Games Like Jazzpunk: Director's Cut

The Stanley Parable is a first person exploration game. You will play as Stanley, and you will not play as Stanley. You will follow a story, you will not follow a story. You will have a choice, you will have no choice. The game will end, the game will never end.

Why similar: Comedy 47.7%, Funny 12.8%, Surreal 10%, Walking Simulator 7.3%, First-Person 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: Shares the same sharp, fourth-wall-breaking satirical comedy and playful subversion of player expectations.

Greetings Enforcer, and thank you for enlisting in the Hypnospace Patrol Department! As the world falls into its slumber, Hypnospace becomes a bustling global village. These virtual streets aren't going to police themselves!

Why similar: Surreal 59.2%, Funny 18.3%, Great Soundtrack 6.6%, Indie 5.5%, Adventure 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: Emanates a deeply immersive, satirical 90s internet nostalgia packed with absurd fictional web surfing.

Paradigm is a surreal adventure game set in the strange and post apocalyptic Eastern European country of Krusz. Play as the handsome mutant, Paradigm, whose past comes back to haunt him in the form of a genetically engineered sloth that vomits candy.

Why similar: Comedy 35.3%, Surreal 30.4%, Funny 14.5%, Adventure 10.2%, Indie 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: Combines surreal retro-futurism with bizarre, offbeat humor and quirky point-and-click exploration.

A humorous adventure set in a 3D parody of the internet. Diverse puzzles, beautiful worlds, friends, experiences, upgrades and more, await those who 'log on'!

Why similar: Surreal 43.6%, Adventure 9.8%, Walking Simulator 8.6%, Indie 7.7%, Comedy 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: Mocks vaporwave internet tropes and early 3D aesthetics with the same lighthearted exploratory absurdity.

You're a detective, and a frog, and it's time to solve a mystery.

Why similar: Comedy 47.7%, Funny 21.7%, Exploration 9.6%, Walking Simulator 7.2%, Adventure 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: Delivers dry, deadpan comedy and short, charmingly goofy investigative gameplay.

Octodad: Dadliest Catch is a game about destruction, deception, and fatherhood. The player controls Octodad, a dapper octopus masquerading as a human, as he goes about his life. Octodad's existence is a constant struggle, as he must master mundane tasks with his unwieldy boneless tentacles while simultaneously keeping his cephalopodan...

Why similar: Comedy 63.6%, Funny 19.3%, Adventure 5.8%, Indie 5.5%, Walking Simulator 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: Employs similarly clumsy, physics-driven humor designed to make mundane tasks hilariously difficult.

West of Loathing — a slapstick comedy stick-figure wild west adventure role-playing game.

Why similar: Comedy 53.5%, Funny 22.4%, Adventure 8.6%, Indie 5.2%, Memes 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: Features sharp, witty writing and relentless visual gags in a brilliantly comedic sandbox world.

You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

Why similar: Comedy 42.9%, Funny 18.5%, Exploration 10.1%, Parody 9.3% ★, First-Person 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: Acts as a hilarious, highly surreal parody of puzzle games with non-stop absurd visual humor.

This surprising first-person story tells the tale of a heist gone wrong. Encounter high-flying schemers, lovelorn criminals, and more stray kittens than you can shake a stick at.

Why similar: Comedy 30.7%, Surreal 29.5%, Exploration 10.1%, Walking Simulator 8.4%, First-Person 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: Uses rapid-fire, stylized first-person storytelling and disjointed editing similar to Jazzpunk's cinematic pacing.

Gunpoint is a stealth puzzle game that lets you rewire its levels to trick people. You play a freelance spy who takes jobs from his clients to break into high security buildings and steal sensitive data.

Why similar: Comedy 56.6%, Funny 19%, Indie 12.7%, Great Soundtrack 5.8%, Adventure 2.7%

Why You'll Like It: Features slick neo-noir espionage themes combined with clever, gadget-based puzzle mechanics.

The Beginner's Guide is a narrative video game from Davey Wreden, the creator of The Stanley Parable. It lasts about an hour and a half and has no traditional mechanics, no goals or objectives. Instead, it tells the story of a person struggling to deal with something they do not understand.

Why similar: Surreal 37.7%, Walking Simulator 20.5%, First-Person 12.7%, Indie 11.1%, Adventure 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: Explores eccentric narrative storytelling styles through a first-person perspective.

