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Sherlock Holmes: The Mystery of the Persian Carpet cover art

Sherlock Holmes: The Mystery of the Persian Carpet

Frogwares

Steam

AdventureCasual

Franchise: Sherlock Holmes · Modes: Single player

Releases: May 09, 2008 (Mac), May 09, 2008 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Scotland Yard has called Sherlock Holmes with an urgent request for help! A young painter has been found murdered and rolled up in a remarkable Persian carpet. Along with Watson, you must investigate the peculiar crime, exploring crime scene locations in search of missing clues.

1
playing now
39%
positive of 625 reviews
Mostly Negative
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
41/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
3h
to beat · rushed 2h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$0.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 37% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 13k–38k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 625 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

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 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 15 of 24 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

702026-08-11 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 18:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 10:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 17:00 — 7 players2026-08-22 09:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 16:00 — 3 players2026-08-24 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-25 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 16:00 — 3 players2026-08-28 09:00 — 2 players2026-08-29 01:00 — 2 players2026-08-29 16:00 — 4 players2026-08-30 08:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.95$0.632015-01-012026-08-172015-01-01 — best price $4.992016-11-23 — best price $2.492018-05-11 — best price $9.992018-09-03 — best price $9.992018-11-27 — best price $9.992019-02-18 — best price $9.992019-05-20 — best price $9.992019-08-26 — best price $1.872019-11-26 — best price $1.492020-01-19 — best price $9.972020-02-27 — best price $2.492020-05-16 — best price $9.992020-06-09 — best price $8.892020-07-09 — best price $9.992020-08-03 — best price $8.492020-09-09 — best price $8.892020-10-07 — best price $9.992020-10-28 — best price $9.992020-11-25 — best price $1.492020-12-23 — best price $1.492021-01-25 — best price $2.502021-02-14 — best price $9.992021-03-10 — best price $8.892021-04-04 — best price $9.992021-05-02 — best price $9.222021-06-03 — best price $8.892021-08-18 — best price $2.412021-12-20 — best price $8.592022-04-04 — best price $9.992022-08-14 — best price $1.482023-01-05 — best price $9.992023-06-29 — best price $1.992023-12-04 — best price $1.682024-05-20 — best price $0.992024-12-04 — best price $9.992025-05-26 — best price $6.492026-01-19 — best price $9.992026-08-17 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain

Player tags

CasualPuzzleMysteryAdventureDetectiveHidden ObjectPoint & Click

Census log

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

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