Nancy Drew®: The Secret of Shadow Ranch

Puzzle· Mystery· Point & Click· Detective

Released Jan 2017

Take a Wild Ride into Terror and Trickery to Rein in a Ghostly Secret!

89% positive · 227 reviews

Done

All announced content has been released

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Done

All announced content has been released

High confidence

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Evaluation

Nancy Drew: The Secret of Shadow Ranch is a port of a classic point-and-click adventure game from HeR Interactive's long-running Nancy Drew series. It launched on Steam on January 9, 2017 as a complete, self-contained mystery game. The store description makes no mention of DLC, expansions, or additional content. There are no unreleased DLC entries in the store listing. All 10 developer news posts on Steam are sales or promotional events — there have been no patch notes, feature updates, content announcements, or developer communications about the game's future. This game was released as a finished product and has received no post-launch content updates. It is complete as shipped.

Evidence

Store description presents a complete, self-contained mystery adventure with no mention of DLC, expansions, or additional content plans.

description · Jan 9, 2017 source content shipped

high

All 10 developer news posts are sales or promotional events. No patch notes, content updates, or developer communications about the game's future have been posted.

news post ambiguous

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Media

Details

Developer

HeR Interactive

Publisher

HeR Interactive

Achievements

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Platform

Windows

Controller

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Steam Deck

Playable

Players

Single-player

Mystery Puzzle Point & Click Detective Female Protagonist Exploration 2D Horses Western Story Rich Based On A Novel Casual Family Friendly Atmospheric Investigation

About this game

Nancy Drew®: The Secret of Shadow Ranch

Saddle up in Nancy Drew: The Secret of Shadow Ranch, where ranch life, hands-on horseback riding, and ghostly legends draw you into a romantic Wild West mystery along an infamous outlaw’s trail. As accidents mount and secrets surface, riding the range as a ranch hand brings you closer to the truth, with mystery riding close behind!

Take a Wild Ride into Terror and Trickery to Rein in a Ghostly Secret!

Ropin’, ridin’ and revenge. A ranch vacation takes a terrifying turn when a ghostly horse appears in this mystery game. Is it driven by the vengeful commands of its long-dead master, Dirk Valentine? Or is a living villain behind the ranch’s string of bad luck? It’s up to you, as Nancy Drew, to figure out who’s wearing the black hat before your investigation is ambushed in Nancy Drew: Secret of Shadow Ranch!