Sherlock Holmes: The Silver Earring
Skip · Narrative · 2009
The verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 5, under the fair line, at $0.99.
- Length
- 8h 8.6h to 100%
- Value
- $0.12/hr
- Reviews
- 59% of 808 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
It is 90% off today.
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
About the game
Melvyn Bromsby, a rich tycoon, is about to make a statement, when suddenly a shot rings out. Sir Bromsby collapses - a mortal wound to the heart... A baffling murder, dozens of witnesses and no suspects! You, Sherlock Holmes, must use all your skills to shed light on this mysterious case.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 256 MB of memory, Video card 32MB DirectX 8.1 compatible, 1.2 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
109 discounts in the 14 years on record, a median of 80 percent off across all of them, roughly 5 weeks apart. Today's $0.99 at 90 percent off matches the lowest price in the record.
It is pricier than 70 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 97 percent. Among the games that feel like it, The Testament of Sherlock Holmes ($1.99, scores 60) beats it on value, while it beats Nancy Drew®: Midnight in Salem ($21.99, scores 3).
More about Sherlock Holmes: The Silver Earring
68 on Metacritic, 59 percent from players. A gap this way round is usually launch damage or a slow decline.
Of the 538 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, none come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written April 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 23 percent of the 108 reviews written there were positive, against 59 percent overall, and those are 15 percent of everything written about it.
What players say
Tried to play this in 2026 - unsurprisingly, it hasn't aged well for modern displays. If you're on a current setup, expect these problems: - The clickable hotspots don't line up with the objects they belong to. Your cursor has to sit noticeably away from an item to trigger it, and the offset gets worse toward the edges of the screen. - Changing the resolution in the settings won't fix it - the misalignment comes...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
صار فيه تحسين صار عندك شخصية تتحرك فيها ولكن لا زلت ما انصح انك تشتريها إلا إذا تحب شيرلوك هولمز لأن اللعبة قديمة جداً مو ممتعة
I didn't quite plan on writing this review; but I wanted to add a little grain of salt to the varied rating this game has, as I've enjoyed it a good bit. For context, this isn't my first approach with the Frogwares Holmes' games. As of writing this, I've played through Crimes and Punishments, Devil's Daughter, Nemesis, Mystery of the Mummy (not thanks to the absolutely horrendous PC port) and Jack the Ripper...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
Sherlock Holmes: The Silver Earring scores 5/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/11150/sherlock-holmes-the-silver-earringReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 27, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.