Throw your toys into your fire, and play with them as they burn. An adventure that takes place almost entirely in front of a fireplace - about looking up up up out of the chimney, and the cold world just on the other side of the wall. From the creators of World of Goo and Human Resource Machine.

Why similar: Comedy 39.4%, Funny 21.2%, Indie 11.5%, Surreal 11.4%, Adventure 5%

Why You'll Like It: Blends playful, destructive sandbox mechanics with a darkly satirical undertone.

Donut County is a story-based physics puzzle game where you play as an ever-growing hole in the ground. Meet cute characters, steal their trash, and throw them in a hole.

Why similar: Funny 36.7%, Comedy 28.6%, Indie 11.5%, Adventure 10%, Great Soundtrack 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: Offers short, whimsical, physics-based puzzle gameplay driven by a quirky and humorous narrative.

Gorogoa is an elegant evolution of the puzzle genre, told through a beautifully hand-drawn story designed and illustrated by Jason Roberts. Winner of Debut Game at the 2018 BAFTA Games Awards, as well as Best Mobile Game and the Innovation Award at the GDC 2018 Choice Awards.

Why similar: Surreal 25.5%, Indie 19.9%, Adventure 17.3%, Exploration 13.2%, Great Soundtrack 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: Presents a uniquely clever puzzle structure wrapped in an artistic and surreal visual feast.

An immersive power fantasy simulator with tactical stealth elements set in a sewage infused garbage world

Why similar: Surreal 66.5%, Cyberpunk 20.2%, First-Person 9.2%, Stylized 2.7%, Simulation 0.9%

Why You'll Like It: Pushes surreal, anti-capitalist themes to a grotesque and deeply satirical extreme.

Embark on an adventure to rescue Charlie’s family from the nefarious industrialist known only as the 'Baron.'

Why similar: Comedy 57.4%, Adventure 20%, Indie 8.8%, Funny 6.7%, Exploration 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: Utilizes creative, toy-based Russian doll mechanics for quirky puzzle-solving and exploration.

The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe is an expanded re-imagining of 2013's The Stanley Parable. You will play as Stanley, and you will not play as Stanley. You will make a choice, and you will become powerless. You are not here to win. The Stanley Parable is a game that plays you.

Why similar: Comedy 49%, Funny 16.2%, Walking Simulator 10.3%, First-Person 8.3%, Exploration 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: Expands on the original masterclass of meta-narrative comedy and branching psychological jokes.

One of the most acclaimed adventure games of all time is now back, better than ever. Grim Fandango Remastered has the all the beautiful art and engaging story fans remember, but has also been remastered to look, sound, and control even better than the award-winning original release.

Why similar: Comedy 60.6%, Adventure 16.8%, Funny 11.2%, Great Soundtrack 6.9%, Story Rich 1.9%

Why You'll Like It: Combines surreal noir storytelling with clever riddle-solving and a distinct comedic tone.

Irony Curtain: From Matryoshka with Love is a satirical point and click inspired by the classic adventure games. It smuggles you out of your comfort zone and throws you into the middle of a Cold War spy intrigue - where there’s an even bigger game being played …

Why similar: Funny 29.1%, Cold War 21.6% ★, Adventure 15.2%, Comedy 10.8%, Indie 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: Satirizes Cold War espionage tropes through a colorful, joke-filled adventure framework.

The beloved roll-em-up game returns with fully updated graphics, completely recreated cutscenes and in full HD!

Why similar: Surreal 43%, Comedy 26.2%, Funny 16.7%, Great Soundtrack 11.1%, Casual 1.5%

Why You'll Like It: Embraces total surrealism, catchy music, and chaotic toy-like physics exploration.

You are bread. Your mission, become toast! Take on all hazards to deliciousness as you head on an epic adventure in one of the the toughest games ever baked. All of the game modes (including Bagel Race) are now unlocked so there's sure to be something to suit everyone's taste!

Why similar: Comedy 49.4%, Funny 29.7%, Adventure 9.5%, Indie 5.7%, Simulation 2.4%

Why You'll Like It: Explores the comedy of ridiculous movement mechanics applied to an utterly absurd premise.

Surgeon Simulator is an over-the-top operation sim, stitching together pitch-black humour with life-saving surgery. Become Dr. Burke, a would-be surgeon with a less than conventional toolkit, as he performs procedures on patients including the Heavy from TF2! ...is that a hammer?

