Games Like Manual Samuel - Last Tuesday Edition

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: Local Co-Op 24%, Funny 18.9%, Physics 18.4%, Comedy 13.7%, Intentionally Awkward Controls 8.2% ★

Why You'll Like It: Like Manual Samuel, this game turns simple movement into a hilarious physics-based struggle as you control an octopus disguised as a human.

Struggling is a physics-based co-op platformer with a twisted spin on teamwork. Control the arms of a squishy abomination and lead it through a deranged world.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 31.4%, Dark Comedy 25.8%, Funny 15.2%, Physics 11.5%, Adventure 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: This physics-based co-op game features the same brand of grotesque humor and challenging, limb-based movement mechanics.

Wrangle the hands and arms of a 1970s space cosmonaut and push, pull and twist your way through an increasingly precarious range of physically simulated stellar scenarios, where without gravity, nothing is still, nothing is secure, and nothing is simple.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 41.6%, Difficult 15.8%, Physics 14.7%, Funny 10.6%, Adventure 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game requires you to manually control the limbs of an astronaut in zero gravity, making simple tasks feel like a complex, difficult puzzle.

Helheim Hassle is a narrative adventure game with puzzle platforming elements. Play as Bjørn, a pacifist Viking that can detach and combine limbs at will to solve challenging puzzles and get out of uncomfortable situations involving desperate Norse Gods, Goblins, Dragons, and angry skeletons.

Why similar: Dark Comedy 32.3%, Adventure 29.9%, Indie 18.9%, Funny 15.4%, Cartoony 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: This narrative-driven puzzle-platformer features dark, irreverent humor and creative body-part-swapping mechanics.

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: Intentionally Awkward Controls 27% ★, Funny 20.7%, Difficult 16.2%, Physics 14%, Comedy 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: You must navigate a slice of bread through a house using awkward, physics-driven controls that mirror the frustration of Manual Samuel.

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: Dark Humor 33.1%, Intentionally Awkward Controls 22.2% ★, Funny 12.4%, Difficult 11.4%, Physics 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the core concept of performing delicate tasks with intentionally clumsy and difficult physics-based controls.

A comical puzzle platformer where you must die to progress. The bodies you leave behind are your only tools to solve puzzles on your quest to find the Cup of Life.

Why similar: Dark Humor 59%, Funny 21.9%, Comedy 8.4%, Physics 3.9%, Indie 2.6%

Why You'll Like It: This puzzle-platformer uses dark humor and death as a core mechanic, requiring you to sacrifice characters to progress.

Human Fall Flat is a hilarious, light-hearted platformer set in floating dreamscapes that can be played solo or with up to 8 players online. Free new levels keep its vibrant community rewarded.

Why similar: Funny 28.1%, Local Co-Op 26.9%, Physics 21.4%, Adventure 10.8%, Multiplayer 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: The game relies on wobbly, physics-based character movement to solve puzzles, creating a similar sense of slapstick comedy.

Welcome to Kindergarten! Have fun trying to learn and share...and not die. That's important too. In a school that's just not quite right, it's important to be friendly...and take out those that aren't.

Why similar: Dark Humor 39.2%, Dark Comedy 25.2%, Funny 20.4%, Adventure 4.7%, Difficult 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game matches the dark, twisted comedy style of Manual Samuel while presenting a series of bizarre, puzzle-like scenarios.

A puzzle platformer with a new twist on co-op and single player gameplay. Solve puzzles, platforming challenges, and encounter dangerous monsters and traps that require you to KILL and resurrect your brother to advance! Death is just part of the adventure.

Why similar: Dark Comedy 41.3%, Local Co-Op 27.8%, Difficult 16.2%, Comedy 5.9%, Adventure 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: A difficult puzzle-platformer where you must kill your characters in creative ways to solve environmental obstacles.

Rage in Peace is a story-driven action adventure with elements of surprise and memorization. Unravel the last day of Timmy's life, as he races against time to get back home and fulfill his sole dream of dying peacefully in his pajamas, in the warmth of home, in peace, and with no drama.

