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Manual Samuel - Last Tuesday Edition

Perfectly Paranormal · Curve Games · 2016-10-14

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Side view

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!

Manual Samuel - Last Tuesday Edition is a $9.99 Adventure and Indie game released in 2016, with Very Positive (83% of 3557 reviews) sentiment and an owner estimate of 500,000 .. 1,000,000.

5
playing now
83%
positive of 3.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
61/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
72/100
IGDB user rating (38 ratings)
3.87★
PlayStation Store rating (896 ratings)
2h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 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 7% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 89k–214k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,574 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

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 67 of 116 observed days (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

2022026-09-15 13:00 — 14 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 6 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 13 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 18 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 6 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 5 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 16 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 13 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 3 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 11 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 10 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 4 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 3 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 6 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 9 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 3 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 5 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
3420Sep 2016Aug 2026Sep 2016 — avg 0 · peak 1Jan 2017 — avg 4 · peak 19May 2017 — avg 11 · peak 55Sep 2017 — avg 4 · peak 18Jan 2018 — avg 7 · peak 24May 2018 — avg 3 · peak 12Sep 2018 — avg 3 · peak 9Jan 2019 — avg 3 · peak 17May 2019 — avg 6 · peak 49Sep 2019 — avg 2 · peak 12Jan 2020 — avg 3 · peak 11May 2020 — avg 111 · peak 6,310Sep 2020 — avg 9 · peak 23Jan 2021 — avg 9 · peak 29May 2021 — avg 6 · peak 18Sep 2021 — avg 5 · peak 14Jan 2022 — avg 6 · peak 17May 2022 — avg 4 · peak 17Sep 2022 — avg 5 · peak 18Jan 2023 — avg 5 · peak 18May 2023 — avg 12 · peak 333Sep 2023 — avg 4 · peak 23Jan 2024 — avg 6 · peak 18May 2024 — avg 7 · peak 39Sep 2024 — avg 8 · peak 38Jan 2025 — avg 15 · peak 54May 2025 — avg 25 · peak 124Sep 2025 — avg 8 · peak 30Jan 2026 — avg 8 · peak 27May 2026 — avg 11 · peak 66Aug 2026 — avg 7 · peak 21
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$10.00$0.002016-10-142026-10-102016-10-14 — 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 $9.992026-10-10 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

7672026-06-02 — 57 pageviews2026-06-06 — 35 pageviews2026-06-10 — 22 pageviews2026-06-14 — 76 pageviews2026-06-18 — 23 pageviews2026-06-22 — 23 pageviews2026-06-26 — 24 pageviews2026-06-30 — 26 pageviews2026-07-04 — 16 pageviews2026-07-08 — 29 pageviews2026-07-12 — 16 pageviews2026-07-16 — 24 pageviews2026-07-20 — 29 pageviews2026-07-24 — 20 pageviews2026-07-28 — 16 pageviews2026-08-01 — 12 pageviews2026-08-05 — 12 pageviews2026-08-09 — 24 pageviews2026-08-13 — 50 pageviews2026-08-17 — 36 pageviews2026-08-21 — 12 pageviews2026-08-25 — 14 pageviews2026-08-29 — 18 pageviews2026-09-02 — 12 pageviews2026-09-06 — 18 pageviews2026-09-10 — 14 pageviews2026-09-14 — 9 pageviews2026-09-18 — 12 pageviews2026-09-22 — 7 pageviews2026-09-26 — 18 pageviews2026-09-30 — 7 pageviews2026-10-04 — 12 pageviews2026-10-08 — 11 pageviews2026-10-11 — 13 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2016-10-14 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

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

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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