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Day of the Tentacle Remastered cover art

Day of the Tentacle Remastered

Double Fine Productions · 2016-03-21

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

Adventure

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 21, 2016 (Mac), Mar 21, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 22, 2016 (PlayStation Vita), Mar 21, 2016 (Linux), Mar 22, 2016 (PlayStation 4), Oct 29, 2020 (Xbox One)

Originally released by LucasArts in 1993 as a sequel to Ron Gilbert’s ground breaking Maniac Mansion, Day of the Tentacle is back in a remastered edition that features all new hand-drawn, high resolution artwork, with remastered audio, music and sound effects.

9
playing now
97%
positive of 4.7k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
85/100
critic score (11 outlets, IGDB)
76/100
IGDB user rating (117 ratings)
6h
to beat · rushed 4h · completionist 7.6h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

9 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 9 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 136 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~17/week).
  • · Review velocity up 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 13% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 118k–282k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,704 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$14.99
Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.24 at Steam (2019-06-26) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 17 of 38 observed days · $12.75 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
696920182026Week of 2018-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 17 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2632026-08-06 22:00 — 16 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 5 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 20 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 15 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 9 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 15 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 15 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 7 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 12 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 12 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 5 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 14 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 11 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 7 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 13 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 13 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 6 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 18 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 19 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 6 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 7 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 17 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 13 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 13 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 26 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 6 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 12 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 17 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 9 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$2.992016-03-082026-08-302016-03-08 — best price $13.492016-06-22 — best price $14.992016-10-04 — best price $7.492016-12-15 — best price $5.092017-02-20 — best price $14.992017-06-21 — best price $14.992017-09-25 — best price $14.992017-12-22 — best price $5.092018-03-27 — best price $14.992018-07-05 — best price $14.992018-11-01 — best price $14.992019-01-10 — best price $5.242019-05-14 — best price $14.992019-08-08 — best price $3.742019-11-15 — best price $3.742020-01-09 — best price $3.742020-04-06 — best price $14.992020-06-29 — best price $7.492020-12-16 — best price $7.492021-10-05 — best price $7.492022-01-27 — best price $7.492022-11-29 — best price $3.742023-01-31 — best price $14.992023-06-08 — best price $3.742023-09-05 — best price $3.742024-01-03 — best price $14.992024-06-27 — best price $3.742024-11-27 — best price $2.992025-03-13 — best price $2.992025-07-10 — best price $14.992025-09-29 — best price $2.992025-12-03 — best price $14.992026-03-26 — best price $14.992026-07-30 — best price $14.992026-08-30 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

58
achievements tracked
77.4%
earned "Rap Sheet: Trespasser"
34.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudCommentary availableRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on TabletRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4, PS Vita (PlayStation)40,98254%58
Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)13,58640%58
Steam (Steam)12,25018%58

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DFunnyRetro1990'sComedyPuzzleRemakeClassicCartoonyAdventure

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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