 11.6h to 100%
- Value
- $1.33/hr
- Reviews
- 82% of 218 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
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.
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About the game
Unveil a Ghostly Legend and Find a Vanished Groom!
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 123 MB of memory, 32 MB DirectX 9.0 compatible video card, 1 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
Across all 56 discounts in the 14 years tracked, the median cut is 45 percent, about 11 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 22 percent on value. It is pricier than 69 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 68 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).
Players
- Players online
- 12 when we last checked, on Oct 11, 00:55 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Genuinely one of the hardest, most frustrating Nancy Drew games I've ever played. I played on senior detective mode and found myself needing to search online for a particular puzzle in the middle, which still involved me making a dozen notes trying to understand how the answer was found. As a long-term fan of Nancy Drew games, some of the mechanics in this game took some getting used to and I got stuck a couple...
2 more reviews
Man, I really don't know whether to reccomend this one or not. First, the good: - Spooky vibes are on point - Music goes HARD - *some* of the puzzles are excellent - The world is really fun to explore - The story and mystery are excellent - Drink minigame goes HARD Now the bad: - Most of the characters are quite bland - The late game puzzles vary from tedious to downright excrutiating (looking at you chemicals) ...
The retro level design, the voices, and the whole atmosphere are very cozy, with a touch of creepiness and whimsical elements. For example: Why does the groom's best friend have to sleep on a fold-out bed in the entrance of a castle ruin that doesn't even have a roof? We will never know. I found that entertaining, just like the funny ways of sinking into the bog or dying in other ways. But the puzzles are a total...
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Cite this score
Nancy Drew®: The Haunting of Castle Malloy scores 50/100 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/31910/nancy-drew-the-haunting-of-castle-malloyReviews 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 30, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.