Sherlock Holmes began his adventures on the written page, but has since traveled by carriage to movies, TV shows, comics, manga, and video games. The video games started out as point-and-click adventures, but have since become third-person adventure games, offering rich worlds and intriguing mysteries to challenge even the best advisory detectives.
While these games are niche and fans of The Great Detective find the titles fun and interesting, the critics can be stricter with their scores. Regardless of their score, every Sherlock Holmes game is packed with mystery, intrigue and the special charm of the famous detective.
8 Sherlock Holmes: Secret Of The Silver Earring Levels Out At 68
Sherlock Holmes: The Secret of the Silver Earring marks a shift in perspective for the series as players now control Holmes in a third-person perspective, though it still played out as a point-and-click adventure. While attending a party, Holmes and Watson witness their host being shot dead by an unseen gunman in the room.
Holmes takes it upon himself to separate the fact from the fiction and find out who the killer is. Players follow Holmes on a journey through Brazil, India and over 40 locations in London. Each location offers many details, challenging puzzles and intriguing story elements.
7 Sherlock Holmes: The Devil’s Daughter earned a 71
Sherlock Holmes: The Devil’s Daughter is one of the more recent releases, having been released in 2016. The story follows Sherlock as he navigates the streets of London solving various cases, while trying to uncover the truth as to why a mysterious young girl showed up on his doorstep.
The cases of The Devil’s Daughter explore some dark themes and the occult. Players control Holmes and move freely through the levels, finding evidence and clues to help map theories. Players can then choose an outcome, charge the suspect and close the case. The overarching story offers a very unexpected twist, making it a game worth playing.
6 Sherlock Holmes Nemesis sits at 71
Sherlock Holmes: Nemesis is a crossover between the great detective and the master thief Arsène Lupine, created by the French writer Maurice Leblanc. Lupine himself has challenged Holmes by saying that he will steal five high-value objects from prestigious locations over five days.
Players must take on the role of Sherlock Holmes to capture Lupine by finding clues and solving puzzles like the other games in the series. Nemesis faithfully recreates well-known sites such as the British Museum, showing all the artworks and displays as they would have been in 19th-century London. The story is fun, if not predictable, but the puzzles offer a challenge that will keep players interested.
5 Sherlock Holmes The Awakened pulled in a 72
Sherlock Holmes The Awakened is a cross-country adventure that puts players back into the role of Sherlock Holmes as he investigates mysterious disappearances. Although the disappearances take place in London, Holmes embarks on a trek to Brazil, Louisiana and even Switzerland, following the directions as he always does.
The game’s environments are beautifully rendered in 3D and the puzzles offer a new challenge as they feature physics and light-based puzzles for the first time. Sherlock Holmes The Awakened has a great story and enough challenging puzzles to make players feel like they are Holmes themselves. In a surprising twist, the game also centers on Cthulhu, giving gamers another reason to try it out.
4 Sherlock Holmes’ will scored a respectable 73
With what begins as an accusation that Sherlock Holmes is a thief, The Will of Sherlock Holmes takes players into an exciting story full of tricky puzzles and surprising twists. Throughout the game, players control Holmes, Watson and even the bloodhound Toby as they search for clues.
The environments are 3D and the player can play from three perspectives, including first-person, a static third-person camera and an over-the-shoulder view. The Will of Sherlock Holmes is a slow burn that challenges the mind both in puzzles and logic.
3 Sherlock Holmes chapter one takes the top spot at 77
Sherlock Holmes Chapter One is the most recent Sherlock Holmes game, released in November 2021. It offers a new take on the advisory detective and takes players back to Sherlock’s early adulthood as he masters the ghosts of his past. Watson is also present, but he is presented as a figment of Sherlock’s imagination.
Chapter One is a large open-world game that players can explore at their own pace and take business from citizens on an exotic island in the Mediterranean. Fans of the Sherlock Holmes games will find everything they loved in past entries, along with some third-person shootout fights and a new twist on Sherlock’s origins.
2 Sherlock Holmes: Crimes & Punishments tops the list with 77
Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments is a fantastic game that allows players to truly become the Great Detective. There are eight cases to solve, and players must find all the evidence they can to put together a good theory. Once a theory is mapped out, the player can charge the suspect and then choose to acquit or punish him.
Each case has three to five possible solutions and six to ten endings, depending on the player’s choice. The cases are intriguing, action packed that leave players wondering what is really right and right, and contain challenging puzzles, riddles and choices.
1 Sherlock Holmes vs. Jack The Ripper puts out an 83 . down
The Great Detective takes on the Devil of Whitechapel Sherlock Holmes vs Jack the Ripper. In light of the growing number of horrific murders in the Whitechapel district, widespread panic is sweeping England. Players must don Sherlock Holmes’ deerstalker hat and sift through puzzles, evidence and murder scenes to uncover the killer’s true identity.
As gamers investigate the case, the gameplay leads them to reconstruct crime scenes, discern timelines, and uncover the evidence needed to prove their theories. Sherlock Holmes vs Jack the Ripper is a fantastic story full of twists, but not for the faint of heart.
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