Why similar: Dark Humor 30.5%, Dark Comedy 28.7%, Difficult 12.2%, Funny 9.1%, Adventure 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game combines a dark, humorous narrative with brutal, precision-based platforming challenges.

Gang Beasts is a silly multiplayer party game with surly gelatinous characters, brutal slapstick fight sequences, and absurd hazardous environments, set in the mean streets of Beef City.

Why similar: Funny 42.1%, Physics 30.5%, Comedy 12.1%, Multiplayer 6.7%, Indie 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: A quintessential physics-based party game where the clumsy, ragdoll movement is the primary source of both difficulty and laughter.

Assemble your team of three from seven unlikely adventurers, then descend into the mysterious depths to explore The Cave!

Why similar: Local Co-Op 45.7%, Dark Humor 19%, Adventure 15.2%, Funny 8.1%, Comedy 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: A classic adventure-puzzle game that features a dark, cynical sense of humor and character-specific abilities.

Suicide Guy is set in the incredibile and extraordinary dreams of its protagonist. What would you do in order to save the thing you love most? Immerse yourself into his weird dreams and help him to wake up before it's too late.

Why similar: Funny 30%, Dark Humor 28.9%, Physics 11.6%, Comedy 11.5%, Adventure 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person puzzle game that utilizes physics and dark, absurd humor to solve environmental challenges.

A game I made for a certain kind of person. To hurt them.

Why similar: Difficult 37.2%, Dark Humor 19.4%, Physics 17.2%, Funny 12.4%, Singleplayer 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the extreme difficulty and frustration of precision-based movement found in Manual Samuel's more challenging segments.

A comedy point-and-click adventure game about a dead uncle, a hidden treasure, a reluctant ghost sidekick, old people and pizza.

Why similar: Dark Humor 36.3%, Dark Comedy 25%, Funny 14.3%, Comedy 8.4%, Adventure 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A comedy-focused point-and-click adventure that captures a similar witty and absurd tone.

Your party enters a deep and dark dungeon… but sacrifices must be made! Control 3 different heroes and use their special abilities to solve tricky puzzles by sacrificing your teammates!

Why similar: Dark Humor 30.7%, Dark Comedy 29.6%, Adventure 11.7%, Funny 11.4%, Indie 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer that forces you to use the unique abilities of your party members to kill each other for the sake of progression.

Welcome to Kindergarten 2, which takes place on Tuesday! After the events of Monday, you'll find yourself in a new school with new friends...and new ways to get ruthlessly murdered.

Why similar: Dark Humor 46.6%, Funny 23.1%, Adventure 11%, Comedy 7%, Indie 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: Continuing the dark humor of the first game, it offers more bizarre scenarios and puzzle-solving in a school setting.

This is a difficult game about climbing.

Why similar: Dark Humor 36.4%, Difficult 18.2%, Funny 14.8%, Physics 11.5%, Adventure 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: This title focuses on the same brand of intentionally difficult, physics-based movement that makes Manual Samuel so memorable.

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

Why similar: Local Co-Op 34.7%, Funny 28.6%, Comedy 9.7%, Physics 9.2%, Indie 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the joy of causing chaos and slapstick comedy through simple, interactive environmental tasks.

Embark on a journey to give his majesty the ride of his afterlife. Guide a chariot containing the King's remains through underground caves using physics-based mechanics such as pushing, pulling, riding and swinging.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 50.8%, Physics 13.7%, Adventure 11.8%, Funny 8.5%, Indie 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based co-op platformer where moving a heavy object through a dungeon requires coordination and careful momentum.

Limbs is a one to two player dexterity game where you take control over the limbs of a string puppet. Immerse yourself in a handcrafted world where moving each limb individually makes for challenging but rewarding and hilarious gameplay.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 32.3%, Difficult 17.5%, Funny 15.5%, Physics 14.5%, Comedy 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: This puzzle game focuses on the physics of movement and logic, requiring precise control to navigate obstacles.

