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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

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.

1
playing now
59%
positive of 805 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
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)
$0.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 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.

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  • · Top 33% of 11,424 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 32k–64k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 805 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$0.99-90%
GOG$0.99-90%
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 43 of 66 observed days · $0.19 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

1002026-08-11 17:00 — 2 players2026-08-12 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 16:00 — 3 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-16 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 4 players2026-08-17 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-20 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-20 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-21 14:00 — 7 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 3 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 14:00 — 10 players2026-08-24 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 3 players2026-08-25 13:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 3 players2026-08-26 22:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 14:00 — 6 players2026-08-28 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 22:00 — 6 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 8 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$10.01$0.882015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $4.992016-02-12 — best price $9.992017-12-21 — best price $3.992018-07-17 — best price $7.992018-11-05 — best price $9.992019-01-29 — best price $9.992019-05-03 — best price $9.992019-09-13 — best price $2.492019-12-13 — best price $8.902020-02-08 — best price $8.562020-04-18 — best price $2.192020-06-21 — best price $9.992020-08-04 — best price $9.992020-09-22 — best price $7.342020-10-28 — best price $9.992020-12-06 — best price $8.892021-01-18 — best price $2.492021-02-23 — best price $9.992021-04-04 — best price $9.992021-05-24 — best price $2.492021-08-06 — best price $9.992021-12-20 — best price $8.792022-04-21 — best price $9.752022-08-22 — best price $1.992023-02-13 — best price $1.992023-07-24 — best price $1.572023-12-11 — best price $8.332024-04-17 — best price $0.992024-09-17 — best price $1.192025-03-08 — best price $9.992025-07-31 — best price $0.992026-01-19 — best price $9.992026-06-15 — best price $9.992026-08-30 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

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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