Nancy Drew®: The Phantom of Venice
Fair · Narrative · 2009
Steam Deck UnsupportedThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $9.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 7.2h 8h to 100%
- Value
- $1.39/hr
- Reviews
- 90% of 210 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at $7.51 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
Infiltrate a Carnevale of Criminals in Italy!
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
53 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.
On value it sits in the top 10 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 69 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 85 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Lost in Play ($19.99, scores 66) beats it on value, while it beats Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse ($24.99, scores 60).
More about Nancy Drew®: The Phantom of Venice
Critics scored it 69. Players sit 21 points higher at 90 percent, which usually means a game that plays better than it reviews.
Players
- Players online
- 8 when we last checked, on Oct 16, 01:56 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Classic Nancy Drew goodness right here. The setting, chef's kiss. The music, chef's kiss. The puzzles, chef's kiss. Only real weak point of this one are that you barely interact with the other people around Nancy at the Ca'. That and the rhythm minigame (if you can even call it that) was cringe worthy and very boring. Luckily you don't have to do it much. This is a classic Nancy Drew, one that really sticks out as a...
2 more reviews
Yass! This game has everything. Puzzles, breaking and entering lol, you're in Italy, you have to learn Italian to help the police, and even play with the mafia. As Samantha Quick of course lol.
Nancy Drew: The Phantom of Venice is an engaging point-and-click mystery adventure that demonstrates why the Nancy Drew series has remained a favorite among fans of detective games for so many years. Developed and published by HeR Interactive, the game transports players to the beautiful city of Venice, where Nancy is tasked with an undercover mission involving a notorious thief known as Il Fantasma. The premise...
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®: The Phantom of Venice scores 64/100 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/31920/nancy-drew-the-phantom-of-veniceReviews 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 19. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.