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Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments

Frogwares · 2014-09-29

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Adventure

Franchise: Sherlock Holmes · Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 29, 2014 (PlayStation 3), Sep 29, 2014 (PlayStation 4), Sep 29, 2014 (Xbox 360), Sep 30, 2014 (Xbox One), Feb 03, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 29, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Become the most celebrated detective of all time: Sherlock Holmes! Use your impressive talents as a detective to solve six thrilling and varied cases: murders, missing persons, spectacular thefts and numerous investigations that sometimes lead you into the realms of the fantastic.

35
playing now
89%
positive of 8.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
critic score (14 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (179 ratings)
13h
to beat · rushed 11h · completionist 15h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$2.99
steam price (US)

35 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Sherlock Holmes: Crimes & Punishments is an adventure mystery video game in the Sherlock Holmes series developed by Frogwares in 2014 and distributed by Focus Home Interactive from 2014 to 2019 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One. Frogwares regained the publishing rights to the title on Steam and the game reappeared on other platforms in the start of 2020. A Nintendo Switch version was released on February 3, 2022.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 35 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 456 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~57/week).
  • · Review velocity up 22% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 9% of 11,424 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 200k–480k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 7,997 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.99-90%
Steam$2.99-90%
GOG$2.99-90%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.99-90%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.08 at GamesPlanet UK (2024-04-19) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 55 of 81 observed days · $0.91 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
20420420182026Week of 2018-01-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

88122026-08-06 23:00 — 28 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 28 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 32 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 18 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 23 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 37 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 22 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 23 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 58 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 23 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 15 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 44 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 19 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 18 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 32 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 16 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 20 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 36 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 17 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 25 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 64 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 58 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 34 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 88 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 56 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 31 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 69 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 60 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 35 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$46.26$0.002015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $28.172015-04-21 — best price $36.952015-06-18 — best price $23.822015-12-30 — best price $25.492016-08-22 — best price $26.192017-07-21 — best price $29.992018-04-05 — best price $14.992018-12-07 — best price $29.992019-09-24 — best price $25.492019-12-13 — best price $22.782020-02-06 — best price $7.502020-04-19 — best price $4.172020-07-16 — best price $6.002020-09-09 — best price $25.382020-10-16 — best price $29.992020-11-26 — best price $4.492021-01-08 — best price $29.992021-02-25 — best price $7.502021-04-16 — best price $6.862021-06-03 — best price $25.382021-09-06 — best price $29.992022-01-31 — best price $29.992022-05-02 — best price $20.852022-10-10 — best price $29.992023-02-16 — best price $29.992023-06-11 — best price $5.392023-11-01 — best price $29.992024-02-19 — best price $2.992024-06-13 — best price $29.992024-10-28 — best price $2.992025-03-13 — best price $2.992025-07-25 — best price $1.732025-12-23 — best price $2.992026-04-21 — best price $29.992026-08-17 — best price $2.992026-08-30 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

191492026-05-30 — 111 pageviews2026-06-02 — 97 pageviews2026-06-05 — 76 pageviews2026-06-08 — 73 pageviews2026-06-11 — 106 pageviews2026-06-14 — 80 pageviews2026-06-17 — 79 pageviews2026-06-20 — 79 pageviews2026-06-23 — 49 pageviews2026-06-26 — 71 pageviews2026-06-29 — 81 pageviews2026-07-02 — 66 pageviews2026-07-05 — 95 pageviews2026-07-08 — 88 pageviews2026-07-11 — 107 pageviews2026-07-14 — 81 pageviews2026-07-17 — 82 pageviews2026-07-20 — 77 pageviews2026-07-23 — 91 pageviews2026-07-26 — 107 pageviews2026-07-29 — 99 pageviews2026-08-01 — 94 pageviews2026-08-04 — 95 pageviews2026-08-07 — 79 pageviews2026-08-10 — 77 pageviews2026-08-13 — 74 pageviews2026-08-16 — 117 pageviews2026-08-19 — 152 pageviews2026-08-22 — 134 pageviews2026-08-25 — 109 pageviews2026-08-27 — 58 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

25
achievements tracked
57.6%
earned "Aye Aye, Captain!"
31.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Polish, Japanese, Russian, Ukrainian, Korean, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4, PS3 (PlayStation)17,60451%25
Xbox One (Xbox)12,92821%25
Steam (Steam)6,65018%25
PS4 (PlayStation)2,38355%25
Xbox 360 (Xbox)83851%25
PS4 (PlayStation)39069%25
Switch (Nintendo)1180%0
Switch (Nintendo)0—0

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

Player tags

CrimeActionPuzzleMysteryAdventureDetectiveHistoricalOpen WorldStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

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

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