Live in the Sherlock Holmes world
Yes, you can live in the Sherlock Holmes world. In AnyWorld you live a whole life inside it, turn by turn, while an AI writes your story and everyone remembers you. Meet Sherlock Holmes, Dr. John H. Watson, and Mycroft Holmes, explore 221B Baker Street, and see where your choices lead. Free to play in your browser, no download.
Live in Sherlock Holmes freeYou begin as
A twenty-five-year-old who has just taken lodgings in Baker Street
Fog coils through the gaslit streets of London, where hansom cabs clatter over cobblestones and the Thames runs black under its bridges. At 221B Baker Street, a tall man with sharp grey eyes plays the violin at odd hours, conducts chemical experiments in the sitting room, and receives the strangest visitors: a consulting detective who sees what others miss. You have just taken lodgings across the way, and the house is alive with the promise of mysteries that will test your wits and your nerve.
Who you'll meet
Every person remembers how you treat them.
Sherlock Holmes
A possible allyA tall, very thin man over six feet, with sharp, piercing eyes, a thin hawk-like nose and stained fingers
Dr. John H. Watson
A friendA man as thin as a lath and as brown as a nut from Afghanistan, with a military moustache, still recovering from his wound
Mycroft Holmes
Someone you'll meetStout and corpulent with a large face, similar features to Sherlock but heavier
Professor James Moriarty
An enemyTall and thin with a domed forehead and sunken eyes
Colonel Sebastian Moran
An enemyTall, military bearing, with a heavy moustache
Inspector G. Lestrade
The one in chargeLean and ferret-like with a sly expression
Inspector Tobias Gregson
The one in chargeTall and fair-haired
Irene Adler
Your rivalDark-haired and beautiful with a commanding presence
Ways your story could start
- A hansom cab pulls up outside 221B, and a pale young woman in a veil steps out, clutching a letter. She looks up at your window as if she knows you are watching.
- Inspector Lestrade knocks at your door, mistaking your rooms for Holmes's. He mutters about a murder in Brixton and a word written in blood on the wall.
- Mrs. Hudson mentions that the gentleman across the way is looking for someone who can be trusted to run an errand at night. The pay is good, she says, but the address is in a rough part of town.
- You overhear a heated argument in the street between a tall man with a hawk nose and a fair-haired inspector. The tall man says something about a ring of stolen jewels and a name you do not recognise.
- A newspaper boy shouts about a mysterious death in a locked room off the Strand. The police are baffled, and a reward is offered for any information that leads to an arrest.
Where you'll go
221B Baker Street
Upper rooms shared by Holmes and Watson above Mrs. Hudson's rooms, cluttered with books, chemical apparatus, and a violin
Scotland Yard
Headquarters of the Metropolitan Police, a grim building on the Embankment where inspectors work by gaslight
Diogenes Club
Exclusive club for silent gentlemen frequented by Mycroft Holmes, where conversation is forbidden except in the Strangers' Room
Dartmoor
Vast, desolate moorland in Devonshire, dotted with granite tors and the grim Baskerville estate
The Strand
Central London street lined with shops, theatres and newspaper offices, always busy with traffic and pedestrians
Can I live in the Sherlock Holmes world for free?
Yes. AnyWorld lets you live in the Sherlock Holmes world free, with 20 turns every day, right in your browser. No download.
Who can I meet in the Sherlock Holmes world?
You can meet Sherlock Holmes, Dr. John H. Watson, Mycroft Holmes, Professor James Moriarty, and Colonel Sebastian Moran, and more. Each one remembers what you do and how you treat them.
What can I do in the Sherlock Holmes world?
You live your own life there, turn by turn. Your first goal: Find your feet in London, and find out what the strange gentleman at 221B does for a living. After that, the story is yours.
Do I need to know Sherlock Holmes to play?
No. You can jump in even if you are new to Sherlock Holmes. The world sets the scene, and you shape the story yourself.
Can I make my own world instead?
Yes. Besides Sherlock Holmes and 220+ other worlds, you can create your own world in seconds, and it stays private to you.