# 9 Clues: The Secret of Serpent Creek Summer DB entity ID: 0be5dd5a\-9b65\-4410\-82f4\-d558ed564151 Steam App ID: 284870 9 Clues: The Secret of Serpent Creek is an original hidden\-object puzzle\-adventure game, featuring a totally unique Detective Mode\. This thrilling mystery merges elements of classical horror and gritty, 50’s\-style noir\. A paranormal private investigator is contacted by her friend, famous reporter Helen Hunter, whose voice sounds small and terrified in the voicemail\. She is in the coastal town of Serpent Creek, and needs help immediately\. But upon arriving in Serpent Creek, the detective finds no trace of Ms\. Hunter\. Weirder still is the fact the town’s streets are crawling with snakes, and the citizens seem to be sleepwalking through life\. The ground shakes with violent tremors\. When investigating Serpent Creek, the detective will perform true investigative work: finding clues and combining them to learn the secrets of every crime scene in the all new Detective Mode\! Features Unique Detective Mode gameplay Eerie, realistic settings Mysterious crime story set in 1950’s America Challenging mini\-games Complex characters with real motivations Detective’s Journal that includes current tasks and character index Unique locations Breathtaking plot full of unexpected twists ## Game information - Type: game - Developer: Tap It Games - Publisher: Artifex Mundi - Release date: Jul 10, 2014 - Coming soon: false - Free to play: false - Parent Steam app: Not collected - Genres: Adventure, Casual - Categories: Single\-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Cloud, Family Sharing - Platforms: windows, mac, linux - Website: Not collected - Screenshots: https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/284870/ss\_244dcd711dbca7b8cb398a2d37c5621d14a929a9\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1584465865, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/284870/ss\_4e62edb6c9b83c1140a5951f09a7b3c8f664a62d\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1584465865, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/284870/ss\_8cce804847ac3fe1b49bf319460270fb65012321\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1584465865, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/284870/ss\_9d223ef746c8466a2e31b00c2fc5479d98265ba0\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1584465865, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/284870/ss\_8b97275073b50b0be30d002751e59e3e3e302071\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1584465865, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/284870/ss\_e23f82200ea7002a0fa146d4d56c839a10d76f9d\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1584465865, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/284870/ss\_92b3005b6c8a89074f5c60d9c6f639ebbdb1344f\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1584465865 - Price: 1499 minor units USD; discount 0% - Price country: US ## Observed metrics - Current players: 1 - Steam review count: 1528 - Steam positive reviews: 1377 - Steam negative reviews: 151 - Steam positive percentage: 90.11780104712042% - Summer DB rating: No native votes Review filters: \{"language":"all","review\_type":"all","purchase\_type":"all","filter\_offtopic\_activity":0\} ## Player history [Seven-day chart data as Markdown](/api/v1/entities/0be5dd5a-9b65-4410-82f4-d558ed564151/player-metrics?days=7&format=markdown) · [JSON](/api/v1/entities/0be5dd5a-9b65-4410-82f4-d558ed564151/player-metrics?days=7) Chart values are hourly observed maxima. The sampled 24-hour peak and missing intervals carry explicit coverage; history before collection is unknown. ## Sources and freshness - Catalog membership: store\_catalog - Catalog observed: 2026\-09\-24T19:57:04\.362365\+00:00 - Details observed: 2026\-09\-21T23:13:03\.764057\+00:00 - Player count observed: 2026\-09\-21T23:13:05\.143253\+00:00 - Reviews observed: 2026\-09\-21T23:13:04\.751092\+00:00 Full provenance: \{"urls":\{"price":"https://store\.steampowered\.com/app/284870/","catalog":"https://api\.steampowered\.com/IStoreService/GetAppList/v1/","details":"https://store\.steampowered\.com/app/284870/","players":"https://api\.steampowered\.com/ISteamUserStats/GetNumberOfCurrentPlayers/v1/?appid=284870","reviews":"https://store\.steampowered\.com/appreviews/284870"\},"price":"2026\-09\-21T23:13:03\.764057\+00:00","source":"steam","catalog":"2026\-09\-24T19:57:04\.362365\+00:00","country":"US","details":"2026\-09\-21T23:13:03\.764057\+00:00","players":"2026\-09\-21T23:13:05\.143253\+00:00","reviews":"2026\-09\-21T23:13:04\.751092\+00:00","language":"en","editorial":null,"membership":"store\_catalog","observations":\{"price":"f8eaa021\-7be7\-487a\-baf6\-732534f446a4","catalog":"771de722\-398d\-41db\-ac04\-75e5b9fb2a5c","details":"8d79c7bd\-95c5\-46ad\-ae59\-ac4c6f84eae6","players":"a24fe72f\-7f22\-4c78\-95b3\-7d9542f455e5","reviews":"0bccfc68\-5398\-48d9\-9b5b\-d9c6277bcc32"\},"reviewFilters":\{"language":"all","review\_type":"all","purchase\_type":"all","filter\_offtopic\_activity":0\}\} Native rating methodology: \{"count":0,"average":null,"entityId":"0be5dd5a\-9b65\-4410\-82f4\-d558ed564151","revision":0,"observedAt":null,"methodology":"arithmetic\-v1","distribution":\[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0\]\} Steam reviews are not Summer DB votes. Missing data is not zero. Player counts are observations, not historical peaks. A supplemental record does not establish that a game was delisted. [Steam store](https://store.steampowered.com/app/284870/) · [JSON](/api/v1/games/0be5dd5a-9b65-4410-82f4-d558ed564151)