Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: The Case of the Mystified Murderess
Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: The Case of the Mystified Murderess
Game
Game2015
Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: The Case of the Tin Soldier
Developer Zojoi
Inspector Smythe from Scotland Yard has informed Watson and me of the murder of General Armstead, a Tontine ticket holder. Something about this case intrigues me. Perhaps it ís that the General was about to publish a scintillating addendum to his infamous book on treasure. From the Steam store page
190 reactions from 3 sources (Bluesky, Steam reviews, Lemmy) · newest Oct 31, 2026 · last updated Oct 31, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
71
Fresh
22 positive · 9 negative
95% range 53–84%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bluesky * | 43 | 3 | 108 |
| Steam reviews | 22 | 9 | 0 |
| Lemmy * | 1 | 0 | 4 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
22 of 31 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
71% recommend · 22 yes, 9 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 31 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mixed (36 of 52 positive).
Players describe it as an interactive story or FMV whodunit with minimal gameplay. [1][2][3] Some find the case too short or lacking in mystery, feeling more like a procedural. [4][5][6] Others appreciate the improved video quality and nostalgic value of the remaster. [7][8][9]
Liked
Representative posts
- [6]
Another weak case dragging down a good system. Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective is a sweet system for playing short one-shot murder mystery games but just like The Case of the Mystified Murderess, the case here doesn't do the system justice. There's not particularly any mystery to this case. No intuitive leaps needed. Just follow every lead to its conclusion and the culprit will all but be dropped into your …
- [1]
will start off by saying that this game has very little to actually "do" in it, it is more of an interactive story almost, but not quite. The object of all three of the Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective mysteries is to gather clues by deciding on what people and places to visit. Once you have gotten enough information to solve the crime/s you will go before a judge and he will ask a few questions that you must …
- [3]
Pretty enjoyable FMV whodunit that harkens back to the 90's Sega CD days. The points system will make you want to re-do the case in a much more efficient manner, but don't let that stop you from exploring all clues like they do in detective shows on tv :)
- [10]
Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: The Case of the Tin Soldier is a standout in the Consulting Detective series, and even today, it’s a compelling experience for anyone who enjoys solving intricate mysteries. The story, characters, and gameplay combine to create an engaging detective experience that doesn’t rely on flashy graphics but instead challenges your ability to piece together clues and think critically. …
- [2]
A retired military general is found dead in his study. The only clue left behind is a tin soldier figurine that is facing the opposite direction than all the other soldiers in the collection. Is this figurine somehow linked with the identity of his murderer? The best way to look at these Sherlock Holmes cases of which their are three, this one being the best in my opinion is as interactive novels. The actual …
Summarised from 34 of the 193 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 13, 2026. How summaries are made
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Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: The Case of the Tin Soldier sits at 71% positive across 31 opinionated reactions from 3 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Reactions
60 of 190 · most liked firstPhoenix Wright + Golden Idol + Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective = C:OMT. Still set in the 70s like the original run. The moonshot was licensed likenesses for actual 70s actors/actresses. I am the perfect person to write it. But I'm not sure I'm up to actually running the project. That's life
neutral · AI labelView post →The Incident at Galley House is absolutely my jam. It's a murder mystery narrative deduction game. If you liked Her Story or Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective or Return of the Obra Dinn or anything in that vein, you're gonna love this. store.steampowered.com/app/3641000/...
neutral · AI labelView post →The idea is a combo of deduction and required evidence; My current design is inspired by a bunch of games but I really like Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective style, where it is possible to solve it in a perfect minimal number of steps/encounters/scenes but you can take longer and still solve it
neutral · AI labelView post →The PC Engine's first FMV game was Sherlock Holmes no Tantei Kouza, or Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective. Along with being a technical marvel, the game has an unusual origin and a future celebrity (okay, celebrity to online nerds, but still a celebrity). youtu.be/GLbrJfoWlMw
neutral · AI labelView post →SHERLOCK HOLMES CONSULTING DETECTIVE VOLUME 2
neutral · AI labelView post →I have never been worse at a game that I also loved than I am at Sherlock Holmes, Consulting Detective
positive · AI labelView post →Played Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective for the first time and really enjoyed it.
