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Tick Tock: A Tale for Two cover art

Tick Tock: A Tale for Two

Other Tales Interactive · 2019-03-07

Steam

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Mar 07, 2019 (iOS), Dec 05, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Mar 07, 2019 (Mac), Mar 07, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 07, 2019 (Android)

You and your friend are trapped in a mystical world. As time ebbs away you must solve increasingly complex puzzles to escape. Cooperation is key as neither of you have the full picture! Play on two devices, local or remotely, all you need is a voice connection.

25
playing now
85%
positive of 12k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0/100
critic score (0 outlets, IGDB)
73/100
IGDB user rating (28 ratings)
2h
to beat · rushed 1h · completionist 3h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$5.99
steam price (US)

25 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 25 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 571 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~71/week).
  • · Review velocity up 90% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 11,404 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 297k–714k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 11,898 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$5.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.39 at Steam (2021-03-05)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 12 of 21 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
88088020192026Week of 2019-03-01: 430 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 266 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 221 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 880 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 247 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 268 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 191 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 11 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

7152026-08-06 22:00 — 8 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 17 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 27 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 18 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 22 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 59 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 17 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 39 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 49 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 15 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 8 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 30 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 10 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 18 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 39 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 5 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 11 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 71 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 19 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 9 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 39 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 42 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 29 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 30 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 24 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 12 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 7 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 15 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 16 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 25 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$5.99$2.392019-03-072026-08-222019-03-07 — best price $5.992019-07-09 — best price $5.992019-11-26 — best price $4.492019-12-19 — best price $4.192020-03-07 — best price $4.192020-05-07 — best price $4.192020-10-29 — best price $4.192020-12-01 — best price $5.992021-02-01 — best price $5.992021-07-08 — best price $5.992021-11-01 — best price $5.992022-01-05 — best price $5.992022-02-03 — best price $5.992022-07-07 — best price $5.992022-11-09 — best price $5.992023-01-05 — best price $5.992023-02-07 — best price $5.992023-03-23 — best price $5.992023-07-13 — best price $5.992023-10-23 — best price $5.992023-11-28 — best price $5.992023-12-18 — best price $5.992024-02-05 — best price $5.992024-03-21 — best price $5.992024-05-23 — best price $4.192024-06-27 — best price $2.992024-09-02 — best price $5.992024-10-28 — best price $2.992024-11-27 — best price $2.992025-01-02 — best price $5.992025-02-17 — best price $5.992025-03-27 — best price $4.192025-06-27 — best price $2.992025-10-27 — best price $2.992026-01-05 — best price $5.992026-03-26 — best price $5.992026-05-07 — best price $3.592026-07-09 — best price $5.992026-08-22 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerFamily Sharing

13 supported languages: English, German, Danish, French, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Japanese, Swedish, Korean, Traditional Chinese, Arabic…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Switch (Nintendo)180%0

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

Player tags

Co-opIndieCasualHorrorPuzzleMysteryAdventureStory RichAtmosphericLocal Co-Op

Census log

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

Recent updates

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