The Beekeeper's Picnic - A Sherlockian Adventure
Fair · Narrative · 2025
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $13.99. A BANGER at $5.48, lower than any Steam price we have tracked since Mar 2025 (lowest $6.99, Jan 2026).
- Length
- 2.5h 5.1h to 100%
- Value
- $5.60/hr
- Reviews
- 97% of 513 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at $5.48 or less.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 6 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 10 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
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About the game
Beekeeper (and former world’s greatest detective) Sherlock Holmes is arranging a surprise picnic for his friend Watson. Unfortunately pesky mysteries keep getting in the way! Explore, find clues and interrogate your neighbours in this cosy adventure.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 256 MB of memory, DirectX compatible graphics card, 4 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, Linux.
The value story
Across all 11 discounts in the 2 years tracked, the median cut is 30 percent, about 7 weeks apart. No sale on record has reached $5.48, the price it would take to be a BANGER.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 7 percent on value. It is pricier than 75 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 98 percent. Among the games that feel like it, The Case of the Golden Idol ($17.99, scores 72) beats it on value, while it beats Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars: Reforged ($29.99, scores 64).
More about The Beekeeper's Picnic - A Sherlockian Adventure
This site sampled 314 of its Steam-purchase reviews; none were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written April 2025 to August 2026.
Finishing takes 2.5 hours; clearing it takes 5, which is 2.0 times the campaign.
The drop-off
50% start to 12% 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
This game is short but it is utterly delightful. It's very cozy, and the mysteries are not particularly difficult to solve. The voice acting is also wonderful, and if you listen to podcasts you will definitely recognize some of the actors! All in all, absolutely recommend!
2 more reviews
I can't describe with words how I absolutely adore this game, how cozy and sweet it is. I love the atmosphere, the cases that are quite easy and still entertaining, with everything in best Sherlock Holmes's traditions. The voices that fit characters perfectly. And the old man yaoi is just a cherry on top.
A short and sweet game. It's pretty much exactly what it advertises itself as: a very low stakes, character focused story in a charming little setting. The gameplay is fairly simple and inspired by classic adventure games, but avoided frustrations I've had with similar mechanics. My favourite parts were the occasional stylistic close ups, the way Sherlock and Watson's relationship was written, and that you could...
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Cite this score
The Beekeeper's Picnic - A Sherlockian Adventure scores 67/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/2248890/the-beekeeper-s-picnic-a-sherlockian-adventureReviews 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.