10 Best Games Like Sam & Max Hit the Road
Sam and Max, the Freelance Police, are two comic book characters created by Steve Purcell, who act as private detectives and vigilantes. Sam & Max Hit the Road follows the pair on a case that takes them from their office in New York City across the United States. The game starts in a similar way to many of the comic stories, with Sam and Max receiving a telephone call from an unseen and unheard Commissioner, who tells them to go to a nearby carnival.[7] At the carnival, they are told by the owners that their star attraction, a frozen bigfoot called Bruno, has been set free and fled taking their second attraction, Trixie the Giraffe-Necked Girl.[8] Sam and Max set off to find Bruno and Trixie and bring them back. As the duo investigate the carnival, they learn that Bruno and Trixie are in love and that Trixie freed Bruno. The Freelance Police leave the carnival to pursue leads at various tourist traps throughout the country, such as The World's Largest Ball of Twine, a vortex controlled by giant subterranean magnets and bungee jumping facilities at Mount Rushmore.
If you enjoyed playing Sam & Max Hit the Road, here are similar games that offer comparable experiences.
10 Games Like Sam & Max Hit the Road
1. Beyond Good & Evil
Similar shooter genre and science fiction theme.
2. Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
Similar point-and-click genre and fantasy theme.
3. Day of the Tentacle
Similar point-and-click genre and science fiction theme.
4. The Longest Journey
Similar point-and-click genre and fantasy theme.
5. Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
Similar puzzle genre and fantasy theme.
6. Murdered: Soul Suspect
Similar puzzle genre and horror theme.
7. The Talos Principle
Similar puzzle genre and science fiction theme.
8. The Cat Lady
Similar point-and-click genre and theme.
9. The Curse of Monkey Island
Similar point-and-click genre and historical theme.
10. Deponia
Similar point-and-click genre and comedy theme.
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