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Carmen Sandiego
Developer Gameloft
The scarlet super thief Carmen Sandiego is back! Adorn Carmen’s signature red hat and play as the vigilante herself to navigate a world of espionage, utilizing high-tech gadgets, and ultimately capturing VILE. From the Steam store page
237 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, Steam reviews, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Nov 4, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
68
Fresh
47 positive · 22 negative
95% range 56–78%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bluesky * | 21 | 5 | 100 |
| Steam reviews | 47 | 22 | 0 |
| Mastodon * | 5 | 1 | 18 |
| Lemmy * | 1 | 0 | 17 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
53 of 75 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
69% recommend · 50 yes, 22 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 72 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mostly Positive (69 of 98 positive).
Many players find the game enjoyable but note it feels like a mobile game port. [1][2][3] Several reviewers criticize the high price for a game available on mobile platforms. [4][5][6] Some players appreciate the nostalgia and modern take on the classic franchise. [7][8][9]
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- [3]
Played less than 5 minutes of this and requested a refund. Really, really disappointed with this. It's literally a mobile game that they've put up on Steam for nearly $40 (with the DLC). What a shame. If you want to play it on an iPhone, they have it in the Apple Arcade... Been waiting for decades for a new Carmen Sandiego game. It installed in seconds and flashed a Netflix logo. I had a hunch at that point that it …
- [14]
Carmen Sandiego is one of the first games I played as a kid in the early 90s. I also watched a ton of the TV show. Have tons of nostalgia for this franchise. And this game just... falls flat of what I'd expect in 2025. The original game had 30 locations. This game has 15. That kind of sums up everything wrong with this version of Carmen Sandiego... it's just less and worse than a game made 40 years ago. Impressive …
- [15]
If I could give this game a sideways thumbs I would. I dont think it deserves a thumbs all the way up, but it doesnt deserve a thumbs down. It's meerly meh. I was very excited for this game to come out. I bought it and downloaded it as soon as possible on launch day. Once I started playing, it just felt like an "okay" game. The graphics are good. but the game play gets a bit stale after a bit. Overall, I'll keep it, …
- [10]
LOVE this game!! If you played the old games you'll like this imo. It's very much like the old PC games with some modern mechanics mixed in. Very educational still; you learn multiple facts in every location you visit, and even every time you visit (I've gone back to multiple locations and keep adding facts to the almanac). Apparently you can play it on mobile? I hate playing games on my phone though, especially a …
- [9]
Look, a solid half of the enjoyment of this game is nostalgia for all us 80s/90s kids who learned a weird amount of geography from a woman in a red hat. If you don't have that nostalgia, a lot of this game is going to lack the kind of punch that it does for us. That said, it's a solid puzzle game. There are a ton of mini puzzles on each caper that are repeated across the capers but not in their solutions, just that …
Summarised from 34 of the 210 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 13, 2026. How summaries are made
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Carmen Sandiego sits at 68% positive across 69 opinionated reactions from 4 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Reactions
60 of 237 · most liked firstPlayed less than 5 minutes of this and requested a refund. Really, really disappointed with this. It's literally a mobile game that they've put up on Steam for nearly $40 (with the DLC). What a shame. If you want to play it on an iPhone, they have it in the Apple Arcade... Been waiting for decades for a new Carmen Sandiego game. It installed in seconds and flashed a Netflix logo. I had a hunch at that point that it was indeed a mobile game, and sure enough, it is. I've requested a refund on…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →There was a spin off game show of "Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego" called "Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego" and it was so bad. I watched it as a kid and it was so bad. I still think about it sometimes.
neutral · AI labelView post →there needs to be a new Carmen Sandiego game in the game mechanic style of things like Hypnospace Outlaw, The Roottrees Are Dead, and the like
neutral · AI labelView post →Total rip-off. This is a port of the “free to Netflix users” game. This is even free in the google play store. 30 bucks for a mobile game and 25 for a DLC that gives a skin, music, art and one single caper with Carmen as the bad guy like the old games? Not worth it. I played less than 10 minutes of playing. 100% NOT WORTH YOUR MONEY. Might be worth it though for people who do not have a Netflix subscription… but to me this is just a mobile game port that’s being overcharged for
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Remember when Google Earth introduced a Carmen Sandiego game in 2019 that I pointed out was the only Carmen game officially "in print" and playable? And the Google Earth account responded to a comment that was skeptical about how long it'd exist for? That game quietly broke in an update in 2023.
