Game2018

Ashley Clark: Secret of the Ruby

AdventureCasualIndie

Developer N-Tri Studio

Detective Ashley Clark is puzzled by a series of mysterious kidnappings. The only connection between these unusual disappearances is a ruby pendant. Could someone be using this sparkling ornament to send a clandestine message, or could this be the handiwork of an underground cult? From the Steam store page

27 reactions from 2 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky) · newest Jul 14, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works

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Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
43 of 55 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)

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  • Steam user Steam user …3719Steam reviews · Dec 13, 2021 · 3 h played

    Information / Review English Ashley Clark: Secret of the Ruby is a point and click adventure game developed by N-Tri Studio Studio. Gameplay / Story You start in an office and then find yourself in a prison cell, where the game really starts. There are a few things you have to do to get ahead. There are also hidden object scenes that are nicely done. Furthermore, in the game there is the possibility to switch from the different scenes, thanks to the existing compass. It is also nicely…

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  • Steam user Steam user …9492Steam reviews · Dec 6, 2018 · 4 h played

    Ashley Clark: Secret of the Ruby is a Hidden Object game which was released in 2013 and arrived to steam around Q3 of 2018, because of this its sadly a steam is learning about game which means currently it dont provide +1 to profile game count. Achievements earned in this game, just as perfection not count to profile numbers either. Lets hope it will leave that phase once. Nearly all Hidden Object game has female protagonists, this isnt an exception. You playing as a modern age detective who…

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  • Steam user Steam user …5554Steam reviews · Jul 14, 2018 · 4 h played

    A game originally released in 2013 but still a good game to play! Ashley Clark is a detective who is working on a mysterious kidnapping case, she then found a ruby pendant which she assumed it is the connection between all cases. Upon touching that glowing pendant, she was taken back in time, to the place where all of this was started. Ashley will speak to phantom, helping to release them from their captive, and then meet two lovers who were forced to part away by death. By helping all of those…

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  • Steam user Steam user …3738Steam reviews · Jul 6, 2018 · 7 h played

    Game provided for Curator review Options include separate sliders for Music and Sound, Full-screen, Wide Screen and Maintain Aspect Ratio (default). The game actually looks pretty darned good stretched to Wide Screen, so I recommend unchecking the Aspect Ratio button to see how you like it ;) There are four difficulties to choose from, ranging from Easy to Nightmare. I went with Normal mode, so this review will be based upon those settings. HIDDEN OBJECTS: The HO scenes are varied, going…

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  • Steam user Steam user …4327Steam reviews · Jul 17, 2018 · 4 h played

    'Ashley Clark: Secret of the Ruby' is a typical HOG/point&click/adventure game. We are trying to solve the case of disappearances, it seems that everything is connected to the ruby pendant which we found on the crime scene. Pros: +Hidden Object scenes are really good +Nice arts +Additional language translations +One-playthrought 100% achievement Cons: -Some voiceovers are cut during cutscenes -Missing some subtitle lines in the cutscenes

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  • Steam user Steam user …6427Steam reviews · May 2, 2022 · 5 h played

    Negatives... - Buggy, missing or inaccurate voice acting and subtitles throughout. - Repetitive background music, that also happens to be missing in large portions of the game. - No map to navigate, lots of going back and forth. - Click on the left side of the screen to go to the room to the left, to go back you click on the bottom of the screen, not the right... even when the exit on the screen is to the right. Positives... + Some interesting puzzles. In short, it's an older title with…

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  • Steam user Steam user …8447Steam reviews · Jul 11, 2018 · 9 h played

    As a huge hidden object games lover I competely recommend to play Ashley Clark: Secret of the Ruby. The story is unique and very interesting. Scenes with hidden objects are well-made and have various scenarios. Puzzles aren't easy, but if you want to skip them - you always can. Amazing game!

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  • Steam user Steam user …7667Steam reviews · May 16, 2022 · 4 h played

    Not a terrible HOG/HOPA, considering the age of the game. But I honestly cannot recommend it. The puzzles were unique, different than those in other similar games, but they were all either far too easy, or far too annoyingly fussy and felt dragged out. Hidden object scenes were not the best. Items were either far too obvious, or lacked enough contrast to pick tem out from the muddy artwork. The art itself was meh- either way to bright and overdone, or way too muddy and smudgy. Music was fine,…

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  • Steam user Steam user …4089Steam reviews · Nov 18, 2018 · 11 h played

    If someone were interested in this game, I wouldn't tell them not to get it, but I certainly would not recommend it, either. There were just too many isses/problems. Pro: + The artwork was decent + The music was decent + The story was decent Con: - A lot of the HOS objects were 75+% hidden (either covered by other objects or off-screen), making it nearly impossible to find them - Quite a few of the HOS objects were just a shade of color different than the background, making it so they…

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  • Steam user Steam user …2006Steam reviews · Jan 12, 2020 · 5 h played

    Hmm, this is a hard game to review. It is pretty decent and even not that short, but playing it without a map that indicates where to go next is painful. That only half of the dialogue lines are voiced is another 'interesting' choice. Otherwise the game is solid and quite fun to play. The ending is a bit week (actually the whole 'story' of the game), but it doesn't take away from the game itself. Wouldn't recommend it for the full price, but get the bundle with all games in a sale.

