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Sam & Max Hit the Road cover art

Sam & Max Hit the Road

Lucasfilm · 2018-11-16

SteamGOG

Adventure

Franchise: Sam & Max · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Nov 1993 (DOS), Nov 07, 2004 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 28, 2014 (Mac), Oct 28, 2014 (Linux)

Grab your nightstick, squeal like a siren, and Hit the Road with Sam & Max, Freelance Police, as they attempt to crack their toughest case.

Sam & Max Hit the Road is an Adventure game released in 2018, priced at $5.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (95% of 1079 reviews).

6
playing now
95%
positive of 1.1k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
83/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
85/100
IGDB user rating (156 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$5.99
steam price (US)

6 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Sam & Max Hit the Road is a 1993 graphic adventure video game released by LucasArts during the company's adventure games era. The game was originally released for MS-DOS in 1993 and for Mac OS in 1995. A 2002 re-release included compatibility with Windows. The game is based on the comic characters of Sam and Max, the "Freelance Police", an anthropomorphic dog and "hyperkinetic rabbity thing". The characters, created by Steve Purcell, originally debuted in a 1987 comic book series. Based on the 1989 Sam & Max comic On the Road, the duo take the case of a missing bigfoot from a nearby carnival, traveling to many American culture tourist sites to solve the mystery.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 6 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 114 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~14/week).
  • · Review velocity up 87% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 13% of 28,945 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 27k–65k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,079 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$5.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.11 at GameBillet (2022-10-24)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 34 of 86 observed days · $4.88 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
383820182026Week of 2018-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

912026-09-15 18:00 — 3 players2026-09-17 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 18:00 — 9 players2026-09-21 01:00 — 3 players2026-09-22 09:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 16:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 00:00 — 4 players2026-09-26 07:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 15:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 22:00 — 4 players2026-09-30 06:00 — 3 players2026-10-01 13:00 — 6 players2026-10-02 21:00 — 8 players2026-10-04 05:00 — 3 players2026-10-05 13:00 — 5 players2026-10-06 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 04:00 — 4 players2026-10-09 11:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 19:00 — 7 players2026-10-12 02:00 — 4 players2026-10-13 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 6 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
122Nov 2018Aug 2026Nov 2018 — avg 12 · peak 40Feb 2019 — avg 3 · peak 11May 2019 — avg 3 · peak 9Aug 2019 — avg 3 · peak 10Nov 2019 — avg 3 · peak 9Feb 2020 — avg 2 · peak 10May 2020 — avg 4 · peak 13Aug 2020 — avg 4 · peak 14Nov 2020 — avg 5 · peak 20Feb 2021 — avg 8 · peak 25May 2021 — avg 7 · peak 19Aug 2021 — avg 6 · peak 17Nov 2021 — avg 5 · peak 23Feb 2022 — avg 4 · peak 12May 2022 — avg 4 · peak 13Aug 2022 — avg 4 · peak 13Nov 2022 — avg 4 · peak 16Feb 2023 — avg 8 · peak 29May 2023 — avg 5 · peak 13Aug 2023 — avg 4 · peak 12Nov 2023 — avg 4 · peak 11Feb 2024 — avg 7 · peak 24May 2024 — avg 4 · peak 11Aug 2024 — avg 4 · peak 14Nov 2024 — avg 4 · peak 13Feb 2025 — avg 5 · peak 13May 2025 — avg 3 · peak 10Aug 2025 — avg 3 · peak 12Nov 2025 — avg 3 · peak 10Feb 2026 — avg 7 · peak 25May 2026 — avg 4 · peak 13Aug 2026 — avg 5 · peak 15
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$5.99$1.102015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — best price $5.992016-04-25 — best price $2.992017-06-06 — best price $1.492018-11-28 — best price $5.992019-12-03 — best price $5.992020-05-12 — best price $5.392020-09-07 — best price $5.392020-10-07 — best price $5.392020-11-05 — best price $5.392020-12-01 — best price $4.782021-01-05 — best price $5.992021-02-01 — best price $5.992021-06-24 — best price $2.092021-12-02 — best price $5.072022-02-05 — best price $5.992022-06-01 — best price $5.392022-08-02 — best price $4.222022-09-23 — best price $4.672022-12-12 — best price $2.092023-02-02 — best price $5.282023-05-07 — best price $1.352023-07-18 — best price $1.272023-10-19 — best price $1.242023-12-11 — best price $4.952024-02-12 — best price $4.312024-04-01 — best price $4.312024-06-01 — best price $5.692024-08-07 — best price $1.232024-10-01 — best price $1.102025-01-02 — best price $4.312025-03-04 — best price $5.992025-06-20 — best price $4.782025-10-27 — best price $5.992025-12-09 — best price $1.102026-06-17 — best price $2.992026-09-09 — best price $5.992026-09-24 — best price $2.992026-10-09 — best price $5.992026-10-15 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

763892026-05-30 — 135 pageviews2026-06-03 — 122 pageviews2026-06-07 — 143 pageviews2026-06-11 — 137 pageviews2026-06-15 — 134 pageviews2026-06-19 — 143 pageviews2026-06-23 — 163 pageviews2026-06-27 — 109 pageviews2026-07-01 — 139 pageviews2026-07-05 — 135 pageviews2026-07-09 — 143 pageviews2026-07-13 — 123 pageviews2026-07-17 — 111 pageviews2026-07-21 — 127 pageviews2026-07-25 — 113 pageviews2026-07-29 — 159 pageviews2026-08-02 — 293 pageviews2026-08-06 — 163 pageviews2026-08-10 — 291 pageviews2026-08-14 — 137 pageviews2026-08-18 — 172 pageviews2026-08-22 — 103 pageviews2026-08-26 — 128 pageviews2026-08-30 — 120 pageviews2026-09-03 — 127 pageviews2026-09-07 — 138 pageviews2026-09-11 — 97 pageviews2026-09-15 — 89 pageviews2026-09-19 — 98 pageviews2026-09-23 — 150 pageviews2026-09-27 — 138 pageviews2026-10-01 — 125 pageviews2026-10-05 — 132 pageviews2026-10-08 — 143 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam CloudFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, French, Italian

Player tags

BloodFunnyRetro1990'sComedyPuzzleAmericaClassicAdventureStory Rich

Census log

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

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