Salem, its ghosts, its ticking clock, and an investigation that convinced almost nobody here.

When the community picks on gut feeling, Midnight in Salem only edges past 7% of games. And the criterion by criterion detail rescues nothing, it confirms the picture line by line. Controller in hand sits at the very bottom of the ranking, art direction barely above it, the soundtrack hardly better. The desert island question only clears 4% of titles, fun 6%. The two least bad scores stay low: attachment gets ahead of 10% of games, the wish to rediscover it ahead of 12%, on few votes. There is no tension here, no criterion that saves the rest. The verdict is uniform, and it is low. Really low.

To be honest about it: a family friendly point-and-click mystery rarely holds up against questions built for lasting emotion and visual impact. But even allowing for that, its genre neighbours fare better. The gap does not come from the criteria alone.

So, who is it for? For you if you have followed the series forever, if you enjoy a calm investigation and the mood of an old haunted house. Much less if you want a game that stands up to the competition on just about any ground.