Maniac Mansion overview

Lucasfilm Games | Oct 5, 1987 | game

Released

0players observed · 13 September 2026 - 07:45:35 UTC

Adventure Classic Point & Click Remake 1990's Steam Store

Latest observed playersNot available
SteamPulse tracked peak5
Units sold (VGI)7,407
Revenue (VGI)$30,986
Review score88% positive

Maniac Mansion dated player observations, monthly player trends, reviews, and game metadata are tracked on SteamPulse.

Latest observed playersNot available
SteamPulse tracked peak5
Units sold (VGI)7,407
Revenue (VGI)$30,986
Review score88% positive
Total reviews219
Release dateOct 5, 1987
DeveloperLucasfilm Games
PublisherLucasfilm, Disney

Genres: Adventure

Company pages: Developer: Lucasfilm Games Publisher: Lucasfilm, Disney

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Game overview

Overview

Maniac Mansion comes from Lucasfilm Games and is published by Lucasfilm, Disney. It arrived on Steam on Oct 5, 1987, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Steam Cloud, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows, macOS, and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Maniac Mansion's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 0 players at 13 September 2026 - 07:45:35 UTC, with a tracked peak near 5. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 88% positive across 219 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Maniac Mansion is available in 1 languages including:

English

3 regional rating boards including dejus, steam germany, and igrs

Platform	Type	OS	Processor	Memory	Graphics	Storage
Windows	Minimum	Not listed	1 GHz	256 MB RAM	3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 7	40 MB available space
Windows	Recommended	Not listed	1.4 GHz	512 MB RAM	3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 9	Not listed
macOS	Minimum	OS X 10.7.0	Intel Core 2 Duo 2GHz+	1 GB RAM	64MB of video memory	40 MB available space
macOS	Recommended	Not listed	Not listed	Not listed	Not listed	Not listed
Linux	Minimum	Ubuntu 14.04 / Linux Mint 17	2 GHz	1 GB RAM	256MB VRAM OpenGL compatible	40 MB available space

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Maniac Mansion has sold up to 7,407 units and has 206 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $30,986. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Detailed game overview

Maniac Mansion overview details

Maniac Mansion combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

Quick, Dr. Fred's Kidnapped Sandy and he's about to start the experiment... Dave and his friends have come to rescue Sandy before she donates her brains to Dr. Fred. And you are the brains behind their efforts to solve the many mysteries of Maniac Mansion… • What really happened when that meteor landed 20 years ago? • How did it change Dr. Fred, Nurse Edna, and Weird Ed? • What is a Green Tentacle and how do you feed it? • Why is there a chainsaw in the kitchen? • Why is there a nuclear reactor in the basement? • How does Razor get her hair to stand up like that? • Why does Dr. Fred keep going, ""Heh, heh, heh...""? • Explore room after room. Collect weird stuff. Laugh out loud. Feel a little spooky. • Choose your own reckless rescue trio from seven unlikely volunteers. • Five exciting ways to unravel the mystery. Hundreds of hilarious ways to guess wrong! • No typing ever! Point 'n' click to select characters, objects and actions. Includes both Original and Enhanced versions.

SteamPulse editorial summary

Maniac Mansion is listed as a game with $5.99. It supports Windows and macOS, belongs to Single-player, Steam Cloud, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Adventure. SteamPulse's latest observation records 0 players at 13 September 2026 - 07:45:35 UTC, a tracked peak of 5, and 88% positive reviews.

