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Hair of the Dog
Help Cummerbund Bandersnatch in this quintessentially British point & click comedy adventure as he explores the darker side of Victorian England, oblivious to its perils. Manipulate time, talk to a host of dubious characters and solve puzzles to get Bandersnatch out of a fix before it's too late.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28.
“Really fun fully voiced point & click adventure with a novel day and night cycle mechanic that I haven't seen used in other adventure games. A must play for classic Sierra fans.”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. History through 2022-01 via SteamCharts; self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.
Latest official news
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Pixel-art livestream today at 12.30pm (UK time)
Want a behind-the-scenes glimpse of how I create the artwork for my games? I'll be going live on Twitch today at 12.30pm (UK time) to continue my series of art and dev streams for documenting the prog
Cummerbund Bandersnatch gets his own full length point & click adventure
You asked and we listened. After a staggering 50,000 downloads of Hair of the Dog (our game jam submission built in just 12 days), we are delighted to announce that a full length Cummerbund Bandersnat
Introducing: Heir of the Dog
Hair of the Dog was a short adventure game I created for AdvXJam back in 2020. It was created in twelve days, so was a little rough around the edges, but pipped Lucy Dreaming to the post as the first
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-28.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie, Free To Play |
| Player tags | Adventure · Point & Click · Pixel Graphics · Comedy · Dark Comedy · Funny · Time Manipulation · Story Rich · Atmospheric · Old School · Retro · Mystery (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , Spanish - Spain, Italian * |
| Official site | https://tallstorygames.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows XP Processor: 2 GHz Dual Core CPU Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Video card with at least 512MB Shared VRAM & openGL 2.0 support Storage: 150 MB available space Sound Card: Any Windows-compatible sound card