The Best Adventure point-and-click Games for Nintendo Switch

Update, : Children of Silentown added at rank #39.
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Sam & Max Save the World (2020)

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Get ready to laugh and solve crimes with Sam and Max, the Freelance Police. This point-and-click adventure game has six hilarious episodes that will keep you engaged for hours. Follow the duo as they save the world from child stars who have been hypnotized and encounter weird and funny situations along the way. With clever puzzles and witty dialogue, Sam & Max Save the World is a must-play for fans of comedy and adventure games.


Pros:
  • Humorous and lovable characters
  • Clever puzzles
  • Great value for the price
Cons:
  • Some jokes have lost their relevance

  • episodic
  • point-and-click
  • adventure
  • puzzle
  • comedy
  • funny
  • detective
  • inventory
  • satire

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Grim Fandango Remastered (2015)

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Grim Fandango is a stylish and humorous adventure game with sharp dialogue set in the afterlife. Explore a playful world of travel-agent skeletons, biting birds, and giant cat races while navigating through a complex plot with intriguing themes of revenge and redemption. With visually impressive graphics and amazing audio tracks, this game is a must-play for adventure game fans and those looking for a great story.

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Pros:
  • Compelling story
  • Visually impressive graphics
  • Amazing audio tracks
Cons:
  • Tricky puzzles

  • point-and-click
  • adventure
  • puzzle
  • classic
  • inventory
  • conspiracy
  • calaca
  • bebop
  • comedy
  • funny
  • old-school
  • noir
  • big
  • graphic
  • story

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Return to Monkey Island (2022)

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Join Guybrush Threepwood on an adventure in the Monkey Island series with Return to Monkey Island. Experience an intuitive design with puzzles that are tricky yet solvable, self-referential humour, familiar music with a modern edge and voice acting from the original cast. Enjoy accessibility features like subtitles, level adjustments and post-credit sequences.

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Pros:
  • Intuitive design
  • Puzzles are tricky yet solvable
  • Self-referential humour
  • Familiar music with a modern edge
  • Voice acting from original cast
  • Accessibility features available such as subtitles
  • Level adjustments and post-credit sequences
Cons:
  • Art style may be off-putting for some players
  • Colour blind players may not benefit from all of the accessibility features
  • No insult-based combat as in previous titles

  • point-and-click
  • adventure
  • puzzle
  • pirates
  • inventory
  • classic
  • funny

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Primordia (2016)

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Life has ceased. Man is but a myth. And now, even the machines have begun to fail. Lead Horatio Nullbuilt and his sarcastic sidekick Crispin on a journey through the crumbling world of Primordia, facing malfunctioning robots, ancient secrets, and an implacable, power-hungry foe.

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Pros:
  • Engaging storytelling and memorable characters
  • Excellent voice acting and sound design
  • Deep and thought-provoking backstory
  • Challenging but fair puzzles
  • Multiple endings to discover
Cons:
  • Some puzzles may be too difficult
  • Art style may not appeal to everyone's taste

  • point-and-click
  • post-apocalyptic
  • robots
  • adventure
  • sci-fi
  • puzzle
  • cyberpunk
  • inventory
  • old-school

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Beyond a Steel Sky (2020)

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Beyond a Steel Sky is a thrilling cyberpunk adventure game with engaging puzzles and a fast-paced narrative that will keep you hooked. Follow Robert Foster as he tries to rescue a kidnapped child in Union City, a futuristic utopia controlled by an altruistic AI. The game features a beautifully detailed comic-book style world and plenty of humor. Unravel dark conspiracies and defeat a terrifying antagonist in this innovative and exciting adventure!

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Pros:
  • Engaging storyline and characters
  • Built-in hints system
  • Great setting and world design
  • Innovative puzzle mechanics
  • Plenty of humor and nostalgia nods
Cons:
  • Controlling the character is clunky
  • Hacking can be repetitive
  • Lack of puzzle diversity
  • Story can be simplistic with bad pace
  • Cutscenes are too long and boring

  • cyberpunk
  • point-and-click
  • adventure
  • puzzle
  • dystopian
  • narrative
  • classic
  • sci-fi
  • thriller
  • futuristic
  • third-person
  • hacking
  • mystery
  • cult
  • inventory

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Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space Remastered (2021)

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The Freelance Police are back on the crime beat in a newly remastered version of their second episodic season. Zombies will dance. Mariachis will sing. A giant battle robot will trash the streets. And when their friends’ lives are at stake, Sam & Max will risk their very souls to set things right.


  • point-and-click
  • adventure
  • episodic
  • puzzle
  • comedy
  • zombies
  • vampire
  • boxing
  • inventory
  • detective
  • funny
  • conundrum
  • classic
  • bogart

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There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension (2020)

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There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension is a unique and hilarious adventure game that spoofs various gaming genres from LucasArts to arcade titles. Players must manipulate various frameworks to progress, while being challenged by knotted puzzles and entertained by its wit and humor. The art style and soundtrack change with each genre for a memorable experience.

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Pros:
  • Clever writing
  • Innovative puzzles
  • Meta-referential solutions
  • Entertaining humor
  • Memorable art style/soundtrack
  • Helpful hint system
Cons:
  • Short run time (5 hours)
  • References may be too obscure for some players

  • point-and-click
  • comedy
  • puzzle
  • adventure
  • narration
  • parody
  • funny
  • pixel
  • meta

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Pajama Sam 2: Thunder And Lightning Aren't So Frightening (2022)

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Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch steam PC Windows Mac OS Linux

Join Pajama Sam, the world's youngest superhero as he journeys to World Wide Weather, the storm-stirring factory in the sky!


  • point-and-click
  • adventure
  • superhero
  • nostalgia
  • family-friendly
  • casual
  • education
  • puzzle
  • crossover
  • skill
  • board-game

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Pajama Sam: No Need to Hide When It's Dark Outside (2022)

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There's no reason to be afraid of the dark. Fed up with his fear of the dark, Sam transforms himself into Pajama Sam - world's youngest superhero and resolves to confront Darkness! With help from King the mine car, Otto the boat, and a host of fascinating characters.


  • nostalgia
  • point-and-click
  • superhero
  • adventure
  • family-friendly
  • education
  • casual

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Quest for Infamy (2014)

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PC Windows Linux Mac OS Nintendo Switch Xbox One Xbox Series X Playstation 4 Playstation 5

Quest for Infamy is a humorous and nostalgic point-and-click adventure game with a twist - you get to play the charming villain. Choose from three different characters, each with their own storylines, and become the bad guy who cheats, lies, and steals your way through multiple endings. With hand-drawn graphics and customizable spells, skills, and adventures, this game gives you the ultimate retro RPG experience that has never felt so good!

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Pros:
  • Humorous dialogue with great writing and exploration
  • Modernized old school adventure games with good story, quests, and humor
  • End game achievements accessible to any character class
  • Huge open world with good animations and decent voice acting
  • Wonderful homage to Sierra On-Line games and perfect for fans of the point & click genre
Cons:
  • Frustrating design issues
  • Occasional offensive humor
  • Some puzzles require arbitrary actions to be triggered
  • Combat system is repetitive and lackluster with simple mechanics

  • adventure
  • rpg
  • point-and-click
  • puzzle
  • villain
  • classic
  • old-school
  • stealth
  • fantasy
  • picaresque
  • funny
  • hand-drawn
  • local
  • combat
  • fight

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