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Games Like Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Adventure, Point & Click, Retro, Comedy.

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Space Aliens have built a stupidity machine that's slowly reducing everyone's IQ to single digits. Worse yet, the only person who can stop them is Zak McKracken, reporter for the disreputable National Inquisitor, who dreams up stories about carnivorous cantaloupes and vegetarian vampires.

Reviews: Very Positive — 89% — of 142 reviews
Released: 2018-11-16
Developer: Lucasfilm Games
Publisher: Lucasfilm
Genres: Adventure
Platforms: Windows, Mac

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    Why similar: Classic 40.6%, Point & Click 24.6%, 1990's 13.6%, Adventure 12.5%, Retro 8.7%

  2. #2 Space Quest™ Collection
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    Why similar: Classic 34.1%, Point & Click 25.7%, Adventure 12.6%, 1990's 11.2%, Retro 10.4%

  3. #3 Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon
    96% matchVery Positive96% of 161 reviews2014
    Dev: Access SoftwarePub: Nightdive Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 42 minMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 46%

    Enter the virtual world of Under A Killing Moon, where it is December 2042, and you, as Tex Murphy, must stop the forces of evil before they destroy mankind and rob you of your next unemployment check. This thrilling and hilarious adventure is unlike anything you've seen before.

    Why similar: Cult Classic 40%, Point & Click 20.3%, Classic 14.1%, Adventure 11.5%, 1990's 10.2%

  4. #4 Sam & Max Hit the Road
    95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,011 reviews2018
    Dev: Lucasfilm
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 49%

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    Why similar: Cult Classic 46.7%, Point & Click 16.3%, 1990's 12%, Classic 10.2%, Adventure 5.6%

  5. #5 The Book of Unwritten Tales
    94% matchVery Positive91% of 2,139 reviews2012
    Dev: KING ArtPub: THQ Nordic
    Windows · Mac · Linux
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    In a world torn by war, the aged gremlin archaeologist Mortimer MacGuffin harbors the dark secret of a powerful artifact.

    Why similar: Point & Click 33.8%, Cult Classic 22.2%, Adventure 14.9%, Classic 10.5%, Comedy 7.7%

  6. #6 Deponia
    94% matchVery Positive87% of 13,144 reviews2012
    Dev: Daedalic Entertainment
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%

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

    Why similar: Point & Click 48.1%, Adventure 18.2%, Comedy 13.7%, Cult Classic 8.2%, Classic 7.5%

  7. #7 Simon the Sorcerer: 25th Anniversary Edition
    93% matchMostly Positive77% of 144 reviews2018
    Dev: MojoTouch
    Windows

    There are some things that kids just shouldn't have to put up with. Being transported to some weird dimension full of goblins, dwarves, swamplings, stupid wizards and sleeping giants is definitely one of them. Join Simon's quest to rescue the wizard Calypso from the evil sorcerer Sordid.

    Why similar: Point & Click 28.2%, 1990's 28%, Retro 19.2%, Adventure 11.5%, Comedy 11.3%

  8. #8 Deponia: The Complete Journey
    91% matchVery Positive85% of 6,710 reviews2014
    Dev: Daedalic Entertainment
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Junk, junk and even more junk. Life on the trash-planet Deponia is anything but a walk in the park. No surprise that Rufus had enough of that and hatches one ludicrous plan after the other to escape this bleak place.

    Why similar: Point & Click 29.4%, Adventure 29.4%, Cult Classic 21%, Classic 8.5%, Comedy 7.8%

  9. #9 The Darkside Detective
    90% matchVery Positive94% of 5,075 reviews2017
    Dev: Spooky DoorwayPub: Akupara Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Grab your trench coat, tune your sixth sense and join the Darkside Division as they investigate the outright bizarre, the downright dangerous and the confusing cases of Twin Lakes. Flesh-hungry tentacles, mafian zombies, and the occasional missing sock are no match for The Darkside Detective.

    Why similar: Point & Click 39.7%, Retro 17%, 1990's 15.7%, Adventure 13.7%, Comedy 12.1%

  10. #10 Overvåkerne
    89% matchVery Positive97% of 76 reviews2025
    Dev: Old Man Games
    Windows

    This is an old school comedy/satire point-and-click game set in a fictive office environment. You play as Henriksen, a regular office worker who realizes he has been treated badly by his colleagues, and sets out on a revenge spree. Features norwegian voice acting and pixel art graphics.