positive · AI labelView post →will start off by saying that this game has very little to actually "do" in it, it is more of an interactive story almost, but not quite. The object of all three of the Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective mysteries is to gather clues by deciding on what people and places to visit. Once you have gotten enough information to solve the crime/s you will go before a judge and he will ask a few questions that you must answer correctly. Getting to the judge and answering questions using the fewest…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Do people know that Virtual Stupidity was made by ICOM Simulations? It shares DNA with Deja Vu, Shadowgate, and Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective. So, that's neat.
neutral · AI labelView post →THE DAVID MARSH COLLECTION, with source materials from ICOM Simulations games like Shadowgate, Uninvited, Deja Vu, and more. David had a treasure trove of materials from ICOM! Are you a fan of the Sega CD classic Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective? Well, there's the literal film it was filmed on
neutral · AI labelView post →Share the last 4 TTRPGs you played and expose your gaming habits (Or don't. I'm not a cop). Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective* Mythic Bastionland Merryshire Detective Club Trail of Cthulhu *: if we eliminate this as being more of a board game, then, uh, Sleepaway I think.
neutral · AI labelView post →Streaming in an hour, the Sega CD continues with Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective and then Raw Danger continues with the third character! www.twitch.tv/supergreatfr...
neutral · AI labelView post →"The principal mechanic is attention." - Mark LaCroix on BLIPPO+ ...pointing out that attention is necessary of tons of games but mostly designers are super forgiving about it? Makes me think about: obscure lore (from souls), Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective, wall of links in howling dogs
neutral · AI labelView post →A retired military general is found dead in his study. The only clue left behind is a tin soldier figurine that is facing the opposite direction than all the other soldiers in the collection. Is this figurine somehow linked with the identity of his murderer? The best way to look at these Sherlock Holmes cases of which their are three, this one being the best in my opinion is as interactive novels. The actual gameplay is minimal but the stories are interesting and you slowly read through the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective style game, but instead of newspapers it’s recipe blogs, and all the murders are food related.
neutral · AI labelView post →two recommendations from me: - Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective. brilliant genre-defining boardgame. somehow from the 80s?? - Her Story. originator of the modern FMV movement both just have that freedom to speculate on someone's motives, go: huh, i wonder... and have that immediately pay off
positive · AI labelView post →Man, remember all the outrage when the Azul sequels came out? Or Caverna? Or Gaia Project? Or Ticket to ride Europe? Or Nemesis lockdown? Or Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: jack the ripper? Or Betrayal at Baldurs gate? Or.............................................. ad infinitum? Me neither.
neutral · AI labelView post →Last night we finally cracked into Sherlock Holmes, Consulting Detective after having it on our shelf for a few years. I dig it. It's basically a choose-your-own-adventure deduction game where getting more story is dependent on you figuring out the story so far. Clever format, great time-for-cost.
positive · AI labelView post →A new week and its ALL COLLABS??? Thursday 7pm BIRTHDAY YAPYAP on MinoMiushi Friday 8pm I lose all my braincells with Sherlock Holmes : Consulting Detective on AlistairArsene! and Saturday we're back to RESCUE ALEXANDER at 7:30pm on MoosenMonk!!
neutral · AI labelView post →When my dad started buying our first DVDs at the end of the 1990's (The Mummy by Stephen Sommers was our very first DVD), he also brought home Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective. These are three interactive movies where the viewers can decide what Sherlock Holmes should do next.
neutral · AI labelView post →Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective by Raymond Edwards, Suzanne Goldberg, Gary Grady. I have only played the original solo. Bought this to play with my family, but they weren't interested. It's a bit like advanced Choose Your Own Adventure. Found a new home for the game.
neutral · AI labelView post →Streaming in an hour with Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective Vol. 2 on the Sega CD, and then more Routine! www.twitch.tv/supergreatfr...
