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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.

Sherlock Holmes versus Jack the Ripper is a adventure, rpg and detective game developed and published by Frogwares.
Released on December 23rd 2009 is available only on Windows in 10 languages: English, Czech, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian and Spanish - Spain.

It has received 1,192 reviews of which 964 were positive and 228 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.7 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 9.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 0.81€ on Gamivo.

The Steam community has classified Sherlock Holmes versus Jack the Ripper into these genres:

Adventure RPG Detective Point & Click Mystery Historical Investigation Puzzle Story Rich Thriller Singleplayer Crime

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System requirements

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Windows
  • 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

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Feb. 2025
I'm playing Frogwares games in release order and this is the first game I can wholeheartedly recommend. - Atmospheric, grim, gritty, exactly what is expected from Jack the Ripper story - Puzzles mostly make sense and are just difficult enough, I've opened the guide only out of laziness - Many features that make you feel like you truly do detective work Also, interactable zones highlight is the best thing that happened to Point&Click genre since ever, but unfortunately, the button is not listed in controls. It's Space, use it, and good luck, detective.
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Jan. 2025
If you're looking for a decent entry point to the Frogware Sherlock franchise, start here Unlike the previous games in the serie, this one doesn't have a too outdated engine (although the framerate is choppy even on modern cards), and doesn't force you into tedious pixel hunting puzzles, or a really random literary crossover that doesn't work. Of course that doesn't mean the game is perfect. It has all the jank you can expect from a semi casual 3D detective game from 2009. Some of the puzzles don't make sense or are only solvable with a walkthrough. Although I must say I did manage to solve most of them by myself, which is a good thing. There are a few annoyances like for example a certain door that will only be open after you've gone through a dialog with an unrelated character. But thankfully, this sort of problem only happened once at the begining of the game. There is also an ellipse puzzle that is broken on widescreen monitors, so you'll have to use the guide available here on Steam to know how to solve it. Another problem is that the game doesn't display your current objective anywhere and you can feel lost, especially after you've loaded a save. Globally though, the QoL aspect is rather satisfying, the option to use the space bar at any time to see the interactable objects saves the day, and the game was rather comfy to play. The story is the best aspect, they made a torough serious work on the Ripper story, most of the documents presented are real documents from that era. It will leave a bit of a sour taste at the end of the game. The story leads you through several intertwined leads with just the right amount of complexity. I found it had a better story than most of the movies about Sherlock or the Ripper that I've seen so far. The devs have chosen one of the theories about Jack as their one, and they were brave enough to notice the "coïncidences". Lots of "coincidences" living in that borough. The puzzles are varied across the game which doesn't fall into a gameplay routine. The game sometimes makes you feell ike you're being led by the hand, but this is a good thing for the immersion. The most annoying aspect of the game was the voice actor for Sherlock, who reads his lines like he doesn't care, in a very robotic way, and seems to be recovering frop throat cancer. It was really hard to listen. (follow my curator page [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/33882793/]GenXPlayers for more retro and indie reviews)
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Dec. 2024
Scary ahh game haha... Outside of the mechanics, It is a classic game so don't expect 2024 movement or graphics on a 2009 PC game (which was on a CD) Butttttt...... Tbh thats what makes it even scarier!! The ambiance, the real life autopsy photos with the women's real faces , the dingy town and clothes.. TBH I'm more than grateful to have not lived in this time period as I comfortably write this review from my modern and warm home lol. The story is better than the gameplay sadly but I am ready to catch this killer!!
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Nov. 2024
The final Sherlock Holmes game in this engine and it's almost sad to see it go. It's been a super janky ride playing through all these games again, but quite interesting at the same time. There were definitely features in this game that left me scratching my head - as did all the previous games in this engine - but I generally like this the most due to the QoL improvements. I can't say I fully agree with Frogware's opinion on who Jack the Ripper was, but the way it's presented in this game makes it logical at the very least. The game also does a little bit of fan service by showing us Holmes meeting a reoccurring character in the earlier games, as this is actually a prequel to most of the series. Watson also finally gets a proper looking room! Interestingly, I'd say that despite not including the in-game walkthrough the other games had, this one was easier to play.
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Sept. 2024
This is my first of frogware's sherlock holmes games but I instantly a fan! It can be abit too hard times but that's what sherlock known for, And the horror atmosphere and accuracies of horrible and terrible living state of victorian england with the poor and desperate having to somehow live in the horrible enviorments even the children just a errie feel. Espically with the main villain being history most notorious serial killer
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Sherlock Holmes versus Jack the Ripper is currently priced at 9.99€ on Steam.

Sherlock Holmes versus Jack the Ripper is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 9.99€ on Steam.

Sherlock Holmes versus Jack the Ripper received 964 positive votes out of a total of 1,192 achieving a rating of 7.72.
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Sherlock Holmes versus Jack the Ripper was developed and published by Frogwares.

Sherlock Holmes versus Jack the Ripper is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Sherlock Holmes versus Jack the Ripper is not playable on MacOS.

Sherlock Holmes versus Jack the Ripper is not playable on Linux.

Sherlock Holmes versus Jack the Ripper is a single-player game.

Sherlock Holmes versus Jack the Ripper does not currently offer any DLC.

Sherlock Holmes versus Jack the Ripper does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Sherlock Holmes versus Jack the Ripper does not support Steam Remote Play.

Sherlock Holmes versus Jack the Ripper 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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Sherlock Holmes versus Jack the Ripper PEGI 16
9.99€ -92% 9.99€ 0.81€
7.7
964
228
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Online players
7
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Frogwares
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Frogwares
Release 23 Dec 2009
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