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1987 PC 5.89 € 👍 86 % Very positive, 199 reviews on Steam

A classic point-and-click adventure where you guide Dave and two friends through a bizarre mansion full of puzzles and quirky humor. Your choice of team opens up different solutions and endings.

What defines Maniac Mansion:

  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Lots of humour
  • A party of several characters
  • Sci-fi setting

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Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders

89 %

1988 PC 5.89 € 👍 90 % Very positive, 131 reviews on Steam

  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Lots of humour
  • Sci-fi setting

A quirky LucasArts point-and-click adventure where a tabloid reporter and three allies solve puzzles around the globe to stop aliens from dumbing down humanity. Its offbeat humor and freely travelable world map define the charm.

Resonance

A party of several characters

A classic pixel-art point-and-click adventure in which four playable characters uncover a conspiracy around a mysterious technology after a scientist's death. Memory and dialogue systems plus puzzles drive its sci-fi thriller story.

Else Heart.Break()

Lots to discover

A quirky pixel-art adventure where you rewrite the game's own code to solve puzzles in a city of hackers and activists. It wraps this in a warm story about friendship, growing up and love.

Thimbleweed Park

Strong, story-driven narrative

A loving throwback to classic LucasArts point-and-click adventures, where you swap between five characters to solve a strange murder in an odd small town. Dark humor, meta jokes and interlocking puzzles are its main appeal.

Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure

Strong, story-driven narrative

A noir detective adventure told through live-action video, in which private eye Tex Murphy solves puzzles and uncovers a Nikola Tesla conspiracy in post-apocalyptic San Francisco. Dry humor and freely explorable 3D scenes give it a distinct retro charm.

Primordia

Puzzles and brain teasers

A classic point-and-click adventure set in a decaying world of robots, where you play Horatio and his sarcastic companion Crispin solving puzzles and uncovering the secrets of a vanished humanity. A bleak post-apocalyptic setting meets dry humor and philosophical themes.

Space Quest IV: Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers

Lots of humour

A classic point-and-click adventure in which bumbling janitor Roger Wilco hops through different eras of the Space Quest series. Its appeal lies in irreverent humor, sci-fi parody, tricky puzzles and plenty of comical deaths.

Beneath a Steel Sky

Puzzles and brain teasers

A classic point-and-click adventure set in a dystopian cyberpunk city, where Robert Foster and his robot Joey uncover the secrets of an all-powerful computer system. Dry British humor, comic-style art by Dave Gibbons and clever inventory puzzles define it.

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