neutral · AI labelView post →Playing Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective.
neutral · AI labelView post →#5: Wingspan is directly next to Creature Comforts (Roberta Taylor) & directly under Point City by Molly Johnson (due to my failure to put it away). Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective by Suzanne Goldberg et al is one away and it's all @bengoldman.bsky.social's fault. I'm no cheater!
neutral · AI labelView post →Sixteenth game of 2016 is "Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective" with @kbowenwriter.bsky.social in co-op mode. We were 80% successful in solving Case Two: The Mystified Murderess.
positive · AI labelView post →Playing Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective tonight, so naturally, the decorum must be upheld.
neutral · AI labelView post →I think I'm going to break open Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective this weekend and do the first mystery. I've had it for a year and haven't done much with it.
neutral · AI labelView post →Analogue Duo firmware 1.3 released!. Official Analogue support link: https://www.analogue.co/support/duo/firmware/1.3 Link to related tweet: https://twitter.com/analogue/status/1773726811391709366 ---- * Added low-pass filter to ADPCM channel * Adjusted audio levels on all channels * Improvements to composite video palette * Fixed issues affecting CD stability * Fixed crashes affecting the following games: * Doraemon - Nobita no Dorabian Night * Efera & Jiliora: The Emblem from Darkness…
neutral · AI labelView post →Another weak case dragging down a good system. Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective is a sweet system for playing short one-shot murder mystery games but just like The Case of the Mystified Murderess, the case here doesn't do the system justice. There's not particularly any mystery to this case. No intuitive leaps needed. Just follow every lead to its conclusion and the culprit will all but be dropped into your hands by the end. It feels less like a mystery and more like a police procedural.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →5.0/10 - The Third Mediocre Sherlock FMV Installment! If you've played (or Reviewed) one of these games then you have played them all; essentially the exact same game split up into (3) different mysteries. They could have easily had a better game if they combined these for a single more complete game. As Sherlock Holmes, you will be tasked with figuring out who killed the retired General. The meat of the game is sifting through newspapers to find clues which perpetuate you to navigate to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Together with friends, we're organizing a Halloween Murder Mystery at our Boulder Gym (you can come!) Turns out that Dave Neale (Unlock, Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: The Baker Street Irregulars and War Story: Occupied France) has a YouTube channel full of tips! youtu.be/J5lG4GDR1rc?...
neutral · AI labelView post →Honestly, Letters From Whitechapel is a better design of the same concept. For detective story games, Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective is amazing. And for public transit games, Bus is the way to go (probably)
positive · AI labelView post →Tyrants of the Underdark, Eldritch Horror, Paladins of the West Kingdom, Brass Birmingham, Scythe, Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective, Battlestar Galactica, The Great Wall, 51st State, Anachrony...
neutral · AI labelView post →In no order: Western Legends Fury of Dracula Istanbul Root Fromage Grand Austria Hotel Obsession My Father’s Work Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective Vantage Luthier (11)
neutral · AI labelView post →The first flowering of console CD-ROM occurred in 1991 with the releases of Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective and It Came From the Desert - both of which were on the Turbografx-CD. While definitely dated, both games pioneered incorporating low-res video footage on consoles.
neutral · AI labelView post →In addition to the latest Detective Grimoire game and The Red Pearls of Borneo, we also have recently played a FMV (full motion video) Sherlock Holmes series from the early 90s called Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective. It reminds me of the VCR interactive games of that time. They're pretty fun.
positive · AI labelView post →I talk about it from time to time, but I'm a big fan of Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective. Dave Neale who designed the last box (green) had a great conversation with Suzanne Goldberg, one of the co-creator of the original game.
positive · AI labelView post →8. Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective, by Gary Grady, Suzanne Goldberg, Jérôme Ropert - It’s really really fun to solve a mystery in this game. We have the Jack The Ripper edition because we already finished (not solved) all the cases in the Thames Murders set and gave that away to a friend.
positive · AI labelView post →reminder that the TurboGrafx “skateboarding bear who loves The Beach Boys” game, Yo Bro, was made by the same studio that did Shadowgate, Deja Vu, and the Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective series.
