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Tattletail cover art

Tattletail

Waygetter Electronics · Little Flag Software, LLC · 2016-12-28

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 28, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 28, 2016 (Mac)

It’s Christmas 1998. The world’s most annoying toy just came out, and yours won’t stay in his box. Can you stop Tattletail from getting you in trouble before the bloodthirsty Mama Tattletail hunts you down? Story-driven first person horror. New DLC Included!

5
playing now
95%
positive of 5.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
62/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
2h
to beat · rushed 1h · completionist 2h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$7.99
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Tattletail is a 2016 survival horror video game created by Waygetter Electronics and published by Little Flag Software. The player must care for their virtual pet toy, Baby Talking Tattletail, while avoiding the pursuit of its recalled predecessor, Mama Tattletail. The game was released on Steam on December 28, 2016.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 5 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 465 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~58/week).
  • · Review velocity up 45% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 16% of 10,903 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 126k–303k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,043 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2017-12-21) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
15515520182026Week of 2018-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1522026-08-06 23:00 — 10 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 9 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 9 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 5 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 8 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 15 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 5 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 10 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 6 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 13 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 6 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 10 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 6 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 6 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 3 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 9 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 9 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 10 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 8 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 5 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 9 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$7.99$1.992016-12-282026-07-092016-12-28 — best price $4.992017-07-05 — best price $4.992017-11-01 — best price $4.992018-01-04 — best price $4.992018-02-19 — best price $4.992018-07-05 — best price $4.992018-11-01 — best price $4.992019-02-12 — best price $4.992019-07-09 — best price $4.992020-01-27 — best price $4.992020-04-27 — best price $4.992020-07-09 — best price $4.992020-11-02 — best price $4.992020-12-01 — best price $4.992021-01-05 — best price $4.992021-02-15 — best price $4.992021-07-08 — best price $4.992021-11-01 — best price $4.992021-12-22 — best price $2.492022-01-27 — best price $3.492022-06-23 — best price $2.992022-10-25 — best price $2.992022-12-22 — best price $2.992023-03-16 — best price $3.992023-06-29 — best price $3.992023-10-26 — best price $2.992023-11-21 — best price $3.992023-12-21 — best price $3.992024-03-14 — best price $3.492024-06-27 — best price $3.992024-10-28 — best price $2.992024-11-27 — best price $3.992024-12-19 — best price $3.992025-08-13 — best price $7.992025-10-06 — best price $7.992025-11-03 — best price $7.992026-01-05 — best price $7.992026-07-09 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

99292026-06-01 — 61 pageviews2026-06-04 — 42 pageviews2026-06-07 — 76 pageviews2026-06-10 — 49 pageviews2026-06-13 — 57 pageviews2026-06-16 — 56 pageviews2026-06-19 — 48 pageviews2026-06-22 — 57 pageviews2026-06-25 — 33 pageviews2026-06-28 — 55 pageviews2026-07-01 — 53 pageviews2026-07-04 — 69 pageviews2026-07-07 — 67 pageviews2026-07-10 — 71 pageviews2026-07-13 — 63 pageviews2026-07-16 — 59 pageviews2026-07-19 — 44 pageviews2026-07-22 — 37 pageviews2026-07-25 — 76 pageviews2026-07-28 — 53 pageviews2026-07-31 — 71 pageviews2026-08-03 — 52 pageviews2026-08-06 — 69 pageviews2026-08-09 — 45 pageviews2026-08-12 — 61 pageviews2026-08-15 — 52 pageviews2026-08-18 — 66 pageviews2026-08-21 — 29 pageviews2026-08-24 — 50 pageviews2026-08-27 — 36 pageviews2026-08-29 — 61 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

11
achievements tracked
85.8%
earned "Tattletail, That's Me!"
41.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,55219%11

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

CuteDarkFunnyIndie1990'sActionHorrorRobotsStrategySurvival

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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