Sam & Max Save the World
Episodic point-and-click detective comedy with puzzles and hypnotized suspects
Skunkape Games · Released Dec 2, 2020
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 94% of 2,084
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Playing now
- 0
- peak 24h 8
- Steam Deck
- Verified
- Last update
- 6 months ago
- Mar 5, 2026
Metacritic: 82/100 (critic reviews)
What is Sam & Max Save the World?
This remastered, single-player point-and-click adventure follows dog-and-rabbit detectives Sam and Max as they investigate a growing hypnosis mystery. Across a series of episodes, you talk to characters, use items, and solve puzzles in locations ranging from their neighborhood to the moon.
For you if...
- +you enjoy offbeat detective stories and comic dialogue
- +you like solving puzzles by using items creatively
- +you prefer a solo adventure divided into episodes
Not for you if...
- −you dislike trying different items to solve puzzles
- −you want action instead of dialogue and detective work
- −you prefer a story without episodic breaks
What players say
94% of 2,084 reviews are positive
Players praise the humor, voice acting, characters, and puzzles. Some find the puzzles repetitive or too reliant on trial and error; one recent player reports crashes and camera glitches.
Screenshots and trailer
Sam & Max Save the World system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 7 64Bit Service Pack 1
- Processor
- Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz
- Graphics
- Nvidia GTS 450+ with 1024MB+ VRAM (excluding GT)
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM
- Storage
- 2 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
- Notes
- Intel integrated graphics not supported
Recommended
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 12
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing
Steam Deck: Verified
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Shows Steam Deck controller icons
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Full audio: English. Text only: French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Hungarian, Polish, Russian.
Tags
- Adventure
- Point & Click
- Puzzle
- Comedy
- Funny
- Comic Book
- Dogs
- Story Rich
- Detective
- Cartoony
- Episodic
- Cartoon
- Singleplayer
- 3D
- Indie
- Third Person
Recent updates
- Mar 5, 2026 · Sam & Max Save the World 2.1.0 Update
- Oct 8, 2024 · Sam & Max Save the World 2.0.0 Update
- Feb 18, 2022 · Sam & Max Save the World 1.1.0 Update
- Dec 7, 2021 · Sam & Max Save the World 1.0.9 Update
- Aug 11, 2021 · Sam & Max Save the World 1.0.8 Update
2 DLC available.
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