Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse is a point and click game. It is the third season of the Sam & Max series. It was released in an episodic format, meaning the game is split up into episodes. The game was originally going to be released in 2009, but came out in April 2010. The game was shown off at GDC 2010, where they announced the final release date as April 15, 2010.