Mystery of Neuschwanstein
Chimera Entertainment · 2015 · Adventure, Casual, Hidden Object, Mystery, Puzzle
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About Mystery of Neuschwanstein
As an investigative reporter for the Irish magazine “Facts & Fancy,” Sarah Hamilton does not miss a beat as she receives hints that something strange is going on at the famous Bavarian castle Neuschwanstein. In the thrilling puzzle adventure Mystery of Neuschwanstein, Sarah and her new acquaintance Wolfgang Adler, a professor of historical criminology from Heidelberg, find themselves on a dangerous search for the truth behind Germany’s most famous unsolved death—the untimely death of the Fairy Tale King Ludwig II of Bavaria in 1886.
Was his death in the shallows of Lake Starnberg the result of a successful suicide attempt, as the official sources claim? Or was it indeed murder? And who actually profited from the death of the monarch?
This gorgeous castle is more than meets the eye. It conceals secret passages, hidden rooms, and other secrets! Sarah and Professor Adler will have to combine their knowledge and different skills to get to the bottom of things. But that is easier said than done when a mysterious monk starts passing on cryptic messages, and the first dead body turns up.
The ambitious journalist and absent-minded Professor Adler will have to stay on the ball as they carry out their investigation; people are not as they seem, and some of them do not want the secrets of Neuschwanstein to see the light of day. What is hidden behind the polite facade of the castellan Beatrix von Lohen, and what is the Italian building inspector Francetti really up to? And then there are rumors about the “Guglmänner,” though nobody knows what role they play in the web of conspiracies.
Will you be able to accompany Sarah and Professor Adler through this adventure and solve the mystery of the fairy tale castle Neuschwanstein and the unexplained death of King Ludwig II?
Features:
- An exciting mystery story about Neuschwanstein Castle based on the true story of King Ludwig II of Bavaria
- Help Sarah uncover the secret of Neuschwanstein and the death of Ludwig II!
- Beautiful and challenging puzzles and complex visual scenes
- Hand painted scenes
- Atmospheric soundtrack
- With German and English voice-over talents
- Developed by Chimera Entertainment
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
Players praise the game's solid puzzle design and quality background music, with some noting it works well on Steam Deck, but criticize the heavy visual novel elements that overshadow traditional hidden object gameplay, combined with grating voice acting that many wish could be disabled. The game is seen as technically competent but poorly suited to players looking for a relaxing, charming hidden object experience, with common complaints about excessive dialogue, simplistic puzzles despite high difficulty in some areas, and occasional technical issues like audio cutting out.
some puzzels to eazy and some things were a good puzzle lol all and all e good game
Sound: 7 Graphics: 6 Story: 5 Gameplay: 4 Commands: 3 Fun: 4 Time to load / lag: 10 Bugs / Problems: 9 Final score: 4
It's a Hidden Object Game with some of the worst Voice Acting i've heard in a very long time. Not Resident Evil so bad it's funny, but grating. I left my PC multiple times when playing this and left it running just to give my ears a break... It's just... bad. The game itself is actually good, as far as Hidden object games go it's definitely one of the better ones and the background music is really good in places, but... the voice acting. Please for the love of all that is holy patch in an option to turn that OFF
Don't be mistaken: This is a Visual Novel disguised as a HOG. It is not a bad story, not at all, but it is not what I signed up for. And dear Lord there is SO much dialogue! And all the character drawings just slide into frame, just like a visual novel. Yes, there's puzzles and such, but none of them are difficult in any way. Often you just pick up a singular item in any given screen, then move on. I was glad when it was over to be honest. I'm leaving a negative review though it's more of a "meh". I just feel slightly bamboozled when I simply wanted to play a relaxing HOG. Worked well on Steam Deck while using touch screen controls.
first HOG I both dislike and and find nothing charming about it. I wasn't really on board for a visual novel, especially one that was so plain and cookie cutter. Puzzles were rather standard, so were the actual hidden object segments if not a little more nitpicky than the average one. Audio kept cutting out after a few minutes for seemingly no reason. I really didn't need an ipad with mini lore dumps either. Generally most of this just rubbed me the wrong way and I go to these for a cute cozy whimsical time. If I'm not getting that I'd want something cheesy or charming. This doesn't have any of that, and it's absurd to expect something thriller-esque like the visual novels I actually do like since there's no way the story is going to be anywhere on the same level as 999 zero escape vlr and I was pretty much completely correct.
if you like puzzles, this is the game for you.
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