neutral · AI labelView post →I forgot to mention that this game is Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? (Enhanced, 1990, DOS)
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm going to add Carmen Sandiego! where? obviously I'm not going to tell you. That's the game!
neutral · AI labelView post →I played this game for 30 minutes before asking for a refund. I wanted to love it, but it plays more like a visual novel. Which is fine but then why not advertise it as that? You're not playing as Carmen in most scenes it's just text, and after leveling up it became repetitive and a little obvious that they were recycling the same cities for every mission. Plus on top of all of this, the game is available for free on your phone. I didn't even realize that until after I'd refunded. Just get it…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →From educational computer game to big-budget animation with some of the biggest names backing it up. Carmen Sandiego is one of the best shows that's come out in the last five years, and somehow not enough people know about it. #carmensandiego #netflix youtu.be/f5HfkAF6v2Y
neutral · AI labelView post →My 9 year old son is now playing a Carmen Sandiego game on Switch and this 42 year old semi-professional geography nerd is here to tell you that song still slaps, as the kids say: youtu.be/-TL5-u3ey-c?...
positive · AI labelView post →10 Shows to get to know me (Did I do this already?) 1. Xena 2. Cleopatra 2525 3. Orphan Black 4. Revolutionary Girl Utena 5. Fresh Prince Of Bel Air (original) 6. Birds Of Prey (2002) 7. Law & Order: SVU 8. X-Files 9. Star Trek (VOY & DS9) 10. Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego (the game show)
neutral · AI labelView post →Let's get one thing straight, i LOVED Carmen Sandiego games as a kid, but this, wow, its got some beautiful level design within the game but it's utterly squandered. I also can't co-sign Carmen being the lead - Carmen is always the enigmatic villain who drives the game forward in a way for us to be compelled to catch her, with that reversed, the game just loses its exciting bite. As such the game just feels a bit aimless and childlike Otherwise, the gameplay is a serious issue. Some of the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →WAIT UP, HOLD THE PHONE, THEY MADE A NEW CARMEN SANDIEGO GAME AND IT'S BASED ON THE NETFLIX DESIGNS?!
neutral · AI labelView post →A chat with Gary Carlston of Brøderbund. cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/47907489 > Brøderbund might not have been among the most productive game publishers in the eighties and nineties, but you could bet any game they did publish was of a high quality. The American company released games like Lode Runner, Choplifter, Karateka, Prince of Persia, Wings of Fury, SimCity, Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego and Myst, and with gems like these they had a big influence on computer and…
neutral · AI labelView post →I really like Carmen Sandiego, but this game feels like a mobile game and isn't worth my 18 euros
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →every video game assumes i want to craft, when what i really want to do is apprehend international super thief Carmen Sandiego
neutral · AI labelView post →I want a Sinners game jam. Give me a Rise of the Triad-style shoot 'em up, a Rise of the Dragon-style visual adventure, a rhythm game, a couple platformers, a Carmen Sandiego game about jazz history, and some kind of Obra Dinn thing where you try to figure out what happened to a vampirized town.
neutral · AI labelView post →If you're looking for any of the charm of the classic games, you wont find it here.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sure, there was Google, but Gary was gonna fact-check you in real time using the 1985 almanac that came with his Carmen Sandiego game.
neutral · AI labelView post →I saved newspaper TV sections from most of the 1990s. Here's what was on broadcast network TV on Saturday, April 15, 1995: | | ABC | CBS | FOX | NBC | PBS |------|:-------------------------------------|:-----------------------------------|:-----------------------------------|:---------------------------------|:---| | 6:00 | Cro | The…
neutral · AI labelView post →Slightly diminish a game: Where in San Diego is Carmen Sandiego?
neutral · AI labelView post →If I could give this game a sideways thumbs I would. I dont think it deserves a thumbs all the way up, but it doesnt deserve a thumbs down. It's meerly meh. I was very excited for this game to come out. I bought it and downloaded it as soon as possible on launch day. Once I started playing, it just felt like an "okay" game. The graphics are good. but the game play gets a bit stale after a bit. Overall, I'll keep it, and finish playing it, but its starting to bore me after one or two cases. If…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →today's dose of software history: Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego? by Brøderbund i wonder how many kids never got to see the physical box contents, because they played it in a school classroom, or borrowed the disks from a friend. this is one of those games where having the physical box contents was imperative, because you couldn't play the game without them. the game came with a *thick* paperback copy of New American Desk Encyclopedia, printed specifically for the game. in order to progress…
neutral · AI labelView post →Ever wonder how your favorite game company started? We're launching a new series today to answer that question! www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/2025/07/o... Our first article comes courtesy of editor @playhistory.bsky.social looking at the company behind Carmen Sandiego + more!
