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The Testament of Sherlock Holmes

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App ID 205650
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Frogwares
Franchise Sherlock Holmes
Supported Systems Windows
Last Changenumber 30171269
Last Record Update 21 July 2025 – 17:18:25 UTC ()
Release Date 20 September 2012 – 17:00:00 UTC ()
😏 77.30%
3k reviews
11
In-Game

Become the greatest detective of all time in The Testament of Sherlock Holmes, a twisting, turning investigation game set in a faithfully-reproduced London of 1898. As Sherlock Holmes, you must find clues, interrogate suspects and unveil a mystery in a story full of twists!

Additional Information

Developer Frogwares
gamedir The Testament of Sherlock Holmes
metacritic_name The Testament of Sherlock Holmes
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controller_support partial
metacritic_score 73
NoServers No
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GameManualURL http://store.steampowered.com/manual/205650/
VisibleOnlyWhenSubscribed Yes
community_visible_stats Yes
sourcegame Yes
Publisher Frogwares
Store Release Date 25 September 2012 – 18:00:00 UTC ()
community_hub_visible Yes
Social Media https://x.com/Frogwares
https://www.youtube.com/frogwaresgames/
Primary Genre Adventure (25)
Store Genres Adventure (25)
Steam Release Date 20 September 2012 – 17:00:00 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 31 October 2022 – 10:16:10 UTC () (1667211370)
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review_score 6
review_percentage 79
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • Some functionality is not accessible when using the default controller configuration, requiring use of the touchscreen or virtual keyboard, or a community configuration
  • This game shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  • Note: This game does not default to external Bluetooth/USB controllers on Deck, and may require manually switching the active controller via the Quick Access Menu
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  • Note: Some functionality is not accessible when using the default controller configuration, requiring use of the touchscreen or virtual keyboard, or a community configuration
  • Note: This game does not default to external Bluetooth/USB controllers on SteamOS, and may require manually switching the active controller via the Quick Access Menu
  •  
  • category: Playable
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 10 March 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 6428222
  • configuration:
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    requires_non_controller_launcher_nav0
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    non_deck_display_glyphs0
    small_text0
    requires_internet_for_setup0
    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
    recommended_runtimeproton-stable
    requires_h2640
    requires_voice_files0
    gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported0
    hdr_support0
First seen on SteamDB 28 March 2013 – 09:32:23 UTC (), in changelist #199976

Supported Languages

16 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles Achievements
English Yes Yes Yes Yes
German Yes Yes Yes Yes
French Yes Yes Yes Yes
Italian Yes Yes Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes Yes Yes
Russian Yes Yes Yes Yes
Polish Yes Yes Yes
Turkish Yes Yes Yes
Japanese Yes Yes Yes
Korean Yes Yes Yes
Czech Yes Yes
Hungarian Yes Yes
Simplified Chinese Yes Yes Yes
Traditional Chinese Yes Yes Yes
Portuguese - Brazil Yes Yes Yes
Ukrainian Yes Yes Yes

Tags

🗺️ Adventure 🕵️ Detective 🔎 Point & Click 🧩 Puzzle 🤫 Mystery 👤 Singleplayer 📔 Based On A Novel 🔍 Investigation 📚 Story Rich 🚨 Crime 🌫 Atmospheric 🙌 First-Person 👤 Third Person 🗝️ Escape Room 🌍 Open World

Categories

Single-player Steam Achievements Steam Trading Cards Steam Cloud Family Sharing

Hardware Categories

Partial Controller Support

Assets

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Assets
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timestamp12 July 2023 – 16:19:19 UTC
Trailers
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User File System

Key Value
quota 300.00 MiB (314572800)
maxnumfiles 1000
savefiles
1 ↴
rootWinAppDataRoaming
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recursive1
platforms/1all

Save File Locations

Based on the configuration above, this is where we think the save files are located.

Read more about cloud saves in Steamworks documentation.

Platform Path Pattern
[All OSes] %USERPROFILE%/AppData/Roaming/Frogwares/The Testament of Sherlock Holmes/save *
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