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The Testament of Sherlock Holmes

Frogwares · 2012-09-25

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Adventure

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

Releases: Mar 09, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Jun 29, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Sep 25, 2012 (PlayStation 3), Sep 25, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 25, 2012 (Xbox 360)

Become the greatest detective of all time in The Testament of Sherlock Holmes, a twisting, turning investigation game set in a faithfully-reproduced London of 1898. As Sherlock Holmes, you must find clues, interrogate suspects and unveil a mystery in a story full of twists!

The Testament of Sherlock Holmes is an Adventure game released in 2012, priced at $1.99, with an owner estimate of 500,000 .. 1,000,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (80% of 3938 reviews).

9
playing now
80%
positive of 4.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
76/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
77/100
IGDB user rating (118 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (6 downloads)
4.16★
PlayStation Store rating (637 ratings)
11h
to beat · rushed 9h · completionist 13h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$1.99
steam price (US)

9 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

The Testament of Sherlock Holmes is an adventure video game in the Sherlock Holmes series developed by Frogwares and distributed by Focus Home Interactive. After being delayed from an original 2010 release, the game was released in September 2012.

Trailer

The Testament of Sherlock Holmes trailer thumbnail

The Testament of Sherlock Holmes: Launch Trailer

≈379,394 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 9 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 225 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~28/week).
  • · Review velocity up 56% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 159k–317k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,966 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$1.99-90%
GOG$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.00 at Fanatical (2020-12-10) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 82 of 113 observed days · $18.99 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
616120182026Week of 2018-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2822026-09-15 13:00 — 13 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 10 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 11 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 14 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 6 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 10 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 11 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 5 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 9 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 11 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 5 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 5 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 10 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 7 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 6 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 11 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 10 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 7 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 20 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 15 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 9 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1156Sep 2012Aug 2026Sep 2012 — avg 112 · peak 244Feb 2013 — avg 37 · peak 268Jul 2013 — avg 31 · peak 192Dec 2013 — avg 65 · peak 394May 2014 — avg 15 · peak 37Oct 2014 — avg 66 · peak 370Mar 2015 — avg 21 · peak 58Aug 2015 — avg 14 · peak 38Jan 2016 — avg 28 · peak 85Jun 2016 — avg 23 · peak 74Nov 2016 — avg 12 · peak 37Apr 2017 — avg 10 · peak 31Sep 2017 — avg 9 · peak 27Feb 2018 — avg 10 · peak 32Jul 2018 — avg 8 · peak 22Dec 2018 — avg 10 · peak 31May 2019 — avg 9 · peak 33Oct 2019 — avg 8 · peak 33Mar 2020 — avg 18 · peak 70Aug 2020 — avg 18 · peak 68Jan 2021 — avg 28 · peak 90Jun 2021 — avg 14 · peak 40Nov 2021 — avg 15 · peak 49Apr 2022 — avg 12 · peak 41Sep 2022 — avg 14 · peak 43Feb 2023 — avg 8 · peak 25Jul 2023 — avg 10 · peak 28Dec 2023 — avg 11 · peak 32May 2024 — avg 9 · peak 26Oct 2024 — avg 12 · peak 40Mar 2025 — avg 12 · peak 36Aug 2025 — avg 17 · peak 44Jan 2026 — avg 29 · peak 100Jun 2026 — avg 14 · peak 37Aug 2026 — avg 15 · peak 47
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$23.63$1.292015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $6.792015-03-07 — best price $11.432015-05-18 — best price $19.992015-07-14 — best price $11.162016-05-02 — best price $19.992017-10-26 — best price $4.992018-06-08 — best price $19.992018-09-11 — best price $19.992018-11-22 — best price $8.002019-02-11 — best price $19.992019-04-18 — best price $5.002019-08-06 — best price $5.592019-11-08 — best price $5.002020-01-11 — best price $19.992020-02-16 — best price $19.482020-04-20 — best price $5.002020-08-25 — best price $4.992020-11-16 — best price $19.992021-01-21 — best price $4.402021-04-12 — best price $5.002021-07-09 — best price $19.992021-11-26 — best price $2.992022-03-12 — best price $18.582022-07-22 — best price $3.992022-12-05 — best price $3.672023-04-24 — best price $19.992023-08-02 — best price $19.992023-12-11 — best price $15.992024-03-21 — best price $19.992024-07-22 — best price $19.992024-11-25 — best price $19.992025-04-03 — best price $19.992025-08-04 — best price $14.252025-11-17 — best price $1.992026-04-03 — best price $19.992026-07-31 — best price $1.292026-08-30 — best price $1.992026-09-19 — best price $1.992026-10-09 — best price $19.992026-10-14 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

129242026-06-01 — 81 pageviews2026-06-05 — 55 pageviews2026-06-09 — 52 pageviews2026-06-13 — 75 pageviews2026-06-17 — 68 pageviews2026-06-21 — 51 pageviews2026-06-25 — 51 pageviews2026-06-29 — 54 pageviews2026-07-03 — 66 pageviews2026-07-07 — 71 pageviews2026-07-11 — 68 pageviews2026-07-15 — 56 pageviews2026-07-19 — 82 pageviews2026-07-23 — 68 pageviews2026-07-27 — 73 pageviews2026-07-31 — 54 pageviews2026-08-04 — 64 pageviews2026-08-08 — 52 pageviews2026-08-12 — 44 pageviews2026-08-16 — 73 pageviews2026-08-20 — 92 pageviews2026-08-24 — 62 pageviews2026-08-28 — 63 pageviews2026-09-01 — 62 pageviews2026-09-05 — 65 pageviews2026-09-09 — 63 pageviews2026-09-13 — 61 pageviews2026-09-17 — 43 pageviews2026-09-21 — 48 pageviews2026-09-25 — 39 pageviews2026-09-29 — 45 pageviews2026-10-03 — 56 pageviews2026-10-07 — 47 pageviews2026-10-11 — 59 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

32
achievements tracked
71.9%
earned "Elementary"
31.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

15 supported languages: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Polish, Turkish, Japanese, Korean, Czech, Hungarian…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)7,57918%32
Xbox 360 (Xbox)3,00639%32
PS3 (PlayStation)2,42464%33
Xbox 360 (Xbox)1,59748%32
PS4 (PlayStation)1,25664%33
Switch (Nintendo)360%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

CrimePuzzleMysteryAdventureDetectiveOpen WorldStory RichAtmosphericEscape RoomFirst-Person

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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