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Challenge of the Tentacle

Challenge of the Tentacle is a free point and click escape room adventure fangame inspired by Maniac Mansion, Day of the Tentacle and Maniac Mansion Mania. On a beautiful morning with chirping birds and…

6 June 2022

Challenge of the Tentacle is an adventure developed by Amir Matouk, released 6 June 2022 on Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Challenge of the Tentacle is

Challenge of the Tentacle is an adventure game developed by Amir Matouk and released in 2022. It is available on Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Challenge of the Tentacle is a free point and click escape room adventure fangame inspired by Maniac Mansion, Day of the Tentacle and Maniac Mansion Mania. On a beautiful morning with chirping birds and sunshine, it seems a new beautiful day begins for the whole world. But no one knows that a catastrophe could happen that day. An evil, tyrannical, purple tentacle wants to take over the world. On this seemingly wonderful morning, our well-known protagonist, Bernard, renowned physicist and chemist, wakes up muddled. He still doesn't know that on this day he has to prove that he is a genius and has not, like so many others, studied in vain. But he's starting to remember the Purple Tentacle's…
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Challenge of the Tentacle launched on 6 June 2022, within three weeks of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge, Neon White and The Quarry.

Released around the same time: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge, Neon White, The Quarry.

Official trailer

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When did Challenge of the Tentacle come out?
Challenge of the Tentacle was released on 6 June 2022 for Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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