Nancy Drew: Shadow at the Water's Edge (2010) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Nancy Drew: Shadow at the Water's Edge

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…

19 October 2010

What Nancy Drew: Shadow at the Water's Edge is

Nancy Drew: Shadow at the Water's Edge is an adventure game developed by Her Interactive and released in 2010. It is available on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

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.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

Its themes are mystery. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Nancy Drew series

Nancy Drew: Shadow at the Water's Edge is the 30th of 42 entries we hold in the Nancy Drew series. The next entry was Nancy Drew Triple Threat in 2011.

See all 42 Nancy Drew games in release order →

What it launched against

Nancy Drew: Shadow at the Water's Edge launched on 19 October 2010, within three weeks of Fallout: New Vegas, Call of Duty: Black Ops, Super Meat Boy and Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition.

Released around the same time: Fallout: New Vegas, Call of Duty: Black Ops, Super Meat Boy, Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition.

Nancy Drew: Shadow at the Water's Edge — frequently asked questions