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Sherlock Holmes: The Silver Earring cover art

Sherlock Holmes: The Silver Earring

Frogwares · 2009-08-06

SteamGOG

Adventure

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

Releases: Aug 27, 2004 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 18, 2011 (Wii)

Melvyn Bromsby, a rich tycoon, is about to make a statement, when suddenly a shot rings out. Sir Bromsby collapses - a mortal wound to the heart... A baffling murder, dozens of witnesses and no suspects! You, Sherlock Holmes, must use all your skills to shed light on this mysterious case.

Sherlock Holmes: The Silver Earring is a 2009 Adventure game priced at $0.99, with a Mixed review sentiment (59% of 806 reviews) and an estimated owner base of 100,000 .. 200,000.

2
playing now
59%
positive of 806 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
71/100
IGDB user rating (31 ratings)
7h
to beat · rushed 6h · completionist 8.2h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$0.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Silver Earring is a video game developed by Frogwares and published in 2004 for Windows by Digital Jesters in Europe and Ubisoft in North America. While the game is "inspired by The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes", it uses an original plotline — set in London in 1897 — and allows the player to investigate a murder as Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John H. Watson. A version for Wii was also released in Australia and Europe in 2011. By 2010, Secret of the Silver Earring had sold 500,000 copies worldwide.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 67 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~8/week).
  • · Review velocity up 46% 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: 32k–64k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 806 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$0.99-90%
GOG$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 78 of 105 observed days · $0.19 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

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

Players online

902026-09-15 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 6 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 2 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 4 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 9 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 7 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 6 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
91Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 1 · peak 5Dec 2012 — avg 4 · peak 16May 2013 — avg 2 · peak 11Oct 2013 — avg 3 · peak 15Mar 2014 — avg 2 · peak 12Aug 2014 — avg 2 · peak 7Jan 2015 — avg 4 · peak 17Jun 2015 — avg 4 · peak 25Nov 2015 — avg 1 · peak 8Apr 2016 — avg 2 · peak 7Sep 2016 — avg 1 · peak 7Feb 2017 — avg 2 · peak 9Jul 2017 — avg 2 · peak 12Dec 2017 — avg 2 · peak 12May 2018 — avg 1 · peak 8Oct 2018 — avg 1 · peak 6Mar 2019 — avg 3 · peak 16Aug 2019 — avg 3 · peak 10Jan 2020 — avg 4 · peak 17Jun 2020 — avg 5 · peak 23Nov 2020 — avg 9 · peak 34Apr 2021 — avg 5 · peak 15Sep 2021 — avg 3 · peak 10Feb 2022 — avg 5 · peak 17Jul 2022 — avg 3 · peak 12Dec 2022 — avg 3 · peak 14May 2023 — avg 2 · peak 12Oct 2023 — avg 3 · peak 14Mar 2024 — avg 3 · peak 12Aug 2024 — avg 4 · peak 14Jan 2025 — avg 4 · peak 13Sep 2025 — avg 3 · peak 8Mar 2026 — avg 4 · peak 12Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 11
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$0.632015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $4.992016-04-29 — best price $3.992018-02-01 — best price $2.492018-08-02 — best price $9.992018-11-20 — best price $9.992019-02-14 — best price $2.492019-06-03 — best price $2.212019-10-28 — best price $1.992020-01-08 — best price $4.992020-03-11 — best price $2.122020-06-01 — best price $9.992020-07-14 — best price $8.892020-09-04 — best price $8.822020-10-14 — best price $8.892020-11-22 — best price $8.892021-01-06 — best price $8.892021-02-10 — best price $2.202021-03-21 — best price $7.162021-05-08 — best price $9.992021-07-08 — best price $9.992021-11-26 — best price $1.492022-04-04 — best price $9.992022-08-15 — best price $8.042023-01-31 — best price $9.992023-07-24 — best price $1.572023-12-13 — best price $1.992024-04-29 — best price $6.642024-10-08 — best price $9.992025-03-31 — best price $0.992025-08-28 — best price $9.992026-03-05 — best price $0.992026-07-31 — best price $0.632026-09-08 — best price $0.992026-10-03 — best price $0.992026-10-14 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

62132026-06-02 — 22 pageviews2026-06-06 — 32 pageviews2026-06-10 — 25 pageviews2026-06-14 — 22 pageviews2026-06-18 — 29 pageviews2026-06-22 — 24 pageviews2026-06-26 — 26 pageviews2026-06-30 — 25 pageviews2026-07-04 — 21 pageviews2026-07-08 — 23 pageviews2026-07-12 — 25 pageviews2026-07-16 — 30 pageviews2026-07-20 — 25 pageviews2026-07-24 — 19 pageviews2026-07-28 — 32 pageviews2026-08-01 — 26 pageviews2026-08-05 — 15 pageviews2026-08-09 — 28 pageviews2026-08-13 — 24 pageviews2026-08-17 — 62 pageviews2026-08-21 — 39 pageviews2026-08-25 — 25 pageviews2026-08-29 — 39 pageviews2026-09-02 — 22 pageviews2026-09-06 — 41 pageviews2026-09-10 — 20 pageviews2026-09-14 — 34 pageviews2026-09-18 — 23 pageviews2026-09-22 — 21 pageviews2026-09-26 — 17 pageviews2026-09-30 — 17 pageviews2026-10-04 — 19 pageviews2026-10-08 — 34 pageviews2026-10-11 — 19 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

8 supported languages: English, Bulgarian, Czech, French, German, Italian, Polish, Russian

Player tags

RetroPuzzleMysteryAdventureDetectiveSingleplayerPoint & Click

Census log

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

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