Like all Mystery Case Files titles, Huntsville relies heavily on hidden object gameplay.
The player has to gather evidence in a limited amount of time and deduce which suspect is most likely to have stolen the Queen's Hope Diamond.
Ravenhearst allows the player to gather the missing pages of Emma's diary by relying heavily on hidden object scenes.
Puzzles are introduced to the gameplay as players must solve them to unlock each door in the manor in order to access the locked rooms.
At the end of the game, keys must be found all around the manor in order to free Emma's soul from the mansion.
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.
[2][3] Following its release, Mystery Case Files: Huntsville broke all previous casual game sales records by over 100%, selling over $1 million worth of digitally distributed (downloaded) copies in under three months.
Prime Suspects added items that players have to discover to unlock later levels (such as finding a battery to power a flashlight).
Players find objects to unlock diary pieces to follow the life of Emma Ravenhearst, in the year 1894 in Blackpool.
Through the diary entries, the player learns how Emma travelled from America to England to be a teacher and fell in love with a man named Charles Dalimar.
The game also introduces morphing objects that players must find in each scene to unlock three secret areas that are located in the carnival.
Return to Ravenhearst is the first installment of the Mystery Case Files series where "haunting performances from live actors" are used.
It follows the events of four missing graduate students led by Alison Sterling (Davie-Blue Bacich) who travel to a small township near Blackpool, England.
[32] Mystery Case Files: 13th Skull is the seventh installment and had its first release in November 2010 as a Collector's Edition.
His daughter, Magnolia, believes her father was kidnapped by the ghost of a vengeful pirate seeking to protect his lost fortune.
[33][34][35][36][37] IGN reviewed 13th Skull as "Good" with a 7.0 rating for its presentation, gameplay, graphics, sound and lasting appeal for 6.5 to 7.5 per category.
Mystery Case Files: Shadow Lake is the ninth installment in the series and was the last to be released by Big Fish Studios.
Shadow Lake was released in November 2012, and features actress Lea Thompson as Cassandra Williams, a psychic medium who helps the Master Detective solve puzzles while they investigate the mysterious destruction of a ghost town.
[41] Mystery Case Files: Fate's Carnival is the tenth installment of the series and the first to be released by developer Elephant Games.
[45] Mystery Case Files: Key to Ravenhearst is the twelfth installment of the series and the first to be developed by Eipix Entertainment.
Gamezebo: 4.5/5;[50] All About Casual Game: 5/5[51] Mystery Case Files: Broken Hour is the fourteenth installment of the series.
The Master Detective is sent by the Queen to the Huxley's Boarding House to search for George Pritchard, royal photographer and a friend of Her Majesty before time runs out.
The story is set in Dreadmond, a town in Scotland where people are mysteriously suffering from rapid aging.
The story follows Lady Eleanor Codington, a friend of the Master Detective who went missing as she reclaimed her family estate.
[60] Mystery Case Files: Black Crown is the 20th installment of the series and the last one made by Eipix Entertainment.