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Sherlock Holmes - Nemesis
This new Sherlock Holmes game sends us to 19th Century London where Arséne Lupin, a young French burglar with an impressive track record, has just challenged Scotland Yard and the most famous of detectives - Sherlock Holmes.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-13.
“It’s pretty meh overall. There are good things and there are bad things. The good. 1st person and 3rd person modes work as intended. No bugs or glitches. If you’re stuck you can use the hints system and it shows you what you’ve already searched and what you haven’t. There’s also…”
— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs played“I bought this game as part of the Sherlock Holmes Collection sale, but at the time of writing, by itself it would cost 89 pence. For that very low price, and given this game brought me ~15 hours of entertainment, I'd say it's worth picking this one up on sale - perhaps not full…”
— a player, Steam review · 15 hrs played“Although it's a fun game, it is less enjoyable than its predecesor and far more complicated. Being the map so big at times, the process of item hunting can turn quite tedious, to say the least, and very time consuming without the help of a walkthrough. That being said, I…”
— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-08-02 19:22 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
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Our latest Sherlock Holmes game is out!
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How we visualized Sherlock's story in Sherlock Holmes Chapter One
Hello everyone, Today, we want to show you a small glimpse of who we are, and show you one of our design processes in Sherlock Holmes Chapter One. Here is a behind-the-scenes video in which we show yo
New screenshots from Sherlock Holmes Chapter One revealed
Hello Sherlock, The Sherlock Holmes Chapter One release day is almost here. You may not know this now, but soon you will start your first major investigation in your childhood home - the Mediterranean
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Adventure, RPG |
| Player tags | Adventure · RPG · Detective · Point & Click · Mystery · Puzzle · Investigation · First-Person · Singleplayer (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French * , Italian * , German * , Russian * * |
| Estimated owners | 100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://frogwares.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Supported OS: WINDOWS XP SP2/VISTA Processor: PENTIUM3/ATHLON 1.3 GHz Memory: 512 MB RAM Graphics: 64 MB DIRECTX 9 COMPATIBLE GRAPHICS CARD DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0 or Higher Sound: DIRECTX 9 COMPATIBLE SOUND CARD Hard Drive: 3 GB HARD DISK SPACE