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Sam & Max Save the World
An open-and-shut case of petty vandalism balloons into a far-flung mind-control conspiracy involving former child stars, the media, the mafia, the government, the internet, and the bright side of the moon. Telltale's episodic classic, lovingly remastered by members of the original development team.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“[h2]Nostalgia and some "unnecessary" cuts[/h2] [b]Sam & Max[/b] was my very first graphic adventure. My first contact was through a demo of the fourth episode, found on a disc full of content bundled with a game I can't even remember the name of. I fell in love with the genre…”
— a player, Steam review · 16 hrs played“Had a surface-level interest in S&M for a while now, and with the Poker Night remake coming out soon I figured I should familiarize myself with another cast member besides the Heavy. I bought Sam & Max Save the World individually and an hour into my playtime I regretted that…”
— a player, Steam review · 27 hrs played“gonna be real I misjudged this game. By any chance that you're the Steam employee that let me buy this game again after I refunded it, I'm sorry, I was in a bad mood I guess.”
— a player, Steam review · 24 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 13:39 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Adventure · Point & Click · Puzzle · Comedy · Funny · Comic Book · Story Rich · Episodic · Cartoony · Detective · Cartoon · 3D (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Remote Play on TV · Remote Play Together · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Hungarian, Polish, Russian * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 12 |
| Estimated owners | 200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://skunkapegames.com/samandmax |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 64Bit Service Pack 1 Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GTS 450+ with 1024MB+ VRAM (excluding GT) DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 2 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX 11 sound device Additional Notes: Intel integrated graphics not supported