Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse
Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse is the conclusion of the Telltale's episodic Sam & Max trilogy, remastered by members of the original dev team and brought back to life for modern systems.
Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse is an adventure developed by Skunkape, released 14 August 2024 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Mac.
What Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse is
Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse is an adventure game developed by Skunkape and released in 2024. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
An ancient, terrible power lies waiting… Max has always been the more unhinged member of the Freelance Police—a lovable lunatic with a knack for spreading chaos wherever he goes. But recently his abilities have taken a supernatural turn. It all started when he stumbled upon a mysterious toy that allows him to glimpse the future. Now Sam & Max have aroused the attention of a host of villains from across the galaxy who are hellbent on acquiring the magical Toys of Power to achieve their own ends. As those who seek the Devil’s Toybox close in and Max’s psychic abilities grow beyond his control, the Freelance Police will come up against their most frightening adversary yet: the power of Max’s…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, comedy, mystery and party. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Sam & Max series
Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse is the tenth of 12 entries we hold in the Sam & Max series. It arrived 3 years after Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space. The next entry was Sam & Max: The Complete Trilogy in 2024. Its critic score of 80 is almost exactly the series average of 79. The highest-rated entry is Poker Night at the Inventory at 96.
How it was received
Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 64% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2024 averaged 76, so it scored 4 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse launched on 14 August 2024, within three weeks of Black Myth: Wukong, Star Wars Outlaws, Thank Goodness You're Here! and Age of Mythology: Retold. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 11 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Black Myth: Wukong, Star Wars Outlaws, Thank Goodness You're Here!, Age of Mythology: Retold.
Cheats and codes
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