Why similar: Comedy 54.4%, Funny 25.8%, Indie 7.4%, First-Person 7.1%, Simulation 2%

Why You'll Like It: Relies on intentionally awkward controls and physics engines to generate chaotic comedy.

SLUDGE LIFE is a first-person / open-world / vandalism-centric stroll through a polluted island full of cranky idiots and a vibe so thick you can taste it.

Why similar: Comedy 31.5%, Funny 19.4%, Exploration 11%, Walking Simulator 8.5%, Adventure 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: Presents a gritty, surreal open-world first-person exploration experience drenched in counterculture satire.

In Viscera Cleanup Detail, you step into the boots of a space-station janitor tasked with cleaning up after various horrific sci-fi horror events. Instead of machineguns and plasma-rifles, your tools are a mop and bucket. That hero left a mess, and it's up to you to deal with the aftermath.

Why similar: Comedy 36.9%, Funny 25.2%, First-Person 13.7%, Indie 7%, Walking Simulator 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: Takes mundane janitorial cleanup and turns it into a bizarre exercise in sci-fi workplace physics.

It's a lovely morning in the village and you are a horrible goose.

Why similar: Comedy 51.7%, Funny 33.6%, Indie 6.8%, Adventure 5.3%, Singleplayer 1.3%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on playful sandbox mischief and disrupting everyday NPC routines for comedic effect.

Antichamber is a mind-bending psychological exploration game where nothing can be taken for granted. Discover an Escher-like world where hallways wrap around upon each other, spaces reconfigure themselves, and accomplishing the impossible may just be the only way forward.

Why similar: Surreal 56%, Exploration 14.6%, First-Person 13.7%, Indie 8.6%, Adventure 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: Bends reality and perception through surreal first-person spatial puzzles.

Sayonara Wild Hearts is a dreamy arcade game about riding motorcycles, skateboarding, dance battling, shooting lasers, wielding swords, and breaking hearts at 200 mph.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 43%, Indie 15.6%, Adventure 14%, Stylized 10.7%, Casual 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: Presents a brilliantly stylish, hyper-visual arcade trip with an unforgettable pop soundtrack.

The award-winning debut adventure game from the creators of Deponia and The Whispered World now on Steam. Accompany young Edna and her talking stuffed bunny Harvey on a whacky attempt to escape from her padded cell. Experience a bizarre journey all across the insane asylum and far beyond its brick walls.

Why similar: Comedy 56.7%, Funny 18.9%, Adventure 15.2%, Indie 7.5%, Singleplayer 1.4%

Why You'll Like It: Delivers bizarre cartoon logic and eccentric character interactions in a classic adventure style.

In Deponia, the world has degenerated into a vast garbage dump, in which the crotchety Rufus ekes out his sorry existence.

Why similar: Comedy 62.2%, Adventure 15.4%, Funny 14.3%, Indie 3.9%, Great Soundtrack 2%

Why You'll Like It: Features manic cartoon slapstick and chaotic comedy set in a quirky junkyard world.

The miserable journey of a broken man...

Why similar: Comedy 49.6%, Funny 23.7%, Adventure 9.3%, Indie 7.3%, Great Soundtrack 6.8%

Accounting+ is a NIGHTMARE ADVENTURE COMEDY. Experience classic virtual reality gameplay: clean up your office, take the battery out of the cooling machine, play the skeleton xylophone, and summon thousands upon thousands of demons.

Why similar: Comedy 65.3%, Adventure 16.6%, Indie 12.3%, Simulation 2.5%, Casual 2%

Why You'll Like It: Created by the minds behind Rick and Morty, this VR-style trip is packed with relentless, chaotic absurdity.

Solar Panic is a first-person comedy adventure game. Follow a true story that we made up and explore exotic places filled with funny and/or stupid encounters. Wield top-notch gadgets and meet weird and socially awkward characters as you stumble upon a SERIOUS mystery.

Why similar: Comedy 21%, Adventure 18.5%, Surreal 17.7%, Indie 13.8%, Funny 9.2%

June 7th, 1995. 1:15 AM. You arrive home after a year abroad. You expect your family to greet you, but the house is empty. Something's not right. Where is everyone? And what's happened here? Unravel the mystery for yourself in Gone Home, a story exploration game from The Fullbright Company.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 42.8%, Exploration 21.6%, First-Person 12%, Indie 10.7%, Adventure 6.8%

Eldritch is the original imsim roguelike: a first-person action game inspired by roguelikes, immersive sims, and H. P. Lovecraft.

