Nancy Drew: Shadow at the Water's Edge

Platforms

• Microsoft Windows

• macOS
• Mac OS^*

Genres

• adventure video game

• adventure game^*

• puzzle video game^*

Play modes

• single-player video game

Players by platform

• Microsoft Windows^*

  Maximum players (mode unspecified)

  1^*

• Mac OS^*

  Maximum players (mode unspecified)

  1^*

Content classifications

• ESRB · Microsoft Windows^*

  Classification

  E - Everyone^*

• ESRB · Mac OS^*

  Classification

  E - Everyone^*

Series

• Nancy Drew

Steam version platforms

• Windows^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

• macOS^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

• Linux^*

  Supported

  No^*

Store genres

• Adventure^*

Game features

• Single-player^*
• Family Sharing^*

Interface languages

• English^*

Community tags · historical

• Adventure^*

  Votes · historical

  50^*

• Point & Click^*

  Votes · historical

  34^*

• Puzzle^*

  Votes · historical

  28^*

• Detective^*

  Votes · historical

  28^*

• Story Rich^*

  Votes · historical

  20^*

• Mouse only^*

  Votes · historical

  18^*

• Drama^*

  Votes · historical

  16^*

• Great Soundtrack^*

  Votes · historical

  16^*

• Funny^*

  Votes · historical

  15^*

• Female Protagonist^*

  Votes · historical

  15^*

• Classic^*

  Votes · historical

  15^*

• Exploration^*

  Votes · historical

  13^*

• Atmospheric^*

  Votes · historical

  12^*

• Casual^*

  Votes · historical

  10^*

• Mystery^*

  Votes · historical

  9^*

• Horror^*

  Votes · historical

  8^*

• Family Friendly^*

  Votes · historical

  7^*

• Cult Classic^*

  Votes · historical

  6^*

• 2.5D^*

  Votes · historical

  5^*

• Based On A Novel^*

  Votes · historical

  5^*

System requirements

• macOS · Unspecified tier^*

  Operating system

  Mac OS X: 10.5.8 Leopard/10.6.8 Snow Leopard/10.7 Lion/10.8 Mountain Lion/10.9 Mavericks/10.10 Yosemite/10.11 El Capitan/10.12 Sierra/High Sierra.^*

  Processor alternatives

  Intel processor^*

  Memory

  512 MB^*

  Graphics alternatives

  Intel GMA 950, ATI X160, NVIDIA 7300 graphics card or better^*

  Storage

  1.1 GB Other: Internet connection Attention Mac Users: ⚠️This game will not run on Mojave, Catalina, Big Sur, Monterey, Ventura, or higher Mac operating systems.^*

• Windows · Unspecified tier^*

  Operating system

  Windows® XP/Vista/7/8/10/11^*

  Processor alternatives

  1.5 GHZ or greater Pentium 4 or equivalent class CPU^*

  Memory

  512MB of RAM^*

  Graphics alternatives

  64 MB DirectX 9.0 compatible video card DirectX®: 9.0^*

  Storage

  2 GB or more hard drive space Sound: 16 bit DirectX compatible sound card^*

• Windows · Minimum^*

  Memory

  1 GB^*

  Processor alternatives

  1.5 GHZ or greater Pentium 4 or equivalent class CPU^*

  Graphics alternatives

  64 MB DirectX 9.0 compatible video card^*

Compatibility and community reports

• Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27^*

  Community Linux compatibility tier

  Silver^*

  Reports

  4^*

  Community confidence

  low^*

• Steam Deck · 2026-06-27^*

  Compatibility category

  Playable^*

Developers

• Her Interactive

Publishers

• DreamCatcher Interactive

• HeR Interactive^*

• 2010-10-19

  Date precision

  Exact date

• 2011-09-15

  Date precision

  Exact date

• 2010-10-19 · Microsoft Windows^*

  Release date

  2010-10-19^*

  Date precision

  Exact date^*

  Platform

  Microsoft Windows^*

• 2010-10-19 · Mac OS^*

  Release date

  2010-10-19^*

  Date precision

  Exact date^*

  Platform

  Mac OS^*

Store release history

• Steam^*

  Release date

  Sep 15, 2011^*

Detailed specifications