To Be or Not To Be
Released Feb 2015
Guide Hamlet, Ophelia and Hamlet Sr. to hundreds of hilarious deaths in Ryan North's chooseable-path edition of Shakespeare's Hamlet!
90% positive · 300 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
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Evaluation
To Be or Not To Be launched on February 4, 2015 as a complete, self-contained interactive adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet. The game shipped as a finished product with no post-launch DLC, no expansion pass, and no announced additional content. The developer's news posts on this game's Steam page are entirely promotional — advertising other Tin Man Games titles (Gamebook Adventures in May 2015, Fighting Fantasy Classics in July 2018, and Choices That Matter in November 2020) — with no patches, updates, or new content ever delivered for this game specifically. There is no DLC listed on the store. The store description and short description make no mention of planned additions. The game launched complete and has remained so.
Evidence
Store description presents the game as a complete chooseable-path adaptation of Hamlet, with no mention of future updates, DLC, or additional content
Developer post announces Choices That Matter series launch — a separate product, not content for this game
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
Tin Man Games
Achievements
33
Platform
Windows, macOS, Linux
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Unsupported
Players
Single-player
About this game
The greatest work in English literature, now in the greatest format of English literature: a chooseable-path adventure!
William Shakespeare’s Hamlet has finally been restored to its original second-person non-linear branching narrative format. Now it’s up to YOU to decide what happens next. Play as Hamlet and revenge your father’s death. Play as Ophelia and make scientific discoveries. Play as King Hamlet, Sr. and die on the first page!
Discover sweet art as you play from some of the coolest and most attractive artists of Our Time, including Kate Beaton (Hark! A Vagrant), Anthony Clark (Nedroid), Mike Krahulik (Penny Arcade), Matthew Inman (The Oatmeal), Ethan Nicolle (Axe Cop), Andrew Hussie (MS Paint Adventures), Zach Weiner (Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal) and WAY more than I can fit in this paragraph. See ALL the artists at this handy link!
William Shakespeare’s Hamlet has finally been restored to its original second-person non-linear branching narrative format. Now it’s up to YOU to decide what happens next. Play as Hamlet and revenge your father’s death. Play as Ophelia and make scientific discoveries. Play as King Hamlet, Sr. and die on the first page!
Discover sweet art as you play from some of the coolest and most attractive artists of Our Time, including Kate Beaton (Hark! A Vagrant), Anthony Clark (Nedroid), Mike Krahulik (Penny Arcade), Matthew Inman (The Oatmeal), Ethan Nicolle (Axe Cop), Andrew Hussie (MS Paint Adventures), Zach Weiner (Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal) and WAY more than I can fit in this paragraph. See ALL the artists at this handy link!
Are these done yet?
Last evaluated Jun 28, 2026
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