Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened

MonsterVineTom Ravencroft

I’m not going to reveal much of the story since that’s the entire point of playing this one, but while it’s fairly linear, it’s fun to see it unfold from a fairly mundane beginning to what becomes kind of bugfuck especially once we get into the whole cults and Lovecraft and mythos thing. So yes, there’s some animation jank, the world isn’t as open as some of their bigger budget titles, and it’s fairly short (about 10-12 hours), but if you like to actually keep a notebook at your computer and write things down like we did back when your choice of display was “green” or “amber”, you can forgive ...

Impulse GamerScott De Lacy

For those of you who love the romance of the mystery and the practical puzzling deductions in the style of Sherlock Holmes, then you cannot go past Sherlock

WayTooManyGamesHeidi Hawes

8/10

Frogwares came back into the spotlight a couple years ago with a brand-new adventure, Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One. It focused on the infamous sleuth in his younger days, filled with sass and swagger, before attaining his notoriety. Despite some flaws, I rather enjoyed my time with Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One, and having been looking forward the next episode since then. Well, while we don’t have an entirely brand-new Sherlock title, Frogswares has worked diligently to bring us Sherlock Hol...

eXputerHuzaifah Durrani

Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened is a masterful blend of detective gameplay and Lovecraftian horror that offers players an engaging and immersive experience.

PC GamerRobin Valentine

80/100

Short but wonderfully engrossing, this horror detective game is doubly impressive for having been developed in the chaos of Russia's war on Ukraine.

Push SquareJade Sayers

8/10

A total remake of its 2007 game of the same name, developer Frogwares has embarked on a complete overhaul of Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened. This Lovecraftian adventure sees Sherlock investigating a series of disappearances that ultimately end up linked into the Cthulhu Mythos.

NoobFeedJay Claassen

75/100

Sherlock Holmes's The Awakened has an incredibly rich story to experience, and it feels like you have to work much harder than normal to get to it. It's a great game to experience as long as you have the patience of a saint to solve the mysteries.

Worth PlayingAndreas Salmen

7/10

Sherlock Holmes The Awakened is a remake/rewrite of the 2006 Lovecraftian detective thriller, where Cthulhu meets Sherlock Holmes detective horror adventure.

Twisted VoxelAli Haider

7/10

Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened, despite visual inconsistencies and limited accessibility for newcomers, remains a solid entry in the series.

Pure XboxPJ O'Reilly

6/10

Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened is a remake made under difficult circumstances and for that reason its shortcomings are certainly more than understandable. However, the fact remains that the resulting game falls short of the standard we've come to expect from Frogwares' excellent sleuthing series. There's still some reasonable investigative work and a nice atmosphere for fans to enjoy should they decide to bite the bullet here, but rough edges, a lack of scares, dialled back level design (compared to Chapter One) and detective work that plays it too safe makes for a Holmes outing that's rather h...

Pure NintendoJesse Taylor

5/10

I’ll admit I’m not the biggest Sherlock Holmes fan. From the books, movies, TV shows, and games, I’ve never clicked with it and been into the famous detec

Rock Paper ShotgunAlice Bell

Unscored

A slightly janky Lovecraftian Holmes adventure in neo-classic Frogwares style, offering decent fun for fans of the studio's work.