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Games like The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

1984PC

24 games that share what The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy does well: puzzles, funny and sci-fi. Each one shows critic and player scores, how long it takes to beat, and the cheapest way to play it today.

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24 picks · prices checked daily

Planetfall
1983PC
Funny, sci-fi
Critics
unknown
Players
unknown
To beat
~12h
IGDB
No price yet
Full Throttle
1995PC
Funny, sci-fi
Critics
unknown
Players
83%
IGDB
To beat
unknown
No price yet
Seaman
1999PC
Funny, puzzles
Critics
unknown
Players
80%
IGDB
To beat
unknown
No price yet
Multiplayer
Duke Nukem 3D
1996PC
Funny, sci-fi
Critics
unknown
Players
82%
IGDB
To beat
~9h
IGDB
No price yet
Subsurface Circular
2017PC · Switch · iOS
Sci-fi, text
Critics
83
Metacritic
Players
94%
Steam
To beat
~2h
IGDB
$2.99~~was $5.99~~−50%
Best PC price · Steam · $1.50/hr
Looking for Aliens
2021PC · PS · Xbox · Switch · iOS · Android
Funny, sci-fi
Critics
unknown
Players
95%
Steam
To beat
unknown
$3.99~~was $7.99~~−50%
Best PC price · Steam
Broken Reality
2018PC · Switch
Funny, sci-fi
Critics
unknown
Players
92%
Steam
To beat
unknown
$3.74~~was $14.99~~−75%
Best PC price · Steam
Aperture Desk Job
2022PC
Funny, sci-fi
Critics
unknown
Players
94%
Steam
To beat
~1h
IGDB
Free
Free to play
Grim Fandango
1998PC
Funny, puzzles
Critics
unknown
Players
86%
IGDB
To beat
unknown
No price yet
Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
2010PC
Sci-fi, puzzles
Critics
82
IGDB
Players
80%
IGDB
To beat
~9h
IGDB
No price yet
Multiplayer
LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
2022PC · PS · Xbox · Switch
Funny, sci-fi
Critics
78
Metacritic
Players
90%
Steam
To beat
~52h
IGDB
$6.44~~was $49.99~~−87%
Best PC price · GameBillet · $0.13/hr
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The Fish Fillets 2
2007PC
Funny, sci-fi
Critics
unknown
Players
96%
Steam
To beat
unknown
$0.99~~was $4.99~~−80%
Best PC price · Steam
The Looker
2022PC
Funny, puzzles
Critics
unknown
Players
97%
Steam
To beat
~1h
IGDB
Free
Free to play
Lab Rat
2025PC · Xbox
Funny, sci-fi
Critics
unknown
Players
97%
Steam
To beat
unknown
$12.99~~was $19.99~~Historical low
Best PC price · Steam
Stories Untold
2017PC · PS · Xbox · Switch
Sci-fi, text
Critics
81
Metacritic
Players
86%
Steam
To beat
~3h
IGDB
$0.93~~was $9.24~~−90%
Best PC price · GamesPlanet UK · $0.31/hr
Plug & Play
2015PC · iOS · Android
Funny, puzzles
Critics
unknown
Players
85%
Steam
To beat
~1h
IGDB
$2.67~~was $3.99~~−33%
Best PC price · Steam · $2.67/hr
Space Quest: The Sarien Encounter
1986PC
Funny, sci-fi
Critics
unknown
Players
76%
IGDB
To beat
unknown
No price yet
Cocoon
2023PC · PS · Xbox · Switch
Sci-fi, puzzles
Critics
88
Metacritic
Players
94%
Steam
To beat
~6h
IGDB
$7.91~~was $24.99~~−68%
Best PC price · GameBillet · $1.44/hr
Tales from the Borderlands
2014PC · PS · Xbox · Switch · iOS · Android
Funny, sci-fi
Critics
88
IGDB
Players
93%
Steam
To beat
~12h
IGDB
$14.99~~was $19.99~~−25%
Best PC price · Steam · $1.25/hr
Psychonauts in the Rhombus of Ruin
2017PC
Funny, sci-fi
Critics
77
IGDB
Players
86%
Steam
To beat
unknown
$3.99~~was $19.99~~−80%
Best PC price · Steam
Jazzpunk
2014PC
Funny, puzzles
Critics
75
Metacritic
Players
94%
Steam
To beat
~3h
IGDB
$3.74~~was $14.99~~−75%
Best PC price · Steam · $1.25/hr
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
2017Switch
Sci-fi, puzzles
Critics
98
IGDB
Players
92%
IGDB
To beat
~92h
IGDB
See priceon Nintendo eShop
Not Tonight
2018PC · PS · Xbox · Switch
Funny, sci-fi
Critics
71
Metacritic
Players
84%
Steam
To beat
unknown
$2.99~~was $19.99~~Historical low
Best PC price · Steam
Tales from Space: Mutant Blobs Attack
2012PC · Switch
Funny, sci-fi
Critics
83
Metacritic
Players
94%
Steam
To beat
unknown
$2.49~~was $9.99~~−75%
Best PC price · Steam