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1993 Classic

The fifth Space Quest sends bumbling janitor Roger Wilco off as captain of a garbage scow in a Star Trek parody packed with gags, inventory puzzles and cruel deaths.

What defines Space Quest V: The Next Mutation:

  • Lots of humour
  • Sci-fi setting
  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Strong, story-driven narrative

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Maize

95 %

2016 PCPlayStationXbox −75 % 9.75 € 2.43 € 👍 81 % Very positive, 2,043 reviews on Steam

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

An absurdist first-person adventure set on a cornfield farm full of robots, talking corn and odd secrets. Monty Python-style humor and inventory-driven puzzles are at the heart of the experience.

Paradigm

Lots of humour

An absurd, surreal point-and-click comedy adventure set in a post-apocalyptic Eastern European country, where you solve puzzles as the mutant hero Paradigm. Its bizarre humor and a candy-vomiting genetically engineered sloth give it its charm.

Chaos on Deponia

Lots of humour

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.

Deponia

Lots of humour

A humorous point-and-click adventure on a trash planet, where the bumbling antihero Rufus schemes his way toward the dream city of Elysium through quirky, often absurd puzzles and plenty of banter.

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.

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.

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.

Randal's Monday

Strong, story-driven narrative

A classic point-and-click adventure starring the chaotic Randal, stuck in a time loop on one very bad Monday. Packed with geek culture references, irreverent humor and inventive inventory puzzles.

Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space

Strong, story-driven narrative

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.

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