Hans is a physics-driven, parkour adventure. Ascend to the sky with our lonely watermelon hero. Navigate treacherous platforms, defy physics by slowing down time, try not to fall and chase the dream of reuniting with humanity. No saves. Bounce, fail, adapt, and bounce again.

Why similar: Dark Humor 36.8%, Difficult 21.8%, Physics 14.6%, Funny 14.4%, Singleplayer 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: A difficult, physics-based precision platformer that tests your patience in a way similar to Manual Samuel's hardest levels.

Once upon a time, the Grim Reaper chose the wrong door. Angelo – a young lazy bum-a-holic, oh sorry - a blogger, powered only by his blogging skills, must turn on “point-n-click adventure” mode, go around the inferno, meet the locals, and somehow get back home. Enjoy Hell! We made it just for you.

Why similar: Dark Humor 41.1%, Dark Comedy 35.8%, Funny 14.6%, Comedy 3.5%, Adventure 2.9%

Why You'll Like It: A point-and-click adventure that leans heavily into dark, irreverent humor and hellish themes.

Peace, Death! is an arcade simulator with difficulties. In this game you play as the Reaper working for your boss, Death, and send clients to Heaven, Hell, or Purgatory.

Why similar: Dark Humor 43.5%, Funny 32.7%, Indie 10.3%, Comedy 7.7%, Singleplayer 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: A simulation game where you act as a reaper, featuring dark humor and repetitive, task-based gameplay.

A classic point and click adventure which takes place in a University and the prequel to Randal's Monday.

Why similar: Dark Humor 70.8%, Adventure 20.9%, Indie 4.7%, 2D 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, story-rich point-and-click adventure that shares the cynical and comedic spirit of the seed game.

Hard hat tester, Ray, has a bizarre accident and wakes up with a giant pink spaghetti arm sticking out of his brain! With his awesome new powers he can read minds and change the world with stickers but he’s on the run for a crime he didn’t commit. Can you help Ray out of this sticky situation?

Why similar: Adventure 29.5%, Funny 24.8%, Comedy 24.3%, Indie 15%, Singleplayer 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: A quirky adventure game that shares a similar hand-drawn aesthetic and offbeat, dark comedic tone.

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 39.4%, Physics 25.5%, Indie 11.6%, Adventure 11.5%, Comedy 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based puzzle game where you control a hole in the ground, offering a similarly lighthearted and funny experience.

Your name is Hank. You are doing a Handstand. Jump to the top.

Why similar: Dark Humor 39%, Dark Comedy 22.7%, Difficult 14.7%, Funny 6.2%, Adventure 6%

Social welfare survival horror based on real events. Endure emotional pain and societal pressure. Stay entertained. Survive the routine and become the hero of your studio apartment—battle inner demons, hide skeletons in the closet, and most importantly… keep the bathroom clean.

Why similar: Dark Humor 44.2%, Dark Comedy 39.4%, Adventure 4.9%, Comedy 4.3%, Indie 3.6%

You open your eyes in a dark, unfamiliar room; each door drags you into a new chamber filled with absurd surprises and dark comedy. Will you manage to escape, or will you continue to star in this black comedy?

Why similar: Dark Comedy 40.2%, Dark Humor 31%, Funny 13.2%, Comedy 5.8%, Adventure 3.6%

Experience the freedom of unbounded climbing as you take control of BUD, a procedurally animated robot on a quest to save his planet. Create your own path through an alien world as you control and ride a giant plant on a vertical journey to the stars.

Why similar: Adventure 32.3%, Funny 22.9%, Physics 20.3%, Singleplayer 17.1%, Indie 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: The game features a unique, clumsy climbing mechanic that requires manual control of each hand to navigate the environment.

In created a small surprise strikes the divine lightning, which breathed life into a little lump, and then a little surprise realizes that there is no life without a home unless he builds a house...

Why similar: Dark Humor 31.7%, Dark Comedy 27.7%, Adventure 13%, Difficult 11%, Indie 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: An indie action-adventure game that embraces a silly, low-brow comedic tone similar to the absurdity of Manual Samuel.