neutral · AI labelView post →Been playing Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective on the odd evening with the other half when we can’t be arsed with telly. Only just solved Case 2 this evening. Have absolutely loved both cases we have played so far. Highly recommend this!
positive · AI labelView post →🌙 This #MegadriveMonday night we feature a launch title for the North American SEGA CD. Bundled Among a few games & GD+G discs, we feature Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective, an FMV style video game based on an early 80's tabletop game/gamebook Any good? #GamersUnite #RetroGaming
neutral · AI labelView post →Putt-Putt, Fatty Bear, Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective… Annie Fox wrote and helped develop the games that have entertained a generation! Let's Chat with author and game designer Annie Fox! youtu.be/C-xoWxqb-iw
neutral · AI labelView post →Let’s play Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective, get frustrated because we can’t solve any cases, and eat pumpkin scones!
neutral · AI labelView post →Ever play Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective?
neutral · AI labelView post →Tried Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective Bakers Street Irregulars. Clearly a lot of effort has gone into creating the characters and bringing the stories to life. Unfortunately got quite lost on my first game, was way off base. Need to have another crack. #boardgames
neutral · AI labelView post →I really, really love this Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective game. It is so difficult and such a logic puzzle but it is so much fun. It feels like you're truly trying to solve a murder. A game where I have to take meticulous notes and corroborate evidence while building a timeline? I'm 100% in
positive · AI labelView post →Solving a mystery in Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective is so cool. What a great experience.
positive · AI labelView post →No order: Arkham Horror LCG Terra Mystica Le Havre Ora et Labora Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective Android: Netrunner Mage Knight Pandemic: Legacy Race for the Galaxy …and then lots and lots of things clamoring for spot #10
neutral · AI labelView post →Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective is the Game of the Week! Pore over the paper and scour the streets for clues and leads in foggy London in the 19th century. Looking forward to diving into this system!
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm gonna be a lil controversial and say: Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective
neutral · AI labelView post →I loved Lorelei, but I’m after less abstract but story-based puzzles. I even felt that Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective was a little closer, but still not as deep and surprising as the obra dinn completion mechanic
neutral · AI labelView post →In that case I highly recommend Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective. Best two player game (or solo) I've played boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/25...
positive · AI labelView post →Conitnued playtesting is pleasing pretty much all players. Open, conversational mystery solving is just my favorite activity since I first played Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective.
positive · AI labelView post →It’s a busy but productive week! No game night last night, so I was able to finish the podcast editing/scheduling early. Then today I was able to finish up my entry for a detective game jam, a game based on Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective that I had made in 2015: itch.io/jam/the-case...
positive · AI labelView post →Introduce yourself with a TTRPG, book, movie, board game, and TV show. - Slugblaster - Universal Harvester by John Danielle - Dead Man - Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective - Reservation Dogs
neutral · AI labelView post →This is one of those Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective mysteries that requires a bit of an unreasonable leap but it was still fun to ponder over it while sipping on wine for a while.
neutral · AI labelView post →Something is Afoot...in Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective: The Case of the Mummy's Curse! Watch twiki_didnt_do_it with me on Twitch! www.twitch.tv/twiki_didnt_...
neutral · AI labelView post →Yes! Very much enjoyed his version of Sherlock. Both him and Jude made a very good pair onscreen. Also if you haven’t tried them yet and are a Sherlock fan.. there’s a series of board games called Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective, only bad thing is the cases are one and done (obviously!).
positive · AI labelView post →Forty-eighth game of 2026 is "Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective" with @kbowenwriter.bsky.social . "Case 3: The Case of the Lionized Lions" kicked our butts, although there's definitely information in the solution that I have no idea how we could have known, even after looking at all the clues.
neutral · AI labelView post →Me and Prin are gonna try and outwit Sherlock Holmes! A reward from my debut subathon - Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective! A fiendishly tricky detective board game! www.twitch.tv/alistairarsene
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