Sam & Max Save the World
Worth it · Narrative · 2020
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $19.99, a BANGER if it drops to $12.18.
- Length
- 12.7h
- Value
- $1.57/hr
- Reviews
- 94% positive
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Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, Nvidia GTS 450+ with 1024MB+ VRAM (excluding GT), 2 GB of storage. Windows only.
An open-and-shut case of petty vandalism balloons into a far-flung mind-control conspiracy involving former child stars, the media, the mafia, the government, the internet, and the bright side of the moon. Telltale's episodic classic, lovingly remastered by members of the original development team.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
The value story
The lowest price on record is $9.99, set in April 2025. Its cuts run 33 percent off as a rule. There have been 29 in the 6 years tracked, about 8 weeks apart. Past sales have already crossed the $12.18 BANGER line 13 times.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 3 percent on value. It is pricier than 88 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 96 percent. The nearest things to it, Unforeseen Incidents ($19.99, scores 58) and Bear With Me - Episode One (free, scores 67), are both worse buys on this math.
The press gave it 82; the people who bought it give it 94 percent. A 12-point gap in the buyer's favour.
This site sampled 399 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 3 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written December 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 74 percent of the 213 reviews written there were positive, against 94 percent overall, and those are 12 percent of everything written about it.
It carries Valve's Deck Verified rating and runs 12.7 hours, about as long as a handheld game wants to be.
The drop-off
54% start to 13% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
Players
1 players online when we last checked, on Oct 1, 12:49 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
My favorite chaotic gay freelance husbands are back! This Remaster looks and feels so good to play! I absolutely loved the humor! They're so cute and charming I love them!! <3
maybe i'm just a dumbass but some of the puzzle solutions seem a little out there. overall though, i've enjoyed my time with it so far. maybe i'll go back to finish it someday
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
Cite this score
Sam & Max Save the World scores 76/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1440440/sam-max-save-the-worldReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 26, price as of Oct 1.
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