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Games with humorous content sorted by release date

What makes you laugh? The LucasArts humor of Monkey Island or the crass jokes of Leisure Suit Larry? Are you a fan of Terry Pratchett's Discworld? Do you prefer the clumsiness of the hero of the Dragon's Lair series? Humor in video games has always been something that gamers appreciated.

Most popular humor games

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Humor games

  • hitchhikerguide-1
    DOSMac1984freeware4.2/5 Infocom

    The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a humorous free text adventure game based on the novel of the same name written by Douglas Adams (if you never read it, shame on you!). The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy was designed by Douglas Adams himself and interactive fiction god Steve Eric Meretzky, it was released by Infocom in 1984 for DOS and for...

  • carmen-sandiego-world-01
    DOS19854.3/5 Broderbund
  • leather-goddesses-of-phobos-04
    DOS19864.1/5 Infocom
  • spacequest1-3
    DOSMac19864.2/5 Sierra On-Line

    Space Quest: The Sarien Encounter is an abandoned adventure game designed by Mark Crowe and Scott Murphy, developed by Sierra On-Line and released in 1986 for DOS. Space Quest: The Sarien Encounter is the first game in the Space Quest series with protagonist the clumsy Roger Wilco and it's one of the most popular AGI adventures created by Sierra in...

  • astrotit-1
    DOS1987NSFW3.5/5 Rudeware
  • bad-street-brawler-01
    DOS19874.2/5 Beam Software
  • beyond-zork-02
  • bureaucracy-02
    DOSMac19873.9/5 Infocom

    Bureaucracy is an abandoned text-adventure game designed by Douglas Adams (yes, the writer of The Hitchhiker Guide of the Galaxy), developed and published by Infocom in 1987. Bureaucracy is a peculiar interactive fiction; the game challenges you to solve frustrating bureaucratic problems in a world populated by strange characters.

  • gnomeranger-1
    DOS19873.7/5 Level 9 Computing

    Gnome Ranger is an abandoned fantasy adventure game, developed and published by Level 9 Computing in 1987 for DOS. Gnome Ranger was designed by Peter Austin who also designed the sequel Gnome Ranger 2: Ingrid's Back.

  • lslarry1-1
    DOS1987NSFW4.3/5 Sierra On-Line

    Leisure Suit Larry: In the Land of the Lounge Lizards is the first adventure of the Leisure Suit Larry series, created by Al Lowe and published by Sierra On-Line. As a virgin male in his forties, your goal is to, well, find the woman of your dreams. In 1991 Sierra released a VGA remake.

  • maniacmansion-1
    DOSLinuxMac1987protected4.2/5 LucasArts

    Maniac Mansion is one of the most famous point and click adventure games developed by Lucasfilm Games and designed by Ron Gilbert (who later created Monkey Island) and Gary Winnick. The story is a blend of old sci-fi and horror B movie. You can choose between many characters, each one with a peculiar ability useful to solve some of the puzzles. Man...

  • nord-and-bert-01
  • spacequest2-4
    DOS1987protected4/5 Sierra On-Line
  • 3stooges-1
    DOS1987freeware3.6/5 Cinemaware
  • dudley-dilemma-04
    DOS19883.1/5
  • fish-01
    DOS19883.8/5 Magnetic Scrolls
  • gnome-ranger-2-02
    DOS19883.8/5 Level 9 Computing
  • larry2-1
  • spyvsspy3-4
    DOS19883.9/5 First Star Software
  • zakmckracken-1
    DOS1988protected4.1/5 LucasArts
  • caveman-ugh-limpics-06
    DOS19894.5/5 Dynamix
  • circus-attraction-04
    DOS19893.9/5 Golden Goblins
  • dragons-lair-1-1
    DOS1989protected3.7/5 Sullivan Bluth Interactive Media
  • ghostb2-1
    DOS19893.8/5 Dynamix

    Ghostbusters 2 is an abandoned action game based on the movie of the same name, set in New York. Ghostbusters 2 was developed by Dynamix and released by Activision in 1989. It's part of a series of games based on the popular Ghostbuster franchise, being the olny one developed for DOS.

  • keef-the-thief-4
  • larry3-2
  • nuclearwar-1
    DOS19894.1/5 New World Computing

    Nuclear War is an abandoned turn-based strategy game designed by Eric Hyman and Jon Van Caneghem. Nuclear War was developed and released by New World Computing in 1989 for Amiga and, later, for DOS, and it's loosely based on a card game of the same name. Nuclear War took a satirical approach to the grim possibility of a global nuclear war and succe...

  • planet-of-lust-04
    DOS1989NSFW4/5 Free Spirit Software
  • road-runner-01
    DOS19894/5 Atari
  • spacequest3-1
    DOSMac1989protected4/5 Sierra On-Line