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Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse

Max’s toys become psychic tools, and Sam follows a mystery that keeps changing its shape.

Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse · Unofficial crossover illustration: Sam, Max and Guybrush. Not a game screenshot.
Unofficial crossover illustration: Sam, Max and Guybrush. Not a game screenshot.

2010 · Telltale Games

Inside the adventure

A strange toy gives Max glimpses of the future and attracts decidedly unwelcome attention. Telltale’s final season opens into a more ambitious supernatural comedy, shifting between science fiction, adventure serials and noir suggestions. Sam and Max remain themselves while the storytelling experiments with perspective. Watching, anticipating and reconstructing events all become part of the show.

Original edition
2010 · Telltale Games
Remaster
2024 · Skunkape Games
Remaster text languages
English · Français · Deutsch · Русский
Voice acting
English
Developers of the documented edition
Steve Purcell · Telltale Games · Skunkape Games

The season, episode by episode

Play the collection in this order. Episode titles retain their original names.

  1. 01The Penal Zone
  2. 02The Tomb of Sammun-Mak
  3. 03They Stole Max’s Brain!
  4. 04Beyond the Alley of the Dolls
  5. 05The City That Dares Not Sleep

How it plays

Conventional inventory objects remain, but Max’s powers change how a scene can be questioned. Seeing a possible future is not the same as knowing its solution: you still need to understand which action might make sense of it. Switching between Sam’s investigation and Max’s perception gives environments a second reading.

The character of the season

The partners face more spectacular situations without losing their badly timed irreverence. Cinematic shifts and comic reactions are as much part of the experience as finding the right item. Allowing performances to breathe helps the changing rhythms land.

The game in pictures

Remastered edition screenshots · Steam / Skunkape Games. Select an image to enlarge it.

Original and remaster

Telltale originals and Skunkape remasters share one profile; the catalogue year belongs to the original season.

On PC, the original episodes are available as free DLC for the remasters. These versions preserve the games’ history; technical support for the originals is limited.

Choose the edition on the official page, including console versions. Requirements and languages can vary by platform: check the copy you intend to buy.

Skunkape · FAQ ↗
Story and ending · spoiler warning

The Toys of Power draw the partners into a supernatural conflict. As Max’s abilities grow, the danger reaches his own mind and tests the partnership.

Read the ending · spoilers

Max sacrifices himself to save the city. Sam meets a Max from an alternate timeline.

Read the detailed plot (contains spoilers) ↗

How and where to play

Choose the edition on the official page, including console versions. Requirements and languages can vary by platform: check the copy you intend to buy.

Windows · Steam · Remastered 2024

Steam · View the edition ↗Skunkape · View the edition ↗Tools for playing →

Physical and used copies

For used physical copies, check platform, language, region and box contents. An activated code may not be reusable.

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Sources and versions

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