Overview facts

Field	Value
Game	Maniac Mansion
Steam App ID	529890
Type	game
Release date	Oct 5, 1987
Developer	Lucasfilm Games
Publisher	Lucasfilm, Disney
Price	$5.99
Platforms	Windows and macOS
Genres	Adventure
Categories	Single-player, Steam Cloud, Family Sharing
Supported languages	English
Website	Not available

Player and review overview

Metric	Value
Latest observed players	0 · 13 September 2026 - 07:45:35 UTC
SteamPulse tracked peak	5
Positive reviews	192
Negative reviews	27
Total reviews	219
Positive percent	88%
Review type	Very Positive
Recommendations	206
Average playtime	255 minutes

SteamPulse record freshness

Field	Value
Steam release date	Oct 5, 1987
Official Steam feed update (UTC)	4 March 2026 - 23:06:33 UTC
SteamPulse last record update (UTC)	13 September 2026 - 07:45:35 UTC
Live player count updated (UTC)	13 September 2026 - 07:45:35 UTC
Store metadata updated (UTC)	13 September 2026 - 07:45:35 UTC

Overview tags

Adventure Classic Point & Click Remake 1990's Retro Story Rich Pixel Graphics 2D Great Soundtrack 1980s Funny Puzzle Cult Classic Exploration

Support and legal notes

Field	Value
Support email	Not available
Support URL	Support page
Legal notice	©Disney

References

Official and third-party reference links for checking this Steam app outside SteamPulse.

Reference	Link
SteamPulse canonical	https://steampulse.org/game/529890
Steam Store	https://store.steampowered.com/app/529890/
Steam Community	https://steamcommunity.com/app/529890
PCGamingWiki search
IGDB search	Search IGDB for Maniac Mansion

Game FAQ

Real questions answered from SteamPulse data, including live players, monthly momentum, review sentiment, regional audience signals, Twitch activity, and current Steam pricing.

What is the latest observed Steam activity for Maniac Mansion?

Maniac Mansion's latest SteamPulse observation records 0 players at 13 September 2026 - 07:45:35 UTC, with a tracked peak of 5 concurrent players in the available SteamPulse record. SteamPulse also records about 4 hours of average lifetime playtime.

Is Maniac Mansion growing or declining recently?

September 2026 is still in progress. The month-to-date average is 0 players; the highest observed daily value is 1 players. Available values are provisional and will continue changing until the UTC month closes. The completed comparison month is August 2026.

What country-level audience data is available for Maniac Mansion?

In the observed sample of public reviewer profiles with a visible country, the leading shares are United States (64.3%), Philippines (7.1%), Antarctica (7.1%). The separate directional player-region model assigns its leading shares to United States (46.4%), Germany (8.4%), China (5.7%). The directional follower-region model assigns its leading shares to United States (57.1%), Germany (6.9%), China (4.8%). The directional wishlist-region model assigns its leading shares to United States (41%), China (7.7%), Germany (7%). Only the reviewer view is based on observed public profile countries; the other percentages are modeled relative weights, not verified account locations or country-level user counts.

What does the Steam review footprint look like for Maniac Mansion?

Maniac Mansion currently sits at 88% positive across 219 Steam reviews tracked by SteamPulse, including 192 positive reviews and 27 negative reviews. Steam labels the current review summary as Very Positive.

How much follower and Twitch attention does Maniac Mansion have?

Maniac Mansion currently has about 2K tracked Steam followers as of 3 January 2026 - 00:00:00 UTC. On Twitch, SteamPulse is matching roughly 0 live viewers across 0 active streams for the game's category.

What is the current Steam price for Maniac Mansion?

Maniac Mansion is currently listed at $5.99 on Steam. SteamPulse uses the current store snapshot and historical price records to show whether the page is at full price or in a discounted window. Steam recommendations currently stand near 206, which helps add market context around that price.

Reviews, pricing, and metadata

Review summary

Very Positive

88% positive, 192 positive, 27 negative

Price and discount

$5.99

Platforms

Windows, Mac

Categories

Single-player, Steam Cloud, Family Sharing

Achievements

Not available

Platform releases

Steam 18 December 2017

DLC and packages

Maniac MansionBuy Maniac Mansion #127454$5.99

System requirements

Minimum requirements

Minimum: OS *: Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10 Processor: 1 GHz Memory: 256 MB RAM Graphics: 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 7 DirectX: Version 7.0 Storage: 40 MB available space Sound Card: 16-bit sound card Additional Notes: Mouse, Keyboard

Recommended requirements

Recommended: Processor: 1.4 GHz Memory: 512 MB RAM Graphics: 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 9

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