Quick Verdict: Snoopy & The Great Mystery Club is adorable and incredibly well-designed. But, the price and the repetition sucked a lot of the joy out of the game.
A code was provided for Snoopy & The Great Mystery Club by the publisher and it was played on PC.

Game: Snoopy & The Great Mystery Club
Developer(s): Cradle Games
Publisher: GameMill Entertainment
Review Score: 7
Cozy Score: 7
Price: $39.99
Pros:  Easy for kids to play and faithful to the source material and art style. The comic strips are always fantastic.
Cons: This game gets most of its length from making you traipse from one end of the map to the other and back. 
Platforms: PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox, and PlayStation.
Genres: Exploration, Puzzle
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If you’re a fan of the Peanuts franchise and mystery-solving, Snoopy & The Great Mystery Club is a surprisingly adorable (and, of course, family-friendly) entry into the world of Charles Schulz. 

Snoopy & The Great Mystery Club puts you in the shoes of the titular beagle, Snoopy, as he roams around the school, the forest, and other Peanuts locales as a member of The Great Mystery Club. Solve puzzles, follow clues, and play mini-games as Snoopy enlists various characters from across the franchise in an action-puzzle adventure.

During the game, you are tasked with solving various mysteries that characters will bring to your attention. Snoopy, aside from Detective Snoopy, can become a bunch of his infamous personas, like the Beagle Scout and Pirate, which help you solve each case with different skills. The DLC even lets you be the most infamous, Joe Cool.

When playing, I found that it was a lot of back and forth. While some people or kids may enjoy this and find it cozy to immerse themselves in, it felt a lot more like a slog to me. For instance, I’d have to go from the school at the top of the map, all the way to the bottom of the entire map, and talk to a character who sent me right back to the school.

That theme continues throughout the entire game for every task. I’m usually a lover of fetch quests, but it felt devoid of purpose and life when that was the main bulk of the game, task after task.

Watch the trailer for Snoopy & The Great Mystery Club

While the point of the game is to set up more and more iconic locations and history from the past 75 years, such as Charlie Brown’s home and the Kite-eating tree, the traversal felt way more like the point of the game than the mystery-solving itself.

As mentioned, this game is likely a great time sink for those who just want to immerse themselves in the Peanuts IP or parents of kids who need something long and drawn out to do. But, I went into this hoping for more problem-solving and investigation. Instead, the game feels like a bunch of mini-games based on famous scenes from the franchise strung together by a walking simulator.

On a positive note, the game is gorgeous. If this review were judging by just the graphics and character designs themselves, you’d be in for a real (dog) treat. 

My favorite part was finding the comic strip pages that could be read. They’re actual original comic strips and those are always a delight. My review copy included the Joe Cool Fun Pack, which included 75 comics for the 75th anniversary.

My concern is the price. This game has a lot of playtime in it, but it can likely get repetitive after so long. Personally, even though the Deluxe Edition includes the comics, four extra minigames, and the exclusive Joe Cool outfit, $55 for everything just might be a tad steep. Without those extras, the base game is still $39.99, and that might still be pricey for what you get.

I would recommend that if you’re a fan of the franchise and excited to grab this game, wait for a good sale. There’s nothing inherently wrong with it, but it just doesn’t seem worth the price to me.

Snoopy & The Great Mystery Club is on Steam, Nintendo Switch, Xbox, and PlayStation for $39.99. The Joe Cool Fun Pack, as mentioned, is an additional $14.99. You can get both in a bundle deal, as of writing, for $49.48 on Steam. While you’re here, go ahead and check out some of our other reviews, like Dream Garden or Undusted: Letters from the Past.