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Sherlock Holmes Chapter One cover art

Sherlock Holmes Chapter One

Frogwares · 2021-11-15

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ActionAdventure

Franchise: Sherlock Holmes · Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 16, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 16, 2021 (PlayStation 5), Apr 28, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Nov 16, 2021 (Xbox Series X|S)

In this story-driven detective thriller, a young Sherlock Holmes struggles to prove himself as he navigates an exotic, dangerous island in the Mediterranean to investigate the mystery of his mother’s death.

66
playing now
77%
positive of 4.5k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
77/100
critic score (9 outlets, IGDB)
76/100
IGDB user rating (39 ratings)
18h
to beat · rushed 15h · completionist 30h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.49
steam price (US)

66 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Sherlock Holmes Chapter One is an action-adventure mystery video game in the Sherlock Holmes series developed by Frogwares. It is also the first game in the series to be self-published by Frogwares itself. Described as an "origin story", the game follows a young Sherlock Holmes as he investigates a mystery in his family's home on the Mediterranean island of Cordona after his mother's death. It is the first open world title in the series.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 66 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 516 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~65/week).
  • · Review velocity up 34% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 17% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 90k–203k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,510 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$4.49-90%
Steam$4.49-90%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$4.49-90%
Microsoft Store$44.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.76 at GamesPlanet US (2026-04-10) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $44.99 · on sale 60 of 88 observed days · $0.73 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
47647620212026Week of 2021-11-01: 476 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 19 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

148162026-08-07 00:00 — 26 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 16 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 47 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 24 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 31 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 71 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 42 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 34 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 72 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 43 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 28 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 55 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 24 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 23 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 55 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 35 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 19 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 46 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 30 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 37 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 86 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 68 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 61 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 148 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 110 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 49 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 90 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 97 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 66 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$45.05$3.352021-09-162026-08-302021-09-16 — best price $40.492022-02-10 — best price $32.992022-03-24 — best price $29.692022-05-01 — best price $23.992022-06-24 — best price $24.742022-08-06 — best price $24.742022-10-18 — best price $22.492022-12-08 — best price $20.242023-01-31 — best price $44.992023-03-23 — best price $44.992023-05-02 — best price $15.752023-07-04 — best price $44.992023-08-14 — best price $13.492023-10-12 — best price $8.992023-11-29 — best price $44.992024-01-13 — best price $44.992024-02-27 — best price $8.992024-04-12 — best price $44.992024-05-27 — best price $44.992024-07-22 — best price $44.992024-09-05 — best price $44.992024-10-26 — best price $44.992024-12-09 — best price $35.992025-02-10 — best price $6.742025-03-31 — best price $6.742025-05-07 — best price $6.742025-07-16 — best price $6.742025-09-19 — best price $44.992025-11-09 — best price $4.492026-01-05 — best price $35.992026-02-23 — best price $44.992026-04-07 — best price $4.492026-05-25 — best price $4.492026-07-18 — best price $44.992026-08-12 — best price $4.492026-08-23 — best price $4.492026-08-30 — best price $4.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

272552026-05-31 — 118 pageviews2026-06-03 — 81 pageviews2026-06-06 — 122 pageviews2026-06-09 — 77 pageviews2026-06-12 — 92 pageviews2026-06-15 — 99 pageviews2026-06-18 — 96 pageviews2026-06-21 — 104 pageviews2026-06-24 — 100 pageviews2026-06-27 — 122 pageviews2026-06-30 — 112 pageviews2026-07-03 — 93 pageviews2026-07-06 — 85 pageviews2026-07-09 — 55 pageviews2026-07-12 — 82 pageviews2026-07-15 — 114 pageviews2026-07-18 — 94 pageviews2026-07-21 — 86 pageviews2026-07-24 — 83 pageviews2026-07-27 — 111 pageviews2026-07-30 — 100 pageviews2026-08-02 — 99 pageviews2026-08-05 — 97 pageviews2026-08-08 — 100 pageviews2026-08-11 — 86 pageviews2026-08-14 — 86 pageviews2026-08-17 — 242 pageviews2026-08-20 — 159 pageviews2026-08-23 — 184 pageviews2026-08-26 — 145 pageviews2026-08-27 — 98 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

39
achievements tracked
70.1%
earned "The Walls Have Ears"
17%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing11 DLC

15 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Czech, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)4,09338%39
Steam (Steam)3,24014%39
Xbox Series (Xbox)1,66818%39
PS4 (PlayStation)1,04640%39

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

Player tags

CrimeActionCombatMysteryAdventureDetectiveOpen WorldStory RichAtmosphericExploration

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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