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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.

Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments is a detective, adventure and mystery game developed and published by Frogwares.
Released on September 29th 2014 is available only on Windows in 13 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Polish, Japanese, Russian, Ukrainian, Korean, Simplified Chinese and Turkish.

It has received 7,191 reviews of which 6,469 were positive and 722 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.7 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 29.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 1.00€ on Gamivo.

The Steam community has classified Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments into these genres:

Detective Adventure Mystery Investigation Crime Puzzle Story Rich Atmospheric Singleplayer Point & Click Choices Matter Historical Third Person Open World Action First-Person Horror Classic Indie

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • 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

User reviews & Ratings

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18 hours played
May 2026
Despite all its technical flaws, Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments is still one of the most memorable detective games I’ve ever played. The case design is genuinely excellent, especially for players familiar with the original Sherlock Holmes stories. There’s a constant sense of excitement in the way clues are structured, suspects are written, and deductions slowly come together. The game understands something very important about Holmes stories: solving the mystery is only half of the experience. The other half is judging people. And that is where this game truly shines. What surprised me the most was how mature its moral choices feel. Many games reduce morality to a simple “good or evil” system, but Crimes and Punishments treats the player with far more respect than that. By the end of several cases—and especially near the conclusion of the game—I realized the narrative was not trying to force a “correct” answer onto the player. Instead, it presents decisions in an oddly objective and thoughtful way, allowing you to seriously reflect on justice, sympathy, revenge, and the limits of the law. For players who genuinely think about their choices rather than simply maximizing outcomes, this approach feels incredibly refreshing. That said, the game absolutely suffers from technical issues. Crashes, freezes, awkward guidance, unclear progression triggers—these problems can seriously damage immersion and occasionally become frustrating enough to interrupt the flow of an otherwise brilliant investigation. Some moments feel less like detective work and more like fighting against the game itself. But even with all of those flaws, I still chose to leave a positive review. Because underneath the bugs is a detective game that truly understands the spirit of Sherlock Holmes—not just the intelligence, but the moral ambiguity, the humanity, and the uncomfortable realization that truth and justice are not always the same thing. And very few detective games manage to capture that. 尽管存在大量技术问题，Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments 依然是我玩过最令人难忘的侦探游戏之一。 它的案件设计真的非常出色，尤其是对于读过福尔摩斯原著的人来说，整个体验会更加令人兴奋。线索之间的联系、嫌疑人的塑造、推理逐渐收束时的节奏感，都让人能明显感觉到开发者真正理解福尔摩斯故事的魅力： 破解谜题，其实只是一半。 另一半，是“判断人”。 而这恰恰是这部作品最优秀的地方。 最让我惊讶的是它对于“道德选择”的处理方式。很多游戏里的善恶系统都过于简单，无非是“做好事”或“做坏事”，但《罪与罚》明显更加尊重玩家。尤其是在后期与结局部分，我逐渐意识到：游戏的叙事并没有试图强行告诉玩家哪个选择才是“正确答案”。 相反，它以一种相当客观、成熟、甚至有些克制的方式，将“法律”“同情”“复仇”与“正义”同时摆在玩家面前。对于那些真的会认真思考自己选择的人来说，这种设计会让人感到一种少见的宽慰——因为游戏终于不再把复杂的人性问题粗暴地二元化。 当然，这款游戏的技术问题也确实严重影响了体验。 闪退、卡死、流程引导不清晰、某些触发条件过于模糊……这些问题有时会让玩家不像是在进行推理，而像是在和游戏本身作斗争。它们确实会破坏沉浸感，也让部分优秀的案件体验打了折扣。 但即便如此，我依然愿意给它一个好评。 因为在这些缺陷之下，它仍然是一部真正理解“福尔摩斯精神”的作品——不仅仅是推理本身，还有其中关于人性、道德，以及“真相与正义未必相同”的思考。 而真正做到这一点的侦探游戏，其实并不多。
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35 hours played
April 2026
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. 👍
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19 hours played
Dec. 2025
It's a crime scene investigation game similar to L.A Noire. However, in this game you're Sherlock Holmes. It's the kind of game that truly makes you use your brain in order to piece all the evidence together in order to make a good judgment.
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12 hours played
Dec. 2025
Its great. Once you start you dont wanna close until you finish, This game scratched something inside me which i didnt knew it existed. I still want more. 2014 release date and the graphic still holds. Most impressives are those cases no spoiling just play it. Great VA. I can see why its more popular. door lock puzzles are kinda hard but thankfully skip button exist. only crashed like 3 times. overall 4.5/5
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17 hours played
Dec. 2025
Detective game that did not overstay its welcome. Divided into 6 cases. Word of warning, in the Kew Gardens case there is a particular clue that is described using the word 'proven' - you should substitute that word for 'suggests'.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments is currently priced at 29.99€ on Steam.

No, Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 29.99€ on Steam.

Yes, Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments received 6,469 positive votes out of a total of 7,191 achieving a rating of 8.72.
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Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments was developed and published by Frogwares.

Yes, Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments is playable and fully supported on Windows.

No, Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments is not playable on MacOS.

No, Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments is not playable on Linux.

Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments is a single-player game.

Yes, there is a DLC available for Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments. Explore additional content available for Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments on Steam.

No, Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

No, Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments does not support Steam Remote Play.

Yes, Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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