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Manual Samuel

Manual Samuel

Released: 10/11/2016

Manual Samuel is a classic adventure game with a wild twist. After making a deal with Death, our hero, the spoiled rich-kid Samuel, must survive for 24 hours controlling his entire body manually. From breathing and blinking to driving and working, all these tasks will fall to you. It won’t be easy, with Death himself tagging along for the ride, you might be in some very deep feces!

Manual Samuel is a classic adventure game with a wild twist. After making a deal with Death, our hero, the spoiled rich-kid Samuel, must survive for 24 hours controlling his entire body manually. From breathing and blinking to driving and working, all these tasks will fall to you. It won’t be easy, with Death himself tagging along for the ride, you might be in some very deep feces!

Manual Samuel is a classic adventure game with a wild twist. After making a deal with Death, our hero, the spoiled rich-kid Samuel, must survive for 24 hours controlling his entire body manually. From breathing and blinking to driving and working, all these tasks will fall to you. It won’t be easy, with Death himself tagging along for the ride, you might be in some very deep feces!

Critics
63
Steam
83
Metacritic
66

Score Breakdown

62.5

Critic Average

26 reviews

83

Steam User Score

3,517 reviews

66

Metacritic User Score

30 reviews

Disparity Breakdown

Steam Disparity
-20.5
Metacritic Disparity
-3.5
Combined Disparity
-12.0

Average of both sources

Review Timing

1 early (4%)14 launch window (54%)11 late (42%)

Review summary

Updated May 12, 2026

Based on 26 scored critic reviews, critics give this game an average score of 62.5/100. Critics score this game 20.5 points lower than Steam users and 3.5 points lower than Metacritic users.

How these comparisons are calculated
Sources behind this summary(5 recent of 26)+
  1. Colin BeauchampviaCubed3
    Dec 24, 2018·Late review
    60/100View review
    Steam 83.0/100 · -23.1 ptsMetacritic 66/100 · -6.0 pts
  2. Táňa MatúšováviaSECTOR.sk
    Sep 19, 2018·Late review
    70/100View review
    Steam 83.0/100 · -13.1 ptsMetacritic 66/100 · +4.0 pts
  3. Jaime CarrilloviaPure Nintendo
    Sep 13, 2018·Late review
    80/100View review
    Steam 83.0/100 · -3.0 ptsMetacritic 66/100 · +14.0 pts
  4. Sérgio MotaviaFNintendo
    Sep 9, 2018·Late review
    60/100View review
    Steam 83.0/100 · -23.1 ptsMetacritic 66/100 · -6.0 pts
  5. Victor SánchezviaIGN Spain
    Aug 30, 2018·Late review
    63/100View review
    Steam 83.0/100 · -20.1 ptsMetacritic 66/100 · -3.0 pts