List of Mystery Case Files games

This is a list of Mystery Case Files main games.

The main series is known to be the first hidden object game series to introduce many features that became standard for this kind of game, such as the point and click adventure gameplay, morphing objects, and the fast traveling interactive map.

Developed by Big Fish Games

Huntsville

Mystery Case Files: Huntsville is the first installment in the Mystery Case Files franchise and was released in November 2005 and immediately broke sales records for casual games. The player takes the role of a master detective to solve a series of seemingly random crimes in the small town of Huntsville. The game features a number of locations to explore and introduced the Crime Computer which is still a main part of the series.[1][2]

Prime Suspects

Mystery Case Files: Prime Suspects is the second installment in the Mystery Case Files franchise and was released in April 2006. The player is tasked with investigating the disappearance of the Queen’s Hope Diamond in Capital City. Mystery Case Files: Prime Suspects added items that players have to discover to unlock later levels (such as finding a battery to power a flashlight). Characters also became a more prominent part of the series with the investigation revolving around multiple characters with different persons.[3][4]

Ravenhearst

Mystery Case Files: Ravenhearst is the third installment in the Mystery Case Files franchise and was released in December 2006 and features an investigation centered on a mysterious manor located in England. Players find objects to unlock diary pieces to follow the life of Emma Ravenhearst. Mystery Case Files: Ravenhearst introduced elaborate door puzzles to the series that were similar to a Rube Goldberg type puzzle. Mystery Case Files: Ravenhearst was re-released for the Nintendo DS in April 2013.[5][6][7][8]

Madame Fate

Mystery Case Files: Madame Fate is the fourth installment in the Mystery Case Files franchise and was released in November 2007. The player investigates Madame Fate’s Carnival and the carnival workers to see which one of them causes the fortune teller’s death at midnight. Mystery Case Files: Madame Fate introduces more types of puzzles (including word puzzles and multiple crystal ball puzzles) while also changing the way a player can find items. Sometimes the player must combine two items on the screen, other times they must locate hidden areas to progress. The bulk of the game is still finding hidden objects, but there are a lot of other types of puzzles. Mystery Case Files: Madame Fate also introduced hidden object scenes inside hidden object scenes into the game-play.[9][10][11]

Return to Ravenhearst

Mystery Case Files: Return to Ravenhearst is the fifth installment in the Mystery Case Files franchise and was released on November 26, 2008, for Big Fish Games Game Club members whereas the public was able to download this game on November 27, 2008.[12] This game is the second installment in the Ravenhearst story-arc.[13][14][15]

Dire Grove

Mystery Case Files: Dire Grove is the sixth installment of the Mystery Case Files franchise and was released December 11, 2009. It had its first release on November 25, 2009 as a Collector's Edition. It follows the events of four graduate students led by Alison Sterling (Davie-Blue Bacich) who travel to a small township near Blackpool, England. The game follows on from the previous game, Return to Ravenhearst, but does not directly lead into the Ravenhearst story-arc.[16][17][18][19][20]

13th Skull

Mystery Case Files: 13th Skull is the seventh installment of the Mystery Case Files franchise and had its first release on November 25, 2010 as a Collector's Edition. It follows the disappearance of Marcus Lawson after moving into a creepy mansion in Louisiana. His daughter, Magnolia, believes her father was kidnapped by the ghost of a vengeful pirate seeking to protect his lost fortune.[21][22][23][24][25]

Escape From Ravenhearst

Mystery Case Files: Escape From Ravenhearst is the eighth installment of the Mystery Case Files franchise and was released November 23, 2011 as a Collector's Edition. Some residents in Blackpool, England have gone missing around Ravenhearst Manor and you, the Master Detective must return to the fire-ravaged manor and search for the missing residents. This game is the third installment in the Ravenhearst story-arc.

Shadow Lake

Mystery Case Files: Shadow Lake is the ninth installment of the Mystery Case Files franchise and was the last to be released by Big Fish Studios. Shadow Lake was released on November 20, 2012 and features actress Lea Thompson as Cassandra Williams, a psychic medium that helps the Master Detective solve puzzles while they investigate the mysterious destruction of a ghost town.[26][27]

Developed by Elephant Games

Fate's Carnival

Mystery Case Files: Fate's Carnival is the tenth installment of the Mystery Case Files franchise and the first to be released by developer Elephant Games. Fate's Carnival was released on November 26, 2013 and returns the player to Madame Fate's carnival, previously featured in the series' fourth installment, Madame Fate. Exploring the carnival vicinity with the help of Isis the cat, the game incorporates characters featured in previous games, as well as introducing new ones.

Dire Grove, Sacred Grove

Mystery Case Files: Dire Grove, Sacred Grove is the eleventh installment of the Mystery Case Files franchise and was the last to be released by developer Elephant Games. Dire Grove, Sacred Grove was released on November 26, 2014 and returns the player to the fictional township of Dire Grove, previously explored in the sixth installment of the same name.[28]

Developed by Eipix Entertainment

Key to Ravenhearst

Mystery Case Files: Key to Ravenhearst is the twelfth installment of the Mystery Case Files franchise and is the first to be developed by Eipix Entertainment. Key to Ravenhearst was released on October 27, 2015.[29] Key to Ravenhearst will be the third instance the series has returned to the Ravenhearst storyline, thus the fourth installment in the Ravenhearst story-arc.

Reception

  • Gamezebo : 4.5/5 [30]

Ravenhearst Unlocked

Mystery Case Files: Ravenhearst Unlocked is the thirteenth game in the casual adventure game series Mystery Case Files published by Big Fish Games. Released on November 27, 2015, it is the first game in the series to be developed by Eipix Entertainment.[31] The mode is single-player and the platforms include Windows, Mac OS X, iOS and Android. It is the final part of the Ravenhearst storyline.

