The Testament of Sherlock Holmes

For a player who wants to follow Holmes’s case alone, crime-scene searches, clue trails and interrogations anchor a story with twists. At $0.89 from Eneba, the purchase makes most sense when the listed language options suit you; the Steam PC listing identifies it as a single-player game. At $19.99 from Eneba, this suits a solo mystery purchase if the listed language options fit your needs.

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80%Steam Reviews3.3K reviews73Metacritic/100

Released: Sep 20, 2012

Adventure · Detective · Point & Click · Puzzle · Mystery

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01About The Testament of Sherlock Holmes

In The Testament of Sherlock Holmes, take the detective through a tangled investigation in London, 1898. Examine crime scenes, seek clues, follow trails and question suspects to unravel a mystery in a story full of turns. Steam players rate it 80%% positive across 3,264 reviews. Interface languages: Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Polish, Turkish, Japanese, Korean, Czech, Hungarian, Portuguese-Brazil, and Ukrainian. Released September 20, 2012.

Credits

Developer

Frogwares

Publisher

Frogwares

Steam player reviews

80%positiveVery Positive3,264 Steam reviews

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Language support

Language	Interface	Subtitles	Audio
Simplified Chinese	Yes	Yes	—
Traditional Chinese	Yes	Yes	—
English	Yes	Yes	Yes

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Language	Interface	Subtitles	Audio
German	Yes	Yes	Yes
French	Yes	Yes	Yes
Italian	Yes	Yes	—
Spanish	Yes	Yes	—
Russian	Yes	Yes	Yes
Polish	Yes	Yes	—
Turkish	Yes	Yes	—
Japanese	Yes	Yes	—
Korean	Yes	Yes	—
Czech	Yes	Yes	—
Hungarian	Yes	Yes	—
Portuguese-Brazil	Yes	Yes	—
Ukrainian	Yes	Yes	—

Steam PC edition data · 2026-11-02

02Before you buy

A London investigation

Investigate crime scenes, follow clues and question suspects in 1898 London.

Language and mode

Steam lists English audio and subtitles, with additional subtitle languages. The game is listed as single-player.

03Frequently asked questions

What do you do in the game?

Examine crime scenes, follow trails and interrogate suspects to uncover a mystery.

When and where is it set?

The investigation unfolds in a richly detailed London in 1898.

Can I play solo?

Steam PC data lists single-player.

Popular Steam reviews

Native-language selection · 10 reviews

Selected helpful reviews in this language show both recommendations and criticisms. This selection does not represent the overall positive rating; opinions reflect the version reviewed.

RecommendedSteam player

11/10/2013

Great adventure game! Maybe the best in the series. It has some minor flaws like no lip-sync,poor optimization in the sewers and awkard controls but the story, puzzles and overall gameplay compensate for them. I managed to finish it in 12 hours but with some help at the harder puzzles. It's a game that every adventure enthusiast should play.Show moreShow less

11.6 hours at review96 people found this helpful

Not recommendedSteam player

01/03/2014

This game was quite disappointing. Despite being a detective game, there is very little actual investigations - the game turns into a simple point and click adventure game pretty quickly. While that is done quite well, and the puzzles themselves are quite good, albeit quite standard for the most part, the narrative structure of a Sherlock Holmes novel just fits terribly. As a game, you expect to be able to influence events as you come across them, not have Sherlock Holmes solve them behind the scenes and present the results afterwards - when you PLAY as him. As a player, I would have liked to be the one to logically think up the clever plots and put them in motion, not switch to Watson and be forced to ignore evidence available to let the plot move along. As a mystery game, this fails spectacularly... which is surprising considering that this game is quite well made - with the exception of some of the worst animations I've seen in a long time.Show moreShow less

11.3 hours at review99 people found this helpful

RecommendedSteam player

04/21/2016

AT A GLANCE (Full review follows below) Game Name: The Testament of Sherlock Holmes Original Release: 2012 Genre Tags: Adventure; Point & Click; Puzzle; Detective; Casual My Overall Grade: A- Estimated Playtime (Campaign): 10-18 hours Multiplayer Aspect: None Recommended To: Established fans of the genre; Those intrigued by the genre; Casual gamers REVIEW The Testament of Sherlock Holmes is a very pleasantly surprising puzzle game, with a high standard of quality and a humorous undertone. Any fans of the puzzler-adventure genre should easily find this game enjoyable. Once you start playing you will likely find yourself engrossed by the experience. It has a much thicker, richer story aspect than many other puzzler-adventure games out there. I was truly entertained by the narrative throughout my entire playthrough. The interesting plot goes a long way to elevate this game above the standard. Furthermore, I thought the graphics were nice and the voice acting was solid, which reinforces the high quality of the writing. The end result is a very enjoyable game with an excellent presentation. This inherent quality in the writing, atmosphere, and overall presentation results in a game which feels much more true to the Sherlock Holmes brand than the other couple of games I have played that were franchised the intellectual property. The others feel like standard adventure games with the words "Sherlock Holmes" on the title. This game, to me, really felt like what I believe a Sherlock Holmes game should feel like. The puzzles were very challenging and quite fun; though to be honest I lost patience and had to seek assistance once or twice because of how tricky some of them were. Some of the puzzles are doubly complicated because the objective of the puzzle isn’t always made clear. So first you have to figure out what you are trying to do, and then you have to actually do it. This does add an extra layer of challenge, but it also can be a bit jarring. And lastly, something I thought was a pretty cool feature is the fact that you can choose to move around in 1st or 3rd person, or play in classic point-and-click adventure style. Having this freedom sounds trivial, but it is really nice to be able to tailor the style on a whim as you play through the campaign. In summary, The Testament of Sherlock Holmes is a pretty sweet ride. It should appeal to both fans of the game genre and fans of the Sherlock Holmes IP. Give it some consideration if it sounds up your alley. Follow my curation page to see more of my recommendations!Show moreShow less

