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1989 Classic

Playing as Uncle Fester from the Addams Family, you blast your way through an alien invasion in a top-down NES shooter. Power-ups and help from relatives like Thing and Lurch aid you against quirky monsters and bosses.

What defines Fester's Quest:

  • Challenging difficulty
  • Sci-fi setting
  • Lots of humour
  • Action-packed real-time combat

The closest matches for Fester's Quest are Duke Nukem: Time to Kill, Bombshell and Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Fester's Quest special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Bombshell

Action-packed real-time combat

A fast top-down shooter with over-the-top 90s action-hero humor, where Bombshell blasts through alien worlds with swappable weapons and upgradable abilities to rescue the President.

Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project

Action-packed real-time combat

A 2.5D action shooter where Duke blasts and wisecracks his way through a mutant-infested New York. Platforming sections and heavy gunplay come with crude, over-the-top 90s-style humor.

Ion Fury

Sci-fi setting

A fast, 90s-style Build engine shooter with huge, twisty levels packed with secrets, explosive weapons and a wisecracking heroine in cyberpunk Neo DC. No regenerating health, just run and gun.

Blaster Master Zero II

Action-packed real-time combat

A retro action adventure that mixes side-scrolling tank platforming with on-foot top-down dungeons. It adds Metroidvania-style exploration, boss fights and upgrades in an 8-bit-inspired style.

Duke Nukem 3D

Lots of humour

A cult classic boomer shooter starring a wisecracking action hero blasting aliens through interactive, maze-like city levels packed with secrets. Its crude satirical humor, inventive weapons and destructible environments made it an icon of 90s FPS design.

Jak 3

Action-packed real-time combat

Jak 3 blends platforming, third-person shooting and vehicle driving across a sprawling desert wasteland and a hub city. With Jak's light and dark powers and Daxter's quips, it is a funny, energetic finale to the trilogy.

Rive

Sci-fi setting

A fast-paced 2D twin-stick shooter with platforming elements where you pilot a spider-tank through hordes of robots. Hacks let you alter enemy behavior, and a tongue-in-cheek tone keeps things light.

Strafe

Challenging difficulty

A fast, gory retro-style first-person shooter in the spirit of the 90s, with procedurally generated levels that reshuffle every run. Roguelike permadeath keeps the pressure high and the action frantic.

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