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I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream

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

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

Adventure

Modes: Single player

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 !!

33
playing now
89%
positive of 4.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (80 ratings)
8h
to beat · completionist 12h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$2.49
steam price (US)

33 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 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.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 33 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 14% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 160k–321k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,007 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$3.99-60%
GOG$4.99-50%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$4.99-50%

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 111 of 147 observed days · $3.40 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

4532026-08-06 23:00 — 21 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 16 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 30 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 8 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 21 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 31 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 13 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 29 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 16 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 13 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 19 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 23 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 12 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 14 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 18 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 8 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 12 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 21 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 11 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 13 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 16 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 25 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 26 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 33 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 24 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 18 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 31 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 33 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$1.012015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — 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 $1.472026-08-30 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2.8k4112026-05-30 — 683 pageviews2026-06-02 — 682 pageviews2026-06-05 — 944 pageviews2026-06-08 — 921 pageviews2026-06-11 — 707 pageviews2026-06-14 — 681 pageviews2026-06-17 — 566 pageviews2026-06-20 — 1,054 pageviews2026-06-23 — 1,049 pageviews2026-06-26 — 1,347 pageviews2026-06-29 — 917 pageviews2026-07-02 — 2,762 pageviews2026-07-05 — 1,321 pageviews2026-07-08 — 976 pageviews2026-07-11 — 629 pageviews2026-07-14 — 642 pageviews2026-07-17 — 601 pageviews2026-07-20 — 521 pageviews2026-07-23 — 486 pageviews2026-07-26 — 488 pageviews2026-07-29 — 1,185 pageviews2026-08-01 — 652 pageviews2026-08-04 — 506 pageviews2026-08-07 — 532 pageviews2026-08-10 — 475 pageviews2026-08-13 — 484 pageviews2026-08-16 — 474 pageviews2026-08-19 — 454 pageviews2026-08-22 — 471 pageviews2026-08-25 — 470 pageviews2026-08-27 — 515 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.

Player tags

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Census log

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

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