Tell Me Why

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App ID	1180660
App Type	Game
Developer	DONTNOD Entertainment
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 ()

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14k reviews

379

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

controller_support

full

community_visible_stats

Yes

DLCAvailableOnStore

Yes

ReleaseState

released

Publisher

Xbox Game Studios

IsFreeApp

Yes

Exclude from family sharing (exfgls)

3 (Free Game)

Store Release Date

27 August 2020 – 07:00:00 UTC ()

osarch

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community_hub_visible

Yes

AbsoluteMouseCoordinates

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)

library_assets

library_capsule	en
library_hero	en
library_logo	en
logo_position ↴
pinned_position	CenterCenter
width_pct	82.90653784068968
height_pct	43.75067948474236

osextended

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Is free on the store?

Yes

review_score

review_percentage

Detected Technologies (?)

Unreal Engine, CEF SDK, NVIDIA_APEX SDK, NVIDIA_Nsight_Aftermath SDK, NVIDIA_PhysX SDK, NvCloth SDK, Ogg SDK, Vorbis SDK

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

configuration:

supported_input	gamepad
requires_manual_keyboard_invoke	1
requires_non_controller_launcher_nav	0
primary_player_is_controller_slot_0	0
non_deck_display_glyphs	0
small_text	0
requires_internet_for_setup	0
requires_internet_for_singleplayer	0
recommended_runtime	proton-stable
requires_h264	0
requires_voice_files	0
gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported	0
hdr_support	0

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

Hardware Categories

Full Controller Support

Assets

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clienticon

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logo

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logo_small

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clienticns

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LinuxClientIcon

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small_capsule

english

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header_image

english

header.jpg

library_assets_full

library_capsule ↴
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image2x/english	library_600x900_2x.jpg
library_hero ↴
image/english	library_hero.jpg
library_logo ↴
image/english	logo.png
image2x/english	logo_2x.png
logo_position/pinned_position	CenterCenter
logo_position/width_pct	82.90653784068968
logo_position/height_pct	43.75067948474236

Assets

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small_capsule	capsule_231x87.jpg
header	header.jpg
page_background	page_bg_generated_v6b.jpg
hero_capsule	hero_capsule.jpg
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library_hero	library_hero.jpg
community_icon	6eb40e6f71226ce5bea75601a1ec0f9d6f647dd1.jpg
page_background_path	app/1180660
raw_page_background	page_bg_raw.jpg
timestamp	13 May 2025 – 16:59:35 UTC

Trailers

256804877 ↴
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trailer_category	0
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microtrailer/video/mp4	256804877/microtrailer.mp4
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screenshot_full	256804877/movie_full.jpg
trailer_base_id	319166
all_ages	true
is_highlight	true
timestamp	1622564787

Depots

ID	Configuration	Size	DL.
1180661	Windows Breathless Content	7.73 GiB	7.40 GiB
1238430	DLC 1238430Episode 2 (1238430) Depot	4.59 GiB	4.52 GiB
1266670	DLC 1266670Episode 3 (1266670) Depot	5.69 GiB	5.61 GiB
1378550	DLC 1378550Debug - not for retail ever (1378550) Depot	0 B	0 B

Total size on disk is 18.01 GiB and total download size is 17.53 GiB.

Total size on disk is 7.73 GiB and total download size is 7.40 GiB, when filtered to Windows, English, no DLC depots.

Branches

Name	Description	Build ID	Time Updated
public		5726698	30 October 2020 – 16:02:08 UTC

Other

Name	Value
baselanguages	English, German, French, Italian, Korean, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America
privatebranches	1

Tell Me Why

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