Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse is an episodic video game in the Sam & Max universe, and is the third season of Telltale's Sam & Max series. The game is split up into 5 episodes: The Penal Zone, The Tomb of Sammun-Mak, They Stole Max's Brain!, Beyond the Alley of the Dolls and The City that Dares Not Sleep, each released monthly from April to August 2010. The game was originally slated for release in 2009, a year after Sam & Max Beyond Time and Space. The game was later announced in GDC 2010, followed by the first episode a month later.