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Sherlock Holmes - Nemesis

Frogwares · 2008-08-07

Steam

AdventureRPG

Franchise: Sherlock Holmes · Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 14, 2008 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

This new Sherlock Holmes game sends us to 19th Century London where Arséne Lupin, a young French burglar with an impressive track record, has just challenged Scotland Yard and the most famous of detectives - Sherlock Holmes.

3
playing now
71%
positive of 776 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
69/100
IGDB user rating (30 ratings)
10h
to beat · rushed 8h · completionist 12h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$0.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Sherlock Holmes Versus Arsène Lupin is an adventure game developed by Frogwares. The fourth game in the Sherlock Holmes series, it was released in October 2007 and is distributed by Focus Home Interactive. It was preceded in 2002 by Sherlock Holmes: The Mystery of the Mummy, in 2004 by Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Silver Earring and in 2007 by Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened.

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  • · Top 34% of 11,424 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 31k–62k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 776 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$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 42 of 65 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

1812026-08-11 17:00 — 8 players2026-08-12 09:00 — 3 players2026-08-13 01:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 16:00 — 8 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 4 players2026-08-15 00:00 — 3 players2026-08-15 16:00 — 3 players2026-08-16 08:00 — 4 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 4 players2026-08-17 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 23:00 — 4 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 7 players2026-08-20 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-21 14:00 — 8 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 7 players2026-08-23 14:00 — 18 players2026-08-24 05:00 — 4 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 10 players2026-08-25 13:00 — 12 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 5 players2026-08-26 22:00 — 5 players2026-08-27 14:00 — 5 players2026-08-28 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 22:00 — 8 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 10 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$10.01$0.632015-01-012026-08-252015-01-01 — best price $4.992016-11-23 — best price $2.492018-02-19 — best price $9.992018-07-24 — best price $9.992018-10-25 — best price $2.492019-01-04 — best price $9.992019-03-18 — best price $8.812019-06-03 — best price $2.212019-09-28 — best price $9.842019-11-28 — best price $2.492020-01-24 — best price $2.492020-03-19 — best price $2.502020-06-03 — best price $9.992020-07-08 — best price $2.492020-08-25 — best price $2.492020-09-28 — best price $2.502020-10-26 — best price $2.492020-11-27 — best price $2.492021-01-06 — best price $7.342021-02-12 — best price $9.992021-03-13 — best price $8.382021-04-14 — best price $8.382021-05-17 — best price $9.992021-07-08 — best price $9.992021-10-27 — best price $2.492022-02-24 — best price $8.892022-06-23 — best price $1.992022-10-31 — best price $7.892023-03-16 — best price $1.992023-07-24 — best price $1.572023-11-22 — best price $1.992024-03-14 — best price $0.992024-07-14 — best price $9.992024-11-05 — best price $9.992025-04-03 — best price $9.992025-08-04 — best price $6.642026-01-05 — best price $9.992026-04-30 — best price $9.992026-08-10 — best price $0.882026-08-25 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German

Player tags

RPGPuzzleMysteryAdventureDetectiveFirst-PersonSingleplayerInvestigationPoint & Click

Census log

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

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