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Sherlock Holmes and The Hound of The Baskervilles

Waterlily Games · Frogwares · 2012-04-23

SteamGOG

AdventureCasual

Franchise: Sherlock Holmes · Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 01, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 06, 2022 (Nintendo Switch)

Help Sherlock Holmes, the famed detective, investigate the legend of a supernatural hound on the fog-shrouded moorland in England of the 19th century. Immerse yourself into the dangerous world of diabolical curse and discover the truth of the monstrous creature.

10
playing now
89%
positive of 950 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
51/100
IGDB user rating (9 ratings)
3h
to beat · rushed 2h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$0.99
steam price (US)

10 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 08:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 31% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 38k–76k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 950 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$0.99-90%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$0.99-90%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.80 at GamesPlanet UK (2024-08-02) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 35 of 57 observed days · $0.19 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

1402026-08-11 20:00 — 7 players2026-08-12 12:00 — 3 players2026-08-13 03:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 19:00 — 5 players2026-08-14 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 03:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 19:00 — 5 players2026-08-16 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 18:00 — 5 players2026-08-18 10:00 — 3 players2026-08-19 02:00 — 4 players2026-08-19 18:00 — 11 players2026-08-20 09:00 — 7 players2026-08-21 01:00 — 6 players2026-08-21 17:00 — 12 players2026-08-22 09:00 — 9 players2026-08-23 01:00 — 4 players2026-08-23 16:00 — 14 players2026-08-24 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 00:00 — 5 players2026-08-25 16:00 — 9 players2026-08-26 08:00 — 4 players2026-08-27 01:00 — 8 players2026-08-27 17:00 — 6 players2026-08-28 09:00 — 6 players2026-08-29 01:00 — 5 players2026-08-29 16:00 — 9 players2026-08-30 08:00 — 10 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$11.84$0.632015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $2.492015-11-02 — best price $9.992017-10-26 — best price $2.492018-06-25 — best price $3.002018-10-22 — best price $2.502019-01-23 — best price $2.492019-04-18 — best price $2.502019-08-26 — best price $1.872019-11-12 — best price $9.992020-01-15 — best price $10.012020-03-06 — best price $9.992020-05-26 — best price $7.342020-07-15 — best price $9.992020-09-04 — best price $8.822020-10-07 — best price $9.992020-11-04 — best price $9.992020-12-13 — best price $9.992021-01-18 — best price $2.492021-02-27 — best price $9.992021-04-09 — best price $9.992021-05-13 — best price $2.502021-06-28 — best price $9.992021-10-28 — best price $2.492022-02-28 — best price $9.992022-06-24 — best price $1.992022-10-31 — best price $7.892023-03-20 — best price $1.992023-08-02 — best price $9.992023-12-11 — best price $8.332024-04-08 — best price $0.992024-08-19 — best price $1.192025-01-02 — best price $9.992025-05-12 — best price $0.992025-09-29 — best price $0.992026-03-04 — best price $9.992026-06-15 — best price $9.992026-08-30 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

32
achievements tracked
73.5%
earned "Incredible Speed"
58.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

10 supported languages: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Japanese, Danish, Dutch, Swedish

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,90935%32
Switch (Nintendo)80%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

CasualPuzzleMysteryAdventureDetectiveSingleplayerHidden ObjectPoint & Click

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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