neutral · AI labelView post →The 'tutorial' vs the first level of this game feel very different. The graphics were 3d-ish for the 'tutorial' section, but then the first case is pixel art. The game just feels misleading and misrepresented. Also, as others said, mobile game feel for A-list game price. Disappointed, and returned/refunded.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Carmen Sandiego is one of the first games I played as a kid in the early 90s. I also watched a ton of the TV show. Have tons of nostalgia for this franchise. And this game just... falls flat of what I'd expect in 2025. The original game had 30 locations. This game has 15. That kind of sums up everything wrong with this version of Carmen Sandiego... it's just less and worse than a game made 40 years ago. Impressive to pull off, really. Because of how few locations there are, everything gets…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →NYPD now playing a high-stakes game of Carmen Sandiego "hmmmm the gunman left a corn husk on the ground... better check... Des Moines"
neutral · AI labelView post →A chat with Gary Carlston of Brøderbund. Brøderbund might not have been among the most productive game publishers in the eighties and nineties, but you could bet any game they did publish was of a high quality. The American company released games like Lode Runner, Choplifter, Karateka, Prince of Persia, Wings of Fury, SimCity, Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego and Myst, and with gems like these they had a big influence on computer and video games as a whole.
neutral · AI labelView post →It is a f*cking mobile game! And they ask for 30 euro? f*ck me... didnt notice it was made by Gameslop...
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Carmen Sandiego Game Announced for Netflix, Steam, PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch - IGN.
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm not sure if this game is actually "finished" - it seems incomplete. Also, WILDLY overpriced for what you get. There is very little gameplay - can do the whole thing in a few hours or less - and, like I said, it feels like an incomplete game. I wanted to love this for the nostalgia factor but, at this price point, it's absolute crap.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Though I had to use a pseudonym for personal reasons... There I am! My first videogame credit! I can finally reveal that I worked on the localization for the very recent Carmen Sandiego game based on the Netflix show!
positive · AI labelView post →North Dakota: The most famous video game set in North Dakota by a mile is Where in North Dakota is Carmen Sandiego. Thank you Broederbund for making North Dakota the experimental pilot for the state specific games since North Dakota wouldn't have anything without it.
neutral · AI labelView post →I like Netflix's Carmen sandiego a lot, but but gameslop studio did really bad job there. The game has some bugs like you know where the VILE operative is, you narroved down the possibilities to 2 guys, but you flew too fast to that city, did not discover that one random person in mexico that knew that Vile operative was afraid of the dark, so you loose, because the warrant was not ready, and you have to replay the whole mission. EDIT: it turns out that if you file warrant on wrong person,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? The originals, that Brøderbund released in the 80s and 90s. This property spawned a game show, a Netflix show, and other pale imitations of the original. It has legs. Bring it back. Let me learn about other people and places through crime, dammit!
positive · AI labelView post →If you're expecting 1990s CS you're going to be disappointed but overall good game so far
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Since a new Carmen Sandiego game was just announced, I wanted to draw Pauline as Carmen. 😁👍 -Mel
neutral · AI labelView post →1980’s, but yeah. The Apple IIc was the computer of choice for my junior high school. But in addition to Oregon Trail, my favourite was “Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego?” — she was a game before she was a kid’s game show. ✈️
neutral · AI labelView post →Kink game in the vein of Carmen Sandiego. Play as the royal guard captain in a fantasy world, tasked with tracking down the kidnapped king. You have to figure out who the culprit is, where they're hiding, and how the king has been TF'd to conceal him.
neutral · AI labelView post →Playing my favorite game. Carmen Sandiego. Of course I named myself Agent Fart. This sexy bish is Agent Fart 🤣
positive · AI labelView post →Where in Space is Carmen Sandiego? Opening (DOS). I loved this game, and this intro is great. Stick around for the 2nd video in the playlist for the "GROK" drop lol and the chief talking. Some real core memories for me.
