Sherlock Holmes Chapter One
Skip · Action · 2021
Steam Deck UnsupportedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 35, under the fair line, at $44.99.
- Length
- 13h
- Value
- $3.46/hr
- Reviews
- 78% positive
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Minimum on the Steam store: 12 GB of memory, Nvidia GeForce GTX 960, 4 GB or AMD Radeon R9 380, 4 GB, 28 GB of storage. Windows only.
In this story-driven detective thriller, a young Sherlock Holmes struggles to prove himself as he navigates an exotic, dangerous island in the Mediterranean to investigate the mystery of his mother’s death.
What drives the score
How to read this
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The value story
The lowest price on record is $4.49, set in September 2025. It has been discounted 53 times in the 5 years tracked here, typically at 80 percent off, with about 5 weeks between sales.
On value it sits in the top 35 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 99 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 72 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments ($29.99, scores 63) beats it on value, while it beats The Sinking City Remastered ($39.99, scores 33).
13 of the 800 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written August 2023 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 34 percent of the 345 reviews written there were positive, against 78 percent overall, and those are 8 percent of everything written about it.
The main story runs 13 hours. Doing everything runs 30, 2.3 times as long.
The drop-off
70% start to 5% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
Players
30 players online when we last checked, on Sep 29, 11:47 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
I finally finished it and achieved 100% achievement. Before that, I also played through and achieved 100% on The Devil's Daughter . Comparing the two, I feel that Chapter One left a much deeper impression on me, especially in terms of the story and the characters. Story - 9/10 I love how Chapter One doesn't just focus on the cases that need solving, but also explores Sherlock's past and his relationship with his...
Highly recommend, good story, good graphics, great references to other media, and a great game to make you think
Wholly mediocre and a mischaracterization of Conan Doyle's work, and beyond the bad story the investigative experience is the worst its ever been. A far cry from crime and punishment or the older games like jack the ripper, it should be rather simple to replicate the brilliance of crime and punishment so i am very confused.
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Cite this score
Sherlock Holmes Chapter One scores 35/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1137300/sherlock-holmes-chapter-oneReviews 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 26, price as of Oct 1.
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