    Why similar: Point & Click 35.3%, 1990's 28.3%, Adventure 15.7%, Retro 10.9%, Comedy 9.4%

  11. #11 Bik - A Space Adventure
    89% matchVery Positive92% of 52 reviews2014
    Dev: Zotnip
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 61%

    A point and click adventure. Bik and his newfound alien friends outsmart hijackers, (eat some brownies), accept a perilous mission, (make some sandwiches), foil a dastardly plot by an evil corporate empire, (argue with disgruntled robots), and save a planet on the brink of destruction.

    Why similar: Point & Click 44.2%, Adventure 37.5%, Comedy 15.5%, Singleplayer 2.8%

  12. #12 Champy the Useless Vampire
    87% matchVery Positive88% of 77 reviews2024
    Dev: True Ascension
    Windows · Mac

    Join Champy, the useless vampire, in this charming 2D point-and-click adventure with hand-drawn environments and funny puzzles. Embark on an adventure amongst a cult of vampire hunters, a giant octopus and zombie animals. Will Champy find a way to save Dracula before it's too late?

    Why similar: Point & Click 33.8%, 1990's 32.7%, Comedy 12.4%, Adventure 12.4%, Retro 7.1%

  13. #13 Stellar Mess: The Princess Conundrum (Chapter 1)
    88% matchMostly Positive71% of 270 reviews2023
    Dev: Tibba Games
    Windows

    Stellar Mess is a 2D point&click adventure game, set somewhere in Argentinean Patagonia. The game is inspired by early classic EGA games of the genre.

    Why similar: Point & Click 33.5%, 1990's 23.2%, Retro 18.2%, Adventure 13.1%, Comedy 10.7%

  14. #14 Thimbleweed Park™
    86% matchVery Positive93% of 4,127 reviews2017
    Dev: Terrible Toybox
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    In Thimbleweed Park, a dead body is the least of your problems. Switch between five playable characters to uncover the surreal secrets of this strange town in a modern mystery adventure game from the creators of Monkey Island and Maniac Mansion. The deeper you go, the weirder it gets.

    Why similar: Point & Click 30.6%, Cult Classic 24%, Adventure 12.7%, Classic 11.4%, 1990's 9.7%

  15. #15 The Curse of Monkey Island
    86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,958 reviews2018
    Dev: LucasArts
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 59%

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    Why similar: Cult Classic 41.1%, Point & Click 18.6%, 1990's 17.3%, Classic 10.1%, Retro 6.3%

  16. #16 Tex Murphy: Martian Memorandum
    85% matchMixed70% of 59 reviews2014
    Dev: Access SoftwarePub: Nightdive Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 12 minMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 33%

    The year is 2033. Your name is Tex Murphy, Private Investigator in San Francisco.

    Why similar: Classic 34.3%, Point & Click 26.6%, Adventure 20.1%, 1990's 19%

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    82% matchVery Positive95% of 57 reviews2020
    Dev: Emilios Manolidis
    Windows

    A sinister creature has enslaved mankind. Solve puzzles, gather components for a machine you are building, find comfort in your dreams.

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    Windows · Mac
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%

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    Why similar: Point & Click 56.2%, Adventure 21.3%, Classic 10.1%, Comedy 5.5%, Retro 4.3%

  20. #20 Maize
    81% matchVery Positive81% of 2,102 reviews2016
    Dev: Finish Line Games
    Windows
    Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 59%

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    Why similar: Point & Click 48.2%, Adventure 24.6%, Comedy 23.9%, Singleplayer 3.3%

  21. #21 Detective Hayseed - The Cloning Madness
    78% matchVery Positive98% of 237 reviews2023
    Dev: Zima software
    Windows · Mac

    Join the crazy police detective Francis in his search for a kidnapped cloned beauty and go through countless escapades with him in this classic point & click adventure full of comedy.

    Why similar: Point & Click 50.7%, Adventure 20%, Retro 16.2%, Comedy 13.2%

  22. #22 Monkey Island™ 2 Special Edition: LeChuck’s Revenge™
    79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,947 reviews2010
    Dev: LucasArts
    Windows
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 66%

    Wannabe pirate Guybrush Threepwood, and the now zombie pirate LeChuck, return in what has long been considered one of the greatest LucasArts adventure games of all time.

    Why similar: Point & Click 30.5%, Classic 23%, Cult Classic 18.5%, Adventure 10.7%, 1990's 6.9%

  23. #23 Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee®
    79% matchVery Positive85% of 4,488 reviews2008
    Dev: Oddworld Inhabitants
    Windows
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    Selected by the fickle finger of fate, Abe™, floor-waxer first class for RuptureFarms, was catapulted into a life of adventure when he overheard plans by his boss, Molluck the Glukkon™, to turn Abe and his fellow Mudokons into Tasty Treats as part of a last-ditch effort to rescue Molluck's failing meat-packing empire.

