Hearth & Holmes

About This Game

One of the world’s most beloved literary characters…

…is now YOUR problem.

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Hearth & Holmes is a mystery-solving game set on a backdrop of cozy life simulation.

You play as John Watson, new to his friendship with Sherlock Holmes and desperately trying to cajole his reckless, work-obsessed friend into exercising some level of self-care.

Accompany Holmes through the formative years of his development as a detective:

• Should he focus on his Chemistry experiments or on learning the Criminal History of London?
• Should he hone his skills in Disguise or in Deduction?
• Or should he abandon all other subjects and respond to every challenge he encounters by playing the Violin at it?

Explore life at 221B Baker Street:

• Finish writing ‘A Study in Scarlet’ and try to get it published.
• Plot with Mrs. Hudson to make sure Holmes eats breakfast.
• Apologize to Irene Norton for pretending to set her house on fire.
• Play bridge with Professor Moriarty, who is an innocent college professor and certainly doesn’t have any nefarious designs on your friend.
• Confront darker matters: Holmes’ substance abuse and your own PTSD from the Anglo-Afghan War.

A trailer with captions is available on YouTube.

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