Mystery Case Files: Huntsville™

What distinguishes this from almost all other hidden object games is that you will actually find hidden objects in this game. You will not do inventory fetch quests. You will not slide tiles or assemble jigsaw puzzles. You will not funnel steam through pipes or inexplicably unlock a door by erroneously spelling something in Hebrew from left to right. You will not have the option of playing mahjong if you do not like hidden object objects. You will not enjoy a predictable narrative written at a middle school reading level and read by voice actors employing a Radio Shack passive cardioid mic without a pop-filter. You will find hidden objects. Hundreds of hidden objects. You will be timed. If you click like a maniac, you will be penalized. If you are slow, you will fail. This is a game. This is how it should be. There is no skip button. I've played a half-dozen modern "HOPAs." That's hidden object puzzle adventures to you and me, Russ. Let me tell you, I had far more fun with this than all of those combined. Yes it's an old game, you might have to change your resolution, you might have to configure compatibility mode. I'm sorry if you are too casual for that. The game's runtime will terminate eventually, if you force it to stop. What are you worried about? It would be best if Big Fish Collector'ed this Edition, but Big Fish doesn't care about you anymore. The Big Fish eat the little ones The Big Fish eat the little ones Not my problem, give me some You can try the best you can You can try the best you can The best you can is good enough

Thank you for letting me relive one of my favorite childhood games and memories <3 I use to play this with my dad sitting together at the computer, when I was young, probably 5 or 6. I beat the game with 8 seconds to spare on hard difficulty, my heart racing and a giant smile on my face. Thank you genuinely.

I don't think I'll finish this game. It's not actually bad, there is some humour here and there, the HOG and jigsaw gameplay is pretty solid. I'm torn about the fact that each case is timed (your time for several HOG scenes and one jigsaw scene accumulates) - sometimes it feels like a nice additional challenge (it's not very hard) but sometimes it annoys me. The part that makes me give this a thumbs down is the graphics, they are just very old and kinda ugly, the resolution is very low - and the way things are hidden in the HOG pictures is sometimes nonesensical. That's the reason this just doesn't feel worth my time and I will likely just let it rot in my library.

LOVE THIS GAME! PLAYED THIS GAME AS A KID WITH MY GRANDMA AND PLAYING NOW AS AN ADULT IS AWESOME!!! AMAZING GAME!!!

can't believe i've spent 65 hours on this game

I completed it in just under three hours. If you remember the locations of the objects, you can complete it faster.

i like 2 click the objects (EVEN IF I HAVE TO CHANGE MY SCREEN RESOLUTION TO 800X600...)

i've played this before and i got nostalgia playing this game again these days.

The game does not work. Steam will not refund my money

It's the first Mystery Case Files game! It's an oldie, so it changes the resolution on my PC to 800 x 600 when playing, but it has a weird glitch on my Win11 PC where it doesn't change it back after exiting the program. (Prime Suspects, another game in the MCF series DOES change the resolution back). It's not the end of the world, just a bit annoying to have to go back in and change the resolution settings every time i finish playing. 800 x 600 is not a resolution anyone really uses much anymore.