positive · AI labelView post →"What in the world happened to Marth from Fire Emblem?!" - Random Fire emblem player 3D render created by: Me & @charmingcooper.bsky.social Based off of: A render of Carmen Sandiego from Carmen Sandiego (2025 Gameloft game)
neutral · AI labelView post →Broderbund > Netflix
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's difficult to say I don't recommend this game because, if it were completed, I'd likely still be playing through it right now. Like many other players, I was also excited to play a revamp to the Carmen Sandiego games I grew up with and I did not read through the reviews before I purchased. Unfortunately, as other reviewers have noted, the final chapter of the primary case - which is distinct from the "archived cases" you can also play in that only the primary case includes animation,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is pretty good remake of Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego? The only problem with this game is that it seems to waste your time in the beginning to unlock next missions. Even if you solve early easy missions successfully, you still don't get enough points to proceed to next mission, so you need to replay the mission to get the required level. Later missions become more challenging (geographic facts, English skill, QTE events, puzzle minigames), but then the progression seems to solve…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A chat with Gary Carlston of Brøderbund. cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/47907658 > cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/47907489 > > > Brøderbund might not have been among the most productive game publishers in the eighties and nineties, but you could bet any game they did publish was of a high quality. The American company released games like Lode Runner, Choplifter, Karateka, Prince of Persia, Wings of Fury, SimCity, Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego and Myst, and with…
neutral · AI labelView post →I'll be honest here and say that I bought the deluxe edition of this game more because I really liked the show than for the game itself. Even so, I can't recommend this at the price it is set for what is offered here. It boils down to finding small clues in a guessing game of "Who is it, and where next?" Whether you get information or not for an action is based on some common sense guessing, such as trying to cut someone off by running on top of a bullet train being a bad idea because it's too…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So the current Carmen Sandiego game is going to do limited-time events? It's suddenly feeling very Prodigy-era Carmen.
neutral · AI labelView post →I have enjoyed this game so far. It has a lot of the feel of the old Carmen Sandiego but with the modern puzzle solving look. I can see myself finishing this game. Only thing I wish is that some of the older games (like Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego) could get incorporated into this sort of game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Catwoman would win the brawl but maybe Carmen would win as a thief. Kid me could never catch her in that Carmen Sandiego computer game.
neutral · AI labelView post →Best. Carmen Sandiego game. Ever.
positive · AI labelView post →Really not much to do here. I don't really understand how they managed to take away the fun from the really fun Carmen San Diego books. The "puzzles" if you could even call them that are not just linear but non-dimensional in the sense that you don't even have to do anything since everything is pretty obvious. They really managed to take the fun and excitement of looking for the suspect in the Carmen San Diego books. Good animations and graphics really are not everything for making good games.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →LOVE this game!! If you played the old games you'll like this imo. It's very much like the old PC games with some modern mechanics mixed in. Very educational still; you learn multiple facts in every location you visit, and even every time you visit (I've gone back to multiple locations and keep adding facts to the almanac). Apparently you can play it on mobile? I hate playing games on my phone though, especially a game like this. This is a game I could and have spent hours playing. I intend to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really do feel like investigation info the United Healthcare CEO murder is unfolding on the timeline like a real-life game of Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego
neutral · AI labelView post →Ever since I first learned about Blood Quest — the historically important unpublished adventure game that two of the co-creators of Carmen Sandiego did before that — I've been anxiously waiting for Jason Dyer to get to it on his blog, and finally here it is:
neutral · AI labelView post →Next on All the Adventures, I give the early history of both Broderbund and Star Craft, and the very silly game made under a pseudonym by two of the lead creators of the Carmen Sandiego series. bluerenga.blog/2026/10/17/b...
neutral · AI labelView post →Life on the computer was just a Carmen Sandiego game. If I wanted to be known, I just went outside till the streetlights came on.
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm torn on this game. It is not bad, but its also not worth writing home about. It is a simple puzzle game that follows the same logic of the older 'Carmen Sandiego' games. You fly to a city on the world map. find clues on the stole object, fly to new areas based on clues, rinse and repeat until you make the arrest. My biggest problem is the game play is not very engaging. This game was developed by Gameloft, who exclusively makes Mobile games and ports of major titles to Mobile devices.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I am a fan of the original Carmen Sandiego and look forward to playing this game with my children, BUT paying $40 for a game that barely cracks 1G is insane. My only options are 'yes' and 'no', but if I had to give it a star rating - 3 stars.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My brother knows how much I'm Obsessed with Carmen Sandiego, so he bought me the Deluxe Edition as a gift, and I LOVE IT! I was obsessed with the old game as a kid, and used to watch the cartoon on Boomerang back then too. so when the new show released I was so happy, I had got back into playing the game again. Its been 4 years since I had heard anything about Carmen except for the brief game on Google World, So when I heard this game was coming out I really wanted it, and it didn't…
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