To Be or Not To Be
A branching text adventure that rewrites Hamlet as a comedy
Tin Man Games · Released Feb 4, 2015
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 89% of 244
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 0
- daily peak, Oct 31, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Unsupported
- Last update on Steam
- Unknown
- no patch notes on Steam
What is To Be or Not To Be?
This illustrated, single-player interactive story adapts Shakespeare’s Hamlet. You read passages and choose what happens next as Hamlet, Ophelia, or King Hamlet, Sr., with paths that include avenging a father’s death or making scientific discoveries.
For you if...
- +you prefer story decisions to reflex-based challenges
Not for you if...
- −you want a faithful retelling of Shakespeare’s original play
What players say
89% of 244 reviews are positive
Players praise the irreverent writing and the freedom to sidestep the play’s familiar tragedies. A recent reviewer finds the book-like format too limited as a PC game.
Screenshots and trailer
To Be or Not To Be system requirements
Minimum: Hardware Accelerated with…, 2 GB RAM, 1 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run To Be or Not To Be?
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- OS
- Windows XP SP3
- Processor
- 2 GHz dual core
- Graphics
- Hardware Accelerated Graphics with dedicated memory
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM
- Storage
- 1 GB available space
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 7/8
- Graphics
- Hardware Accelerated Graphics with 1GB memory
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 1 GB available space
Does To Be or Not To Be have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does To Be or Not To Be run on Steam Deck?
Unsupported No: Valve rates it Unsupported on Steam Deck.
- Not supported on SteamOS
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- Achievements
- 33
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
- Languages
- Full audio: English.
Does To Be or Not To Be use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
