Adventure · October 14, 2016
Manual Samuel – Last Tuesday Edition (2016)
Manual Samuel is a hilarious, hand-drawn adventure game with a wild twist. After making a deal with Death, our hero, the spoiled rich-kid Samuel, must survive for 24 hours controlling his entire body manually. From breathing and blinking to driving and working, all these tasks will fall to you. It won’t be easy, with Death himself tagging along for the ride, you might be in some very deep feces! - Overhauled the game to fix a number of gameplay bugs and introduce a number of quality of life improvements - Visual updates, revamped character animations, new and improved audio effects, updated controller support - Added Simplified and Traditional Chinese subtitles - read feces in up to 12 languages - 8 new achievements to discover and unlock! Using your keyboard or controller, you’ll have to manually breathe, blink, drink, walk, talk and more — one clumsy input at a time. Can you keep Samuel alive, or will he flop his way back to the afterlife? From getting dressed, driving to work and (checks notes…) fighting robots? - Help Samuel navigate his day to ensure he returns to his lavish life and girlfriend! Looking to lose friends or break up with your significant other? Then this mode is perfect for you! - Unique, hand-drawn 2D art and animation brings the world of Manual Samuel to life in glorious high resolution! - Five in-game comics exploring the backstory of Manual Samuel's characters - Master the brutal 'Speedrun' and 'Challenge' modes across each chapter - Scintillating soundtrack by Sondre Jensen and Ozan Drøsdal - Over 600 lines of dialogue expertly executed by our eloquent voice actors
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Position in Adventure
| Metric | This title | Genre position |
|---|---|---|
| Review volume | 3.4k Steam reviews | Top 64% in Adventure |
| Positive rating | 83% positive | Genre average: 87% — this title sits in top 77% |
| Engagement hours | 4 h average | Top 65% for session depth among Adventure |
Community Tag Signals
Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.
- Dark Humor · 84
- Singleplayer · 78
- Local Co-Op · 77
- Adventure · 76
- Funny · 70
- Indie · 68
- Dark Comedy · 58
- Physics · 40
- Difficult · 38
- Comedy · 24
- 2D · 21
- Intentionally Awkward Controls · 17
- Cartoony · 16
- Controller · 11
- Multiplayer · 9
Features & Capabilities
Multiplayer
- Multi-player
- Co-op
- Shared/Split Screen Co-op
Community
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Trading Cards
- Steam Cloud
- Remote Play on TV
- Remote Play Together
Input & Comfort
- Full controller support
- Custom Volume Controls
Other
- Single-player
- Keyboard Only Option
Localization Coverage
Interface / Subtitles (10)
- English volume_up
- French
- German
- Spanish - Spain
- Norwegian
- Russian
- Turkish
- Japanese
- Simplified Chinese
- Traditional Chinese volume_up
Full audio (2)
- English
- Traditional Chinese
Press Quotes
““Back in my day, we did everything manually too - except we called it life!”” Old Granny Gamers “'Totally gnarly kickflips, 10 out of 10 shred!'” Only Kickflips “'Samuel must navigate the world with no guidance or support... Sounds like a standard Tuesday for us!”” Totally Legitimate Orphan Reviews
Engagement Profile
All-time avg
4h
brief (under 5 hours)
Median
3h
Typical completion time
Achievements
36
Steam unlocks available
Reception Metrics
Steam community
83%Mostly Positive · 3.4k reviews
2.8k positive · 573 negative
Curator recommendations
1.5k
Release & Availability
| Release date | Oct 14, 2016 |
|---|---|
| Developer | Perfectly Paranormal |
| Publisher | Curve Games |
| Base price | $2.99 -70% |
| DLC / Add-ons | 1 released |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux |
| Estimated owners | 1M–10M |
| External links | Official site · Support · [email protected] |
Editions & Packages
Buy Manual Samuel - Last Tuesday Edition