25.5 hours at review95 people found this helpful

Not recommendedSteam player

01/04/2014

This would be a great Sherlock Holmes game if it actually tried to be a Sherlock Holmes game. What I mean is, it starts off really well, and has two investigations that are very interesting, and very much in the vein of what I expect a Sherlock Holmes game to be. You explore a crime scene, noticing very little details about it, and piece them together in a 'deduction board,' an invention of a game which serves to gamify Holmes' famous deductive reasoning. It does a pretty good job of it, too! I also really liked the ONE scene where you analyze evidence you gathered in the crime scene, as there were quite a few clever minigames that I had fun going through. The problem being, basically the entire game after that, save for two further, and much smaller, investigations, is literally just a mediocre puzzle adventure game, with a bunch of stupid 'find item -> use item' puzzles, and with far more puzzle boxes than I think should have existed in the late 19th Century? Normally, I wouldn't mind this...but I don't play a game in the Sherlock Holmes universe to go through puzzles that could be in ANY game. I play a Sherlock Holmes game so I can BE Sherlock Holmes, exploring crime scenes and solving them in a way only he could. And you don't even have the excuse there's so little you can do with that, because just look at all the cases in the public domain stories. There's SO many ways to adapt and expand them without ever resorting to stupid puzzle ♥♥♥♥ that even Sierra was doing back in the 80s. That being said, I do like the voice work of Holmes and Watson, especially Holmes. And the environments are pretty well done, especially for a lower-budget game like this. I wish the engine was a little better, as controlling Holmes and Watson felt like trying to drive a drunken tank at times, but it didn't hamper my experience of the game too much. Though, there WAS a bit too much backtracking, and, yeah, the scene with the dog was completely pointless. As for the story...it started out pretty well, and then went to ♥♥♥♥ at the end. Minor spoilers from here on out. So Moriarty's in the game, because apparently you just have to use Moriarty as much as you can, despite there being perfectly fine villains in the mythos. I understand this is part of a series, and he would be suited for 'Holmes' darkest case yet,' but he basically just shows up at the end with little fanfare, and he's just this utterly-generic 'evil for the sake of evil' villain, not at all the criminal mastermind and equal to Holmes he should be. What buildup there is was fine, but his appearance was completely underwhelming. Not to mention, the final twist at the very end, once Moriarty's dealt with. I actually would have REALLY liked that, and thought it would be a great way to take Holmes as a character...except it's literally JUST introduced seconds before the credits roll. We're given no development, no buildup, it's just a way to cheaply garner audience sympathy right at the very end. It almost comes across as a deus-ex-machina, if it had ANY bearing on the plot. Moriarty doesn't even mention it until he's [SPOILERS] and uses it as his motivation in basically two words. I would have loved it if we kept meeting Moriarty as the game went on, and he kept hinting about it, and he kept saying he had a reason for his crimes this time around, and it kept us in the dark and serves as a primary motivation to his character, rather than he's just doing it because he's evil. This game could have used much better writing in general. For being called one of the best Sherlock Holmes games up to now, it's surprisingly amateurish. I just can't give it a recommendation, even though it has just enough of the Holmesian spirit to get me wanting more. If you want to buy it, buy it in a sale when it's 75% off, because I don't think it's worth much more than $5-10. I really hope the next game, Crime and Punishment, will actually satisfy me. I DO have The Awakening, so maybe that will, too.Show moreShow less

11.8 hours at review74 people found this helpful

Not recommendedSteam player

07/07/2022

The story is mostly solid, and I'm in love with the fact it is multi-perspective game. I will give this game a lot of pros. The graphics were not terrible, and the interactions were decent. This however, was overshadowed by several complications. #1 - Crashing. This game crashed so many times and caused frustration beyond belief. This can be fixed however. If you do play the game, go here and I highly recommend downloading the patch made. (https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/The_Testament_of_Sherlock_Holmes) This patch made saving easy and honestly made the game worth completing. #2 - Movement. The movement in this game was weird. Sometimes it worked, other times it didn't. I actually found the 1st person mode to make this easier to work with, as it removed the need to see the model of the characters. this made clicking accuracy so much better and not have to attempt to decide which one to pick. It genuinely caused some issues in the end. #3 - Combinations. I swear to god I got to the point I couldn't anymore with combining items. It frustrated me because it never gave a hint or even a small indicator that certain items could be combined. I will be the first to admit I relied on a guide (I used a not so great one) to assist when I got stuck because I didn't know I needed to combine items. It was discouraging honestly. In the end, I wanted to love this game. I enjoyed the style, wished it was a little more open world, enjoyed the story and how it was told. It was a great puzzle game, but in the end I cannot willingly recommend this game. With the patch I gave above, heck yea the game becomes tolerable and worth a single play through. Otherwise, I feel like the developers just made the game and left it to die. I wish there was a button instead of yes or no, that was recommend with caution or if you like the style give it a shot. I hope this review helps someone out there with this game.Show moreShow less

11.3 hours at review23 people found this helpful

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