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I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream

The Dreamers Guild · Nightdive Studios · 2013-10-17

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Adventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Mar 27, 2025 (Xbox One), Jan 14, 2016 (Android), Oct 31, 1995 (DOS), Jan 14, 2016 (iOS), Mar 27, 2025 (Xbox Series X|S), Mar 27, 2025 (Nintendo Switch)

The adventure plunges you into the tortured and hidden past of five humans. Delve into their darkest fears. Outwit the Master Computer AM in a game of psychological warfare. Disturbing, compelling. An adventure you won't easily forget !!

I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream is a 2013 Adventure game priced at $2.49, with an owner estimate of 200,000 .. 500,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (89% of 4041 reviews).

8
playing now
89%
positive of 4.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (80 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (7 downloads)
4.49★
PlayStation Store rating (511 ratings)
8h
to beat · completionist 12h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$2.49
steam price (US)

8 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream is a 1995 point-and-click adventure horror game developed by Cyberdreams and The Dreamers Guild, co-designed by Harlan Ellison, published by Cyberdreams and distributed by MGM Interactive and Acclaim Entertainment for MS-DOS and Mac OS, respectively. The game is based on Ellison's short story of the same title. It takes place in a dystopian world where a mastermind artificial intelligence named "AM" has destroyed all of humanity except for five people, whom it has been keeping alive and torturing for the past 109 years by constructing metaphorical adventures based on each character's fatal flaws. The player interacts with the game by making decisions through ethical dilemmas that deal with issues such as insanity, rape, paranoia, and genocide.

Trailer

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Health check

Healthy
  • · 8 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 678 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~85/week).
  • · Review velocity up 15% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 28,838 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 162k–323k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,041 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$4.99-50%
Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.59 at Steam (2014-12-12) · bundled 8×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 123 of 175 observed days · $4.40 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
18818820182026Week of 2018-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3732026-09-15 14:00 — 9 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 15 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 7 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 14 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 30 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 13 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 7 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 13 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 16 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 10 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 16 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 10 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 18 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 29 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 13 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 23 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 20 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 9 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 26 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 37 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 16 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 8 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
712Oct 2013Aug 2026Oct 2013 — avg 19 · peak 111Feb 2014 — avg 6 · peak 20Jun 2014 — avg 4 · peak 15Oct 2014 — avg 5 · peak 20Feb 2015 — avg 4 · peak 18Jun 2015 — avg 10 · peak 28Oct 2015 — avg 5 · peak 22Feb 2016 — avg 5 · peak 18Jun 2016 — avg 5 · peak 18Oct 2016 — avg 3 · peak 18Feb 2017 — avg 3 · peak 11Jun 2017 — avg 4 · peak 20Oct 2017 — avg 3 · peak 14Feb 2018 — avg 3 · peak 13Jun 2018 — avg 3 · peak 16Oct 2018 — avg 3 · peak 13Feb 2019 — avg 5 · peak 16Jun 2019 — avg 4 · peak 18Oct 2019 — avg 3 · peak 15Feb 2020 — avg 3 · peak 10Jun 2020 — avg 5 · peak 19Oct 2020 — avg 4 · peak 22Feb 2021 — avg 4 · peak 13Jun 2021 — avg 5 · peak 20Oct 2021 — avg 3 · peak 12Feb 2022 — avg 4 · peak 12Jun 2022 — avg 3 · peak 11Oct 2022 — avg 5 · peak 21Feb 2023 — avg 3 · peak 10Jun 2023 — avg 3 · peak 9Oct 2023 — avg 5 · peak 21Feb 2024 — avg 5 · peak 15Jun 2024 — avg 71 · peak 223Oct 2024 — avg 12 · peak 31Feb 2025 — avg 17 · peak 41Jun 2025 — avg 14 · peak 42Oct 2025 — avg 22 · peak 59Feb 2026 — avg 26 · peak 73Jun 2026 — avg 35 · peak 84Aug 2026 — avg 20 · peak 50
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$1.012015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $1.492015-11-25 — best price $1.492016-09-30 — best price $1.502017-08-25 — best price $5.992018-02-19 — best price $5.992018-08-28 — best price $5.992019-08-29 — best price $1.492020-03-26 — best price $5.392020-07-19 — best price $5.992020-08-25 — best price $5.992020-10-09 — best price $5.992020-11-17 — best price $5.392021-01-10 — best price $5.992021-02-18 — best price $5.992021-03-29 — best price $4.992021-05-07 — best price $5.992021-07-01 — best price $4.402022-01-27 — best price $2.092022-07-26 — best price $5.992022-12-17 — best price $5.992023-05-03 — best price $4.402023-10-27 — best price $4.402024-02-27 — best price $1.492024-06-02 — best price $4.402024-09-26 — best price $5.992025-03-20 — best price $5.992025-08-11 — best price $5.992025-10-09 — best price $3.492026-01-05 — best price $9.992026-02-26 — best price $4.992026-05-16 — best price $3.002026-06-30 — best price $2.782026-08-18 — best price $1.472026-09-19 — best price $9.992026-10-14 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2.3k4242026-05-30 — 683 pageviews2026-06-03 — 638 pageviews2026-06-07 — 881 pageviews2026-06-11 — 707 pageviews2026-06-15 — 840 pageviews2026-06-19 — 690 pageviews2026-06-23 — 1,049 pageviews2026-06-27 — 1,049 pageviews2026-07-01 — 865 pageviews2026-07-05 — 1,321 pageviews2026-07-09 — 870 pageviews2026-07-13 — 605 pageviews2026-07-17 — 601 pageviews2026-07-21 — 472 pageviews2026-07-25 — 460 pageviews2026-07-29 — 1,185 pageviews2026-08-02 — 543 pageviews2026-08-06 — 519 pageviews2026-08-10 — 475 pageviews2026-08-14 — 453 pageviews2026-08-18 — 453 pageviews2026-08-22 — 471 pageviews2026-08-26 — 450 pageviews2026-08-30 — 467 pageviews2026-09-03 — 438 pageviews2026-09-07 — 537 pageviews2026-09-11 — 486 pageviews2026-09-15 — 614 pageviews2026-09-19 — 570 pageviews2026-09-23 — 507 pageviews2026-09-27 — 489 pageviews2026-10-01 — 760 pageviews2026-10-05 — 511 pageviews2026-10-09 — 505 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

13
achievements tracked
12.4%
earned "The suicidal loner"
7.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,07230%13
PS5 (PlayStation)81856%13
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)37347%13
PS4 (PlayStation)25781%13
Switch (Nintendo)340%0

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

2DDarkRetro1990'sHorrorClassicSurrealAdventureStory RichCult Classic

Census log

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

Recent updates

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