The Beekeeper's Picnic - A Sherlockian Adventure
Cozy point-and-click adventure where mysteries interrupt Holmes's picnic plans
The Wonder Room · Released Mar 26, 2025
- Reviews
- Overwhelmingly Positive
- 97% of 511
- Recent reviews
- Very Positive
- 100% of 10 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 0
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- 1 year ago
- Aug 28, 2025
What is The Beekeeper's Picnic - A Sherlockian Adventure?
In this point-and-click adventure set in a 1920s Sussex seaside village, you play Sherlock Holmes, now a beekeeper, as he tries to arrange a clifftop picnic for Dr. Watson. You explore the village, question residents, and solve puzzles with multiple solutions. You can call Mycroft for hints.
For you if...
- +you enjoy gentle mysteries and character-focused storytelling
- +you like puzzles with more than one solution
- +you enjoy Holmes and Watson stories with queer themes
Not for you if...
- −you prefer detective stories with high stakes
- −you want action rather than conversations and deductions
What players say
97% of 511 reviews are positive · 100% of 10 in the last 30 days
Players praise the writing, voice acting, and references to the original Holmes stories. The most common complaints are the short length and easy puzzles; some players also find the pace slow.
Screenshots and trailer
The Beekeeper's Picnic - A Sherlockian Adventure system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows ME or higher
- Processor
- Pentium or higher
- Graphics
- DirectX compatible graphics card
- Memory
- 256 MB RAM
- Storage
- 4 GB available space
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 10 or 11
- Processor
- Dual core Intel or AMD CPU
- Graphics
- DirectX compatible graphics card
- Memory
- 512 MB RAM
- Storage
- 5 GB available space
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows, Linux
- Achievements
- 13
- Steam features
- Family Sharing
Steam Deck: Playable
- Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
Tags
- Adventure
- Detective
- Cozy
- Mystery
- Story Rich
- Historical
- Investigation
- Relaxing
- Emotional
- Point & Click
- LGBTQ+
- 2D
- Pixel Graphics
- Hand-drawn
- Nature
- Retro
Recent updates
- Aug 28, 2025 · 1.13.5 Patch - Audio Improvements!
- Jun 10, 2025 · 1.13.2 Patch - Little Fixes!
- Apr 4, 2025 · Patch 1.12
- Mar 29, 2025 · Update Notes for version 1.1
1 DLC available.
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