Can I Run Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One?
Frogwares released Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One in 2021. It is an action adventure game, self published by the studio. The game supports a single player campaign. Full controller support is present, so nothing needs configuring before a pad works. Steam lists support for 16 languages. An age check at 17 sits in front of the store page. There are 39 achievements to chase. It is a Windows title, so the requirements below are the Windows ones. Its Steam review count passes 4 thousand, a large enough sample that odd hardware behaviour would be known by now. Critics scored it 77 on Metacritic. At 5 years old it targets an older hardware baseline than most buyers now own. Saves sync through Steam Cloud, so moving between machines does not cost progress.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i5-6600 or AMD Ryzen 5 2600 |
|---|---|
| GPU | Nvidia GeForce GTX 960, 4 GB or AMD Radeon R9 380, 4 GB |
| RAM | 12 GB |
| Storage | 28 GB HDD |
| OS | Windows 10 64bit |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i5-8400 or AMD Ryzen 5 3600 |
|---|---|
| GPU | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070, 8 GB or AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT |
| RAM | 12 GB |
| Storage | 28 GB SSD |
| OS | Windows 10 64bit |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
Verified from Steam · 19 Jul 2026 source
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Setting and environment
Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One places its action in an investigation, and the player works through one continuous open world. That openness is what costs performance. Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One has no loading walls to hide behind, so terrain and detail keep flowing in as the player moves. The publisher supplies 11 storefront screenshots of these environments. It is played from a third person view.
Why Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One is demanding
The ask Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One makes is moderate. Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 lands near our RTX 3060 reference, so a typical gaming PC is the right yardstick. Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One needs only 12 GB of RAM. The distance between minimum and recommended is wide, so Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One at the floor and Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One at the recommended tier are not the same experience. A 64 bit version of Windows is required. Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One takes about 28 GB of disk space, SSD specified.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One?
Older hardware holds up here: Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One runs on modest graphics, with Nvidia GeForce GTX 960, 4 GB or AMD Radeon R9 380, 4 GB enough to meet the minimum. Add 12 GB of RAM and a mid-range CPU and a PC several years old will play it fine.
Bottleneck: GPU
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Runs well | 1.31x |
| 1440p | Below the bar | 0.74x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.33x |
A projection, not a measurement. We scale the published GPU requirement by pixel count, since 1440p draws 1.78 times the pixels of 1080p and 4K draws 4 times as many, then compare against RTX 3060 / Ryzen 5 build. The publisher did not state a target resolution, so 1080p is assumed as the baseline. We hold no frame rate data, so no FPS figure is claimed. Headroom above 1 means the reference machine has room to spare at that resolution.
Common GPUs
| Graphics card | Verdict |
|---|---|
| GTX 1060 6 GB | Runs well |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Playable |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Playable |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Playable |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Runs well |
| RTX 3060 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RX 6600 8 GB | Runs great |
Each card is compared against Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One's published GPU requirement, assuming an otherwise-capable PC. Laptop rows use the real mobile chip's benchmark, a mobile GPU is always slower than its desktop namesake.
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Frequently asked questions
Can my PC run Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core i5-6600 or AMD Ryzen 5 2600; GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 960, 4 GB or AMD Radeon R9 380, 4 GB; 12 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10 64bit.
How much storage does Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One need?
Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One needs about 28 GB of HDD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One?
The RTX 3060 runs Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One is the GPU.