In Nancy Drew: Alibi in Ashes, the heroine herself is considered the culprit of the fire at the city hall. The casual game has a detective story and is made in the hidden object genre. The user will have to help the girl detective prove her innocence in the arson. In Drew's hometown of River Heights, a terrible fire occurs, burning down the town hall. Gossip does its job, and the police consider the protagonist to be guilty.Game characters:
- Nancy Drew - an amateur detective, a heroine who shows little emotion and always finds a way out of difficult situations.
- Bess Marvin, Jess Fain - the heroine's girlfriends.
- Ned Nickerson - the protagonist's beloved boyfriend.
- Deirdre Shannon - the main rival of the girl-heroine, with whom she studies in the same class, loves Ned.
- Antonia Tony Scullari - a member of the city council, owns a cafe, considers the girl a lawbreaker.
- Brenda Carlton - a journalist on a local channel. The girl in her video once exposes the detective.
- Alexey Markovik - a detective in the past, who was once accused of some crime, and now the man has opened an antique shop.
- Sheriff Maginis - heads the police, takes the detective under arrest.
Nancy Drew. A burnt alibi will send the player's ward to the competition Hot evidence. The girl detective goes to her native land with her friends - Ned, Bess and Jess. During the competition, the rivals go to different places, and the detective herself goes to the town hall, where she was locked up. Soon, a flame breaks out inside, which spreads throughout the entire building. The girl is saved, but she herself is accused of deliberate arson. Maginis releases the girl from the prison cell, but does not allow her to leave the station. The comrades do not abandon the girl here either, helping to find the villains, so the user controls each of the 4 comrades in turn. In the process, the player will have to explore the protégé's hometown, take and remove fingerprints, working in the local police lab, interrogate witnesses, collect evidence. The user moves around the game map between 6 locations, and the screen can also call up a phone and inventory. Gameplay - point-and-click with puzzles and optional mini-games integrated into the plot. To get a hint, the protagonist calls his father, and you can also call a friend using your phone.