Carmen Sandiego

I really like Carmen Sandiego, but this game feels like a mobile game and isn't worth my 18 euros

I like Netflix's Carmen sandiego a lot, but but gameslop studio did really bad job there. The game has some bugs like you know where the VILE operative is, you narroved down the possibilities to 2 guys, but you flew too fast to that city, did not discover that one random person in mexico that knew that Vile operative was afraid of the dark, so you loose, because the warrant was not ready, and you have to replay the whole mission. EDIT: it turns out that if you file warrant on wrong person, game gives you second chance, but i did not want to put warrant on wrong person, so i did loose. Also low effort is seen everywhere in this game, same places are replayed in multiple missions and you bump on the same delivery guy (it's not hard to make just a little different character model). Important note is that the devs abandoned this game, as last update was in june 2025. One plus was that minigames were entertaining, but all things considered, the game has not too much to offer for the pricetag and i don't recommend buying it in it's current state. I consider returning and buying the game back, IF the devs will ever add more main campaign missions.

Broderbund > Netflix

I'm not sure if this game is actually "finished" - it seems incomplete. Also, WILDLY overpriced for what you get. There is very little gameplay - can do the whole thing in a few hours or less - and, like I said, it feels like an incomplete game. I wanted to love this for the nostalgia factor but, at this price point, it's absolute crap.

This is pretty good remake of Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego? The only problem with this game is that it seems to waste your time in the beginning to unlock next missions. Even if you solve early easy missions successfully, you still don't get enough points to proceed to next mission, so you need to replay the mission to get the required level. Later missions become more challenging (geographic facts, English skill, QTE events, puzzle minigames), but then the progression seems to solve by itself. Would have been a perfect small game if it didn't intentionally waste player's time.

Really not much to do here. I don't really understand how they managed to take away the fun from the really fun Carmen San Diego books. The "puzzles" if you could even call them that are not just linear but non-dimensional in the sense that you don't even have to do anything since everything is pretty obvious. They really managed to take the fun and excitement of looking for the suspect in the Carmen San Diego books. Good animations and graphics really are not everything for making good games. Less than 20 minutes in and I already knew I wanted a refund. Really felt like this should be for mobile phones instead.

It's more like a kid's game where you would sit and look up information with your kid to help them. Kinda bland if you're an adult and there's not really much action to it and minimal voice acting. Just got bored really.

Look, a solid half of the enjoyment of this game is nostalgia for all us 80s/90s kids who learned a weird amount of geography from a woman in a red hat. If you don't have that nostalgia, a lot of this game is going to lack the kind of punch that it does for us. That said, it's a solid puzzle game. There are a ton of mini puzzles on each caper that are repeated across the capers but not in their solutions, just that it's the same set on each caper. And there's pixelized ACME Files for when you're not playing the capers that's a nice nod to the original games. Some less than great things: the voice acting is wildly inconsistent (every time you move cities, there's repeated affirmations between Sandiego and Player but when you nab the goons, the cut scene with the chief is completely silent). The chief's animosity seems ridiculous after about two capers because you're doing her job for her but the plot shakily depends her thinking you're still a criminal. And there are times when you have to stop playing the main caper storylines to go level up in "notoriety" via the ACME Files--which are great little games to themselves but really interrupt the flow (especially since I have no idea if there's a top to the notoriety levels; do you just keep leveling up ad infinitum?). The 3D animation isn't smooth at all, though bouncing it off the pixels of the Files is a neat go. I know this is capitalizing on the popularity of the Netflix reboot and again, this is a good little puzzle game. But I'm not sure I'd like this half as much if I didn't have the memories of singing along to my television as a kid to carry the weak spots. (I did learn several things about geography, though. Carmen Sandiego, still teaching me after all these years. Love that for us.)

Steam should have a neutral option for whether or not you recommend a game - this game is a prime example of why. Is it fun? Yes. Would I recommend it? Honestly, also yes - just not at this price point. It feels like a mobile game, because it was originally a mobile game. I don't think most people would pay $20 for a mobile game, even one to be played on a larger screen with (possibly) better peripherals. But my job as a reviewer is to tell you whether or not this is a good game (which it is), so you can decide for yourself if it is worth the price. Story is solid (especially important as the game is mostly text-based), minigames are fun, deciphering clues to solve a crime is honestly pretty addictive.

I loved this game, but that's also because of the nostalgia hit. This game alternates between a "modern" puzzle-based game and "classic" capers using the 1980s-1990s interface. It mixes things up nicely and I find it fun, but if you don't like nostalgia or the "classic" feel this might not be for you. This is also still a kid's game at heart, so it's very "pure" and sweet with forgiving hand-holding. There are still some funny jokes and the graphics are solid. The modern capers are an unusual gameplay but everything follows a repetitive pattern, making this a relaxing little mind caper without too much sweating. I got the deluxe version on sale and it's absolutely worth it - it adds almost the full game of "Where in the World" plus a few visual goodies. It's not super long - looks like about 10 hours - but the devs keep adding more and there's endless avenues for expansion. What a fun, well designed, and make-you-happy kind of game!