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Tell Me Why

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App ID 1180660
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Xbox Game Studios
Supported Systems Windows
Technologies Unreal Engine
Last Changenumber 29681441
Last Record Update 21 June 2025 – 10:39:10 UTC ()
Release Date 27 August 2020 – 15:59:00 UTC ()
😎 80.46%
14k reviews
160
In-Game

Tell Me Why is the multi-award winning episodic adventure game from Dontnod Entertainment in which twins use their supernatural bond to discover the truth of their troubled past.

Additional Information

This game is excluded from Steam Family Sharing because: Free Game

Developer DONTNOD Entertainment
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community_visible_stats Yes
DLCAvailableOnStore Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher Xbox Game Studios
IsFreeApp Yes
Exclude from family sharing (exfgls) 3 (Free Game)
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AbsoluteMouseCoordinates No
Primary Genre Free to Play (37)
Store Genres Adventure (25), Free to Play (37)
Steam Release Date 27 August 2020 – 15:59:00 UTC ()
Original Release Date 27 August 2020 – 07:00:00 UTC () (1598511600)
Store Asset Modification Time 7 November 2022 – 20:04:17 UTC () (1667851457)
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Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • Some functionality is not accessible when using the default controller configuration, requiring use of the touchscreen or virtual keyboard, or a community configuration
  • Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
  • This game shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  • Note: Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
  • Note: Some functionality is not accessible when using the default controller configuration, requiring use of the touchscreen or virtual keyboard, or a community configuration
  •  
  • category: Playable
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 17 June 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 5726698
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Content Descriptors General Mature Content (5)
First seen on SteamDB 18 October 2019 – 16:42:32 UTC (), in changelist #7053834
Content Descriptors (Including DLC) General Mature Content (5)

Supported Languages

8 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles Achievements
English Yes Yes Yes Yes
French Yes Yes Yes Yes
Italian Yes Yes Yes
German Yes Yes Yes Yes
Japanese Yes Yes Yes
Korean Yes Yes Yes
Portuguese - Brazil Yes Yes Yes Yes
Spanish - Latin America Yes Yes Yes Yes

Tags

🧞 Choices Matter 📚 Story Rich 🔢 Episodic 🏳️‍🌈 LGBTQ+ 🗺️ Adventure 💔 Emotional 🧚 Choose Your Own Adventure 🍿 Cinematic 🚶 Walking Simulator 🗺 Exploration 🌫 Atmospheric 👤 Third Person 🔚 Multiple Endings 👤 Singleplayer 🎭 Drama 🤫 Mystery 🌄 Action-Adventure 🦚 Beautiful 📚 Dynamic Narration 🗣️ Conversation

Categories

Single-player Steam Achievements Captions available Steam Cloud Cloud Gaming Cloud Gaming (NVIDIA)

Hardware Categories

Full Controller Support

Assets

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Steam charts

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  • 160 players right now
  • 382 24-hour peak
  • 2,784 all-time peak 3 June 2021
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Store data

  • 34,204 followers
  • #6224 in top sellers
  • 11,811 positive reviews
  • 2,545 negative reviews
  • 82.27% positive reviews

Twitch stats

  • 42 viewers right now
  • 92 24-hour peak
  • 42,205 all-time peak
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User reviews history

  • 😎 Very Positive
  • 80.46% SteamDB Rating
  • 11,811 82.3% positive reviews
  • 2,545 17.7% negative reviews

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Markers

Date Label 30-day Peak
27 August 2020 – 15:59 Steam Release -
1 June 2021 Free To Keep -
1 June 2022 – 15:00 Free To Keep -
1 June 2023 – 15:00 Free To Keep -
31 May 2024 – 16:00 Free To Keep -
30 May 2025 – 16:00 Free To Keep -

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How many players are playing Tell Me Why right now on Steam?

Steam player counter indicates there are currently 160 players live playing Tell Me Why on Steam.

Tell Me Why had an all-time peak of 2784 concurrent players on 3 June 2021.

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