Reception

  • Gamezebo : 4,5/5[32]

Broken Hour

Mystery Case Files: Broken Hour is the fourteenth installment of the series. The Beta for the game was released on March 7th, 2016. The Collector's Edition was released on 22 November 2016. The Master Detective is sent by the queen to the Huxley’s Boarding House to search for her friends and photographer.

The Black Veil

Mystery Case Files: The Black Veil is the fifteenth installment of the series. The Beta was released on December 22nd, 2016. The Collector's Edition was released on 23 March 2017. It is the first appearance since Mystery Case Files: Dire Grove of Alison Sterling (voiced by Katie Leigh).[33]

The Revenant's Hunt

Mystery Case Files: The Revenant's Hunt is 16th installment of the series. The Beta of the games was released on July 2017. The story follows a murder victim rising from the grave to visit justice upon his killers, and possible one of his own descendants. The collector's edition was released on 20 November 2017.

Rewind

Mystery Case Files: Rewind is the 17th installment of the series, The Beta was released in March 2018. The gameplay of the game is based on the first four games of the series in a basic Hidden objects gameplay instead of a Point and Click adventure gameplay as all the games since Return to Ravenhearst. The story mix many of the previous games characters in a time paradox. The game was released on June 21st 2018 as Collector's Edition version.

References

  1. ↑ "Mystery Case Files: Huntsville - Walkthrough, Tips, Review". Jay is games. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  2. ↑ "Mystery Case Files: Huntsville Review - Gamezebo". Gamezebo. 23 February 2008. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  3. ↑ "Mystery Case Files: Prime Suspects Exclusive Preview - Gamezebo". Gamezebo. 5 April 2006. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  4. ↑ "Mystery Case Files: Prime Suspects Review - Gamezebo". Gamezebo. 20 April 2006. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  5. ↑ "Mystery Case Files: Ravenhearst Review - Gamezebo". Gamezebo. 19 December 2006. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  6. ↑ Life, Nintendo (5 August 2013). "Review: Mystery Case Files: Ravenhearst (3DS)". Nintendo Life. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
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  8. ↑ "'Hidden object' game genre a holiday hit". CNET. 20 December 2007. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  9. ↑ "Mystery Case Files: Madame Fate Review - Gamezebo". Gamezebo. 8 November 2007. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  10. ↑ "Test Mystery Case Files : Madame Fate sur PC". Jeuxvideo.com (in French). Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  11. ↑ "How Madame Fate got her voice: an audio post-mortem - Gamezebo". Gamezebo. 28 February 2008. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  12. ↑ "November 2008 Blog Archives | Big Fish Games Blog". Bigfishgames.com. Retrieved 2012-01-02.
  13. ↑ Life, Nintendo (2 May 2014). "Review: Mystery Case Files: Return to Ravenhearst (3DS eShop)". Nintendo Life. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  14. ↑ "Mystery Case Files: Return to Ravenhearst Review - Gamezebo". Gamezebo. 28 November 2008. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  15. ↑ "Test Mystery Case Files : Retour à Ravenhearst sur PC". Jeuxvideo.com (in French). Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  16. ↑ Life, Nintendo (14 April 2014). "Review: Mystery Case Files: Dire Grove (3DS eShop)". Nintendo Life. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  17. ↑ "Mystery Case Files: Dire Grove Review - Gamezebo". Gamezebo. 25 November 2009. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  18. ↑ "Test du Mystery Case Files : Dire Grove". Jeuxvideo.com (in French). Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  19. ↑ "Interview: Mystery Case Files: Dire Grove's Adrian Woods on the game's use of live-action FMV". Engadget. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  20. ↑ Staff, I. G. N. (25 November 2009). "Big Fish Games' Mystery Case Files: Dire Grove Recreates Reality Thriller Movie". IGN. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  21. ↑ Tanner, Nicole (13 December 2010). "Mystery Case Files: 13th Skull Review". IGN. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  22. ↑ "Mystery Case Files: 13th Skull Review - Gamezebo". Gamezebo. 26 November 2010. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  23. ↑ Fahey, Mike. "The 2011 Into the Pixel Collection Celebrates the Finest in Video Game Art". Kotaku. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  24. ↑ "Avis et critiques du jeu Mystery Case Files : 13ème Crâne sur PC". Jeuxvideo.com (in French). Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  25. ↑ "Mystery Case Files: 13th Skull". GameSpot. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  26. ↑ M., Conor (15 October 2012). "Mystery Case Files: Shadow Lake Announced!". Big Fish Games. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
  27. ↑ "Sneak Peek – Mystery Case Files: Shadow Lake Collector's Edition". Big Fish Games. 16 November 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
  28. ↑ "Mystery Case Files: Dire Grove Sacred Grove Released!". Big Fish Games. 1 December 2014. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  29. ↑ "Mystery Case Files: Keys to Ravenhearst Announced". Big Fish Games. 12 October 2015. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  30. ↑ "Mystery Case Files: Key to Ravenhearst Review - Forgotten Horrors - Gamezebo". 7 August 2017.
  31. ↑ "New Ravenhearst Game - MCF: Ravenhearst Unlocked". 24 November 2015.
  32. ↑ "Mystery Case Files: Ravenhearst Unlocked Review - Asylum Awakening - Gamezebo". 22 August 2017.
  33. ↑ "Review – Mystery Case Files: The Black Veil". Dynamic States. 11 May 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
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