Sherlock Holmes and The Hound of The Baskervilles
Fair · Narrative · 2012
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $9.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 3.2h
- Value
- $3.12/hr
- Reviews
- 89% positive
Buy now or wait
The Autumn Sale is on until Oct 8. It is at full price today.
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales on record.
- Autumn Sale cooldown
- None on record
- Typical seasonal cut
- 90% ($0.99)
- Last discount ended
- 31 days ago
Watch it for a saleSources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 512 MB of memory, 502 MB of storage. Windows only.
Help Sherlock Holmes, the famed detective, investigate the legend of a supernatural hound on the fog-shrouded moorland in England of the 19th century. Immerse yourself into the dangerous world of diabolical curse and discover the truth of the monstrous creature.
What drives the score
How to read this
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The value story
November 2020 is where it bottomed out, at $0.99. Its cuts run 80 percent off as a rule. There have been 100 in the 14 years tracked, about 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 4 weeks ago.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 9 percent on value. It is pricier than 69 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 88 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Adventure Escape Mysteries (free, scores 63) beats it on value, while it beats 9 Clues: The Secret of Serpent Creek ($14.99, scores 57).
Of the 355 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 2 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to August 2026.
The drop-off
74% start to 22% 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
What players say
Absolutely insane take on the classic Holmes story, which is something I did not expect from Frogwares. Having said that, they have really done one of the most pleasant casual adventures around... if you turn off the music. The hint system works, the puzzles are just cumulative enough, and the plot is absolute nonsense that has very little to do with the original story, with Sherlock or with whatever, and this is...
A classic H.O.G for anyone who both a fan of Sherlock Holmes and the gameplay itself!
Great game and love the story. I seem to be stuck in the painting where one needs to rub off the access, well it has become lazy and does not wish to work and I was getting my hopes up that finally I found a game that works. Steam and Valve are not much help lately when something is broken and I have a lot of them! To bad I was enjoying the game untill I got the glitch with the sponge and not wanting to wipe the...
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No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Sherlock Holmes and The Hound of The Baskervilles scores 61/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/209230/sherlock-holmes-and-the-hound-of-the-baskervillesReviews 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 28, price as of Oct 1.
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