    Why similar: Adventure 51.8%, Cult Classic 24.3%, Classic 15.9%, Retro 3.3%, 1990's 3.2%

  24. #24 Ankh - Anniversary Edition
    80% matchVery Positive81% of 160 reviews2015
    Dev: Deck13
    Windows
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%

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    Why similar: Point & Click 37.8%, Classic 33.2%, Adventure 17.2%, Comedy 10%, Singleplayer 1.8%

  25. #25 Tales From Space: Mutant Blobs Attack
    78% matchVery Positive92% of 1,030 reviews2012
    Dev: Drinkbox Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%

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    Why similar: Retro 53.6%, Adventure 23.3%, Comedy 18.8%, Singleplayer 4.3%

  26. #26 Primordia
    76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,387 reviews2012
    Dev: Wormwood StudiosPub: Wadjet Eye Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%

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    Why similar: Point & Click 70.8%, Adventure 22.2%, Retro 5.9%, Singleplayer 1.1%

  27. #27 The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark
    73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,922 reviews2021
    Dev: Spooky DoorwayPub: Akupara Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%

    Delouse your room with sage and pack up your travel-sized ouija board, it’s time to re-enter Twin Lakes - America’s 34th most haunted city. Join Detective McQueen as he puzzles his way through 9 chilling cases, risking life and pixelated limb to solve the macabre mysteries that plague the poor town.

    Why similar: Point & Click 48%, Retro 21.4%, Comedy 17.6%, Adventure 13%

  28. #28 Simon the Sorcerer - Mucusade: 25th Anniversary Edition
    77% matchMostly Positive71% of 79 reviews2018
    Dev: MojoTouch
    Windows

    Just when he thought his life was regaining some semblance of normality, Simon's wonder years are once again turned upside down when the evil sorcerer Sordid returns from the grave with only one thing on his mind - revenge!

    Why similar: Cult Classic 51.5%, Point & Click 15.2%, 1990's 14%, Retro 11.1%, Adventure 7.4%

  29. #29 Armikrog
    77% matchMixed59% of 1,613 reviews2015
    Dev: Pencil Test StudiosPub: Versus Evil
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 61%

    Armikrog is a unique stop motion clay animated point and click adventure game from the creators of Earthworm Jim and the Neverhood. Unravel the mysteries of the fortress that holds Tommynaut and his blind alien talking dog Beak-Beak captive through exploration and puzzle solving!

    Why similar: Point & Click 52.2%, Adventure 33.9%, Comedy 12%, Singleplayer 1.8%

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    76% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,716 reviews2014
    Dev: Nexus Game StudiosPub: Daedalic Entertainment
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%

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    Why similar: Point & Click 60.3%, Adventure 20.7%, Comedy 17.2%, Singleplayer 1.8%

  31. #31 Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive
    75% matchVery Positive89% of 90 reviews2014
    Dev: Access SoftwarePub: Nightdive Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 52%

    It's April 2043 and you- as Tex Murphy, the last of the old-style gumshoes- find yourself racing against time in the most dangerous game of your life. What is the truth behind the rumored UFO crash at Roswell, New Mexico? Why did the military suddenly shut down and seal off the Roswell complex?

    Why similar: Cult Classic 34.9%, Classic 21.8%, Point & Click 16.1%, Adventure 14.3%, 1990's 9.5%

  32. #32 Kelvin and the Infamous Machine
    73% matchVery Positive91% of 983 reviews2016
    Dev: Blyts
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%

    Kelvin and the Infamous Machine is a hilarious point-and-click adventure in which you stumble irresponsibly through history to help legendary geniuses complete their masterworks!

    Why similar: Point & Click 41.1%, Retro 24.6%, Adventure 16.7%, Comedy 15.4%, Singleplayer 2.2%

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    70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 570 reviews2023
    Dev: Videlectrix
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%

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    Why similar: Point & Click 55%, Adventure 28.6%, Comedy 14.7%, Singleplayer 1.7%

  34. #34 Beyond The Edge Of Owlsgard
    70% matchVery Positive95% of 371 reviews2022
    Dev: WatchDaToastPub: Assemble Entertainment
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    Save a peaceful world from being annihilated by machines in this oldschool point&click tale, inspired by classic animated movies and adventure games of the 90s.

