10 Games with a sci-fi setting like Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse that you should try

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We filtered the 43 games similar to Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse down to the 10 that fit the “Sci-Fi” category. The Talos Principle, Syberia II and Myst top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse.

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The best games with a sci-fi setting like Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse

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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse. Each one has been evaluated across 9 real attributes — from combat style and progression mechanics to world structure and visual perspective — so every recommendation is based on how the game actually plays, not just its genre label.

#1The Talos PrincipleClosest overall match

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GenrePuzzleSubgenreLogic Puzzle

SoloNarrativeSci-FiExplorationThird Person

Steam👍 95%· 33KIGDB87· 12OC87· 58

Year 2014Dev Croteam · Devolver DigitalOn PS4 · Linux · Android

✓ Like Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse, it's known for puzzle design, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus

≠ Stands apart with punishing difficulty and visual first person, while skipping setting cartoon

Where it drifts furthest from Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse: visuals and setting.

It predates Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse by 10 years, with what that implies technically.

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Steam Epic Xbox

#2Syberia IIClosest on tone

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GenrePuzzleSubgenreLogic Puzzle

SoloNarrativeSci-FiThird Person

Steam👍 86%· 3.0K

Year 2004Dev Microïds Canada · 1C CompanyOn PC · PlayStation 3 · Linux

✓ Nearly identical: puzzle design, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus.

≠ Missing: setting cartoon.

Where it drifts furthest from Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse: setting.

It predates Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse by 20 years, with what that implies technically.

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#3Myst

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GenrePuzzleSubgenreLogic Puzzle

SoloNarrativeSci-FiExplorationFantasy

IGDB55· 4OC75· 16

Year 1993Dev Cyan Worlds · Acclaim EntertainmentOn PC · PlayStation 3 · Mac

✓ If you enjoyed Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse, expect puzzle design, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus

≠ Stands apart with fantasy world and visual first person, while skipping setting cartoon

Where it drifts furthest from Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse: visuals and setting.

It predates Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse by 31 years, with what that implies technically.

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#4Back to the Future: The Game

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GenrePuzzleSubgenreLogic Puzzle

SoloNarrativeSci-FiThird PersonFantasy

Steam👍 88%· 2.3KIGDB68· 3

Year 2010Dev Telltale GamesOn PlayStation 3 · PS4 · PC

✓ Shared with Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse: puzzle design, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus

≠ Its own twist: fantasy world and historical setting, while skipping setting cartoon

Where it drifts furthest from Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse: setting.

It predates Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse by 14 years, with what that implies technically.

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#5Sam & Max Hit the Road

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GenrePuzzleSubgenreLogic Puzzle

SoloNarrativeSci-Fi2DPixel Art

Steam👍 95%· 1.0KRAWG👍 88%· 85IGDB83· 3

Year 1993Dev Lucasfilm · Disney InteractivePlaytime ~1hOn PC · Apple Macintosh · Linux

✓ Shared with Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse: puzzle design, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus

≠ Its own twist: visual 2d and visual pixel, while skipping setting cartoon

Grab your nightstick, squeal like a siren, and Hit the Road with Sam & Max, Freelance Police, as they attempt to crack their toughest case.

Where it drifts furthest from Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse: visuals and setting.

It predates Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse by 31 years, with what that implies technically.

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Steam GOG

#6Deponia

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GenrePuzzleSubgenreLogic Puzzle

SoloNarrativeSci-Fi2D

Steam👍 87%· 14KRAWG👍 76%· 727MC74IGDB78· 2

Year 2012Dev Daedalic EntertainmentPlaytime ~4hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Like Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse, it's known for puzzle design, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus

≠ Stands apart with visual 2d, while skipping setting cartoon

Quest, very close to the original canon of the genre. The game has a minimum of hints, and puzzle solving is often very unobvious. The plot of the game moves forward with the actions of the main character - Rufus, who lives on the planet of Deponia, long ago turned into a dump.

Where it drifts furthest from Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse: visuals and setting.

It predates Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse by 12 years, with what that implies technically.

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GenrePuzzleSubgenreLogic Puzzle

SoloNarrativeSci-FiSpaceFirst Person

Steam👍 88%· 8.0KIGDB76· 8OC78· 55

Year 2016Dev Bulkhead · Square Enix EuropeOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

✓ Like Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse, it's known for puzzle design, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus

≠ Its own twist: setting space and visual first person, while skipping setting cartoon

Where it drifts furthest from Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse: visuals and setting.

It predates Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse by 8 years, with what that implies technically.

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GenrePuzzleSubgenreLogic Puzzle

SoloSci-FiPost-Apocalyptic2D

IGDB87· 1

Year 1995Dev LucasArtsOn PC · Mac

✓ If you enjoyed Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse, expect puzzle design, adventure storytelling and setting scifi

≠ Where it differs: brings post-apocalyptic world and visual 2d, while skipping strong narrative focus

Where it drifts furthest from Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse: visuals and setting.

It predates Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse by 29 years, with what that implies technically.

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#9Day of the Tentacle

GenrePuzzleSubgenreLogic Puzzle

SoloSci-FiRangedFantasyHistorical

Year 1993Dev LucasArtsOn Mac

✓ Like Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse, it's known for puzzle design, adventure storytelling and setting scifi

≠ Where it differs: brings ranged combat, fantasy world and historical setting, while skipping strong narrative focus

Where it drifts furthest from Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse: visuals and setting.

It predates Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse by 31 years, with what that implies technically.

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#10RoboBlitz

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GenrePuzzleSubgenreLogic Puzzle

SoloSci-FiMeleeProcedural

Steam👍 78%· 94RAWG👍 26%· 22MC80IGDB70· 2

Year 2006Dev Naked Sky Entertainment · Microsoft StudiosPlaytime ~1hOn PC · Xbox

✓ If you enjoyed Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse, expect puzzle design, setting scifi and single-player focus

≠ Where it differs: brings procedural generation and melee combat, while skipping adventure storytelling

RoboBlitz™ is a humorous, physics-based action game full of inventive gizmos, weapons, characters, and environments. Players take on the role of Blitz, a multi-talented robot who must activate an aging Space Cannon to save his world from a band of maladjusted space pirates.

Where it drifts furthest from Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse: setting.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse.

It predates Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse by 18 years, with what that implies technically.

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