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Sherlock Holmes - Nemesis

Frogwares · 2008-08-07

Steam

AdventureRPG

Franchise: Sherlock Holmes · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

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.

Sherlock Holmes - Nemesis is an Adventure, RPG game released in 2008, priced at $0.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (71% of 781 reviews).

0
playing now
71%
positive of 781 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
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)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$0.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 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.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 72 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~9/week).
  • · Review velocity up 57% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 15% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 31k–62k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 781 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$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 45 of 66 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
121220172026Week of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1002026-09-15 01:00 — 4 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 4 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 2 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 4 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 8 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 3 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 4 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 7 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 5 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 5 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 4 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 5 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
121Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 1 · peak 6Dec 2012 — avg 4 · peak 14May 2013 — avg 3 · peak 10Oct 2013 — avg 3 · peak 12Mar 2014 — avg 3 · peak 12Aug 2014 — avg 3 · peak 12Jan 2015 — avg 5 · peak 22Jun 2015 — avg 5 · peak 21Nov 2015 — avg 2 · peak 9Apr 2016 — avg 3 · peak 13Sep 2016 — avg 4 · peak 14Feb 2017 — avg 3 · peak 15Jul 2017 — avg 3 · peak 14Dec 2017 — avg 4 · peak 16May 2018 — avg 2 · peak 9Oct 2018 — avg 2 · peak 10Mar 2019 — avg 4 · peak 19Aug 2019 — avg 3 · peak 13Jan 2020 — avg 6 · peak 19Jun 2020 — avg 7 · peak 20Nov 2020 — avg 11 · peak 40Apr 2021 — avg 7 · peak 22Sep 2021 — avg 5 · peak 17Feb 2022 — avg 6 · peak 22Jul 2022 — avg 5 · peak 16Dec 2022 — avg 6 · peak 20May 2023 — avg 4 · peak 14Oct 2023 — avg 6 · peak 17Mar 2024 — avg 6 · peak 22Aug 2024 — avg 7 · peak 26Jan 2025 — avg 6 · peak 22Jun 2025 — avg 4 · peak 16Nov 2025 — avg 8 · peak 23Apr 2026 — avg 7 · peak 24Aug 2026 — avg 5 · peak 17
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$10.01$0.632015-01-012026-10-082015-01-01 — 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 $0.882026-10-08 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

84182026-06-01 — 28 pageviews2026-06-05 — 38 pageviews2026-06-09 — 31 pageviews2026-06-13 — 44 pageviews2026-06-17 — 33 pageviews2026-06-21 — 39 pageviews2026-06-25 — 25 pageviews2026-06-29 — 25 pageviews2026-07-03 — 34 pageviews2026-07-07 — 38 pageviews2026-07-11 — 48 pageviews2026-07-15 — 36 pageviews2026-07-19 — 35 pageviews2026-07-23 — 45 pageviews2026-07-27 — 43 pageviews2026-07-31 — 29 pageviews2026-08-04 — 37 pageviews2026-08-08 — 35 pageviews2026-08-12 — 32 pageviews2026-08-16 — 40 pageviews2026-08-20 — 69 pageviews2026-08-24 — 53 pageviews2026-08-28 — 34 pageviews2026-09-01 — 37 pageviews2026-09-05 — 31 pageviews2026-09-09 — 29 pageviews2026-09-13 — 49 pageviews2026-09-17 — 37 pageviews2026-09-21 — 38 pageviews2026-09-25 — 28 pageviews2026-09-29 — 27 pageviews2026-10-03 — 34 pageviews2026-10-07 — 18 pageviews2026-10-11 — 33 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

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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Similarity via IGDB.

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