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Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space

Skunkape Games · 2021-12-08

Steam

AdventureIndie

Franchise: Sam & Max · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

The Freelance Police are back on the crime beat in a newly remastered version of their second episodic season. Zombies will dance. Mariachis will sing. A giant battle robot will trash the streets. And when their friends’ lives are at stake, Sam & Max will risk their very souls to set things right.

99%
positive of 532 reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
83/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
9h
to beat · rushed 7h · completionist 11h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

Join the Freelance Police on a bizarre adventure from the North Pole to the Fountain of Youth, from outer space to Hell and back. Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space is a remastered version of Telltale’s second season of episodic Sam & Max games, lovingly updated by a small team of the original developers. Sam is a six-foot canine detective with a nose for justice. Max is a hyperkinetic rabbity-thing with a taste for mayhem. Together, they’re the Freelance Police—an irreverent comedy duo whose esoteric crime-fighting style has been entertaining comic book and video game fans for more than thirty(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 88 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~11/week).
  • · Review velocity up 120% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 32% of 15,079 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 11k–24k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 532 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

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686820212026Week of 2021-12-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudRemote Play on TVRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing2 DLC

4 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2021-12-18, latest 2022-04-08 (Steam store data)

Player tags

3DDogFunnyComedyPuzzleSatireCartoonCartoonyAdventureDetective

Census log

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