

Nancy Drew: Shadow at the Water's Edge 2010
Developed by Her Interactive
- Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Mystery
Nancy Drew heads for Japan where she’s staying at a traditional ryokan (inn) for a little R&R with Bess and George, but when reports of a vengeful ghost start scaring away the guests, Nancy’s vacation takes a turn for terror! It’ll be up to you, as Nancy Drew, to uncover the secret that lies beneath the surface, before the ghost can take its revenge! Dare to Play Nancy Drew: Shadow at the Water’s Edge is a first-person perspective, point-and-click adventure game. The player is Nancy Drew and has to solve a mystery. Explore rich environments for clues, interrogate suspects, and solve puzzles and mini-games.
Point-and-clickPuzzleAdventureMysteryghostsfemale protagoniststeamdigital distributionsteam playPC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
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Classical in form, earnest, unpretentious and resolved.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- unpretentiousprestige
- resolvedopen-ended
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the game
- Platforms
- PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
- Developer
- Her Interactive
- Publisher
- Her Interactive
- Released
- October 19, 2010
- Modes
- Single player
IGDB rating 6.1/10 from 11 ratings.
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