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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

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…

82
playing now
80%
positive of 14k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
67/100
critic score (8 outlets, IGDB)
74/100
IGDB user rating (110 ratings)
12h
to beat · rushed 11h · completionist 11h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$2.99
steam price (US)

82 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 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
  • · 82 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 9% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 362k–868k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 14,472 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00
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: $0.99 at Fanatical (2021-04-21) · bundled 9×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 53 of 78 observed days · at its 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

8252026-08-06 21:00 — 23 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 16 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 23 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 27 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 14 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 31 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 34 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 20 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 34 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 42 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 8 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 29 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 26 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 7 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 27 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 27 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 10 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 36 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 45 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 18 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 39 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 53 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 29 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 69 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 61 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 15 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 38 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 55 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 17 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 82 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$49.99$1.002016-02-012026-08-302016-02-01 — 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 $2.992026-08-30 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

176462026-05-29 — 61 pageviews2026-06-01 — 56 pageviews2026-06-04 — 76 pageviews2026-06-07 — 83 pageviews2026-06-10 — 59 pageviews2026-06-13 — 76 pageviews2026-06-16 — 69 pageviews2026-06-19 — 61 pageviews2026-06-22 — 112 pageviews2026-06-25 — 56 pageviews2026-06-28 — 70 pageviews2026-07-01 — 90 pageviews2026-07-04 — 63 pageviews2026-07-07 — 77 pageviews2026-07-10 — 73 pageviews2026-07-13 — 71 pageviews2026-07-16 — 64 pageviews2026-07-19 — 88 pageviews2026-07-22 — 68 pageviews2026-07-25 — 66 pageviews2026-07-28 — 84 pageviews2026-07-31 — 53 pageviews2026-08-03 — 68 pageviews2026-08-06 — 71 pageviews2026-08-09 — 83 pageviews2026-08-12 — 57 pageviews2026-08-15 — 85 pageviews2026-08-18 — 176 pageviews2026-08-21 — 117 pageviews2026-08-24 — 104 pageviews2026-08-26 — 99 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…

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.

Player tags

CrimeActionPuzzleMysteryThrillerAdventureDetectiveStory RichAtmosphericFirst-Person

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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