    Why similar: Point & Click 39.9%, 1990's 33.6%, Adventure 14.7%, Comedy 11.8%

  35. #35 Twilight Oracle
    70% matchVery Positive97% of 119 reviews2024
    Dev: Cosmic Void
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Journey to a strange world in search of the fabled Oracle in this fantasy comedy point & click adventure. Play as Leo, a struggling student with the ability to breathe underwater, and explore a desert island and the depths of an alien ocean to uncover your school’s dark past.

    Why similar: Point & Click 35.1%, 1990's 21.4%, Retro 15.2%, Adventure 13.6%, Comedy 13.2%

  36. #36 Dark Scavenger
    74% matchVery Positive87% of 243 reviews2014
    Dev: Psydra Games LLC
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%

    Dark Scavenger is a bizarre point-and-click RPG adventure with a focus on exploration, gaining loot, and meaningful choices. Filling the role of a powerful space traveler, you find yourself stranded on a mysterious alien planet. Will you save the world or just yourself?

    Why similar: Point & Click 51.9%, Adventure 28.8%, Comedy 17.4%, Singleplayer 1.8%

  37. #37 Twinsen's Little Big Adventure Classic
    73% matchVery Positive88% of 444 reviews2015
    Dev: [2.21]
    Windows
    Median: 36 minMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 42%

    Twinsen's Little Big Adventure is a retro action-adventure game originally released in 1994. Equipped with your Magicball, you will have to face the evil Dr. Funfrock to save your girlfriend and the world of Twinsun.

    Why similar: 1990's 40.3%, Retro 26.2%, Adventure 16%, Comedy 15.4%, Singleplayer 2.2%

  38. #38 Tony Tough and the Night of Roasted Moths
    75% matchMostly Positive70% of 50 reviews2015
    Dev: Nayma SoftwarePub: Nightdive Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    What do alien abductions, a depressed town, and a purple tapir named Pentagruel have in common? Can a bumbling gumshoe make his stolen candy theory stick? Find out with the "Sherlock Gnome" of detectives, Tony Tough, and a hilarious cast of characters as he cracks the case on the most adventurous and comical night of his life!

    Why similar: Point & Click 56.1%, Adventure 43.9%

  39. #39 Not Another Weekend
    71% matchVery Positive94% of 118 reviews2021
    Dev: Animatic VisionPub: Dionous Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    A hilariously madcap point-and-click adventure as a determined bellboy tasked with clearing out a bustling hotel in just one wild weekend! Can he manage the chaos and evict all the guests? The clock is ticking!

    Why similar: Point & Click 29.8%, 1990's 28.2%, Retro 18.4%, Adventure 11.6%, Comedy 10.9%

  40. #40 Zortch
    67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,332 reviews2023
    Dev: Mutantleg
    Windows
    Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 63%

    Meet Zortch Maxinum: short order cook, amateur engineer and professional slacker; Bored and tired of her day job she decides to go on a holiday but alas she picks a cheap option: turns out it's a scheme by aliens who capture humans to eat their brains! also this game is a sci-fi horror comedy fps

    Why similar: Retro 53.9%, Adventure 41.2%, Singleplayer 4.8%

  41. #41 The Mystery of the Druids
    74% matchMixed51% of 142 reviews2015
    Dev: House of TalesPub: HandyGames
    Windows
    Median: 12 minMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 29%

    In this classic adventure, you will take on the role of young Scotland Yard Detective Brent Halligan, assigned to solve the puzzle surrounding a mysterious order of Druids and a series of gruesome murders. It appears that the neo-Druids are conducting ritual killings to conjure up sinister forces.

    Why similar: Point & Click 62.1%, Adventure 37.9%

  42. #42 Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure
    72% matchVery Positive87% of 150 reviews2014
    Dev: Apogee Entertainment
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 12 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 22%

    What's green with red spots, has suction hands, and has an overbite like Bart Simpson? Of course, the answer is Cosmo! Cosmo is a young alien on his way to visit Disney World with his parents. That is, until their ship is struck by a blazing comet, forcing them to land on an uncharted planet.

    Why similar: 1990's 41.1%, Classic 24.8%, Adventure 20.4%, Retro 11.3%, Singleplayer 2.4%

  43. #43 Chex Quest HD
    69% matchVery Positive80% of 2,069 reviews2020
    Dev: Team Chex Quest HDPub: General Mills
    Windows · Mac

    Travel to the remote planet of Bazoik to free galactic citizens from the evil cereal-eating Flemoids! Venture deep into the caverns of Bazoik, using an array of "zorching" devices to send these nefarious foes back to their home dimension!

