Sherlock Holmes: Crimes & Punishments (2014)

Sherlock Holmes: Crimes & Punishments cover

Developer: Frogwares
Publisher: Maximum Games, Focus Entertainment
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure
Rating: 4.0 of 5, 176 player ratings
Main story: about 13 hours
Completionist: about 15 hours
Where to get it: Nintendo eShop

How it feels

A methodical, atmospheric detective puzzle steeped in mystery and moral weight.

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About

Crimes & Punishments lets you become the greatest detective of all time, Sherlock Holmes! Solve six high-profile, gripping and varied cases: murders, disappearances, spectacular thefts and sensational cases will sometimes take you to the realms of the fantastic in this stunning game of investigation in the fine tradition of the Conan Doyle novels. Crimes & Punishments offers you a large degree of freedom to make moral choices that go beyond merely seeing that justice is done: your decisions have a real influence on the game both in terms of your character’s reputation and the consequences that arise in a realistic and sometimes unexpected way. Will you listen to your moral sense, or will you impartially enforce justice?

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