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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

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.

11
playing now
94%
positive of 2.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
83/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
78/100
IGDB user rating (10 ratings)
10h
to beat · rushed 8h · completionist 12h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

11 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 21% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 42k–94k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,078 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$19.99
lowest across shops (ITAD)$19.99
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 15 of 30 observed days · $18.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

2122026-08-07 00:00 — 12 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 8 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 12 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 6 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 8 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 20 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 5 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 12 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 8 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 9 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 14 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 7 players2026-08-11 17:00 — 10 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 14 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 3 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 13 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 13 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 3 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 4 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 9 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 4 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 12 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 4 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 9 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 13 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 11 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$1.992015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $5.992015-01-27 — best price $29.992015-06-10 — best price $29.992015-07-26 — best price $29.952015-12-04 — best price $19.992015-12-12 — best price $19.992016-06-30 — best price $19.992017-02-10 — best price $4.992017-04-03 — best price $19.992017-07-31 — best price $4.992017-12-22 — best price $3.992018-02-13 — best price $19.992018-07-27 — best price $5.992021-05-15 — best price $19.992021-11-24 — best price $14.992022-04-25 — best price $13.992022-09-06 — best price $19.992023-01-03 — best price $19.992023-05-31 — best price $19.992023-07-17 — best price $13.992023-11-21 — best price $13.992024-01-09 — best price $13.392024-03-06 — best price $19.992024-06-10 — best price $13.392024-12-04 — best price $19.992025-03-12 — best price $11.992025-04-24 — best price $19.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-09-25 — best price $9.992025-10-28 — best price $9.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-03-05 — best price $9.992026-06-17 — best price $19.992026-08-28 — best price $19.992026-08-30 — best price $19.99
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

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.

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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