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Games like Space Quest 6: The Spinal Frontier

1995PC

You return as Roger Wilco, now demoted from galactic hero to closet cleaner after his past triumphs are stripped away. This point-and-click adventure shines with witty dialogue, absurd situations and a sharply satirical take on space bureaucracy.

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

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In short: Games like Space Quest 6: The Spinal Frontier

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Space Quest 6: The Spinal Frontier special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Kaptain Brawe: A Brawe New World

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2011PCNintendo Switch83 % positive14.79 €

Brings what grabs you about Space Quest 6: The Spinal Frontier: plenty of humour, a sci-fi setting and puzzles to figure out.

You play Space Police officer Kaptain Brawe, chasing two kidnapped alien scientists through a galaxy crawling with pirates and conspiracies. Its hand-drawn, alternate 19th-century universe and witty script make this point-and-click adventure with clever puzzles a charming ride.

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Sam & Max: Save the World

Distinctive, stylised art style

A gloriously zany point-and-click adventure in which a talking dog and a rabbit, the Freelance Police, solve bizarre cases. The remaster brings back the first episodic season's cartoon humor and puzzles with updated visuals.

Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space

Dialogue and role-playing

The second season of the episodic point-and-click series sends the anarchic dog-and-rabbit detective duo through absurd locations from Easter Island to Hell. Wacky dialogue, offbeat puzzles and irreverent humor take center stage.

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.

Deponia Doomsday

Lots of humour

A comedic point-and-click adventure in which the bumbling antihero Rufus tries to save Deponia from destruction through time-hopping mishaps and absurd puzzles. Sharp, irreverent writing and hand-drawn junkyard worlds define its style.

Chaos on Deponia

Dialogue and role-playing

A comedic point-and-click adventure set on a junk-covered planet, where the bumbling antihero Rufus schemes his way through quirky, often absurd puzzles and sharp-tongued dialogue. Hand-drawn visuals and wit take center stage.

Hiveswap: Act 1

Dialogue and role-playing

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.

Rex Nebular and the Cosmic Gender Bender

Dialogue and role-playing

You guide the bungling space adventurer Rex Nebular through absurd puzzles and a planet of quirky alien women. Its sharp, goofy dialogue and offbeat situations make this point-and-click adventure stand out.

Back to the Future: The Game

Dialogue and role-playing

Telltale's episodic point-and-click sequel to the film trilogy sends Marty and Doc to Prohibition-era Hill Valley, solving time-paradox puzzles with plenty of charm and humor.

Goodbye Deponia

Lots of humour

The third Deponia entry is a classic point-and-click adventure packed with absurd puzzles and sharp humor, as the chaotic antihero Rufus once more tries to escape the garbage planet. Multiple Rufuses add extra twists and inventive puzzle ideas.

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