Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments
Give it 7 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (45%); after 10h it's 1 in 20 (5%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- 51% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Aye Aye, Captain!” (Finish Black Peter case) and “Off the Rails!” (Finish Train case): from 100% to 78% of starters.
- Only 58% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 8,108 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 13.9h for positive, 5.5h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (57.6% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Aye Aye, Captain! Finish Black Peter case. 100%
- Off the Rails! Finish Train case. Most players quit here 78% −22
- Blood and Ice Finish Blood Bath case. 65% −13
- Vox populi, vox Dei Finish Abbey Grange case. 60% −5
- A Deadly Flower Finish Kew Gardens case. 54% −6
- Guilty Brotherhood Finish Half Moon case. 51% −3
- Their Crimes, Your Punishments Complete the game. 51%
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (25)
story milestone ending side
- Aye Aye, Captain! Finish Black Peter case. 100%
- Off the Rails! Finish Train case. 78%
- I Never Fail Finish 10 Dialogue QTEs without a failure. 75%
- Child's Play! Finish 25 mini games and puzzles without skipping. 73%
- Keen Observer Finish 15 "Character Observations" without skipping. 69%
- Raider of the Tombs Retrieve the Golden Knife from the ancient temple of Mithras. 66%
- Elementary! Finish 35 mini games and puzzles without skipping. 66%
- Blood and Ice Finish Blood Bath case. 65%
- Sharpshooter Disarm Mexican by shooting the gun from his hand. 64%
- An Omnivorous Reader Receive 3 messages from those whom you condemned or absolved. 62%
- Vox populi, vox Dei Finish Abbey Grange case. 60%
- My Grey Matters Finish 45 mini games and puzzles without skipping. 58%
- Hold your Herrings, Captain! Save Crocker from committing suicide. 54%
- A Deadly Flower Finish Kew Gardens case. 54%
- Their Crimes, Your Punishments Complete the game. 51%
- Guilty Brotherhood Finish Half Moon case. 51%
- Haunted House Catch the thieves at Notting Hill Manor. 50%
- A Methodical Man Gather 26 Character Portraits. 48%
- Bruiser Beat Cairns in a fight. 44%
- Suicide is Not an Option! Prevent Miss White from suicide. 42%
- I Never Guess Reach 6 correct conclusions for all 6 cases. 36%
- Dog-fancier Interact with Toby in every case. 18%
- A Man of Character Receive maximum personality ranking. 11%
- A Complex Mind Reach all possible conclusions in the game. 5.0%
- Perfectionist Collect all possible in-game achievements. 4.7%