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  • Steam user Steam user …1386Steam reviews · Jul 26, 2019 · 3 h played

    Short version: 51% The nice-looking surface of 'Secret of the Ruby' hides a forgettable casual adventure game. With its bad dialogue and the overabundance of backtracking, sometimes not even the good hidden object scenes can help with its mediocrity. Long version: Ashley Clark: Secret of the Ruby is not the kind of hidden object game you will remember for its story. True, technically, it has one: we play as a detective helping a grief-stricken spectre to hunt down the real killer of his wife.…

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  • Steam user Steam user …8937Steam reviews · Jan 25, 2019 · 14 h played

    Excellent game. *Lots* of gameplay in terms of puzzles and HO scenes. An interesting and consistent story. Good music. Decent voice acting (more European or British or softer American accents would be nice). The map functions well. There's nothing wrong and a lot right. Highly recommended.

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  • Steam user Steam user …9409Steam reviews · Jul 11, 2018 · 4 h played

    Good Game. Beautiful soundtrack and nice gameplay. 10/10

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  • Steam user Steam user …2712Steam reviews · Jul 11, 2018 · 2 h played

    The game includes 4 modes of difficulty, I chose the medium. The plot is quite diverse with reasonable puzzles. The game is still long, which will not let you get bored, definitely recommend.

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  • Steam user Steam user …0531Steam reviews · Jul 8, 2018 · 15 h played

    This one sits between recommended and not recommended. Nothing wrong with the games Hidden Object Scenes. The story is dull. Locations are ok. Voice acting is half-arsed; a character will speak the first couple of lines and then not then next couple of line. Same goes for the lip-synching, that was only done for half of the voice-acting. It's like someone said ah ♥♥♥♥ it just ship it anyway before it was 100% done. Puzzles are very run of the mill. The achievements 100% worked thankfully.…

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  • Steam user Steam user …4814Steam reviews · Jan 25, 2019 · 2 h played

    I would have recommended this game as positive, but it got stuck on collecting wooden pieces on the pier. No matter how many times I went back and forth or tried to click to collect the wooden piece, it would not allow me to do so and therefore I could not continue with the game and therefore I cannot recommend this specific play. Having said that - up tothis time the game was good and I enjoyed the fact that you had to collect your 'hints'. It was more challenging therefore.

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  • Steam user Steam user …7139Steam reviews · Feb 5, 2020 · 16 h played

    Great puzzles. Worth the money. Game was long but continued to hold my interest. Will definitely play it again. Enjoyed this one a lot.

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  • Steam user Steam user …1916Steam reviews · Feb 1, 2019 · 21 h played

    I have been stuck at Part 3 for a while now (the garden / thorn part). I've asked for support on the game forum and I've even asked for a refund but I've played the game for more than two hours (trying to figure out / degub my issue) so no go. I've looked at the walkthrough and I did everything I needed to do. I uninstalled the game (steam cloud unchecked) but still stuck at the same part. I've also created three other characters and nothing is working. So I played for over two hours, trying…

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  • Steam user Steam user …3802Steam reviews · Nov 30, 2018 · 7 h played

    Don't play the game on nightmare. It is hard enough as it is.

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  • Press X 2 Play Games @pressx2playgames.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 14, 2026

    We are happy to announce Khrystyne Haje has joined the VO cast for our in development video game called GET PREPPED! She will be voicing Gina Fuller and Ashley Clark. You may already know her from: (TV Show) Head of The Class as Simone Foster

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  • Steam user Steam user …3738Steam reviews · Mar 25, 2020 · 6 h played

    An older hidden object title, but one that can still leave you stumped in places As a bit of a seasoned hidden object gamer, I came into this one, a indisputable 'backlog' title, expecting problems. Thankfully my feelings were not justified. It's a solid game, and the achievements are a relaxing collection of story-related un-missable ones, that's sure to put you in a good mood. Following the 'detective solving a case' theme, I just kind of blundered along solving things and finding things. I…

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  • Steam user Steam user …0291Steam reviews · Jan 23, 2019 · 4 h played

    A good game, nice story.

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  • Steam user Steam user …3794Steam reviews · Nov 13, 2018 · 7 h played

    Plenty of not-too-serious puzzles and hidden object screens. Game just keeps on going too.

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  • Steam user Steam user …4807Steam reviews · Nov 5, 2018 · 9 h played

    The story is not particularly engaging and the voiced dialogue sometimes cuts out mid-sentence or is not provided at all, but the puzzles are interesting and there are a lot of hidden object scenes. Puzzles range from easy to very difficult. Probably 2 of my hours were spent on staring at the harder puzzles trying to figure out how to solve them, and also in a lot of wandering around trying to figure out what to do next. I didn't realize that there's a map until I was about 90% through the…

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  • Steam user Steam user …1233Steam reviews · Nov 5, 2018 · 6 h played

    I picked this game up as part of a bundle during the Halloween sale and I throughly enjoyed playing it. It has a nice mix of puzzles and hidden object scenes and the plotline was pretty good. There were no annoying timers anywhere or achievements based on timers. It has reasonable voice acting and a very nice map functionality that lets you quickly go to a location where there is something to do. Also a nice little notebook that remembers stuff for you (useful if you don't play all at once). No…

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  • Steam user Steam user …3714Steam reviews · Nov 1, 2018 · 9 h played

    I couldn't wait for this to end. I mean, it wasn't BAD. It just seemed very long (I think I logged four or five hours of game play), and when I went back the next day to finish the second half of it, I couldn't remember what was going on. I was excited initially when I thought that the entire story was going to take place place in modern times. Wrong. The story was deadly dull... I just finished it, and I can't remember what happened. Something about a kidnapping? There were lots of fairly…

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  • Steam user Steam user …9420Steam reviews · Jul 11, 2018 · 3 h played

    An interesting game in the genre of Hidden Object with nice graphics and interesting multi-level quests . Advise to purchase!

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