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Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: The Case of the Tin Soldier

Zojoi · 2015-06-08

Steam

Adventure

Franchise: Sherlock Holmes · Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 08, 2015 (Mac), Jun 08, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 18, 2012 (iOS)

Inspector Smythe from Scotland Yard has informed Watson and me of the murder of General Armstead, a Tontine ticket holder. Something about this case intrigues me. Perhaps it ís that the General was about to publish a scintillating addendum to his infamous book on treasure.

Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: The Case of the Tin Soldier is a 2015 Adventure title priced at $3.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (69% of 52 reviews).

0
playing now
69%
positive of 52 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$3.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 12% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 53% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

Estimated sales: 1.3k–3.1k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 52 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.72 at Nuuvem (2026-06-16) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $3.99 · on sale 11 of 13 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3320152026Week of 2015-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 09:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$3.99$0.732015-06-092026-07-092015-06-09 — best price $2.692016-01-04 — best price $2.992016-04-18 — best price $2.992016-11-29 — best price $2.992017-07-05 — best price $2.992017-11-23 — best price $1.492018-02-26 — best price $0.742018-06-24 — best price $0.742019-03-02 — best price $2.992020-05-12 — best price $2.192020-07-11 — best price $2.192020-08-24 — best price $2.992020-09-13 — best price $2.192020-11-19 — best price $2.692020-12-10 — best price $2.992021-01-04 — best price $2.192021-03-02 — best price $2.992021-06-16 — best price $2.992021-07-27 — best price $2.692021-08-20 — best price $2.692021-10-07 — best price $2.992021-12-17 — best price $2.692022-03-05 — best price $2.692022-05-18 — best price $2.692022-06-17 — best price $2.192022-11-08 — best price $2.192024-02-07 — best price $1.492024-06-15 — best price $2.992024-08-30 — best price $2.992024-12-18 — best price $1.502025-07-16 — best price $2.992025-10-06 — best price $3.992026-05-30 — best price $2.232026-07-09 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

10
achievements tracked
21.7%
earned "Mystery's Afoot!"
14.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

FMVAdventureDetective

Census log

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

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