Sherlock Holmes: The Mystery of the Persian Carpet

Adventure· Casual· Hidden Object· Point & Click

Scotland Yard has called Sherlock Holmes with an urgent request for help! A young painter has been found murdered and rolled up in a remarkable Persian carpet. Along with Watson, you must investigate the peculiar crime, exploring crime scene locations in search of missing clues.

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Steam Updated 12 Oct 2026 $9.99

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Evaluation

Sherlock Holmes: The Mystery of the Persian Carpet is a self-contained hidden object/adventure game released by Frogwares in 2009. The store description presents a single, complete mystery with no mention of additional content, expansions, or ongoing updates. The game launched as a finished, standalone product. The only developer activity since launch consists of two compatibility patches released on April 26, 2021 and May 13, 2021, which Frogwares explicitly described as maintenance fixes to help their older back-catalog games run on Windows 10. These were purely technical patches — no new content was added or announced. There has been no developer communication since May 13, 2021, but given that this is a legacy title that shipped as a complete package, the absence of further updates is entirely expected. This game is a finished product with no post-launch content cycle and no outstanding commitments.

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Store description presents a single, self-contained mystery with no mention of DLC, expansions, or ongoing content.

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Frogwares released the second and final part of the compatibility patch, completing the Windows 10 compatibility fix for their back-catalog. Last official communication from the developer.

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Developer

Frogwares

Publisher

Frogwares

Achievements

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Platform

Windows

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Steam Deck

Not rated

Players

Single-player

Adventure Casual Hidden Object Point & Click Detective Puzzle Mystery

About this game

Hunker down at your London flat at 221b Baker St. The year is 1896, and Scotland Yard has called Sherlock Holmes with an urgent request for help. A young painter has been found murdered and rolled up in a remarkable Persian carpet. Along with Watson, you must investigate the peculiar crime, exploring crime scene locations in search of missing clues.

Interact with suspects, and analyze police reports and witness statements to solve the crime and unravel the mystery of the Persian carpet!