Sherlock Holmes: The Mystery of the Mummy

Okay, it's a 20+ year old game, but it's free. It's a struggle to get it to run as you need to follow some of the guides to get a new version of DxWnd to run the game and some people won't be able to get past that hurdle. The game has too much tedious looking for items that blend into the background too well for my liking. The story is bizarre, the voice acting is comical and some of the puzzles are random and have...

7 found this helpful, 2026-04-17

Unless you're the type who enjoys torturing yourself with sadistically difficult old-school puzzle games, skip this one. If you are, you're in luck! I had a great time with this game. It's nowhere near as bad as most of the reviews suggest. It's just a relic from a time when people didn't mind beating their heads against the wall for an hour before figuring something out. Setting the game up to run properly took...

3 found this helpful, 2026-04-18

Doesn't work. Mouse pointer sits and jiggles when trying to use the mouse or the touchpad. Tried it on two different PCs. Couldn't get past the main menu, so couldn't play game. Had to leave the game idling on the main menu for a while just to get enough playtime to write this review. Got it in a Humble Bundle, so likely didn't pay much. As of this writing, the game is listed in Steam as "Free to Play". Which...

3 found this helpful, 2026-04-29

Game has a ton of crashing, glitching, and soft lock issues. I've spent more time trying to fix such issues than playing the game, and when I do get to play it, essential steps to solving the puzzles are nearly impossible to find and are anti-intuitive. ultimately gave up trying to play the game as soon as I reached level 4 'cause it's just not worth my time.

1 found this helpful, 2026-06-05

THAT ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ LAST PUZZLE Nonetheless, great game, wouldn't mind playing again, but figuring everything out is part of the fun, so a second playthrough is not possible at all. I think I've managed to make it run using DxWnd, which worked great.

0 found this helpful, 2026-06-13

I really enjoyed my time with this short little adventure but it is a bit dated and isn't really a great puzzle point and click. You do have to fix the game to make it playable and you will not enjoy this game if you aren't willing to use a guide for some 'puzzles' (mostly the clicking around in between the actual puzzles). However, some of the puzzles aren't always solvable with the clues they give you and the...

0 found this helpful, 2026-04-14