The Secret of the Nautilus of "The Secret of the Nautilus" had surpassed 117,000 copies. Süddeutsche Zeitung felt that while the game would attract fans of Jules Verne, they would become dismayed by the game's "combintion puzzles". Reviewer Four Fat Chicks felt the small hotspots, and timed sections, let the game down. The Secret of the Nautilus The Secret of the Nautilus (known as The Mystery of the Nautilus in the US) is a 2002 adventure video game, inspired by Jules Verne's science fiction novel "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea". It was developed by Cryo Interactive and released for Microsoft Windows based PCs. The
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea public-domain translation, which is available from a number of sources, notably a recent edition with the title "Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Seas" (). In 2010 Walter released a fully revised, newly researched translation with the title "20,000 Leagues Under the Seas" — part of an omnibus of five of his Verne translations titled "Amazing Journeys: Five Visionary Classics" and published by State University of New York Press. In 1998 William Butcher issued a new, annotated translation from the French original, published by Oxford University Press, , with the title "Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Seas". He includes detailed notes,