
Mystery Case Files: Prime Suspects is the second instalment in the Mystery Case Files franchise and was released in April 2006.The game features a number of locations to explore and introduced the Crime Computer which is still a main part of the series. The player takes the role of a master detective to solve a series of seemingly random crimes in the small town of Huntsville. Mystery Case Files: Huntsville is the first instalment in the Mystery Case Files franchise and was released in November 2005 and immediately broke sales records for casual games.It is not known if this game will continue this story-arc.īig Fish Games "estimates that 100 million people have at least sampled trial versions" of the MCF games since the initial launch of MCF: Huntsville. It has been confirmed that a seventh game will be released in 'Late 2010'. The next game after, MCF: Dire Grove, follows on from previous but does not lead directly into the same story. 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. Storyline and characters have played an increasingly important part in the development of the series, especially from the third game onwards.


Word and crystal ball puzzles, and morphing objects by MCF: Madame Fate.After MCF: Huntsville, each one added additional features including:

There have been six games in the MCF series to date. There are usually thousands of items hidden in the game and while some of them are easy to find, some can be quite difficult. The MCF 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. The Mystery Case Files (also known as MCF) is a casual game series developed by the internal studios of Big Fish Games.
