Best Video Games for humor

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Best for humor

TOEM 2

4.8 attribute score

Highest scored product for this attribute based on supporting review evidence.

Safest pick

Star Wars: Galactic Racer

4.7 attribute score

Balances the attribute score, supporting reviews, and overall product strength.

Most evidence

Retrospace

12 supporting reviews

Has the broadest review evidence for this attribute.

Best overall product

Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound

4.4 overall score

Strongest overall product among items with scored evidence for this attribute.

#1 TOEM 2
4.8

Cute jokes, absurd requests, oddball NPCs, and visual gags give the adventure a steady stream of gentle laughs. The humor stays warm and playful rather than disruptive.

Pros: game length, gameplay mechanics

Cons: innovation, difficulty balance

#2 Transport Fever 3
4.8

The campaign uses quirky characters and light humor to keep its historical scenarios from feeling dry. The levity is a welcome complement to the otherwise systems-heavy management experience.

Pros: user interface design, gameplay mechanics

Cons: learning curve, tutorial quality

#3 Star Wars: Galactic Racer
4.7

Comic rivals, distinctive voices, and absurd racing mishaps give the league welcome levity. Hibi and the scrap dealers are particular highlights for players who enjoy that sillier side of Star...

Pros: fun factor, overall quality

Cons: difficulty balance, pacing

#4 Dungeons of Hinterberg
4.5

The optimistic, silly tone adds warmth, while the restrained humor avoids mean-spirited jokes or trying too hard to seem cool.

Pros: puzzle design, social features

Cons: enemy variety, polish

#5 Metro Redux
4.5

The survivors’ dry, flinty humor gives them humanity despite the grim setting. Small jokes suggest people finding reasons to keep going.

Pros: graphics quality, overall quality

Cons: AI behavior, pacing

#6 Nivalis Nights
4.3

Satire, strange residents, crude jokes, and odd little details add levity to the dystopia. Humor often makes bleak conversations or mundane systems more memorable.

Pros: overall quality, shopkeeping system

Cons: performance optimization, pacing

#7 SiN: Reloaded
4.1

The humor is intentionally corny, crude, and very 1990s. It lands as charmingly ridiculous for many players, but repetition and dated jokes make it strongly taste-dependent.

Pros: remake/remaster quality, overall quality

Cons: level design, map and navigation design

#8 Clive Barker’s Hellraiser: Revival
4.1

Zora’s sarcasm and quick one-liners provide welcome personality amid the horror. Her humor also reinforces her unusual, unsettling presence.

Pros: faithfulness to franchise, narrative quality

Cons: combat system, boss design

#9 BALL x PIT
4.0

Ball puns and eccentric character or city names supply light humor throughout the experience. Self-playing characters can also be amusing, even when their practical appeal is less clear.

Pros: fun factor, upgrade system

Cons: user interface design, grind level

#10 Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound
4.0

The duo's light banter and an amusing jet-ski moment give the action personality. The humor adds warmth without needing to dominate the adventure.

Pros: overall quality, difficulty balance

Cons: frame rate stability, performance optimization

#11 Gears of War: E-Day
4.0

Marcus’ dry one-liners and the series’ rough banter provide welcome relief between grim story beats, though not every joke lands equally well.

Pros: combat system, graphics quality

Cons: exploration quality, mission design

#12 Mega Man X: Command Mission
4.0

Chief R's surprised response to being rescued provides an amusing character moment amid the serious rebellion story.

Pros: combat system, overall quality

Cons: fun factor, narrative quality

#13 Order of the Sinking Star
4.0

Natural banter brings welcome levity to otherwise tense situations, though its frequency can be excessive in the northern region.

Pros: overall quality, puzzle design

Cons: narrative quality, difficulty balance

#14 Retrospace
3.7

Dark jokes, absurd mutations, and slapstick accidents are delightful for many players. Others find the scripted satire cloying or unfunny, making tolerance for camp a significant part of the appeal.

Pros: overall quality, art direction

Cons: map and navigation design, difficulty balance

#15 Slitterhead
3.7

Absurd story turns and limb-loss moments can be amusing, adding an eccentric streak to the grim presentation.

Pros: gameplay mechanics, originality

Cons: overall quality, combat system

#16 Sniper Elite: Resistance
3.3

Absurd combat outcomes provide dark amusement. Harry’s cheeky lines are less successful when his delivery becomes repetitive or grating.

Pros: overall quality, level design

Cons: innovation, mission design

#17 Qliphah in Providence’s Shadow
1.0

Attempts at humor do not consistently land, with at least one source finding the jokes flat.

Pros: combat system, originality

Cons: overall quality, narrative quality