    Why similar: Cult Classic 71.7%, 1990's 15%, Retro 12.9%, Singleplayer 0.3%

  44. #44 MDK
    72% matchMostly Positive79% of 357 reviews2009
    Dev: Shiny Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 24 minMean: 1.6 hrs≥1hr: 34%

    ON A GOOD DAY, ONLY 2.5 MILLION PEOPLE WILL DIE. As vast alien mining cities suck the power and minerals from every major metropolis on Earth simultaneously, time is of the essence as millions of civilians are expiring by the second.

    Why similar: Classic 100%

  45. #45 Exit: A Biodelic Adventure
    68% matchVery Positive90% of 67 reviews2024
    Dev: neurosaur
    Windows

    In the world of excessive biotechnologies, an epidemic is ravaging the human race, infecting people's neuronet implants and enslaving them to the mysterious Worm. Who are you: a fighter of the infection, or a hunter of new prey?

    Why similar: Point & Click 62.8%, Adventure 24.9%, Comedy 10%, Singleplayer 2.3%

  46. #46 The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
    69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 6,104 reviews2009
    Dev: LucasArts
    Windows
    Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 64%

    Back by popular demand, The Secret of Monkey Island™: Special Edition faithfully re-imagines the internationally-acclaimed classic game (originally released in 1990) for original and new audiences alike.

    Why similar: Cult Classic 25.4%, Point & Click 25.2%, Classic 22.1%, 1990's 8.7%, Adventure 8.2%

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    67% matchVery Positive93% of 232 reviews2022
    Dev: Cave Monsters
    Windows · Mac · Linux

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    Why similar: Point & Click 64.6%, Adventure 22.9%, Comedy 10.2%, Singleplayer 2.3%

  48. #48 Impossible Quest
    71% matchMostly Positive73% of 364 reviews2016
    Dev: Axel Sonic
    Windows
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    Very dumb adventure game about a very dumb person from a very dumb developer.

    Why similar: Classic 52%, Adventure 24%, Retro 21.1%, Singleplayer 2.8%

  49. #49 Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus®
    69% matchVery Positive95% of 1,642 reviews2008
    Dev: Oddworld Inhabitants
    Windows
    Median: 18 minMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 33%

    Abe's peaceful retirement was shattered when visited by a vision from the Mudokon Spirit Guides. Abe™ learned the Magog Cartel was mining Necrum, the sacred Mudokon city of the dead, to collect bones to make super-addictive SoulStorm Brew.

    Why similar: Cult Classic 47.7%, Classic 29.3%, Adventure 12.9%, Comedy 5.8%, Retro 3.1%

  50. #50 McPixel 3
    64% matchVery Positive94% of 1,798 reviews2022
    Dev: Sos SosowskiPub: Devolver Digital
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    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: Point & Click 60.5%, Adventure 23.9%, Comedy 13.7%, Singleplayer 1.9%

  51. #51 Beneath a Steel Sky (1994)
    67% matchVery Positive89% of 559 reviews2020
    Dev: Revolution Software Ltd
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 57%

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    Why similar: Point & Click 49.5%, Retro 28.8%, Adventure 19.1%, Singleplayer 2.6%

  52. #52 vApe Escape
    68% matchVery Positive94% of 128 reviews2019
    Dev: Gamechuck
    Windows

    vApe Escape is a point-and-click adventure in a science fiction comedy setting. The player takes control of an innocent ape who must escape the sad destiny of becoming a vape dispenser machine for the wealthy hipsters of the universe.

    Why similar: Point & Click 55.5%, Adventure 21.4%, Comedy 20.4%, Singleplayer 2.8%

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    63% matchVery Positive88% of 129 reviews2025
    Dev: Guys from Andromeda
    Windows

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    Why similar: Point & Click 52.3%, Adventure 30.4%, Comedy 14.6%, Singleplayer 2.7%

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    66% matchVery Positive98% of 112 reviews2021
    Dev: Tall Story Games Ltd
    Windows · Linux

    Help Cummerbund Bandersnatch in this quintessentially British point & click comedy adventure as he explores the darker side of Victorian England, oblivious to its perils. Manipulate time, talk to a host of dubious characters and solve puzzles to get Bandersnatch out of a fix before it's too late.

    Why similar: Point & Click 42.7%, Retro 23.2%, Adventure 16.6%, Comedy 15.7%, Singleplayer 1.8%

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