Mystery Case Files: Shadow Lake

Mystery Case Files: Shadow Lake is an adventure-puzzle casual game developed by Big Fish Studios and distributed by Big Fish Games. It is the ninth installment in the Mystery Case Files series and was released…

20 November 2012

Adventure Puzzle Mystery

Mystery Case Files: Shadow Lake is an adventure developed by Big Fish Studios, released 20 November 2012 on iOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Mystery Case Files: Shadow Lake is

Mystery Case Files: Shadow Lake is an adventure game developed by Big Fish Studios and released in 2012. It was published by Big Fish Games. It is available on iOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

The Master Detective seeks assistance from a psychic medium while investigating the mysterious destruction of a ghost town.

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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are mystery. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Mystery Case Files: Shadow Lake launched on 20 November 2012, within three weeks of Far Cry 3, Assassin's Creed III, Halo 4 and Animal Crossing: New Leaf.

Released around the same time: Far Cry 3, Assassin's Creed III, Halo 4, Animal Crossing: New Leaf.

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