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1984 Classic

A classic Infocom text adventure packed with Douglas Adams' dry British humor. You guide Arthur Dent through notoriously tricky, often unforgiving puzzles where death comes quickly if you are not observant.

What defines The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:

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

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Space Quest IV: Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers

90 %

1991 PC

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

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.

Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon

Puzzles and brain teasers

A film-noir detective adventure set in 2042, where you play wisecracking private eye Tex Murphy and solve puzzles in freely explorable 3D environments. Live-action video actors and dry humor give this classic its charm.

Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure

Puzzles and brain teasers

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.

Maize

Lots of humour

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.

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.

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