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2017USK 12PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck verified92 % positive19.99 €

A loving throwback to classic LucasArts point-and-click adventures, where you swap between five characters to solve a strange murder in an odd small town. Dark humor, meta jokes and interlocking puzzles are its main appeal.

  • Pixel art
  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Lots of humour
  • Strong, story-driven narrative

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In short: Games like Thimbleweed Park

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Thimbleweed Park special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark

91 %Match

2021PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck verified95 % positive13.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Thimbleweed Park: pixel art, plenty of humour and puzzles to figure out.

A charming pixel-art point-and-click adventure where Detective McQueen solves six goofy supernatural cases. Sharp jokes, quirky characters and gentle puzzles define the experience.

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Grim Fandango

Puzzles and brain teasers

A film-noir adventure through a Day-of-the-Dead-inspired afterlife, following skeletal travel agent Manny Calavera as he unravels a conspiracy across four years. Sharp, witty writing, a swinging jazz score and tricky, sometimes obtuse puzzles make it a genre classic.

Technobabylon

Pixel art

A story-driven cyberpunk point-and-click adventure set in 2087, where you switch between three characters to uncover a deadly conspiracy in an AI-run city. Classic inventory puzzles and a dense mystery plot are the focus.

Kathy Rain

Pixel art

A story-driven point-and-click adventure set in the 90s: as journalism student Kathy you investigate your grandfather's mysterious death. Moody mystery, pixel art and classic inventory puzzles shape the journey.

Gemini Rue

Pixel art

An atmospheric neo-noir pixel-art point-and-click adventure where you alternate between an assassin hunting for his brother and an amnesiac patient in a sinister facility. Its bleak sci-fi mystery and twists drive the whole experience.

Sam & Max: Save the World

Lots of humour

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.

The Blackwell Legacy

Pixel art

A story-driven point-and-click adventure in modern New York where Rosa learns she is a medium and teams up with the sardonic ghost Joey to solve supernatural cases. Light puzzles, dialogue and a melancholic mystery mood take center stage.

The Darkside Detective

Pixel art

A funny pixel-art point-and-click adventure where Detective Francis McQueen solves short, self-contained supernatural cases. Quirky puzzles and pop-culture nods keep it light and charming rather than frustrating.

Sam & Max Hit the Road

Lots of humour

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.

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