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Day of the Tentacle

Mac, DOS, Amiga • 1993

Should you play it?

What works

  • Clever and creative puzzle design
  • Humorous and engaging story
  • Multiple playable characters with time travel mechanics
  • Remastered visuals and audio options
  • Strong legacy as a classic adventure game

Things to keep in mind

  • Some puzzles can be frustrating or obscure
  • Low replay value after completion
  • Remastered art style not universally loved
  • No hint system included
  • Controls can be slow or cumbersome in remaster

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • The Inner World - The Last Wind Monk

  • Day of the Tentacle Remastered

  • Pajama Sam: No Need to Hide When It's Dark Outside

  • Thimbleweed Park™

  • The Spiral Scouts

  • Secret Files: Tunguska

Less social

Games that feels like Day of the Tentacle but with less teamwork and cooperation

  • Toonstruck

  • Beyond Shadowgate

  • The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition

  • Chaos on Deponia

  • Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers 20th Anniversary Edition

  • The Wardrobe - Even Better Edition

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Monkey Island™ 2 Special Edition: LeChuck’s Revenge™

  • The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition

  • Sam & Max Hit the Road

  • Under The Island

  • Between the Stars

Similarity map

How to use the graph

Similarity map

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  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
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  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Day of the Tentacle: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Competition, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Cooperation, Expression. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Survival.

Last update: 05/08/2026