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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 · Perspectives: First person

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.

Tick Tock: A Tale for Two is an Adventure, Casual, Indie game released in 2019, priced at $5.99, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and a Very Positive (85% of 11898 reviews) sentiment.

25
playing now
85%
positive of 12k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
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)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$5.99
steam price (US)

25 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

Tick Tock: A Tale for Two trailer thumbnail

Tick Tock: A Tale for Two - Launch Trailer

≈406,715 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

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 3% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 303k–728k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 12,129 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.79 at Steam (2026-09-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 11 of 19 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

22912026-09-15 12:00 — 21 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 12 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 11 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 23 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 25 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 13 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 196 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 188 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 122 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 142 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 114 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 54 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 73 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 129 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 53 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 48 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 50 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 27 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 15 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 65 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 43 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 16 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 25 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1105Mar 2019Aug 2026Mar 2019 — avg 102 · peak 381Jun 2019 — avg 11 · peak 177Sep 2019 — avg 5 · peak 22Dec 2019 — avg 57 · peak 733Mar 2020 — avg 50 · peak 191Jun 2020 — avg 31 · peak 152Sep 2020 — avg 18 · peak 63Dec 2020 — avg 31 · peak 139Mar 2021 — avg 110 · peak 1,196Jun 2021 — avg 30 · peak 186Sep 2021 — avg 24 · peak 83Dec 2021 — avg 29 · peak 120Mar 2022 — avg 40 · peak 195Jun 2022 — avg 21 · peak 130Sep 2022 — avg 15 · peak 56Dec 2022 — avg 27 · peak 139Mar 2023 — avg 33 · peak 158Jun 2023 — avg 21 · peak 91Sep 2023 — avg 28 · peak 117Dec 2023 — avg 23 · peak 85Mar 2024 — avg 30 · peak 129Jun 2024 — avg 25 · peak 93Sep 2024 — avg 15 · peak 47Dec 2024 — avg 25 · peak 79Mar 2025 — avg 21 · peak 60Jun 2025 — avg 17 · peak 81Sep 2025 — avg 11 · peak 43Dec 2025 — avg 68 · peak 651Mar 2026 — avg 23 · peak 81Jun 2026 — avg 20 · peak 73Aug 2026 — avg 23 · peak 93
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

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.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

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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