Engaging cases and story
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“the plots for each case are compelling and the puzzles are great”
Steam review · 10.3 h played ↗
Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 80%Very Positive · 80%Frogwares2016Detective · Mystery · Adventure
−90%$29.99$2.99
US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
A story-driven Frogwares detective game with solid deductions and five varied cases, but padded with clunky action, QTEs and minigames. Skip it if you want pure deduction like Crimes & Punishments.
Great for
Fans of Frogwares Holmes games who enjoy investigations, deduction boards and puzzles, ideally bought on sale
Main risk
Forced action, stealth and QTE sequences with clunky controls (forest chase, temple) replace the detective work
What players love
Good puzzles with a skip option
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“I really appreciated that there’s a skip button for puzzles in case you get stuck or just don’t feel like solving one.”
Steam review · 11.3 h played ↗
Satisfying deduction and detective feel
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“The deduction mechanics are brilliant, requiring actual logic to connect clues and accuse the right suspect.”
Steam review · 15.1 h played ↗
Varied gameplay and moral choices
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“Variety: Investigations, interrogations, stealth moments, and puzzles keep the gameplay from feeling stale.”
Steam review · 8 h played ↗
Atmospheric Victorian London and visuals
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“The London setting feels dark, with fog and street lamps.”
Steam review · 22.3 h played ↗
Good value on sale
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 positive reviews
“solid 10-12 hour game - good value at discount”
Steam review · 15.6 h played ↗
What players complain about
Annoying action, stealth and QTE sequences
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“this game has added more "action" sequences [footnote: poorly executed bloat], and I'm not sure who it's targetted at.”
Steam review · 11.6 h played ↗
Worse than Crimes & Punishments, changed Holmes and Watson
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“this one is worse in almost every way.”
Steam review · 10.6 h played ↗
Weak, illogical case solutions and overarching story
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“The cases often make no sense at all.”
Steam review · 16.4 h played ↗
Too many tedious minigames
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“what ruins this for me is inflated amount of "minigames".”
Steam review · 1.8 h played ↗
Technical problems: widescreen, crashes, stutter
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“This game does not support windowed fullscreen, or even just fullscreen on a monitor that is not the primary monitor.”
Steam review · 13.9 h played ↗
Unclear progression and soft-locks
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“I sure do love getting soft locked because I didn't click on the floor dirt in my investigation”
Steam review · 11.7 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support20 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 7 64 Bit / Windows 8.1 64 Bit / Windows 10 64 Bit
ProcessorINTEL Core i3 3.6GHz / AMD FX Series 4.2GHz Quad-Core
Memory6 GB RAM
Graphics1024 MB 100% DirectX 11 compatible AMD Radeon HD 7790 / NVIDIA GeForce 460 GTX
Storage20 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 7 64 Bit / Windows 8.1 64 Bit / Windows 10 64 Bit
ProcessorINTEL Core i5 2100 3.1 GHZ / AMD A8-7600 3.1 GHz
Memory8 GB RAM
Graphics2048MB 100% DirectX 11 compatible ATI R9 270X / NVIDIA GeForce 760 GTX or higher
Storage20 GB available space
OSWindows 7 64 Bit / Windows 8.1 64 Bit / Windows 10 64 Bit
ProcessorINTEL Core i3 3.6GHz / AMD FX Series 4.2GHz Quad-Core
Memory6 GB RAM
Graphics1024 MB 100% DirectX 11 compatible AMD Radeon HD 7790 / NVIDIA GeForce 460 GTX
Storage20 GB available space
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