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01 Tiny Thief Cover

2013 · Android, Mac, PC

Tiny Thief

97%

In a world of greed, corruption and injustice, one little guy decides to stand up for the little guy! Say hello to Tiny Thief, an unconventional hero who uses cunning and trickery to out-smart his opponents across six epic medieval adventures. But beware! He f...

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Adventure Genre Indie Genre Point-and-click Genre Comedy Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

02 The Secret Monster Society: Chapter 1 - Monsters, Fires and Forbidden Forests Cover

A classic point-and-click comedy adventure game, set in a unique world of monsters and creatures. Embark on an epic adventure across land and sea, using time travel to stop an evil genius from destroying the world. Inspired by Saturday morning cartoons.

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Adventure Genre Indie Genre Point-and-click Genre Comedy Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective
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03 Duke Grabowski: Mighty Swashbuckler Cover

2016 · Linux, Mac, PC

Duke Grabowski: Mighty Swashbuckler

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Duke Grabowski: Mighty Swashbuckler is a classic point-and-click adventure, created with love by an indie team that includes LucasArts alumni, Bill Tiller (The Curse of Monkey Island, Steven Spielberg's The Dig, Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine). Play as...

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Adventure Genre Indie Genre Point-and-click Genre Comedy Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective
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04 Justin Wack and the Big Time Hack Cover

2022 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Justin Wack and the Big Time Hack

97%

An adventure about characters out of their element, love gone awry, and agents sniffing around for unauthorized time travelers…

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97% Starker DNA-Match
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Adventure Genre Indie Genre Point-and-click Genre Comedy Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

05 Pizza Spy Cover

Year unknown · PC

Pizza Spy

97%

The secret agent "Ace" represents the latest generation of spies: armed with improbable Pizza Gadgets, he will have to travel the world to thwart a global gastronomic threat. Test your skills in this action-comedy adventure game by the makers of “Detective Gal...

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97% Starker DNA-Match
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Adventure Genre Indie Genre Point-and-click Genre Comedy Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

06 The Inner World: The Last Wind Monk Cover

2017 · Linux, Mac, Switch

The Inner World: The Last Wind Monk

94%

The flute nose dynasty has been watching over Asposia for centuries on end. In secret, they fill the roly-poly world with light and life. Emil, a trader for odds and ends, has led all the Asposians astray, making them believe that the dynasty is in cahoots wit...

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Adventure Genre Indie Genre Point-and-click Genre Comedy Theme Single player Mode
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

07 The Will of Arthur Flabbington Cover

2023 · Linux, Mac, PC

The Will of Arthur Flabbington

82%

A comedy point-and-click adventure game about a dead uncle, a hidden treasure, a reluctant ghost sidekick, old people and pizza.

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Adventure Genre Indie Genre Point-and-click Genre Comedy Theme Single player Mode
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08 Return of the Tentacle Cover

2018 · Linux, Mac, PC

Return of the Tentacle

76%

Return of the Tentacle: Prologue is a fan-made sequel to the classic LucasArts point and click adventure game Day of the Tentacle. The game takes place two years after the original. Purple Tentacle is back and again tries to conquer the world and enslave human...

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Adventure Genre Indie Genre Point-and-click Genre Comedy Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective
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09 The Order of the Thorne: The King's Challenge Cover

Be a Bard! The challenge awaits!! Join Finn the bard as he undertakes "The King's Challenge" and see if he has what it takes to not only survive, but to write the greatest song in all of the land of Uir!

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76% Sehr nah dran
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Adventure Genre Indie Genre Point-and-click Genre Single player Mode
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

10 Lil' Guardsman Cover

2024 · Mac, Switch, PC

Lil' Guardsman

74%

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.

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74% Sehr nah dran
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Adventure Genre Indie Genre Point-and-click Genre Comedy Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective
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11 Deponia Doomsday Cover

2016 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Deponia Doomsday

62%

One fateful night, Rufus awakes from a haunting nightmare: he sacrificed himself to save Deponia. But at what price? Elysium, the floating city crash-landed on the planet. As the last surviving Deponian, he fought savage fewlocks, but in the end, there was onl...

