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Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments

PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2014

Should you play it?

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.

What works

  • Immersive victorian london atmosphere
  • Multiple cases with varied outcomes
  • Engaging deduction and moral choice system
  • Well-written stories and characters
  • Good graphics and voice acting for its time

Things to keep in mind

  • Somewhat easy and hand-holding gameplay
  • Limited length with only six cases
  • Repetitive lockpicking minigames
  • Long loading times between scenes
  • Watson character underutilized

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter

  • Whispers of a Machine

  • Grim Legends 3: The Dark City

  • Sherlock Holmes Chapter One

  • The Journey Down: Chapter Two

  • The Council

More survival-focused

Games that feels like Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments but with a stronger survival pressure

  • Resident Evil

  • SONG OF HORROR COMPLETE EDITION

  • Tormented Souls 2

  • Tormented Souls

  • Them and Us

  • Prey

Less expressive

Games that feels like Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments but with less self-expression and customization

  • Ghost Files: The Face of Guilt

  • Sherlock Holmes and The Hound of The Baskervilles

  • Slender Threads

  • Frankenstein: Master of Death

  • 1 Moment Of Time: Silentville

  • The Testament of Sherlock Holmes

More intimate

Games that feels like Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments but with more focus on close relationships

  • Syberia: The World Before

  • The Forgotten City

  • Gray Matter

  • Blacksad: Under the Skin

  • Yesterday Origins

  • Twin Mirror

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From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter

  • The Testament of Sherlock Holmes

  • Sherlock Holmes The Awakened

  • Sherlock Holmes Chapter One

  • Sherlock Holmes and The Hound of The Baskervilles

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Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Competition, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Strategy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Intimacy, Fantasy.

Last update: 03/08/2026