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Operation: Tango

Clever Plays · Team17 · 2021-06-01

SteamPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureCasual

Modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Jul 01, 2021 (Xbox Series X|S), Jun 01, 2021 (Xbox One), Jun 01, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Jun 01, 2021 (PlayStation 5), Jun 01, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 01, 2024 (Nintendo Switch)

It takes two to save the world in this cooperative spy adventure. Pair up with a friend as Agent or Hacker—with only your voices to connect you—and work together to bring a hi-tech global menace to its knees. Now with a FREE CONTENT UPDATE!

29
playing now
86%
positive of 8.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
90/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (31 ratings)
5h
to beat · rushed 5h · completionist 5h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

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

Operation: Tango is a cooperative first-person video game, created by the Canadian studio Clever Plays. Two players take control of either an Agent or a Hacker and must work together to solve puzzles to bring down a hi-tech global menace.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 29 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 479 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~60/week).
  • · Review velocity up 49% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 9% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 177k–399k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 8,874 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$4.31-78%
GreenManGaming$4.35-78%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$4.50-77%
GamersGate$5.00-75%
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.27 at GameBillet (2026-07-23) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $227.99 · on sale 107 of 108 observed days · $15.72 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.0k1.0k20212026Week of 2021-06-01: 1,014 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 117 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 379 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 254 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 205 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 425 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 16 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

493202026-08-06 22:00 — 82 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 57 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 166 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 82 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 75 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 253 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 209 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 208 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 493 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 192 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 117 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 289 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 105 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 82 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 244 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 105 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 37 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 217 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 122 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 45 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 98 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 97 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 46 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 91 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 70 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 26 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 41 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 67 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 29 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$227.99$4.272021-06-012026-08-292021-06-01 — best price $19.992021-10-04 — best price $19.992021-12-23 — best price $19.992022-02-11 — best price $12.992022-03-25 — best price $16.472022-06-08 — best price $16.082022-11-07 — best price $10.992022-12-22 — best price $7.492023-02-08 — best price $9.992023-03-20 — best price $19.992023-05-03 — best price $8.552023-06-16 — best price $19.992023-07-23 — best price $10.392023-09-01 — best price $19.992023-10-23 — best price $16.202023-12-11 — best price $8.392024-01-18 — best price $8.002024-03-11 — best price $19.992024-04-18 — best price $9.992024-06-17 — best price $6.752024-07-30 — best price $19.992024-09-13 — best price $6.992024-11-01 — best price $7.792024-12-20 — best price $8.992025-02-24 — best price $13.942025-04-28 — best price $15.742025-06-17 — best price $13.942025-09-13 — best price $19.992025-11-17 — best price $18.602026-01-23 — best price $6.802026-03-31 — best price $19.992026-05-17 — best price $19.992026-06-26 — best price $4.642026-08-03 — best price $6.802026-08-25 — best price $4.312026-08-29 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
58.3%
earned "For Your Eyes Only"
32.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)10,95312%26
Steam (Steam)10,7737%30
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)62614%30
PS4 (PlayStation)53318%26
PS4 (PlayStation)29820%26
Switch (Nintendo)50%0

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

Player tags

Co-opCasualPuzzleHackingAdventureCyberpunkDetectiveWholesomeFuturisticMultiplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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