Why similar: First-Person 35.7%, Indie 24.5%, Adventure 19.9%, Exploration 14.6%, Singleplayer 3.3%

In this darkly comedic story, you are the hero of an unfinished fantasy game, and your designers have failed you. Steal the power of a game god - trap their creations, swap behaviors and body parts, crafting your own unique solutions to free-form puzzles. Can you release a game ...from the inside?

Why similar: Comedy 51.6%, Adventure 16%, First-Person 11.6%, Indie 10%, Walking Simulator 4.6%

Spurdo :D is an Action Adventure Comedy game where you play as Spurdo, travelling to different past lives, each containing its own separate story, style, and gameplay mechanics. Offering a wide variety of scenarios and humorous interactions, you choose how you want to experience those lives again.

Why similar: Comedy 42.9%, Funny 16.2%, Exploration 10.8%, Memes 9%, Parody 7.6% ★

What happens when DLC practices go too far? An indie developer makes a game that mocks the industry and its foibles, that's what! Defeat the bad guy, save the world and get the girl! But first you'll need to find coins to buy DLC to enable animation, sound and even pausing.

Why similar: Comedy 56.5%, Funny 15.3%, Indie 10.3%, Parody 9.2% ★, Exploration 3.5%

The skies are aflame and the seas will overflow with wreckage in Vlambeer’s stylish arcade shooter LUFTRAUSERS! Take to the skies in customized fighter planes to battle battleships, submarines, and rival aces for glory, honor, and high scores.

Why similar: Indie 48.8%, Great Soundtrack 37%, Singleplayer 6.1%, Action 5.1%, Simulation 1.8%

Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

Why similar: Surreal 39.1%, Comedy 19.4%, Funny 11.8%, Exploration 8.9%, Adventure 6.1%

Get ready to enter the 2nd Dimension! Thrust into a bizarre and unfamiliar city and find your place among strange citizens. Work, Fight, Study, Eat, Drink, Gamble, Train, Sleep, Quest, Collect, Invest, Repeat.

Why similar: Comedy 47.4%, Funny 21.6%, Adventure 6.7%, Memes 6.7%, Indie 5.4%

McPixel 3 is a mind-blowing save-the-day adventure that sees the titular wanna-be hero avert one disaster after another at every turn using unconventional yet entertaining methods of mayhem.

Why similar: Comedy 34.1%, Funny 26.5%, Surreal 15.5%, Adventure 11%, Exploration 6.2%

The Novelist asks one central question: can you achieve your dreams without pushing away the people you love? The game focuses on Dan Kaplan, a novelist struggling to write the most important book of his career while trying to be the best husband and father he can be.

Why similar: First-Person 23.4%, Exploration 19.8%, Indie 16.8%, Adventure 15.6%, Walking Simulator 15%

OPEN-WORLD carjacking goes back to the '80s in this 8-BIT nostalgic throwback. Run missions! Outrun the law! Rampage the city with weapons, power-ups and vehicles!

Why similar: Comedy 43.4%, Funny 19.6%, Adventure 11.2%, Indie 10.4%, Parody 9.8% ★

Guide a group of rectangles through 120 levels, using their different skills together to overcome a series of obstacles in each environment. Discover the human-made story of the first sentient artificial intelligences with Danny Wallace’s BAFTA-winning narration.

Why similar: Adventure 38.5%, Indie 37.5%, Singleplayer 9.1%, Story Rich 8.7%, Casual 6.2%

Tower of Guns is a fast paced first-person-shooter for the twitch gamer... with a few randomized elements to keep it fresh with each playthrough. It's a short burst "Lunch Break FPS"... not unlike Binding of Isaac mixed with Doom 2. Tower of Guns was made by a guy named Joe (with his brother Mike composing the music).

Why similar: Comedy 62.7%, First-Person 17.1%, Indie 11.1%, Stylized 5.4%, Singleplayer 2.5%

A short and surreal meta-narrative experience. Explore the gallery and find a way to push The Button...

