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Puzzle Agent cover art

Puzzle Agent

Telltale · 2010-07-07

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

ActionAdventureCasual

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 2011 (Wii), Jun 30, 2010 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 30, 2010 (Mac), Sep 02, 2010 (iOS), Apr 19, 2011 (PlayStation 3)

Created with indie comic artist Graham Annable's unique narrative and visual sensibilities, delivered with the distinctive Telltale storytelling style, Puzzle Agent is sure to challenge, thrill and engage in more ways than you can shake a cryptogram at!

2
playing now
89%
positive of 2.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
86/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
73/100
IGDB user rating (33 ratings)
3h
to beat · rushed 2h · completionist 4.7h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

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

Puzzle Agent is an adventure/puzzle game by Telltale Games, in collaboration with Graham Annable. It is the first game to come out of Telltale's pilot project. The game was influenced by the works of David Lynch, Stanley Kubrick and the Coen brothers. This is one of two Telltale Games titles that have an original character, the other being Telltale Texas Hold'em.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 60 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~8/week).
  • · Review velocity up 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 22% of 10,799 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 114k–227k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,838 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$4.99
lowest across shops (ITAD)$4.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2020-11-25) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 103 of 142 observed days · $4.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
232320182026Week of 2018-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

702026-08-06 22:00 — 3 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 3 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 5 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 6 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 4 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 2 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 5 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 3 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 4 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 2 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 3 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 5 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 2 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 5 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 4 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 6 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.95$0.492015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $0.992015-07-16 — best price $1.242015-12-01 — best price $4.992016-05-06 — best price $1.292017-01-02 — best price $4.992017-06-21 — best price $4.992018-01-22 — best price $1.492018-08-08 — best price $2.492020-06-15 — best price $4.992021-01-21 — best price $2.002021-07-15 — best price $0.502022-01-27 — best price $1.242022-12-22 — best price $0.992023-05-12 — best price $1.252023-07-10 — best price $1.042023-08-28 — best price $1.492023-11-01 — best price $1.042024-01-04 — best price $1.132024-02-29 — best price $4.992024-04-19 — best price $1.102024-06-12 — best price $0.992024-07-31 — best price $4.992024-09-24 — best price $3.922024-11-14 — best price $2.492025-01-10 — best price $1.992025-03-03 — best price $1.292025-04-24 — best price $2.502025-06-17 — best price $3.592025-08-21 — best price $4.992025-10-27 — best price $1.502026-01-08 — best price $1.422026-03-18 — best price $1.332026-04-15 — best price $1.502026-05-23 — best price $1.492026-07-09 — best price $4.992026-08-19 — best price $1.992026-08-30 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

90112026-05-31 — 31 pageviews2026-06-03 — 32 pageviews2026-06-06 — 60 pageviews2026-06-09 — 32 pageviews2026-06-12 — 21 pageviews2026-06-15 — 26 pageviews2026-06-18 — 27 pageviews2026-06-21 — 25 pageviews2026-06-24 — 25 pageviews2026-06-27 — 20 pageviews2026-06-30 — 23 pageviews2026-07-03 — 33 pageviews2026-07-06 — 46 pageviews2026-07-09 — 40 pageviews2026-07-12 — 31 pageviews2026-07-15 — 26 pageviews2026-07-18 — 11 pageviews2026-07-21 — 31 pageviews2026-07-24 — 17 pageviews2026-07-27 — 28 pageviews2026-07-30 — 63 pageviews2026-08-02 — 30 pageviews2026-08-05 — 38 pageviews2026-08-08 — 25 pageviews2026-08-11 — 31 pageviews2026-08-14 — 26 pageviews2026-08-17 — 27 pageviews2026-08-20 — 19 pageviews2026-08-23 — 25 pageviews2026-08-26 — 29 pageviews2026-08-28 — 25 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

FunnyShortActionCasualComedyHorrorPuzzleMysterySurrealAdventure

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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