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Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space

Critic score4 critics
First release
Apr 10, 2008
Genres
Adventure, Point-and-click · Mystery, Science fiction, Comedy

Join the Freelance Police for a second season of adventure, crime fighting, and chaos. Sam & Max Beyond Time and Space starts with a giant robot attack and never lets up, taking our valiant crime fighters on a gut-wrenching mission from the North Pole to Easter Island, from outer space to Hell and back. Babies will dance. Mariachis will sing. A giant battle robot will trash the streets. And when their friends are caught in the middle, Sam & Max risk their very souls to set things right.

Also known as Sam & Max: Season Two, Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space (Classic), Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space (2008)

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Storyline
A year after their previous adventure, the Freelance Police duo Sam, a level-headed dog detective, and Max, his manic rabbit-like partner, find their quiet routine shattered when their pet goldfish Mr. Spatula inexplicably turns evil, only to be destroyed by a giant robot dispatched by Santa Claus. Determined to get answers, the pair travel to the North Pole, where they find Santa acting violently and suspect something sinister has taken hold of him. So begins a sprawling series of bizarre cases that will hurl the two detectives beyond the bounds of time and space, from the frozen North to a remote island and beyond. Confronting demons, prophecies, and stranger threats still, Sam and Max follow one outlandish mystery after another wherever it leads.Read more

A year after their previous adventure, the Freelance Police duo Sam, a level-headed dog detective, and Max, his manic rabbit-like partner, find their quiet routine shattered when their pet goldfish Mr. Spatula inexplicably turns evil, only to be destroyed by a giant robot dispatched by Santa Claus. Determined to get answers, the pair travel to the North Pole, where they find Santa acting violently and suspect something sinister has taken hold of him. So begins a sprawling series of bizarre cases that will hurl the two detectives beyond the bounds of time and space, from the frozen North to a remote island and beyond. Confronting demons, prophecies, and stranger threats still, Sam and Max follow one outlandish mystery after another wherever it leads.

Release dates
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Apr 10, 2008
Wii
Mar 16, 2009
Xbox 360
Oct 14, 2009
All 8 release dates
Wii
Mar 09, 2010
PlayStation 3
Oct 18, 2011
PlayStation 3
Nov 30, 2011
iOS
Jan 26, 2012
Xbox One
Dec 08, 2021
Game modes
Single player
Perspective
Side view
Where to buy
Keywords
time travel, robots, episodic, spaceship, bromance
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Critic Score
71

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Steam users rate this Positive, 13 reviews in all languages, recorded 29 October 2026

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