The Best Comedy Games

Update : Lil\' Guardsman added at rank #3.
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Backfirewall (2023)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows Playstation 4 Playstation 5 Xbox One Xbox Series X

Hello and welcome to Backfirewall_, a first-person tragicomic adventure set inside a smartphone. You are the update assistant. Solve wacky puzzles to counter the update and save the previous operating system from deletion. The fate of the System is in your hands!

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  • comedy
  • puzzle
  • narration
  • first-person
  • adventure
  • exploration
  • british
  • funny
  • narrative
  • story
  • endings
  • must-buy
  • platform-lite
  • casual

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The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark (2021)

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

Delouse your room with sage and pack up your travel-sized ouija board, it’s time to re-enter Twin Lakes - America’s 34th most haunted city. Join Detective McQueen as he puzzles his way through 6 chilling cases, risking life and pixelated limb to solve the macabre mysteries that plague the poor town.


  • comedy
  • point-and-click
  • dark
  • detective
  • funny
  • pixel
  • text
  • investigation
  • humor
  • mystery
  • supernatural
  • fiction
  • story
  • visual-novel
  • atmospheric

3

Lil' Guardsman (2024)

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

Imagine you're a 12 year old, suddenly in charge of the guard shed at the castle gate, where you decide if elves, goblins and 100+ other characters should be admitted. It's a wonderful combination of deduction, narrative and puzzle games.


  • comedy
  • point-and-click
  • fantasy
  • political
  • funny
  • conversation
  • multiple-endings
  • adventure
  • family-friendly
  • colourful
  • choices
  • hand-drawn
  • linear
  • narrative
  • cute

4

Shadows Over Loathing (2022)

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PC Windows Mac OS Nintendo Switch Playstation 5 j Playstation 4

Step into the shady side of a black-and-white world in Shadows Over Loathing. Hunt down your missing uncle, discover shadowy plots, and save the world from eldritch terrors. Explore a dangerous open world, solve puzzles, and battle enemies as unique characters with their own abilities. With thousands of jokes, strategic combat, and a corrupt government to overthrow, this prohibition-era adventure promises endless entertainment.


What we like:
  • Humorous and entertaining dialogue
  • Fun puzzles and engaging story-line
  • No prior knowledge of KoL required
  • Good personalization and combat
  • Lovecraftian theme
  • Memorable sound design and soundtrack
What could be improved:
  • Backtracking due to time-travelling mechanic
  • Less comedic than the first game
  • Pacing issues
  • Writing overload

  • rpg
  • choices
  • comedy
  • lovecraftian
  • point-and-click
  • turn-based
  • investigation
  • adventure
  • funny
  • character
  • puzzle
  • old-school
  • 2d
  • customization
  • multiple-endings

5

Killer Frequency (2023)

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PC Windows Xbox Series X Nintendo Switch Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Xbox Series X/s quest Xbox One

Killer Frequency is a first-person horror puzzle game set in 1987, that puts you in the role of a late-night radio talk show host in small town America whose callers are being stalked by a mysterious killer.


  • comedy
  • horror
  • america
  • 1980s
  • puzzle
  • investigation
  • walking-simulator
  • emotional
  • fiction
  • funny
  • multiple-endings
  • dark
  • choices
  • narrative
  • interactive

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Peace, Death! 2 (2021)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch IOS iPhone Android

Peace, Death! 2 is a midcore turn-based logic game where you send clients to Hell, Heaven, or Purgatory and help members of the Reapers Union as they work towards their great cause!


  • comedy
  • memes
  • turn-based
  • scroller
  • point-and-click
  • casual
  • 2d
  • humor
  • funny
  • simulation
  • arcade
  • pixel
  • tactical
  • dark
  • puzzle

7

Reventure (2019)

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IOS iPhone Android Nintendo Switch PC Windows

The one and only non-linear adventure with 100 different endings. Don't just wishlist me. I'm not that expensive... also, look at those reviews!


  • comedy
  • dark
  • choices
  • multiple-endings
  • humor
  • pixel
  • resource
  • farming
  • action-adventure
  • 2d
  • nonlinear
  • adventure
  • platform
  • metroidvania
  • exploration

8

Dungeon Munchies (2019)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch Mac OS Android IOS iPhone Playstation 4 Playstation 5

Dungeon Munchies is a unique 2D platformer that combines zombie cooking action with RPG elements. Explore a collapsed world filled with mutated potatoes, killer wasps, electric snails, and more. Collect ingredients from defeated enemies, cook new recipes, and unlock different buffs and weapons. The game offers a mix of gross-out humor and a compelling storyline.


What we like:
  • Unique combination of cooking and platforming
  • Compelling storyline
  • Customization options for combat
  • Impressive art style and monster designs
  • Diverse soundtrack
What could be improved:
  • Imprecise controls for ranged weapons, shields, and platform jumping

  • cooking
  • platform
  • bullet-hell
  • rpg
  • comedy
  • scroller
  • post-apocalyptic
  • anime
  • pixel
  • 2d
  • funny
  • action
  • action-adventure
  • food
  • zombies

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Astrologaster (2019)

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Nintendo Switch Mac OS PC Windows IOS iPhone

Astrologaster is an astrological comedy game in which you take the role of Simon Forman, Elizabethan Astrologer and doctor. Cast and interpret astrological charts to answer your patients' questions about political intrigues, romantic entanglements, deadly illnesses and missing spoons.


  • comedy
  • choices
  • historical
  • fiction
  • funny
  • visual-novel
  • protagonist
  • story
  • conversation
  • sitcom

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Five Dates (2020)

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PC Windows IOS iPhone Android Mac OS Playstation 4 Xbox One Nintendo Switch Playstation 5

Five Dates is an interactive rom-com about the unpredictable world of digital dating. With five potential female matches, Vinny explores whether compatibility, chemistry and connection is still possible in a world where physical touch is no longer an option.


  • romantic
  • interactive
  • dating-sim
  • comedy
  • fmv
  • choices
  • dating-simulation
  • funny
  • fiction
  • dating
  • live-action
  • visual-novel
  • pause
  • online
  • multiple-endings

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