CHERLOCKH O L M E S
A VILLAGE OF BEAUTIFUL LIES
THE TRUTH HAS MANY ENEMIES

Trust no one.
Question everyone.

Behind every lit window, a secret.
Find your allies. Read the room. Survive the night.

Enter the village
7–15 playersSecret rolesTwo ways to deceive
THE VILLAGE IS WATCHINGAnd someone is lying.

YOUR NEXT ALIBI STARTS HERE

Choose your chapter.

Same village. Different dangers.
Choose a ruleset and take your seat.

Public games use real players. Practice fills your private village with clearly labelled bots.

THERE’S ROOM FOR ONE MORE

Open villages

Looking for open villages…

01 ☾

Keep a secret.

Receive a hidden role, a special ability, and a reason to be believed.

02 ☀

Build your case.

Compare clues in town chat. Make an accusation. Decide who stands trial.

03 ⚖

Trust your instincts.

Vote with the village. Act after dark. Bring your faction to victory.

CHERLOCK HOLMES

An independent social deduction game with original artwork.
Inspired by Town of Salem. Not affiliated with its creators.

Made at Chermistry ↗

PASS THE KEYS TO THE VILLAGE

Choose the next host.

The new host will manage this room. You’ll give up the host controls, while your place in the case stays the same.

Choose any other connected person, including someone watching or a deceased player. Their game role is unchanged.

THE SOUND OF A SECRET

Listen to the village.

An original thriller-mystery score: quiet piano by day, tense strings after dark, and rising suspense before dawn. Set the mood at your own volume.

25%

The original mystery theme and its changing night arrangements.

55%

Short cues for messages and village events.

A few notes from the village

Enable sound to hear the village.

Music starts after you enable sound. Your volume and mute choices are saved in this browser. Use the sound button in the header to quiet everything at once.

A PLACE FOR YOUR SUSPECTS

Establish your village.

Invite friends, open the doors to strangers, or add bots once you arrive.

A FIELD GUIDE FOR THE SUSPICIOUS

Welcome to Cherlock.

Everyone has a role. Some people have an alibi. Your task is to work out who deserves your trust.

01 · THE ASSIGNMENT

Know your purpose.

Your role and faction are private. Read your role card for your abilities and the condition you must meet to win. The Old Town follows the original game's rules. A New Darkness follows the 2026 sequel text rules, where role and faction are separate: a familiar ability can belong to an unexpected ally.

02 · AFTER DARK

Make your move.

Use the action panel to choose an ability and its targets. You can change your choice until night ends. Living players cannot use town chat at night; authorized factions and jailed players get their own private channels.

03 · IN THE DAYLIGHT

Follow the evidence.

Discuss in town chat, share your discoveries, and inspect the graveyard. Whispers are private messages where permitted. Keep a last will: it can be revealed after your death.

04 · ON TRIAL

Choose carefully.

During voting, nominate a living suspect. A majority puts that player on trial. Listen to their defense, then vote guilty, innocent, or abstain. A guilty majority sends them to the gallows.

05 · BEYOND THE GRAVE

Your story continues.

Dead players can read public town chat, but their replies stay in dead chat. Living players cannot read dead chat unless a special ability, such as the Medium ability, permits it. Dead players cannot vote. Private channels only appear when your role and phase allow them.

06 · GATHER YOUR FRIENDS

Make it your village.

Public matchmaking joins a real lobby. Private rooms use an invitation link or room code. Hosts may explicitly fill empty seats with labelled bots. Games start with 7–15 players; practice starts with you and bots.

A little advice: Record who you visited and what you learned each night. A convincing story is useful. A consistent story is better.

EVERYONE HAS SOMETHING TO HIDE

The role almanac.

THE DETECTIVE’S NOTEBOOK

Leave a paper trail.

Your last will can be found after your death. Record visits, clues, and the things the town must know.

LEAVING SO SOON?

Leave the village?

Your seat will be given up. You can join another village from the home screen.