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Sam & Max: This Time It's Virtual!

Sam & Max: This Time It's Virtual!

Sam is a dog in a suit. Max is his naked rabbity partner. Together, they’re the Freelance Police. Jump into the not-quite-right world of Sam & Max via the wonder science of virtual reality, and join the multimedia darlings in their never-ending quest to slap the stupid grin off the face of evil.

Released Sep 10, 2021 Developer HappyGiant Publisher Big Sugar Platforms Windows VRAdventurePoint & ClickPuzzleFunny
View on Steam ↗ $29.99 (US · as of 2026-05-15)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28.

40.8%positive103 reviews
Recommended · 30 found this helpful

“I've played through the other Sam and Max games (Tell Tale and Lucas Arts). It is great to be able to stand next to these characters. Starting title sequence in the car is great (wish there was more initial dialogue interspersed), I sat there for a bit before starting the actual…”

— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played
Not recommended · 222 found this helpful

“(Played on a Valve Index) In it's current state, I can not recommend the game, and I don't think any updates will really solve a whole lot of the issues it has. The only positive I can list is that the dialog feels... mostly on point. There's a lack of "whimsical cynicism" in…”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
Not recommended · 81 found this helpful

“So, I haven’t beaten Sam and Max. As in, any of the games. I’ve played them, but never finished them, even though I enjoyed them. Sam and Max as a series is one I love to death, but I have so many games that I play that I never got around to finishing one. That said, when this…”

— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. History through 2021-09 via SteamCharts; self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.

13all-time peak
0 2 5 2 avg · Sep 2021

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-28.

43achievements
14.0%median completion
1.3%rarest: Nacho Dust Buster
84.8% of players 81.4% of players 79.5% of players 76.9% of players 45.2% of players 43.0% of players 39.6% of players 38.3% of players 21.6% of players 21.3% of players 20.8% of players 19.0% of players 18.7% of players 18.4% of players 17.8% of players 17.8% of players 17.7% of players 16.0% of players 15.9% of players 15.0% of players 15.0% of players 14.0% of players 13.5% of players 12.5% of players 11.0% of players 10.8% of players 8.1% of players 7.7% of players 6.5% of players 6.2% of players 6.0% of players 5.5% of players 5.2% of players 4.5% of players 4.2% of players 3.7% of players 3.1% of players 2.9% of players 2.7% of players 1.8% of players 1.4% of players 1.3% of players 1.3% of players 84.8% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
84.8%You Should See the Tequila Bottle — You blew up a giant five-headed planarian worm. Are you proud of yourself? That worm probably had a family, you know.
81.4%Office Intern — You completed the obligatory training section in Sam & Max's office. It only gets harder from here on out.
79.5%Dial M For Murder Hornets — Purge the office of flying devil pests... no, not Max, he can't fly. Usually.
Rarest badges of honor
1.3%Nacho Dust Buster — Avoid all Scrumpo Grenades in Sky Patrol Activity, maintaining cleanliness of your attire. Relatively.
1.3%Lumpy Cum Laude — Earn an A in all 9 Freelance Police Academy Training Grounds. If you've earned 10, the game is broken.
1.4%Whisper Winner — You trained Jeff. Now you should be able to apply to these skills to many situations, like, um ...

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Sep 17, 2021
More fixes

Quick update on a couple more fixes that have been made live: - players being shot into the air when picking objects off the floor - adjustments to the Index controller alignment To report any issues,

Sep 13, 2021
Update on fixes

On behalf of Big Sugar and HappyGiant, a sincere apology for the issues some of you have experienced on the PC version of Sam & Max: This Time It's Virtual! We worked over the weekend to release a pat

Sep 11, 2021
Bug fix

We have just patched the hammer bug for the Index headset and are working on another patch to be pushed ASAP (eg Climbing bug). Please continue to use the bug report form here https://docs.google.com/

Sep 10, 2021
WE ARE... OUT NOW!

If you can remember as far back as yesterday, you will no doubt recall we brought you the exciting news that Sam & Max: This Time It's Virtual! would be launching today. Well, it's happened – the game

Sep 09, 2021
WE ARE LAUNCHING... TOMORROW!

Big news everyone – get your headsets ready because Sam & Max: This Time It's Virtual is launching... TOMORROW (Friday, 10 September)!!! YES! Not long now and – thanks to the mind-bending magic of vir

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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.

GenresAdventure, Indie
Player tagsVR · Adventure · Point & Click · Puzzle · Funny · Comedy · Cartoon · Cartoony · Action-Adventure · Comic Book · 3D · Detective (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Tracked Controller Support · VR Only · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , French, Spanish - Spain *
Achievements43
Official sitehttp://www.happygiant.com/samandmax
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel i5-4590 / AMD FX 8350 (or equivalent) Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GTX 970 / AMD R9 290 (or equivalent) Storage: 4 GB available space VR Support: SteamVR