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Solve the mystery of Mnemosyne Asylum!

9 Clues 2: The Ward is a adventure, hidden object and casual game developed by Tap It Games and published by Artifex Mundi.
Released on July 23rd 2015 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 11 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian and Simplified Chinese.

It has received 958 reviews of which 876 were positive and 82 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.6 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 14.79€ on Steam, but you can find it for 0.66€ on Gamivo.

The Steam community has classified 9 Clues 2: The Ward into these genres:

Adventure Hidden Object Casual Point & Click Singleplayer Puzzle Horror Female Protagonist Story Rich Mystery Atmospheric Indie Fantasy Great Soundtrack 2D Family Friendly

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • OS *: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8
  • Processor: 1.5 GHz
  • Memory: 512 MB RAM
  • Graphics: 128 MB VRAM
  • DirectX: Version 9.0
  • Storage: 1 GB available space
MacOS
  • OS: 10.6.8
  • Processor: 1.5 GHz
  • Memory: 512 MB RAM
  • Graphics: 128 MB VRAM
  • Storage: 1 GB available space
Linux
  • OS: Ubuntu 12.04 (32/64bit)
  • Processor: 1.5 GHz
  • Memory: 512 MB RAM
  • Graphics: 128 MB VRAM
  • Storage: 1 GB available space

User reviews & Ratings

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June 2025
Although this game is the sequel to 9 Clues: The Secret of Serpent Creek, I don't think it's a direct sequel. The voice actress for the main character sounds different to me, and while they are both investigators, in the first game the character seemed like a private investigator versus in this game where the main character seems more like an official police officer. This isn't necessarily a bad thing though. The style of gameplay is incredibly similar with the first game's signature "reconstruction" scenes where you have to pick out parts of a scene to piece together what happened, as well as the usual finding and using items and looking through hidden object scene to find key items to progress. The story was fine, it's more geared towards a mystery just like the first one with strange events happening and you trying to determine what is happening and only really getting the final answer at the end of the game. One thing I did appreciate too is that even though this is at an asylum, the game doesn't just depict all of the inmates as violent and dangerous, which is an old "insane person" trope I don't really care for. And most of the game is spent moving through different areas of the asylum and getting access to more and more of it as you play. The puzzles were fine, not the most challenging ones I've seen in a game like this, but they were fine enough and intuitive to figure out. The hidden object scene were also fine without a lot of egregiously hard to find items, just an even pace all the way through. There are collectibles in the game, and they were fun to find and probably the thing I felt was the most challenging at times since there are multiple types of collectibles to be on the look out for. I missed one item in my first playthrough and had to do another to mop it up, which was fine because you have to play through twice because there is once achievement for completing all of the hidden object puzzles and one for completing all of the Mahjong games. This game offers Mahjong instead of hidden object games you can play instead of doing the hidden object puzzles. And I like both, so I had no issues with this, but I have to mention that when I was playing this game I saw a note in the community section about a bug where the game would have a bug that would prevent you from selecting Mahjong games if you switch back and play the first game as a hidden object puzzle or something. I took the advice of that post and played the first game as Mahjong and then the rest as hidden object puzzles. Then for my second playthrough I played a hidden object game as the first one and the rest as Mahjong to finish the achievements. This worked for me, though I have no idea if it was necessary. But if you're having trouble with those I would advise trying this method. Even though other people reported the Mahjong game issue, I didn't have any technical issues with the game. There are collectibles in the game, but there is no bonus adventure.
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April 2025
Pretty exciting game all in all! A creepy, dark story that sort of worked out in the end. P.S. This game is not a sequel to the first 9 clues.
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March 2025
Awesome story and gameplay
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Jan. 2025
This has been one of my favourite hidden object games, and I've played a lot of them. The voice acting is top notch, with some fun detective-style lines. The setting is creepy. I found myself getting really absorbed in the story and caring for the characters. I have a very high standard for Artifex Mundi games, and this one went above and beyond. Definitely play this one
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Nov. 2024
A stereotypical Casual Hidden Object Point & Click Adventure game. Not exactly thought-provoking. Only take a few hours to fully complete. Mostly a bit of leisurely wholesome fun that doesn't take itself too seriously.
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Frequently Asked Questions

9 Clues 2: The Ward is currently priced at 14.79€ on Steam.

9 Clues 2: The Ward is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 14.79€ on Steam.

9 Clues 2: The Ward received 876 positive votes out of a total of 958 achieving a rating of 8.62.
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9 Clues 2: The Ward was developed by Tap It Games and published by Artifex Mundi.

9 Clues 2: The Ward is playable and fully supported on Windows.

9 Clues 2: The Ward is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

9 Clues 2: The Ward is playable and fully supported on Linux.

9 Clues 2: The Ward is a single-player game.

9 Clues 2: The Ward does not currently offer any DLC.

9 Clues 2: The Ward does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

9 Clues 2: The Ward does not support Steam Remote Play.

9 Clues 2: The Ward is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for 9 Clues 2: The Ward.

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9 Clues 2: The Ward
14.79€ -96% 14.79€ 0.66€
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Release 23 Jul 2015
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