Nancy Drew®: Danger by Design

Puzzle· Exploration· Mystery· Point & Click

Released Oct 2009

Go Undercover in Paris and Unravel a Case in Style!

82% positive · 180 reviews

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Evaluation

Nancy Drew®: Danger by Design is a standalone point-and-click adventure game that released on October 10, 2009, as part of HeR Interactive's long-running Nancy Drew series. The store description presents a fully self-contained mystery with no mention of downloadable content, expansions, seasonal updates, or any post-launch content plans. There are no DLC listings, no developer news posts of any kind, and no signals of ongoing or planned development activity. This game launched as a complete, finished product and has received no post-launch content updates. It remains available for purchase on Steam.

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Store description presents a fully self-contained adventure game with no mention of DLC, updates, or post-launch content.

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Developer

HeR Interactive

Publisher

HeR Interactive

Achievements

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Platform

Windows

Controller

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Steam Deck

Unsupported

Players

Single-player

Exploration Mystery Puzzle Point & Click Female Protagonist Investigation 2D Detective Story Rich Based On A Novel Casual Atmospheric Crime Adventure Mouse Only

About this game

Nancy Drew®: Danger by Design 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.

Fashion designer Minette might be at the height of her career, but rumors have been flying about her bizarre behavior. Is this designer diva coming apart at the seams, or is someone keeping her spring collection unfashionably behind schedule? It’s up to you, as Nancy Drew, to travel to Paris for an internship and sew up this case in style!

Discover the inner workings of the fashion industry.
Experience Parisian life—dining at a café, translating French, and riding the Metro.
Skin dive and snoop around the creepy catacombs.
Haggle with merchants for souvenirs.
Solve puzzles based on concocting parfaits, developing photos, and completing circuit boards.
Erase mistakes by using the ‘Second Chance’ feature.