Manual Samuel - Last Tuesday Edition

Manual Samuel - Last Tuesday Edition

Released Oct 2016

Wealthy, handsome, and... dead? Samuel strikes a deal with Death for one last shot at life, but only if he can survive a day doing everything manually. Blink, breathe, walk, and work - Guide Sam in this darkly humorous and brutally difficult adventure!

84% positive · 3,578 reviews
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All announced content has been released
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Evaluation

Manual Samuel originally launched on October 14, 2016, and has received several significant updates over the years. A major anniversary overhaul arrived on November 25, 2020 (the "Anniversary Edition"), adding leaderboards, comics, Japanese localization, and various fixes. The game's biggest update yet landed on April 28, 2025 — the "Last Tuesday Edition" — which overhauled the entire game with a full engine upgrade (Unity 5.6 to Unity 2022), new audio systems, new game modes (Speedrun and Challenge), 8 new achievements, visual improvements, and quality-of-life changes across the board. The current "Last Tuesday Edition" title and the store description framing this as a comprehensive overhaul strongly indicate this was a culminating update rather than the start of a new content cycle. The game's only DLC is its official soundtrack, which released alongside the game in 2016 — there are no unreleased DLC items. There are no developer announcements of any further planned content for Manual Samuel specifically. Perfectly Paranormal's most recent focus has been completing the "Complete Tuesday Trilogy" with the launch of The Holy Gosh Darn in September 2024, suggesting the studio has moved on to other projects. With no outstanding content commitments and no developer communication suggesting further updates beyond the April 2025 overhaul, the game appears to be content-complete as of that update.
Evidence
The developer released the 'Last Tuesday Edition' — the biggest update ever for Manual Samuel — featuring a full engine upgrade, new game modes, 8 new achievements, visual and audio overhauls, and extensive quality-of-life improvements. Framed as a comprehensive culminating update.
news post · Apr 28, 2025 source content shipped
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Store description highlights the Last Tuesday Edition's changes as a definitive overhaul of the game, listing improvements across gameplay, visuals, audio, and features — consistent with a completion-level update.
store metadata · Apr 28, 2025 source content shipped
medium

Content

1 of 1 released · no outstanding content

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Details

Publisher
Curve Games
Achievements
36
Platform
Windows, macOS, Linux
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player · Multiplayer · Co-op · Local/Split Screen

About this game

Manual Samuel is a hilarious, hand-drawn adventure game with a wild twist. After making a deal with Death, our hero, the spoiled rich-kid Samuel, must survive for 24 hours controlling his entire body manually.

From breathing and blinking to driving and working, all these tasks will fall to you. It won’t be easy, with Death himself tagging along for the ride, you might be in some very deep feces!

- Overhauled the game to fix a number of gameplay bugs and introduce a number of quality of life improvements

- Visual updates, revamped character animations, new and improved audio effects, updated controller support

- Added Simplified and Traditional Chinese subtitles - read feces in up to 12 languages

- 8 new achievements to discover and unlock!

Using your keyboard or controller, you’ll have to manually breathe, blink, drink, walk, talk and more — one clumsy input at a time. Can you keep Samuel alive, or will he flop his way back to the afterlife?

From getting dressed, driving to work and (checks notes…) fighting robots? - Help Samuel navigate his day to ensure he returns to his lavish life and girlfriend!

Looking to lose friends or break up with your significant other? Then this mode is perfect for you!

- Unique, hand-drawn 2D art and animation brings the world of Manual Samuel to life in glorious high resolution!

- Five in-game comics exploring the backstory of Manual Samuel's characters

- Master the brutal 'Speedrun' and 'Challenge' modes across each chapter

- Scintillating soundtrack by Sondre Jensen and Ozan Drøsdal

- Over 600 lines of dialogue expertly executed by our eloquent voice actors

Last evaluated Jun 27, 2026
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