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Maniac Mansion cover art

Maniac Mansion

Lucasfilm Games · Lucasfilm · 2017-12-18

SteamGOG

Adventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: 1987 (Apple II), Mar 1988 (DOS), Dec 18, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 1987 (Commodore C64/128/MAX), 1989 (Amiga), 1989 (Atari ST/STE)

Quick, Dr. Fred's Kidnapped Sandy and he's about to start the experiment...

88%
positive of 226 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
90/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
84/100
IGDB user rating (137 ratings)
3h
time to beat (IGDB)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$5.99
steam price (US)
Maniac Mansion is a 1987 graphic adventure video game developed and published by Lucasfilm Games. It follows teenage protagonist Dave Miller as he attempts to rescue his girlfriend Sandy Pantz from a mad scientist, whose mind has been enslaved by a sentient meteor. The player uses a point-and-click interface to guide Dave and two of his six playable friends through the scientist's mansion while solving puzzles and avoiding dangers. Gameplay is non-linear, and the game must be completed in different ways based on the player's choice of characters. Initially released for the Commodore 64 and Apple II, Maniac Mansion was Lucasfilm Games' first self-published product.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 19 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 19% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 44% of 15,624 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 5.7k–14k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 226 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.11 at GameBillet (2022-10-24)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 24 of 43 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
121220172026Week of 2017-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$5.99$1.102017-12-192026-07-092017-12-19 — best price $4.012018-12-20 — best price $2.092019-10-02 — best price $2.092020-02-24 — best price $5.992020-08-22 — best price $5.992020-09-15 — best price $1.402020-10-13 — best price $5.392020-11-11 — best price $5.392020-12-07 — best price $5.392021-01-11 — best price $5.392021-02-15 — best price $5.992021-10-15 — best price $1.452022-01-05 — best price $5.992022-04-14 — best price $1.362022-07-20 — best price $5.992022-08-31 — best price $5.992022-11-22 — best price $2.092023-01-20 — best price $2.092023-04-17 — best price $5.282023-07-08 — best price $5.282023-09-13 — best price $5.282023-11-29 — best price $5.992024-02-05 — best price $1.242024-03-24 — best price $4.312024-05-09 — best price $4.312024-08-02 — best price $5.282024-11-01 — best price $1.312025-01-13 — best price $5.282025-03-20 — best price $5.992025-07-26 — best price $5.282025-11-05 — best price $5.992025-12-18 — best price $2.992026-07-09 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

7931242026-06-15 — 183 pageviews2026-06-18 — 172 pageviews2026-06-21 — 170 pageviews2026-06-24 — 180 pageviews2026-06-27 — 153 pageviews2026-06-30 — 170 pageviews2026-07-03 — 168 pageviews2026-07-06 — 222 pageviews2026-07-09 — 145 pageviews2026-07-12 — 198 pageviews2026-07-15 — 148 pageviews2026-07-18 — 139 pageviews2026-07-21 — 215 pageviews2026-07-24 — 163 pageviews2026-07-27 — 191 pageviews2026-07-30 — 793 pageviews2026-08-02 — 213 pageviews2026-08-05 — 187 pageviews2026-08-08 — 212 pageviews2026-08-11 — 156 pageviews2026-08-14 — 199 pageviews2026-08-17 — 257 pageviews2026-08-20 — 231 pageviews2026-08-23 — 276 pageviews2026-08-26 — 172 pageviews2026-08-29 — 191 pageviews2026-09-01 — 193 pageviews2026-09-04 — 174 pageviews2026-09-07 — 202 pageviews2026-09-10 — 175 pageviews2026-09-12 — 169 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

2D1980sFunnyRetro1990'sPuzzleRemakeClassicAdventureStory Rich

Census log

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

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