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Tell Me Why

Tell Me Why

Tell Me Why is the multi-award winning episodic adventure game from Dontnod Entertainment in which twins use their supernatural bond to discover the truth of their troubled past.

Released Aug 27, 2020 Developer DONTNOD Entertainment Publisher Xbox Game Studios Platforms Windows Choices MatterStory RichLGBTQ+EpisodicAdventure
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

82.5%positive13,883 reviews

What reviewers agree on

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Counted across 97 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 82.5% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20

Recommended · 17 found this helpful

“---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☑ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☑ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ Not too…”

— a player, Steam review · 15 hrs played
Recommended · 6 found this helpful

“This game has left a mark on me, story was beautiful, I truly cared for the characters and I was hooked the moment it really started to roll. I even wrote down some quotes that felt really helpful and comforting to me. My only "issue" was that the story would roll with minimal…”

— a player, Steam review · 14 hrs played
Not recommended · 16 found this helpful

“The overall game was nothing but a headache, I'll tell you why. It's story dialogues and cutscenes were boring and rarely of substance. Which is exacerbated when it is dragged across the time it would take to watch about 3-4 feature length movies. A couple tone-deaf or at least…”

— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 13:23 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

79playing at last check
13824-hour peak
2,768all-time peak
0 500 1k 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 856 avg · Jun 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 2026-07-25.

30achievements
20.3%median completion
5.1%rarest: Life Tears Us Apart
77.3% of players 57.1% of players 50.2% of players 41.7% of players 34.6% of players 34.0% of players 25.9% of players 25.1% of players 24.0% of players 23.8% of players 23.7% of players 23.3% of players 21.8% of players 21.4% of players 21.4% of players 20.3% of players 20.2% of players 20.1% of players 19.9% of players 19.3% of players 17.2% of players 14.9% of players 11.7% of players 11.6% of players 9.4% of players 8.5% of players 8.0% of players 6.6% of players 6.5% of players 5.1% of players 77.3% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
77.3%Rear View Mirror — Hidden achievement
57.1%Homecoming — Hidden achievement
50.2%One For The Collection — Find your first hidden Book of Goblins figure
Rarest badges of honor
5.1%Life Tears Us Apart — Complete the story with the twin's bond weakened
6.5%And Everything In Its Place — Hidden achievement
6.6%A New Chapter — Hidden achievement

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

Freecurrent · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
Freelowest since tracking began2026-07-11

Latest official news

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

Jun 01, 2021
All three chapters of Tell Me Why FREE for June 2021!

This Pride Month, we’re making all three chapters of Tell Me Why free on all of our available platforms! From June 1, 2021 through June 30, 2021, downloading Tell Me Why will give you permanent access

Mar 09, 2021
Chapter 1 of Tell Me Why now available for free!

It's easier than ever to dive into the story of the Ronan twins' homecoming. That's right: Chapter 1 of Tell Me Why is now free across all platforms! Now you can experience the first part of this awar

Dec 11, 2020
Tell Me Why wins at The Game Awards 2020!

Tell Me Why has won in the Games for Impact category at The Game Awards 2020! Our team at DONTNOD Entertainment and Xbox Publishing could not be more humbled to accept this award - and we'd like to ex

Oct 30, 2020
Additional voiceover languages now available!

We’re thrilled to share that voiceover for Tell Me Why is now available in the following languages: French German Spanish (Latin America) Portuguese (Brazil) Subtitles remain available in the above la

Sep 10, 2020
All chapters of Tell Me Why now available!

We hope you've been enjoying Tell Me Why, the latest narrative adventure from DONTNOD Entertainment and Xbox Game Studios. Today marks the launch of Chapter 3, the final installment of the Ronan twins

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresAdventure, Free To Play
Player tagsChoices Matter · Story Rich · LGBTQ+ · Episodic · Adventure · Emotional · Choose Your Own Adventure · Cinematic · Walking Simulator · Exploration · Atmospheric · Third Person (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Captions available · Steam Cloud
LanguagesEnglish * , French * , Italian, German * , Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil * , Spanish - Latin America * *
ControllerFull support
Achievements30
Estimated owners500,000 – 1,000,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttps://www.tellmewhygame.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 64-bit version 1903 or higher Processor: Intel core i3 4130 (3.4 Ghz 2C / 4T) AMD FX 4300 (3.8 Ghz 4C / 4T) Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GTX 750Ti or Nvidia GTX 1050 or AMD Radeon R7 260X or AMD Radeon RX 560 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 25 GB available space