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Sherlock Holmes The Awakened

Frogwares · 2023-04-11

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Adventure

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

Releases: Apr 11, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Apr 11, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 11, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Apr 11, 2023 (Xbox One), Apr 11, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S), Apr 11, 2023 (PlayStation 4)

Experience a nerve-racking Lovecraftian adventure, rebuilt from the ground up with modern graphics and gameplay. Become Sherlock Holmes, and find yourself at the heart of the terrifying Cthulhu Mythos as you investigate a series of mysterious disappearances in Europe and the US.

Sherlock Holmes The Awakened is an Adventure game released in 2023, priced at $39.99, with Very Positive reviews (82% of 3004 reviews) and an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners.

26
playing now
82%
positive of 3.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
82/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (28 ratings)
10
Nexus mods (2.0k downloads)
4.18★
PlayStation Store rating (1,904 ratings)
10h
to beat · rushed 9h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$39.99
steam price (US)

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

Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened is an adventure video game developed and published by Frogwares. It is a remake of the 2007 game Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened and the tenth installment in the Sherlock Holmes series. The remake builds upon the original game with updated visuals, a new voice cast, and improved gameplay. The plot was also reworked to serve as a sequel to the 2021 game Sherlock Holmes Chapter One.

Trailer

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Health check

Healthy
  • · 26 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 471 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~59/week).
  • · Review velocity down 4% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 28,914 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 60k–135k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,004 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$3.99-90%
GOG$3.99-90%
Microsoft Store$3.99-90%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.35 at GamesPlanet US (2026-04-10) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 97 of 123 observed days · $0.64 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
29829820232026Week of 2023-04-01: 298 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5282026-09-15 15:00 — 43 players2026-09-17 00:00 — 25 players2026-09-18 07:00 — 12 players2026-09-19 15:00 — 33 players2026-09-20 22:00 — 32 players2026-09-22 06:00 — 9 players2026-09-23 13:00 — 18 players2026-09-24 21:00 — 19 players2026-09-26 04:00 — 11 players2026-09-27 12:00 — 31 players2026-09-28 19:00 — 31 players2026-09-30 03:00 — 8 players2026-10-01 10:00 — 14 players2026-10-02 18:00 — 36 players2026-10-04 02:00 — 26 players2026-10-05 10:00 — 13 players2026-10-06 17:00 — 39 players2026-10-08 01:00 — 20 players2026-10-09 08:00 — 17 players2026-10-10 16:00 — 52 players2026-10-11 23:00 — 27 players2026-10-13 07:00 — 13 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 26 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
18716Apr 2023Aug 2026Apr 2023 — avg 187 · peak 724Jun 2023 — avg 30 · peak 127Aug 2023 — avg 38 · peak 130Oct 2023 — avg 24 · peak 83Dec 2023 — avg 23 · peak 82Feb 2024 — avg 25 · peak 104Apr 2024 — avg 23 · peak 85Jun 2024 — avg 20 · peak 65Aug 2024 — avg 33 · peak 136Oct 2024 — avg 29 · peak 101Dec 2024 — avg 30 · peak 84Feb 2025 — avg 32 · peak 114Apr 2025 — avg 27 · peak 82Jun 2025 — avg 16 · peak 68Aug 2025 — avg 49 · peak 215Oct 2025 — avg 44 · peak 122Dec 2025 — avg 26 · peak 65Feb 2026 — avg 34 · peak 120Apr 2026 — avg 35 · peak 101Jun 2026 — avg 27 · peak 72Aug 2026 — avg 24 · peak 58
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$39.99$2.942022-09-052026-10-152022-09-05 — best price $34.992023-05-07 — best price $31.992023-06-30 — best price $25.992023-07-30 — best price $21.992023-09-12 — best price $39.992023-10-25 — best price $21.992023-12-04 — best price $17.502024-01-08 — best price $21.992024-02-14 — best price $15.992024-03-19 — best price $15.992024-04-18 — best price $39.992024-05-24 — best price $39.992024-06-27 — best price $13.992024-08-02 — best price $9.992024-09-17 — best price $9.992024-10-28 — best price $9.992024-12-04 — best price $39.992025-01-13 — best price $39.992025-03-04 — best price $7.992025-04-09 — best price $39.992025-05-15 — best price $7.992025-06-27 — best price $7.992025-08-14 — best price $5.992025-10-09 — best price $39.992025-11-17 — best price $5.992026-01-12 — best price $5.992026-02-28 — best price $39.992026-04-03 — best price $39.992026-05-01 — best price $39.992026-06-15 — best price $39.992026-07-30 — best price $39.992026-08-17 — best price $3.992026-08-25 — best price $3.992026-09-02 — best price $3.992026-09-10 — best price $3.992026-09-18 — best price $3.992026-09-26 — best price $3.992026-10-04 — best price $3.992026-10-12 — best price $3.992026-10-15 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

270582026-05-31 — 135 pageviews2026-06-04 — 97 pageviews2026-06-08 — 131 pageviews2026-06-12 — 89 pageviews2026-06-16 — 108 pageviews2026-06-20 — 133 pageviews2026-06-24 — 102 pageviews2026-06-28 — 142 pageviews2026-07-02 — 106 pageviews2026-07-06 — 106 pageviews2026-07-10 — 119 pageviews2026-07-14 — 115 pageviews2026-07-18 — 90 pageviews2026-07-22 — 100 pageviews2026-07-26 — 112 pageviews2026-07-30 — 101 pageviews2026-08-03 — 105 pageviews2026-08-07 — 99 pageviews2026-08-11 — 87 pageviews2026-08-15 — 116 pageviews2026-08-19 — 256 pageviews2026-08-23 — 234 pageviews2026-08-27 — 123 pageviews2026-08-31 — 137 pageviews2026-09-04 — 112 pageviews2026-09-08 — 114 pageviews2026-09-12 — 111 pageviews2026-09-16 — 85 pageviews2026-09-20 — 125 pageviews2026-09-24 — 69 pageviews2026-09-28 — 84 pageviews2026-10-02 — 58 pageviews2026-10-06 — 107 pageviews2026-10-10 — 105 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

28
achievements tracked
66%
earned "Read Between The Lines"
40.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing3 DLC

14 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Czech, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese…

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2023-04-11 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)2,34666%28
Steam (Steam)1,72132%28
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)78140%28
PS4 (PlayStation)64575%28
Switch (Nintendo)480%0

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

ActionHorrorMysteryDetectiveNarrationRealisticControllerOpen WorldStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

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

Recent updates

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