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This new Sherlock Holmes game sends us to 19th Century London where Arséne Lupin, a young French burglar with an impressive track record, has just challenged Scotland Yard and the most famous of detectives - Sherlock Holmes.

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Release DateAug 7, 2008
Price$ 9.99  Top 30%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)72.8% (mostly positive) / 72.4%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)69.2% / 69%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)456  Top 20% / 532  Top 20%
Curators17 reviews
Median Play Time11.2 hours  Top 15%
Play Time per Dollar1.1 hour  Top 20%
Followers1.6K  Top 30%
Owners± 165.7K  Top 15%
Copies Sold± 36.6K  Top 15%
Gross Revenue ($)± 156.8K  Top 20%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Sherlock Holmes - Nemesis steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

This graph shows Sherlock Holmes - Nemesis's Steam rating and reviews between February 2011 and December 2023. Steam's rating is varying from 71.4% (June 2021) to 89.4% (June 2014).

With 532 reviews Top 20%, Sherlock Holmes - Nemesis could be an indie success or even a small AAA success. There are peaks that suggests major updates or discounts.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Sherlock Holmes - Nemesis and the proportion of players they represent.

This doughnut chart shows Sherlock Holmes - Nemesis's review languages. The most popular language is English (48%), followed by Russian (13%). There is a healthy diversity in the review languages, with 22 different languages represented. The game is available in 5 languages. Unless the game has a lot of dialogues, translating is usually not a lot of work compared to completing a game, therefore adding more translations is generally recommended.

Time Played

Chart displaying Sherlock Holmes - Nemesis percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time played in Sherlock Holmes - Nemesis, comparing positive and negative reviews. The time played is adequate, reaching 19 hours in the 80th percentile.

The median play time for the negative reviews is similar to the median for positive reviews, hinting that there is no significant difference in the player's experience and that is more a question of personal taste. A high negative review play time (median : 8 hours) could mean that Sherlock Holmes - Nemesis crashes after a while or becomes too repetitive or difficult in the end. The Players' feedback section might give some insight about that.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Difficult puzzles
  • Good story
  • Well-built environments
  • Music is pleasant
  • Arsene Lupin is a good villain
  • Challenging gameplay
  • Great sense of humor
  • Unique creativity
  • Excellent addition to gaming library
  • Good voice acting
  • Gameplay is atrocious
  • Pixel hunting is insane
  • Math puzzles
  • Redundant puzzles
  • Long lore
  • Verbose conversations
  • Not a good game
  • Weak story
  • No actual detective work
  • Navigating levels is horrible

The intention behind these pros & cons isn't to establish a balanced evaluation of the game, but rather to assist developers in identifying enhancement opportunities. The game's score of 72.8% should be considered while evaluating them.

Take into account that list was generated using AI on a small sample of Sherlock Holmes - Nemesis's Steam review data, it is not meant to be exhaustive. Additionally, remember that not all issues need to be fixed, sometimes the best approach is to communicate better to manage the player's expectations.

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