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Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments

Detective adventure about solving cases and choosing suspects' fates

Frogwares · Released Sep 29, 2014

Adventure

Reviews
Very Positive
89% of 7,560
Recent reviews
Very Positive
92% of 39 in 30 days
Players
24
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Verified
Last update on Steam
4 years ago
Feb 22, 2022
Minimum PC
HD 3850
2 GB RAM · 14 GB disk
Full requirements

Metacritic: 77/100 (critic reviews)

What is Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments?

You play as Sherlock Holmes in a single-player detective adventure built around six cases involving murders, disappearances, and thefts. You examine clues, question suspects, connect evidence, and decide whom to accuse and what happens to them.

For you if...

  • +you prefer slow investigations that reward close attention
  • +you like weighing evidence before making an accusation
  • +you want separate mysteries rather than one long case

Not for you if...

  • −you want fast action instead of deliberate investigation
  • −you prefer clear answers to competing deductions

What players say

89% of 7,560 reviews are positive · 92% of 39 in the last 30 days

Players praise the varied cases and deduction system, particularly the freedom to draw their own conclusions. The most common complaint is frequent crashes, especially in the deduction menu; some players also find the minigames awkward and travel slow.

Players over time

▼ -6% vs a month ago

Players online on Steam, one sample a day.

Highest since Sep 2026: 45 players on Oct 25, 2026.

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How many players finish Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments?

29% of Steam players have unlocked «Their Crimes, Your Punishments», the achievement for finishing the main story.

Share of everyone who owns the game on Steam, including those who barely played it. Updated weekly.

Screenshots and trailer

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Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments system requirements

Minimum: HD 3850, 2 GB RAM, 14 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

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Minimum

OS
WINDOWS VISTA SP2/WINDOWS 7/WINDOWS 8
Processor
AMD/INTEL DUAL-CORE 2.4 GHZ
Graphics
256 MB 100% DIRECTX 9 COMPATIBLE AMD RADEON HD 3850/NVIDIA GEFORCE 8600 GTS OR HIGHER
Memory
2048 MB RAM
Storage
14 GB available space
DirectX
Version 9.0c
Notes
INTERNET CONNECTION REQUIRED FOR THE GAME ACTIVATION

Does Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Does Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments run on Steam Deck?

Verified Yes, Verified by Valve: it works on Steam Deck out of the box.

  • All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
  • Shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
  • Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
  • External controllers are not supported for the primary player

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Full controller support
Platforms
Windows
Achievements
25
Steam features
Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Languages
Full audio: English. Text only: French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Polish, Japanese, Russian, Ukrainian, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Turkish.

Does Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

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Recent updates

1 DLC available.

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