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This whimsical adventure game sees you play as a retired Sherlock Holmes whose beekeeping hobby keeps getting interrupted by pesky crimes

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Whimsical
Role · Developer / Publisher
Active · 2018
Latest · Escape from Tethys
Top genres · puzzle, platformer, adventure
30 articles 27 writers 1 games
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Sherlock Holmes
Active · 1991–2023
Latest · Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One
Top genres · adventure, puzzle, card_and_board
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