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Day of the Tentacle Remastered cover art

Day of the Tentacle Remastered

Double Fine Productions · 2016-03-21

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Adventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

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.

Day of the Tentacle Remastered is an Adventure game released in 2016, priced at $14.99, with an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (97% of 4704 reviews) and an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners.

12
playing now
97%
positive of 4.7k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
85/100
critic score (11 outlets, IGDB)
76/100
IGDB user rating (117 ratings)
4.24★
PlayStation Store rating (12,944 ratings)
6h
to beat · rushed 4h · completionist 7.6h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

12 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

Day of the Tentacle Remastered trailer thumbnail

Day of the Tentacle Remastered Trailer

≈457,788 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 12 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 6% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 118k–284k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,737 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.25-85%
GOG$2.25-85%
Steam$2.99-80%
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 32 of 75 observed days · $0.01 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

4742026-09-15 13:00 — 10 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 11 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 8 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 15 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 13 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 5 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 4 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 13 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 13 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 12 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 11 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 7 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 6 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 21 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 18 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 11 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 18 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 22 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 9 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 23 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 25 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 9 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 12 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
15410Mar 2016Aug 2026Mar 2016 — avg 154 · peak 1,063Jul 2016 — avg 68 · peak 219Nov 2016 — avg 66 · peak 245Mar 2017 — avg 32 · peak 98Jul 2017 — avg 53 · peak 177Nov 2017 — avg 34 · peak 99Mar 2018 — avg 19 · peak 58Jul 2018 — avg 28 · peak 119Nov 2018 — avg 15 · peak 46Mar 2019 — avg 12 · peak 37Jul 2019 — avg 21 · peak 66Nov 2019 — avg 15 · peak 69Mar 2020 — avg 18 · peak 65Jul 2020 — avg 20 · peak 57Nov 2020 — avg 17 · peak 49Mar 2021 — avg 15 · peak 45Jul 2021 — avg 15 · peak 41Nov 2021 — avg 11 · peak 33Mar 2022 — avg 10 · peak 32Jul 2022 — avg 17 · peak 47Nov 2022 — avg 16 · peak 71Mar 2023 — avg 15 · peak 42Jul 2023 — avg 21 · peak 57Nov 2023 — avg 13 · peak 48Mar 2024 — avg 13 · peak 42Jul 2024 — avg 16 · peak 39Nov 2024 — avg 12 · peak 41Mar 2025 — avg 16 · peak 61Jul 2025 — avg 14 · peak 40Nov 2025 — avg 20 · peak 73Mar 2026 — avg 13 · peak 49Jul 2026 — avg 17 · peak 51Aug 2026 — avg 13 · peak 34
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$2.252016-03-082026-10-142016-03-08 — 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 $14.992026-09-06 — best price $14.992026-09-16 — best price $14.992026-09-26 — best price $2.992026-10-06 — best price $2.992026-10-14 — best price $2.25
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.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

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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