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Sherlock Holmes versus Jack the Ripper

Frogwares · 2009-12-23

SteamGOGXboxMicrosoft Store

AdventureRPG

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

Releases: May 24, 2009 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 26, 2009 (Xbox 360)

Recognized as one of the best licenses in gaming and lauded by the press, Sherlock Holmes is back with an investigation that is sure to be the most horrifying of the series. The famous detective stands against the most dangerous serial killer England has ever known - Jack the Ripper.

Sherlock Holmes versus Jack the Ripper is an Adventure, RPG game released in 2009, priced at $0.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (81% of 1379 reviews).

8
playing now
81%
positive of 1.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
66/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
74/100
IGDB user rating (48 ratings)
11h
to beat · rushed 9h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$0.99
steam price (US)

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

Sherlock Holmes Versus Jack the Ripper is an adventure game for Microsoft Windows and Xbox 360, developed by Ukrainian studio Frogwares and distributed by Focus Home Interactive. It is the fifth game in the Sherlock Holmes series of adventure games developed by Frogwares. The game takes place in the London district of Whitechapel in 1888, the historical site of the Jack the Ripper murders.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 8 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 96 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~12/week).
  • · Review velocity up 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 11% of 28,771 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 55k–110k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,379 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$0.99-90%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.75 at GamesPlanet UK (2022-08-05) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 69 of 96 observed days · $0.24 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
232320172026Week of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1912026-09-15 00:00 — 3 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 3 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 11 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 5 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 3 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 4 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 7 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 3 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 6 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 8 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 5 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 7 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 9 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 6 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 10 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 12 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 3 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 11 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 9 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 8 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
182Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 3 · peak 9Dec 2012 — avg 8 · peak 35May 2013 — avg 5 · peak 15Oct 2013 — avg 7 · peak 47Mar 2014 — avg 5 · peak 17Aug 2014 — avg 6 · peak 18Jan 2015 — avg 10 · peak 38Jun 2015 — avg 11 · peak 61Nov 2015 — avg 6 · peak 23Apr 2016 — avg 5 · peak 18Sep 2016 — avg 6 · peak 21Feb 2017 — avg 5 · peak 16Jul 2017 — avg 7 · peak 30Dec 2017 — avg 6 · peak 22May 2018 — avg 5 · peak 16Oct 2018 — avg 4 · peak 11Mar 2019 — avg 6 · peak 22Aug 2019 — avg 6 · peak 17Jan 2020 — avg 8 · peak 31Jun 2020 — avg 11 · peak 33Nov 2020 — avg 14 · peak 52Apr 2021 — avg 11 · peak 38Sep 2021 — avg 9 · peak 29Feb 2022 — avg 8 · peak 26Jul 2022 — avg 6 · peak 18Dec 2022 — avg 7 · peak 27May 2023 — avg 6 · peak 19Oct 2023 — avg 6 · peak 26Mar 2024 — avg 8 · peak 31Aug 2024 — avg 10 · peak 41Jan 2025 — avg 8 · peak 23Jun 2025 — avg 6 · peak 19Nov 2025 — avg 9 · peak 33Apr 2026 — avg 9 · peak 28Aug 2026 — avg 8 · peak 27
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 $4.992016-11-29 — best price $9.992018-05-07 — best price $3.002018-09-07 — best price $2.492018-12-13 — best price $2.492019-03-18 — best price $8.812019-06-25 — best price $2.492019-11-04 — best price $9.992020-01-14 — best price $8.652020-03-17 — best price $7.862020-06-15 — best price $9.992020-08-22 — best price $9.992020-10-01 — best price $9.992020-11-05 — best price $8.892020-12-21 — best price $8.992021-02-14 — best price $7.342021-03-22 — best price $2.492021-05-13 — best price $2.502021-07-19 — best price $9.992021-12-01 — best price $9.992022-04-17 — best price $9.992022-08-22 — best price $1.992023-02-27 — best price $1.992023-07-31 — best price $8.342024-01-05 — best price $9.992024-05-01 — best price $9.992024-10-10 — best price $0.992025-04-04 — best price $0.632025-09-12 — best price $0.992026-03-16 — best price $9.992026-08-01 — best price $0.992026-09-19 — best price $0.992026-10-14 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

131302026-06-01 — 60 pageviews2026-06-05 — 51 pageviews2026-06-09 — 45 pageviews2026-06-13 — 52 pageviews2026-06-17 — 53 pageviews2026-06-21 — 51 pageviews2026-06-25 — 32 pageviews2026-06-29 — 54 pageviews2026-07-03 — 61 pageviews2026-07-07 — 56 pageviews2026-07-11 — 43 pageviews2026-07-15 — 47 pageviews2026-07-19 — 48 pageviews2026-07-23 — 131 pageviews2026-07-27 — 68 pageviews2026-07-31 — 45 pageviews2026-08-04 — 48 pageviews2026-08-08 — 46 pageviews2026-08-12 — 48 pageviews2026-08-16 — 99 pageviews2026-08-20 — 77 pageviews2026-08-24 — 54 pageviews2026-08-28 — 49 pageviews2026-09-01 — 45 pageviews2026-09-05 — 35 pageviews2026-09-09 — 38 pageviews2026-09-13 — 55 pageviews2026-09-17 — 35 pageviews2026-09-21 — 42 pageviews2026-09-25 — 41 pageviews2026-09-29 — 30 pageviews2026-10-03 — 45 pageviews2026-10-07 — 48 pageviews2026-10-11 — 41 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam CloudFamily Sharing

9 supported languages: English, Czech, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian

Player tags

RPGCrimePuzzleMysteryThrillerAdventureDetectiveHistoricalStory RichSingleplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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