Why similar: Comedy 35%, Surreal 31.7%, Adventure 12%, Indie 8.9%, Walking Simulator 7.6%

A 15 minute heist game by Crows Crows Crows & Directed by William Pugh (The Stanley Parable). Slip into the soft-soled shoes of the mastermind responsible for the greatest heist- oh god I can’t do this any more, i’m joining the strike. good luck writing the steam description. -tina

Why similar: Comedy 51.9%, Funny 19%, First-Person 9.8%, Walking Simulator 9%, Indie 5.8%

McPixel is a save-the-day guy that you guide through 100 short challenges to prevent stuff from blowing up. You have only 20 seconds to save the day! Think quick!

Why similar: Comedy 65.9%, Funny 14.6%, Indie 8.7%, Adventure 6.1%, Parody 2% ★

You are Tiny, a nerdy inventor, who tries to reclaim his most beloved possession - Grandpa's underpants!

Why similar: Comedy 39.1%, Indie 23.5%, Funny 13.6%, Adventure 12%, Great Soundtrack 10.4%

Far Cry® 3: Blood Dragon is THE Kick-Ass Cyber Shooter.Welcome to an 80’s vision of the future. The year is 2007 and you are Sargent Rex Colt, a Mark IV Cyber Commando. Your mission: get the girl, kill the baddies, and save the world.

Why similar: Comedy 56.5%, Cyberpunk 14%, Funny 8.6%, Great Soundtrack 6.5%, Adventure 6%

A bite-sized (literally) comedic adventure where you relieve the stress of ordinary life by biting through walls. Therapy is expensive, but drywall is plentiful.

Why similar: Comedy 34.6%, Surreal 27.8%, Funny 11.9%, Exploration 9.8%, Adventure 6.2%

GlitchSPANKR is a comedy-driven narrative adventure full of secrets, chaos, minigames, and unexpected choices. Spank, spare, or smooch your way through a corrupted 90s game haunted by a lonely, unstable virus. Every level is different. Every choice matters. Your future is in your wiggly hand.

Why similar: Comedy 49.6%, Funny 15.6%, Exploration 8.8%, First-Person 7.6%, Walking Simulator 7.3%

Goat Simulator is the latest in high-tech Goat Simulation technology.

Why similar: Comedy 52.9%, Funny 29.8%, Memes 4.8%, Indie 4.6%, Exploration 3%

Thank Goodness You're Here! is an absurd comedy slapformer set in the bizarre Northern English town of Barnsworth. As a traveling salesman, take the time to see the sights and meet the locals, who are very eager to give you a series of increasingly odd jobs…

Why similar: Comedy 50.5%, Funny 22.4%, Exploration 11.2%, Adventure 9.4%, Indie 4.7%

A family friendly, hand-animated, puzzle-filled adventure game with an all-star cast, including Elijah Wood, Jack Black and Masasa Moyo. Funded by a record breaking crowdfunding campaign and designed by industry legend Tim Schafer, Broken Age is a timeless coming-of-age story.

Why similar: Comedy 48.9%, Adventure 19%, Funny 18.3%, Indie 6.4%, Great Soundtrack 4.4%

Satirical point-and-click adventure set during the Cold War in a Soviet bunker. Crack the code, feed Stalin (the cat), save the world. And save it again in the free R3D STAR DLC included in the game.

Why similar: Comedy 40.8%, Cold War 18% ★, Funny 17.3%, Adventure 17.2%, Indie 4.3%

Set out on a cross-country journey to win back the love of your life and endure the hardship of making story-defining choices that affect your life and the lives of those around you.

Why similar: Indie 47%, Walking Simulator 18.1%, Adventure 12.5%, Great Soundtrack 10.8%, Story Rich 5.9%

A sci-fi puzzle-platformer of cataclysmic proportions! Evolve from a tiny captive into a world-eating giant. Use your mutant blob powers to devour the pathetic humans and all of civilization!

Why similar: Comedy 42.7%, Funny 21.8%, Exploration 14.5%, Adventure 9.9%, Indie 8.4%

Play as the Cat Detective Albert Wilde. Walk, talk, interrogate, joke, solve a mystery, and experience an old film noir setting with humanoid animal characters. A story of quantum theory and parallel universes served with a lot of humour.

Why similar: Comedy 48.1%, Exploration 16.7%, Adventure 12.2%, Walking Simulator 11.5%, Indie 6.7%

A silly physics-based golf parody where every golf course is a new surprising type of golf, some brilliant or hilarious, others so absurd you will ask yourself: WHAT THE GOLF?

Why similar: Comedy 41.8%, Funny 19.2%, Memes 11.2%, Parody 8.2% ★, Adventure 7.2%