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Sherlock Holmes versus Jack the Ripper
Recognized as one of the best licenses in gaming and lauded by the press, Sherlock Holmes is back with an investigation that is sure to be the most horrifying of the series. The famous detective stands against the most dangerous serial killer England has ever known - Jack the Ripper.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“A mystery that I had been following since I was a teenager, bent on solving unsolved mysteries. The story places two of England's famous figures into a battle of wits, the titular Sherlock Holmes vs. the first mass media covered killer, Jack the Ripper. The game is beautifully…”
— a player, Steam review · 14 hrs played“Not the best Sherlock game, but still solid. A few mechanics are a bit confusing. That being said it will absorb all of your attention.”
— a player, Steam review · 15 hrs played“Interesting adventure integrating the real case of Jack the Ripper into a Sherlock Holmes case. The game has aged terribly not in the form of the gameplay, movement or story but in the form of bugged as hell animations. It got worse and worse as the game went on, it would get…”
— a player, Steam review · 18 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-23 23:34 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
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Latest official news
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Our latest Sherlock Holmes game is out!
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Sherlock Holmes Chapter One is ready to download and play!
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Sherlock Holmes Chapter One | Launch Trailer
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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
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Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Adventure, RPG |
| Player tags | Adventure · RPG · Detective · Point & Click · Mystery · Historical · Investigation · Puzzle · Story Rich · Thriller · Singleplayer · Crime (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , Czech, French * , German * , Italian * , Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian * , Spanish - Spain * * |
| Estimated owners | 100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://frogwares.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
OS *: Windows XP/Vista Processor: Celeron 2Ghz or AthlonXp 1900+ Memory: 512MB Graphics: 128MB Graphics Card DirectX®: DirectX 9 Hard Drive:3GB of free space Sound: DirectX 9 compatible