Adventure · March 21, 2016

Day of the Tentacle Remastered (2016)

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Dr. Fred’s mutated purple tentacle is about to take over the world, and only you can stop him! Originally released by LucasArts in 1993 as a sequel to Ron Gilbert’s ground breaking Maniac Mansion, Day of the Tentacle is a mind-bending, time travel, cartoon puzzle adventure game in which three unlikely friends work together to prevent an evil mutated purple tentacle from taking over the world! Now, over twenty years later, Day of the Tentacle is back in a remastered edition that features all new hand-drawn, high resolution artwork, with remastered audio, music and sound effects (which the original 90s marketing blurb described as ‘zany!’). Players are able to switch back and forth between classic and remastered modes, and mix and match audio, graphics and user interface to their heart’s desire. We’ve also included a concept art browser, and recorded a commentary track with the game’s original creators Tim Schafer, Dave Grossman, Larry Ahern, Peter Chan, Peter McConnell and Clint Bajakian. Day of the Tentacle was Tim Schafer’s first game as co-project lead, and a much beloved cult classic! This special edition has been lovingly restored and remade with the care and attention that can only come from involving the game's original creators.

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Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Point & Click · 200
  • Adventure · 179
  • Classic · 134
  • Comedy · 98
  • Time Travel · 96
  • 1990's · 94
  • Cartoony · 90
  • Puzzle · 85
  • Singleplayer · 82
  • Funny · 81
  • Retro · 80
  • Cult Classic · 78
  • Remake · 74
  • 2D · 73
  • Story Rich · 56

Position in Adventure

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume4.4k Steam reviewsTop 51% in Adventure
Positive rating97% positiveGenre average: 87% — this title sits in top 15%
Metacritic86/100Genre average 77 — top 13% of Adventure titles
Engagement hours4 h averageTop 68% for session depth among Adventure

Reception Metrics

Steam community

97%Overwhelmingly Positive · 4.4k reviews

4.3k positive · 133 negative

Metacritic

86/100 critic aggregate

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Metacritic user score

7.9/10

Curator recommendations

3.4k

Features & Capabilities

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Steam Cloud
  • Remote Play on Phone
  • Remote Play on Tablet
  • Remote Play on TV

Input & Comfort

  • Full controller support

Other

  • Single-player
  • Commentary available
  • Family Sharing

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (5)

  • English volume_up
  • French
  • Italian
  • German volume_up
  • Spanish - Spain volume_up

Full audio (3)

  • English
  • German
  • Spanish - Spain

Release & Availability

Release dateMar 21, 2016
DeveloperDouble Fine Productions, Shiny Shoe
PublisherDouble Fine Productions
Base price$2.99 -80%
PlatformsWindows, macOS, Linux
Estimated owners1M–10M
External linksOfficial site · Metacritic page · Support · [email protected]

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

4h

brief (under 5 hours)

Median

3h

Typical completion time

Achievements

58

Steam unlocks available

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Editions & Packages

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