Fhtagn! - Tales of the Creeping Madness is a text based adventure game, where choices matter. There's couch co-op and just a hint of betrayal. Play as one of four cultists intent on releasing the Ancient One!

Why similar: Dark Humor 24.3%, Dark Comedy 23.4%, Local Co-Op 23.3%, Funny 9.4%, Adventure 8.5%

You are a man in a room. Something feels off. Or maybe it's on. A short existential comedy point-and-click non-adventure about the limitations and imitations of human existence – or, really, whatever you want it to be about.

Why similar: Dark Humor 37.9%, Dark Comedy 37%, Funny 13.7%, Comedy 3.6%, Cartoony 3.1%

Use your controller or keyboard to balance the clumsy but fully functional unicycle. Thrust the threatening mythical monsters with your sharpened lance as they sit on your way to glory. Climbing over the dead enemies with your unicycle may be the last climb you take.

Why similar: Dark Humor 32.1%, Difficult 14.9%, Funny 14.9%, Physics 13.6%, Adventure 7.6%

Welcome to Purgatory, inc. now under new management! Death by Scrolling is an action game where you kill enemies, collect gold, and avoid the Reaper long enough to pay the Ferrymanʼs exorbitant river-crossing fee to the afterlife.

Why similar: Dark Comedy 45.5%, Dark Humor 35.6%, Funny 7.9%, Comedy 4.4%, 2D 2.3%

Puzzling Action for One or Two Players.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 36.4%, Dark Humor 30.1%, Difficult 16.5%, Adventure 5.5%, Cartoony 4%

YOLKED: Follow the EGG-scruciating escape of an egg with arms!

Why similar: Dark Humor 36.4%, Difficult 14.3%, Physics 13.6%, Funny 13.1%, Comedy 7.3%

Laugh in the face of death in this hauntingly humorous comedy adventure about a wayward soul trying to make it back to the land of the living. Engage in bullet-hell lite battles, solve puzzles, and communicate with the dead as you navigate this “colorful” world. Death is just the beginning.

Why similar: Dark Comedy 49.1%, Funny 16.8%, Comedy 12.7%, Adventure 11.4%, Singleplayer 7.1%

A young moustache enthusiast goes on an adventure, to climb the highest flying mountain in search of a magical moustache gel!

Why similar: Local Co-Op 55.7%, Difficult 20%, Funny 16.2%, Singleplayer 3.9%, Indie 2.8%

In the Salesman, you play as a recently laid-off employee trying to survive the grind of job applications, debt, and dwindling hope. Trade your belongings for ad-supported replacements as you slowly sell away your life in this psychological horror game

Why similar: Dark Humor 49.5%, Adventure 21.7%, Comedy 11.4%, Indie 10.2%, Singleplayer 7.2%

Puns, and puzzles. Horrible puns and devious puzzles actually, along with several incorporeal entities are what makes Ghostory a pixel art puzzle adventure brimming with humour and intrigue. Take on the role of a cursed traveler, master your ghostly form, find a cure, and escape a perilous cave system.

Why similar: Dark Humor 49.2%, Difficult 14.1%, Funny 12.7%, Adventure 9.4%, Indie 6.8%

Roll the boulder to the top.

Why similar: Dark Humor 26.2%, Difficult 17.3%, Funny 17%, Intentionally Awkward Controls 15.1% ★, Physics 13.4%

In this new chapter of "Suicide Guy" you'll be challenged with even more insane puzzles, generated by the surreal dreams of the Guy. You'll encounter the weirdest of the living beings as you go deeper and deeper into his subconscious. This time to wake him up you'll need all your skills.

Why similar: Funny 44.5%, Adventure 21.9%, Indie 19.2%, Comedy 14.4%

The one and only non-linear adventure with 100 different endings. Don't just wishlist me. I'm not that expensive... also, look at those reviews!

