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2018PC

You guide Bernard, Laverne and Hoagie through a witty time-travel point-and-click adventure that continues Day of the Tentacle. Its clever puzzles and dry humor are what make it stand out.

  • Lots of humour
  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Strong, story-driven narrative
  • Distinctive, stylised art style

The closest matches for Return of the Tentacle are Day of the Tentacle Remastered, Return to Monkey Island and Hiveswap: Act 1. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Return of the Tentacle special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Day of the Tentacle Remastered

95 %Match

2016PCPlayStationXboxSteam Deck playable97 % positive14.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Return of the Tentacle: plenty of humour, puzzles to figure out and a distinctive art style.

A cult point-and-click classic where three friends use time travel across three eras to solve wacky puzzles and stop an evil tentacle. The remaster adds hand-drawn HD art and refreshed audio while keeping the zany cartoon humor intact.

Return to Monkey Island

Lots of humour

A humorous pirate point-and-click adventure by Ron Gilbert in which Guybrush Threepwood once more hunts for the secret of Monkey Island. Clever puzzles, witty dialogue and a bold painterly look make it a charming continuation of the classics.

Hiveswap: Act 1

Lots of humour

A hand-drawn point-and-click adventure in the 90s tradition: teenager Joey Claire is whisked away from 1994 Earth to an alien world and uses inventory puzzles and plenty of wit to find her way. Its humor and ties to the Homestuck universe define the experience.

Broken Age

Lots of humour

A lovingly painted point-and-click adventure where you switch between a girl in a fantasy world and a boy on a spaceship. Charming humor, a striking storybook look and clever puzzles drive the experience.

Sam & Max Hit the Road

Distinctive, stylised art style

A classic LucasArts point-and-click adventure following a dog and rabbity-thing detective duo on an absurd road trip to find an escaped Bigfoot. Zany humor, cartoon visuals and offbeat puzzles define it.

Armikrog

Distinctive, stylised art style

A point-and-click adventure in handmade claymation where space explorer Tommynaut and his blind talking dog Beak-Beak explore a quirky fortress and solve puzzles. Its playful humor and unique look strongly recall The Neverhood.

Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse

Lots of humour

An episodic point-and-click comedy starring the chaotic detective duo Sam and Max, where Max's psychic powers like future sight and teleportation drive the puzzles. Absurd humor and a wacky story about eldritch gods and space villains take center stage.

Toonstruck

Distinctive, stylised art style

A zany point-and-click adventure where a live-action Christopher Lloyd is pulled into a vividly colorful cartoon world. Absurd humor, famous voice actors and tricky inventory puzzles define the experience.

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