Day of the Tentacle Remastered

Buy97%

Overwhelmingly Positive · 5k player reviews · Medium confidence

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

Steam Deck Playable
  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

Double Fine Productions · Point & Click · Mar 22, 2016

Player review score
97%
Overwhelmingly Positive
Price
$14.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
58
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
5
Full audio2 of 5
Subtitles5 of 5

Should I buy Day of the Tentacle Remastered?

Buy it if you like
  • Graphics: 74 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story: 62 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 38 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews

Based on 5k player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
70% of themes are praise30% are divided0% are complaints
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
74 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics and sound both still hold up very well in this remastered edition.
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
62 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The style works seamlessly with the zany atmosphere of the game and the comical tone throughout the narrative.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
38 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The voice acting is done to a professional standard, and stars Richard Sanders (from WKRP in Cincinnati) as Bernard.
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
34 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The point and clicks I do enjoy are the ones with interesting twists on those mechanics (The ABC Murders), a compelling narrative and setting that keeps me curious (Beholder 2), or ones with such a delightful setting and atmosphere that I can’t help but be charmed (Botanicula).
Interface
Players who bring up Interface mostly praise it.
32 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Though, the voice work was well done and I did not always need the subtitles to follow along.
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
12 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Then, this one came out and it was on a completely different level, both in difficulty, complexity, writing and concept.

+1 more players loved

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Graphics74 reviews
Story62 reviews
Audio38 reviews
Gameplay34 reviews
Interface32 reviews
Difficulty12 reviews
Steam Deck7 reviews
Divided opinion
Characters
100% still recommend
Controls
100% still recommend
Crashes
25% still recommend
Players complain

No recurring complaints in this sample.

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

  • Full controller support

Store features

  • Commentary available
  • Family Sharing
  • Remote Play on Phone
  • Remote Play on TV
  • Remote Play on Tablet
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Trading Cards

Platforms

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

Valve device support

Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachinePlayable

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$14.99

The lowest we've tracked is $2.99.

4 points recordedtoday · $14.99