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Manual Samuel - Last Tuesday Edition cover art

Manual Samuel - Last Tuesday Edition

Perfectly Paranormal · Curve Games · 2016-10-14

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Aug 16, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 14, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 14, 2016 (Linux), Oct 14, 2016 (Mac), Oct 11, 2016 (PlayStation 4), Oct 11, 2016 (Xbox One)

Wealthy, handsome, and... dead? Samuel strikes a deal with Death for one last shot at life, but only if he can survive a day doing everything manually. Blink, breathe, walk, and work - Guide Sam in this darkly humorous and brutally difficult adventure!

5
playing now
83%
positive of 3.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
61/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
72/100
IGDB user rating (38 ratings)
2h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

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

Manual Samuel is an adventure video game developed by Perfectly Paranormal and published by Curve Digital. It was released on PlayStation 4 on October 11, 2016 and on Xbox One and Microsoft Windows on October 14, 2016. The Nintendo Switch version was released on August 16, 2018.

Health check

Cooling
  • · 5 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 63 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~8/week).
  • · Review velocity down 55% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 15% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 89k–213k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,557 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$9.99
Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.73 at GameBillet (2023-11-17) · bundled 11×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 75 of 120 observed days · $9.26 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
454520182026Week of 2018-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1922026-08-06 22:00 — 7 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 6 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 19 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 5 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 5 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 8 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 7 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 16 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 13 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 9 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 7 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 12 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 5 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 10 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 11 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 5 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 8 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 11 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 10 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 3 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 7 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 4 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 10 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 6 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 5 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 3 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 2 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$10.00$0.002016-10-142026-08-292016-10-14 — best price $7.992017-06-26 — best price $4.992017-11-30 — best price $9.992018-03-01 — best price $9.992018-06-11 — best price $2.992018-09-06 — best price $2.502018-11-19 — best price $3.502019-03-02 — best price $9.992019-05-24 — best price $2.492019-10-28 — best price $1.992020-01-01 — best price $8.992020-03-06 — best price $9.992020-05-28 — best price $9.992020-09-18 — best price $1.992020-12-23 — best price $1.992021-03-25 — best price $1.592021-07-08 — best price $9.992021-10-08 — best price $1.792022-02-10 — best price $9.992022-06-02 — best price $9.992022-09-17 — best price $9.992022-12-23 — best price $0.992023-04-06 — best price $1.732023-06-26 — best price $8.792023-09-18 — best price $1.732023-11-30 — best price $9.992024-02-19 — best price $0.792024-05-21 — best price $9.992024-10-24 — best price $0.992025-02-13 — best price $1.992025-07-13 — best price $8.272025-11-12 — best price $8.392026-02-11 — best price $8.592026-05-07 — best price $2.992026-07-23 — best price $9.992026-08-29 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

36
achievements tracked
60%
earned "Feces Happen"
9.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCustom Volume ControlsKeyboard Only OptionSteam Cloud1 DLC

9 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Norwegian, Russian, Turkish, Japanese, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)8,8041%36

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

Player tags

2DFunnyIndieComedyPhysicsCartoonyAdventureDifficultControllerDark Humor

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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