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Adventure Genre Indie Genre Point-and-click Genre Comedy Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective
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12 Samorost 3 Cover

2016 · Android, Mac, PC

Samorost 3

60%

Samorost 3 is an exploration adventure and puzzle game from the award-winning creators of Machinarium and Botanicula. Travel across space to nine unique worlds teeming with colorful challenges, creatures and surprises to discover, brought to life with beautifu...

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60% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Indie Genre Point-and-click Genre Comedy Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective
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13 The Blackwell Legacy Cover

2006 · Android, Linux, Mac

The Blackwell Legacy

60%

When Rosa Blackwell's only relative dies after twenty years in a coma, she thinks the worst is over. This all changes when Joey Mallone, a sardonic ghost from the 1930s, blows into her life and tells her that she is a medium. Whether they like it or not, it is...

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Adventure Genre Indie Genre Point-and-click Genre Comedy Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

14 Day of the Tentacle Cover

1993 · Amiga, DOS, Mac

Day of the Tentacle

56%

Day of the Tentacle, also known as Maniac Mansion II: Day of the Tentacle, is a 1993 graphic adventure game developed and published by LucasArts. It is the sequel to the 1987 game Maniac Mansion. The game's plot follows Bernard Bernoulli and his friends Hoagie...

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Adventure Genre Point-and-click Genre Comedy Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective
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15 Shovel Knight Cover

2014 · Linux, Mac, 3DS

Shovel Knight

51%

Shovel Knight is a sweeping classic action adventure game with awesome gameplay, memorable characters, and an 8-bit retro aesthetic. It's a hot mashup of new and old! You play as the eponymous Shovel Knight, a small knight with a huge quest. Shovel Knight has...

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51% Mutiger Treffer
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Adventure Genre Indie Genre Comedy Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

16 Gato Roboto Cover

2019 · Switch, PC, XONE

Gato Roboto

51%

Pounce inside of your cozy armored mech and set off on a dangerous trek through an alien underworld full of irritable creatures and treacherous obstacles in a valiant effort to save your stranded captain and his crashed spaceship. Tiptoe outside the friendly...

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51% Mutiger Treffer
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Adventure Genre Indie Genre Comedy Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

17 Super Meat Boy Cover

2010 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Super Meat Boy

50%

Super Meat Boy is a platform game in which players control Meat Boy, a small, dark red, cube-shaped character who must rescue his girlfriend Bandage Girl from the scientist Dr. Fetus. The game is divided into chapters containing over 300 levels, each requiring...

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50% Mutiger Treffer
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Adventure Genre Indie Genre Comedy Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

18 Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge Cover

1991 · Amiga, DOS, Mac

Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge

50%

Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge is a point-and-click graphic adventure and the second entry in the Monkey Island series. Players guide the pirate Guybrush Threepwood through a comedic Caribbean setting, using a verb-based command interface and an inventory...

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50% Mutiger Treffer
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Adventure Genre Point-and-click Genre Comedy Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

19 The Secret of Monkey Island Cover

1990 · Amiga, Atari-ST, DOS

The Secret of Monkey Island

50%

I cursed my luck again as I slid down the monkey's throat. Have my dreams of guzzling grog and plundering galleons been reduced to this? "Three small trials and you're a pirate like us," they said. Fair enough. If only I could stomach the foul brew these scurv...

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50% Mutiger Treffer
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Adventure Genre Point-and-click Genre Comedy Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

20 Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis Cover

1992 · Amiga, DOS, Linux

Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis

50%

A point-and-click adventure game by LucasArts originally released in 1992. Almost a year later, it was reissued on CD-ROM as an enhanced "talkie" edition with full voice acting and digitized sound effects. In 2009, this version was also released as an unlockab...

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Adventure Genre Point-and-click Genre Comedy Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective
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