Why similar: Dark Humor 40.7%, Dark Comedy 25.5%, Adventure 11.1%, Comedy 9.8%, Indie 6.8%

You're so exhausted you can only crawl, but still refuse to sleep.

Why similar: Dark Comedy 40.4%, Funny 20.5%, Physics 16.2%, Comedy 11.8%, Indie 5.9%

Death Squared is a co-op puzzle game about cooperation, communication, and robot explosions. You should buy it!

Why similar: Local Co-Op 40.5%, Dark Humor 27.2%, Funny 15.6%, Difficult 10.1%, Indie 3.3%

Play as Sam, a kid that controls the dead! Defeat your enemies with magic and control their bodies to solve challenging puzzles!

Why similar: Local Co-Op 38.5%, Funny 18.8%, Difficult 16.8%, Adventure 14.8%, Indie 7.9%

Suicide Guy Deluxe Plus is the surreal puzzle game set in the dreams of its protagonist. Will you be able to save the thing you love most and overcome the neverending whirlwind of nightmares? Now in a new shiny edition.

Why similar: Dark Humor 46%, Funny 18%, Physics 14.9%, Comedy 8.8%, Adventure 5.8%

The Lost Dreams is the new chapter from the Suicide Guy game series: a first person puzzle game set in a world of new crazy dreams. In this adventure you'll have to find a way to wake up from your nightmares.

Why similar: Dark Humor 49.4%, Funny 16%, Physics 14.3%, Comedy 6.9%, Adventure 5.7%

Monkey Island meets Monty Python's Holy Grail in a comedy point&click game with an attitude! God gives you a quest: go find the Holy Grail, put some booze in it and celebrate the biggest party England has ever known.

Why similar: Dark Humor 27.2%, Dark Comedy 25.8%, Funny 20%, Comedy 9.7%, Adventure 7.5%

Hands down the most adventurous and handsome hand in the world! You play as a hand on a gripping handventure where you single-handedly face dangerous obstacles and de-feet a handful of evil feet.

Why similar: Funny 41.5%, Physics 37.7%, Comedy 20.8%

Enough with games where death is a nuisance that must be avoided at all costs: in Kill Yourself, death is your goal! But beware, it won't be easy: you'll need to work hard to find all the different ways to end the guy's miserable life.

Why similar: Dark Humor 78%, Adventure 10.2%, Indie 5.9%, Singleplayer 5.9%

The post-apocalyptic dark comedy is back - remastered and even more radioactive than before! Scavenge supplies, rescue your family, and stay alive in your fallout shelter. Make difficult decisions, hunt mutant roaches... and maybe survive. Or not.

Why similar: Dark Humor 38.6%, Dark Comedy 33.6%, Funny 12.8%, Difficult 12.8%, 2D 2.1%

Deliver those goods, real good - or get turned into scrap trying! Precision platforming, genre-bending power-ups, a challenging campaign, and a galaxy full of jokes await you in Levelhead!

Why similar: Funny 34.6%, Difficult 33.1%, Comedy 15.8%, Adventure 13%, 2D 3.5%

Get ready to rage with your friends in this co-op precise platforming adventure! You're stuck in Hell. You can only jump upwards and all you have to do is escape … it can't be that hard, right?!

Why similar: Dark Humor 40.8%, Difficult 22.8%, Funny 18%, Adventure 9.2%, Indie 6.3%

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

Why similar: Dark Comedy 59%, Adventure 18%, Indie 11.9%, Comedy 11.1%

A comedic RPG about the cynical and hilarious realities of social interaction, personal growth, and confronting your inner demons.

Why similar: Dark Humor 50.2%, Funny 15.7%, Adventure 14.3%, Indie 10%, Comedy 7.8%

No Princess, only Pineapple! Dodge bullets, leap lava pits, and wall-jump your way up the Big Tower in this precision platformer. Quick deaths, generous respawns, and a whole lot of jumping.

Why similar: Dark Humor 33%, Adventure 16.8%, Difficult 16%, Funny 12.2%, Indie 11.1%