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Sam & Max Save the World cover art

Sam & Max Save the World

Skunkape Games · 2020-12-02

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndie

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

Releases: Dec 02, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 02, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 29, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Aug 10, 2021 (Xbox One)

An open-and-shut case of petty vandalism balloons into a far-flung mind-control conspiracy involving former child stars, the media, the mafia, the government, the internet, and the bright side of the moon. Telltale's episodic classic, lovingly remastered by members of the original development team.

7
playing now
94%
positive of 2.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
83/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
78/100
IGDB user rating (10 ratings)
4.70★
PlayStation Store rating (303 ratings)
10h
to beat · rushed 8h · completionist 12h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

7 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 7 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 258 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~32/week).
  • · Review velocity up 132% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 9% of 28,763 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 42k–94k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,081 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$9.99-50%
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at GOG (2017-06-07) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 19 of 68 observed days · $8.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
24824820202026Week of 2020-12-01: 248 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 12 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2522026-09-14 22:00 — 4 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 5 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 8 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 7 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 7 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 9 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 6 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 6 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 11 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 7 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 8 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 12 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 7 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 25 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 18 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 4 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 9 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 8 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 11 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 11 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 8 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 7 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
686Dec 2020Aug 2026Dec 2020 — avg 37 · peak 160Feb 2021 — avg 21 · peak 46Apr 2021 — avg 25 · peak 59Jun 2021 — avg 18 · peak 49Aug 2021 — avg 19 · peak 47Oct 2021 — avg 10 · peak 31Dec 2021 — avg 23 · peak 59Feb 2022 — avg 10 · peak 30Apr 2022 — avg 13 · peak 78Jun 2022 — avg 18 · peak 39Aug 2022 — avg 9 · peak 25Oct 2022 — avg 7 · peak 18Dec 2022 — avg 10 · peak 36Feb 2023 — avg 8 · peak 21Apr 2023 — avg 10 · peak 30Jun 2023 — avg 11 · peak 34Aug 2023 — avg 8 · peak 22Oct 2023 — avg 6 · peak 19Dec 2023 — avg 10 · peak 27Feb 2024 — avg 12 · peak 32Apr 2024 — avg 10 · peak 27Jun 2024 — avg 10 · peak 41Aug 2024 — avg 23 · peak 76Oct 2024 — avg 11 · peak 30Dec 2024 — avg 11 · peak 33Feb 2025 — avg 15 · peak 47Apr 2025 — avg 29 · peak 107Jun 2025 — avg 11 · peak 30Aug 2025 — avg 9 · peak 24Oct 2025 — avg 11 · peak 27Dec 2025 — avg 13 · peak 43Feb 2026 — avg 17 · peak 48Apr 2026 — avg 24 · peak 64Jun 2026 — avg 16 · peak 44Aug 2026 — avg 9 · peak 21
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$29.99$2.992015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $5.992015-03-16 — best price $5.992015-06-19 — best price $11.992015-11-25 — best price $7.492015-12-11 — best price $4.992016-06-30 — best price $19.992017-02-13 — best price $19.992017-05-15 — best price $19.992017-08-16 — best price $19.992018-02-05 — best price $4.992018-07-27 — best price $5.992021-06-24 — best price $15.992021-12-23 — best price $14.992022-07-07 — best price $19.992022-12-22 — best price $14.992023-05-31 — best price $19.992023-07-25 — best price $19.992023-11-28 — best price $19.992024-02-22 — best price $19.992024-05-16 — best price $19.992024-12-04 — best price $19.992025-03-13 — best price $11.992025-05-15 — best price $19.992025-09-15 — best price $9.992025-10-08 — best price $19.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-03-19 — best price $9.992026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-08-31 — best price $19.992026-09-06 — best price $19.992026-09-12 — best price $19.992026-09-18 — best price $19.992026-09-24 — best price $19.992026-09-30 — best price $19.992026-10-06 — best price $19.992026-10-12 — best price $9.992026-10-14 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

12
achievements tracked
54.1%
earned "Soda Popper"
23.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

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

8 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Hungarian, Polish

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2020-12-02, latest 2021-02-02 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox 360 (Xbox)2,89055%12
Steam (Steam)2,42628%12
PS4 (PlayStation)36172%13
PS4 (PlayStation)35266%13
Xbox One (Xbox)34550%12
Switch (Nintendo)930%0

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

3DFunnyIndieComedyPuzzleCartoonCartoonyEpisodicAdventureDetective

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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