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Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders

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App ID 559070
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Lucasfilm, Disney
Supported Systems Windows macOS
Technologies SCUMMVM Emulator
Last Changenumber 30518909
Last Record Update 10 August 2025 – 21:40:42 UTC ()
Release Date 16 November 2018 – 23:31:48 UTC ()
❓ 80.36%
132 reviews
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In-Game
🗺️ Adventure 📼 Cult Classic 🔎 Point & Click 👾 Retro 📼 1990's

Space Aliens have built a stupidity machine that's slowly reducing everyone's IQ to single digits. Worse yet, the only person who can stop them is Zak McKracken, reporter for the disreputable National Inquisitor, who dreams up stories about carnivorous cantaloupes and vegetarian vampires.

Additional Information

Developer Lucasfilm Games
metacritic_name Zak Mckracken and the Alien Mindbenders
ReleaseState released
Publisher Lucasfilm
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Store Release Date 1 January 1988 – 08:00:00 UTC ()
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community_hub_visible Yes
Primary Genre Adventure (25)
Store Genres Adventure (25)
Steam Release Date 16 November 2018 – 23:31:48 UTC ()
Original Release Date 1 January 1988 – 08:00:00 UTC () (568022400)
Store Asset Modification Time 12 March 2025 – 23:11:33 UTC () (1741821093)
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Detected Technologies (?) SCUMMVM Emulator, SDL SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • This game's launcher/setup tool may require the touchscreen or virtual keyboard, or have difficult to read text
  • 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 supports Steam Deck's native display resolution but does not set it by default and may require you to configure the display resolution manually
  • 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: This game's launcher/setup tool may require a touchscreen or virtual keyboard, or have difficult to read text
  • 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: 14 December 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 2562537
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    requires_internet_for_setup0
    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
    recommended_runtimeproton-stable
    requires_h2640
    requires_voice_files0
    gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported0
    hdr_support0
First seen on SteamDB 15 November 2016 – 21:59:28 UTC (), in changelist #2452485

Supported Languages

1 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English Yes

Tags

🗺️ Adventure 📼 Cult Classic 🔎 Point & Click 👾 Retro 📼 1990's 🕒 Classic 🤡 Comedy 👤 Singleplayer 🏽 2D

Categories

Single-player Steam Cloud Family Sharing

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Trailers
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