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Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter

Frogwares · 2016-06-10

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ActionAdventure

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

Releases: Jun 10, 2016 (Xbox One), Apr 07, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Jun 10, 2016 (PlayStation 4), Jun 10, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Experience a fantastic adventure with unique gameplay that blends investigation, action and exploration in a breath-taking thriller that will test the limits of your nerves and intelligence. Play as the great detective and track down evil in the darkest corners of London and the human soul…

Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter is a 2016 Action Adventure title priced at $2.99, with an owner estimate of 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 and a review sentiment of Mostly Positive (80% of 14472 reviews).

21
playing now
80%
positive of 15k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
67/100
critic score (8 outlets, IGDB)
74/100
IGDB user rating (110 ratings)
3
Nexus mods (3.7k downloads)
4.08★
PlayStation Store rating (1,452 ratings)
12h
to beat · rushed 11h · completionist 11h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$2.99
steam price (US)

21 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter is an adventure mystery video game in the Sherlock Holmes series developed by Frogwares for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in 2016. It was released for the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 on 25 October, while the PC version was released earlier on June 10. A Nintendo Switch version was released on April 7, 2022.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 21 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 428 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~54/week).
  • · Review velocity up 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 363k–872k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 14,525 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00
Steam$2.99-90%
GOG$2.99-90%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Fanatical (2021-04-21) · bundled 9×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 90 of 119 observed days · $2.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
84184120182026Week of 2018-01-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 273 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 445 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 101 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 481 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 312 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 198 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 382 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 348 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 841 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 192 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 258 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 15 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5792026-09-15 12:00 — 29 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 26 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 9 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 26 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 57 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 17 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 11 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 28 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 16 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 25 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 31 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 12 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 9 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 29 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 45 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 11 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 24 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 22 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 15 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 32 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 38 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 11 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 21 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
3364May 2016Aug 2026May 2016 — avg 4 · peak 15Sep 2016 — avg 35 · peak 103Jan 2017 — avg 63 · peak 264May 2017 — avg 30 · peak 102Sep 2017 — avg 45 · peak 127Jan 2018 — avg 81 · peak 313May 2018 — avg 27 · peak 66Sep 2018 — avg 29 · peak 96Jan 2019 — avg 44 · peak 173May 2019 — avg 27 · peak 72Sep 2019 — avg 22 · peak 57Jan 2020 — avg 50 · peak 180May 2020 — avg 225 · peak 899Sep 2020 — avg 86 · peak 706Jan 2021 — avg 120 · peak 427May 2021 — avg 336 · peak 2,906Sep 2021 — avg 59 · peak 130Jan 2022 — avg 66 · peak 170May 2022 — avg 48 · peak 136Sep 2022 — avg 45 · peak 112Jan 2023 — avg 42 · peak 100May 2023 — avg 28 · peak 75Sep 2023 — avg 34 · peak 91Jan 2024 — avg 39 · peak 105May 2024 — avg 25 · peak 58Sep 2024 — avg 46 · peak 194Jan 2025 — avg 48 · peak 142May 2025 — avg 28 · peak 84Sep 2025 — avg 27 · peak 69Jan 2026 — avg 60 · peak 263May 2026 — avg 41 · peak 240Aug 2026 — avg 31 · peak 91
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$49.99$0.002016-02-012026-10-142016-02-01 — best price $35.992016-08-15 — best price $30.142017-02-17 — best price $22.492017-07-28 — best price $19.992017-12-21 — best price $9.992018-04-16 — best price $21.382018-07-13 — best price $31.672018-11-22 — best price $14.992019-01-23 — best price $44.992019-06-27 — best price $9.992019-09-28 — best price $29.482019-12-17 — best price $11.992020-01-28 — best price $9.992020-03-23 — best price $9.992020-05-26 — best price $39.892020-08-03 — best price $49.992020-09-13 — best price $39.892020-10-31 — best price $49.992020-12-07 — best price $19.992021-01-26 — best price $19.992021-03-15 — best price $1.002021-04-29 — best price $7.862021-06-06 — best price $9.992021-11-24 — best price $5.992022-04-04 — best price $29.992022-08-29 — best price $29.992023-02-13 — best price $5.992023-07-25 — best price $5.392023-12-13 — best price $4.492024-04-15 — best price $29.992024-08-19 — best price $3.592024-12-12 — best price $2.992025-04-23 — best price $2.992025-09-15 — best price $2.992026-02-28 — best price $29.992026-06-17 — best price $2.992026-08-29 — best price $2.992026-09-23 — best price $2.992026-10-14 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

126422026-05-29 — 61 pageviews2026-06-02 — 79 pageviews2026-06-06 — 76 pageviews2026-06-10 — 59 pageviews2026-06-14 — 85 pageviews2026-06-18 — 57 pageviews2026-06-22 — 112 pageviews2026-06-26 — 72 pageviews2026-06-30 — 56 pageviews2026-07-04 — 63 pageviews2026-07-08 — 85 pageviews2026-07-12 — 86 pageviews2026-07-16 — 64 pageviews2026-07-20 — 65 pageviews2026-07-24 — 54 pageviews2026-07-28 — 84 pageviews2026-08-01 — 70 pageviews2026-08-05 — 59 pageviews2026-08-09 — 83 pageviews2026-08-13 — 73 pageviews2026-08-17 — 122 pageviews2026-08-21 — 117 pageviews2026-08-25 — 105 pageviews2026-08-29 — 72 pageviews2026-09-02 — 53 pageviews2026-09-06 — 103 pageviews2026-09-10 — 58 pageviews2026-09-14 — 79 pageviews2026-09-18 — 50 pageviews2026-09-22 — 49 pageviews2026-09-26 — 68 pageviews2026-09-30 — 50 pageviews2026-10-04 — 50 pageviews2026-10-08 — 64 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

25
achievements tracked
54.7%
earned "On the Trail"
25.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing1 DLC

15 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Czech, Simplified Chinese…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2016-06-09 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)16,76062%25
Xbox One (Xbox)11,05632%25
Steam (Steam)10,76333%25
PS4 (PlayStation)1,91773%25
PS4 (PlayStation)1,30566%25
PS4 (PlayStation)73166%25
Switch (Nintendo)600%0
Switch (Nintendo)0—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

CrimeActionPuzzleMysteryThrillerAdventureDetectiveStory RichAtmosphericFirst-Person

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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