Manual Samuel (2016)

Perfectly Paranormal

Linux · Mac · Nintendo Switch · PC (Microsoft Windows) · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Xbox One

2.88 from 118 ratings

1446 members have it in their collection · 2 playing now · 905 backlogged · 22 wish listed

How long? Main story 2h · with extras 2h · 100% 9h (from 9 logged playthroughs)

Manual Samuel is about the rich daddy’s boy Samuel, who hasn’t worked a day in his life. After an unfortunate encounter with a septic tank truck and Death, Sam is forced to live manually for 24 hours to be able to go on with his life. Breathe, blink, walk and simply exist for Samuel as he experiences the worst day … Read more
Manual Samuel is about the rich daddy’s boy Samuel, who hasn’t worked a day in his life. After an unfortunate encounter with a septic tank truck and Death, Sam is forced to live manually for 24 hours to be able to go on with his life. Breathe, blink, walk and simply exist for Samuel as he experiences the worst day of his life. QWOP meets Monkey Island in this hilarious narrative adventure game for the whole family (minus grandma and the kids). Read less
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Details

Developers
Perfectly Paranormal
Publishers
Curve Digital
Genres
Adventure, Indie, Simulator
Themes
Action, Comedy
Series
Manual Samuel
Steam
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Release dates

  • Oct 11, 2016 (Worldwide) PlayStation 4, Xbox One
  • Oct 14, 2016 (Worldwide) Linux, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows)
  • Oct 14, 2016 (North_America) Xbox One
  • Aug 16, 2018 (North_America) Nintendo Switch
  • Jun 03, 2025 (Full Release) (Worldwide) PlayStation 5

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Rating distribution

5 stars
4
4 stars
27
3 stars
49
2 stars
27
1 star
11
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Community All Reviews Statuses

LauraMFrench

Status LauraMFrench Apr 25, 2020

Just played the co-op version with my sister and it was actually surprisingly easy. Partly because I had already played through the whole story so I knew what to expect, and partly because only having half the responsibility meant you could just focus on that half (i.e. my sister didn't have to remember to blink, I didn't have to remember …

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Just played the co-op version with my sister and it was actually surprisingly easy. Partly because I had already played through the whole story so I knew what to expect, and partly because only having half the responsibility meant you could just focus on that half (i.e. my sister didn't have to remember to blink, I didn't have to remember to breathe in, just to breathe out at some point when I saw that she had breathed in). It was harder in some parts where you have to be holding down buttons at the same time but once we talked through it we were pretty coordinated, and walking, which I thought would be much harder with each person controlling one leg, was actually a piece of cake.

We made it through almost the entire game but my sister gave up when we got to the final boss lol. Understandable because that part is so much trial and error and she was just tired of it lmao. It's also just fun to play with someone else and crack each other up. At the part where you have to run through the gate with the pod of lithidium (or whatever it was called) as soon as we got past the gate on time she was like "woohoo we did it!" and dropped the pod LMAO. Partly my fault because I didn't tell her we still needed it to put in the robot lol. It can be a fun wacky novelty kind of game to play with someone else for a while but you might not get far if you don't have a lot of patience or just can't get in sync with the other player.

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maeday

Status maeday May 4, 2019

This is ludicrous and I love it SO much. There's so much about it that just is right up my alley.

doofendad

Status doofendad Jul 8, 2018

Very fun, especially when playing with friends. Only reason it doesn't get 5 stars is the final boss is very hard and tedious.