Nancy Drew®: Message in a Haunted Mansion
Fair · Narrative · 2017
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $9.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 3.5h 6.4h to 100%
- Value
- $2.85/hr
- Reviews
- 86% of 285 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
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
Discover who — or what — is behind the mysterious accidents in a house full of secrets!
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 16-Bit DirectX 7.0 compatible graphics video card, 133 MB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
Across all 40 discounts in the 9 years tracked, the median cut is 40 percent, about 9 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 19 percent on value. It is pricier than 67 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 78 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®: Message in a Haunted Mansion
This site sampled 252 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 1 was written by a buyer who refunded it, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to August 2026.
What players say
Pretty short but very fun game! The ghost noises really creeped me out. Nancy doesn't have a checklist or a proper notebook in this game, so you'll need to take notes on good old pen and paper.
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
This was the very first game that introduced me to the world of Nancy Drew adventures. I played this story back in childhood, when I used to collect games on CD discs. That was exactly when my love for detective stories, the Nancy Drew universe, mysteries, and investigations began. The game gently immerses the player in fascinating details about the architecture and atmosphere of San Francisco, touches on elements...
I really wanted to like this game - but genuinely compared to all the other nancy drew games it's just so lack luster that it's genuinely hard to even finish, the story is extremely slow to start and just seems generally pretty dull especially compared to the other nancy drew games. Because it's an older nancy drew game - it has the classic smaller screen for game play that many of the older games have but unlike...
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Cite this score
Nancy Drew®: Message in a Haunted Mansion scores 52/100 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/615770/nancy-drew-message-in-a-haunted-mansionReviews 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.