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Games like Space Quest V: The Next Mutation

1993

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.

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

In short: Games like Space Quest V: The Next Mutation

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Space Quest V: The Next Mutation special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Ben There, Dan That!

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2009PC3.99 €

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

A British point-and-click adventure where two mates stumble through an absurd alien-invasion plot full of quirky inventory puzzles. It lives on rapid-fire gags, genre parody and gleefully silly tastelessness.

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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