Mystery Case Files

Mystery Case Files (also known as MCF) is a series developed by the internal studios of Big Fish Games. The Mystery Case Files series is known for its ‘Hidden Object’ puzzles where, in order to progress through a game, the player must find a certain number of items hidden somewhere on a painted scene.

There have been twelve games in the Mystery Case Files series to date. After MCF: Huntsville, each one added additional features including:

  • Flashlights and a fictional X-ray Device by MCF: Prime Suspects
  • Rube Goldberg door puzzles by MCF: Ravenhearst
  • Word and crystal ball puzzles, hidden object scenes inside hidden object scenes, interactive hidden object scenes, and morphing objects by MCF: Madame Fate
  • Cause and effect objects, adventure gameplay, and live actors by MCF: Return to Ravenhearst
  • Full motion videos by MCF: Dire Grove
  • Interactive characters by MCF: 13th Skull
  • Morphing hidden objects by MCF: Escape from Ravenhearst
  • Interactive map by MCF: Shadow Lake

Storyline and characters have played an increasingly important part in the development of the series, especially from the third game onwards. The game MCF: Ravenhearst begins a story-arc that continues on into the next two games after it, MCF: Madame Fate and MCF: Return to Ravenhearst. The next game after MCF: Dire Grove, follows on from previous but does not lead directly into the same story. The next installment, MCF: 13th Skull was released on November 25, 2010 as a Collector Edition. The latest installment in the series, MCF: Escape from Ravenhearst was released on November 23, 2011 and is the third in the Ravenhearst story-arc.

Big Fish Games "estimates that 100 million people have at least sampled trial versions" of the MCF games since the initial launch of MCF: Huntsville

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