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Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments

Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments

Become the most celebrated detective of all time: Sherlock Holmes! Use your impressive talents as a detective to solve six thrilling and varied cases: murders, missing persons, spectacular thefts and numerous investigations that sometimes lead you into the realms of the fantastic.

Released Sep 29, 2014 Developer Frogwares Platforms Windows DetectiveAdventureMysteryInvestigationCrime
View on Steam ↗ $29.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

90.0%positive7,191 reviews
Recommended · 9 found this helpful

“The game is not bad: we investigate cases, examine clues, and choose a conclusion. The outcome of the case depends on your attention. The downside is the controls. Watson constantly gets in the way. 👍”

— a player, Steam review · 35 hrs played
Recommended · 5 found this helpful

“I successfully created a vorpX profile for [i]Crimes & Punishments.[/i] It's likely that I'm the first man to experience this game in Full VR. [h1]A New Era in Frogwares' [i]Sherlock Holmes[/i][/h1] [i]Crimes & Punishments[/i] is the first Sherlock Holmes game that Frogwares…”

— a player, Steam review · 30 hrs played
Recommended · 7 found this helpful

“---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☑ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Not too…”

— a player, Steam review · 15 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:00 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

73playing at last check
6824-hour peak
883all-time peak
0 250 500 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 213 avg · Oct 2014

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

25achievements
31.3%median completion
2.7%rarest: Perfectionist
57.6% of players 44.8% of players 43.2% of players 41.9% of players 40.1% of players 37.8% of players 37.7% of players 37.5% of players 36.9% of players 35.5% of players 34.8% of players 33.6% of players 31.3% of players 31.1% of players 29.3% of players 29.2% of players 28.7% of players 27.6% of players 25.4% of players 24.3% of players 20.6% of players 10.1% of players 6.4% of players 2.8% of players 2.7% of players 57.6% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
57.6%Aye Aye, Captain! — Finish Black Peter case.
44.8%Off the Rails! — Finish Train case.
43.2%I Never Fail — Finish 10 Dialogue QTEs without a failure.
Rarest badges of honor
2.7%Perfectionist — Collect all possible in-game achievements.
2.8%A Complex Mind — Reach all possible conclusions in the game.
6.4%A Man of Character — Receive maximum personality ranking.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$29.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$2.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-11
US29.99 USD
EU29.99 EUR
UK24.99 GBP
Australia46.99 AUD
Canada39.99 CAD
Japan3,800 JPY
Brazil110.00 BRL
China149.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$22 China Japan Canada US Australia UK EU≈$34

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $25 $50 07-11 07-13 07-16 07-19 07-22 07-26

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresAdventure
Player tagsDetective · Adventure · Mystery · Investigation · Crime · Puzzle · Story Rich · Atmospheric · Singleplayer · Point & Click · Choices Matter · Historical (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Polish, Japanese, Russian, Ukrainian, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Turkish *
ControllerFull support
Achievements25
Estimated owners200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://frogwares.com/games/#Crimes_Punishments
Minimum system requirements (PC)

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