Nancy Drew®: Midnight in Salem

I love Nancy Drew and HER Interactive, and I have recently done a replay of every game. This is the only one I didn't finish because it is actually unplayable. Graphics are bad, its hard to navigate, its glitchy, voice acting is bad, I don't like how the dialogue is shown, there are basically no puzzles.... its just really disappointing. And I hate that because a game about Salem would have been really fun. I almost...

1 found this helpful, 2026-08-01

If your a Nancy Drew game fan, this game plays completely different from the games I'm used to from the series. The puzzles don't make sense, and often I'm not sure what the end goal is. The game played super delayed on my laptop, and there was more dialog than normal. I love these game for the puzzle aspect, not to just click through and just listen to people talk. I would love for new games to keep being made, but...

1 found this helpful, 2026-07-27

I love Nancy Drew games, i have been playing them since i was a kid and always played when a new one came out, but this game is horrible. The new navigation system is unusable, the characters and animations are atrocious. The interactions with the dialog even are bad. I am refunding this game . i cant play it. The newer game is actually much better. this was just a very bad nancy drew game. I recommend skipping it.

0 found this helpful, 2026-07-12

The plot is fun and the nostalgia is endearing, but I'm honestly surprised a game from 2019 has such clumsy controls. The game would be much more playable if rotating/panning/turning wasn't such a pain. EDIT: I wrote this review before I played the Hardy Boy's Ghost Hunt scene. The controls are the worst I've ever tried to use in a game. I'm shocked this came out in 2019 and not 2009.

0 found this helpful, 2026-07-10

New way to maneuver feels clunky and hard to track where you have searched. Also this isn't like your typical puzzle solving Nancy Drew game. There are only a few puzzles total in the game and it's mostly just a click along story and a mediocre one at that, the characters are more hollow compared to other games. I wouldn't recommend this one if you were to buy alone even on sale however if you get it in a bundle of...

0 found this helpful, 2026-07-01

The game play was extremely clunky compared to every other Nancy Drew game I have played (and I've played most of them). I felt like it was one of their first games instead of one of the most recent. The story was okay, but it had a forced feel instead of the more exploring that I've come to be use to. I absolutely hated the moving controls to walk around and explore, it made the whole game really unenjoyable. I...

0 found this helpful, 2026-07-01