Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: The Case of the Tin Soldier (2012) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: The Case of the Tin Soldier

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…

18 September 2012

What Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: The Case of the Tin Soldier is

Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: The Case of the Tin Soldier is an adventure game developed by Zojoi and released in 2012. It is available on iOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

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.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

Its themes are mystery. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Sherlock Holmes series

Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: The Case of the Tin Soldier is the 23rd of 55 entries we hold in the Sherlock Holmes series. It arrived 7 months after Sherlock Holmes and The Hound of The Baskervilles. The next entry was Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: The Case of the Mystified Murderess in 2012.

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What it launched against

Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: The Case of the Tin Soldier launched on 18 September 2012, within three weeks of Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition, Dishonored, Borderlands 2 and XCOM: Enemy Unknown.

Released around the same time: Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition, Dishonored, Borderlands 2, XCOM: Enemy Unknown.

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