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Tell Me Why

DONTNOD Entertainment · Xbox Game Studios · 2020-08-27

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AdventureFree To Play

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 27, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 27, 2020 (Xbox One)

Tell Me Why is the multi-award winning episodic adventure game from Dontnod Entertainment in which twins use their supernatural bond to discover the truth of their troubled past.

80
playing now
82%
positive of 16k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
81/100
critic score (9 outlets, IGDB)
75/100
IGDB user rating (140 ratings)
10h
to beat · completionist 12h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

80 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Tell Me Why is the story of two twins, Alyson and Tyler Ronan, who reunite for the first time in ten years after their mother’s death. Upon returning to their childhood home in rural Alaska, the Ronans realize that their shared past may not be as they remember it.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 80 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,194 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~149/week).
  • · Review velocity down 23% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$4.99-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 1 of 2 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.6k1.6k20202026Week of 2020-08-01: 270 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 452 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 501 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 160 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 309 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1,563 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 335 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 540 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 291 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 277 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 180 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 217 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 200 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 621 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 127 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 262 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 574 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 206 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 261 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 505 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 194 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 288 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 430 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 156 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 205 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 292 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 107 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 20 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

105352026-08-06 22:00 — 68 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 63 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 67 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 71 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 44 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 75 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 80 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 48 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 78 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 102 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 36 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 71 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 90 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 49 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 81 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 69 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 45 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 98 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 98 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 37 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 73 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 102 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 49 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 63 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 87 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 38 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 61 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 85 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 80 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$0.002020-07-232026-08-262020-07-23 — best price $29.992020-11-25 — best price $20.092020-12-01 — best price $29.992020-12-10 — best price $20.092020-12-14 — best price $29.992020-12-22 — best price $14.992021-01-05 — best price $29.992021-02-11 — best price $14.992021-02-15 — best price $29.992021-03-09 — best price $0.002026-06-01 — best price $0.002026-08-26 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

2802026-08-26 19:15 — 13 viewers2026-08-26 19:34 — 15 viewers2026-08-26 20:34 — 28 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 25 viewers2026-08-26 22:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-26 23:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-27 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-27 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
77.2%
earned "Rear View Mirror"
20.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportCaptions availableSteam CloudFamily Sharing3 DLC

7 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox Series, Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)33,19312%30
Steam (Steam)11,88415%30

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

DramaLGBTQ+EpisodicAdventureCinematicEmotionalStory RichAtmosphericExplorationSingleplayer

Census log

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

Players also track

Rusty Lake HotelOmensight: Definitive EditionUnforeseen IncidentsQuern - Undying ThoughtsGreedFallBlacksad: Under the SkinThe Room 4: Old SinsTwin Mirror

Similarity via IGDB.

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