Even games that are scary can make you laugh.
Funny and scary go together like peanut butter and chocolate. At first, it might not seem like these two things go together. In reality, the two things work well together. There are different kinds of comedy and horror game that mix the two, such as parody, black comedy, and spoof. Black comedy is funny because jokes and funny situations happen in a sad setting. Spoofs and parodies use horror tropes to make them funny.
Over the years, video game designers have made some really unique games that mix horror game and comedy. There are both small independent games and big-name AAA games here. If you like to laugh out loud in between jumping at scary sights and surprises, these are the best comedy horror games you can find.
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Maniac Mansion
Maniac Mansion was one of the most important adventure games ever made. It was one of the first point-and-click games made by LucasArts, which went on to change the way adventure games were made. The game is about a guy named Dave, whose girlfriend is taken by Doctor Edison and locked up in the Edison mansion. At the start of the game, you choose two friends to go with Dave to the mansion. This was a new idea at the time.
It makes fun of horror movies in which a crazy professor kidnaps a young heroine. The game also has strange and funny horror tropes like man-eating plants and tentacles that look like people. When a bad guy controlled by AI comes to take Dave or one of his friends, you’re sure to jump.
Catherine: Full Body
Catherine is an odd game that combines puzzles, a love story, and bad dreams. This one-of-a-kind game came out in 2011, but you’ll have to wait for the re-release called Full Body to play Catherine. There are online options, a new way to play, and even a new character in the remake.
The story of Vincent Brook takes place over a week. Vincent has a stable life and is in a boring relationship with Katherine, the girl he liked in high school. The game’s story can go in different directions depending on how you want Vincent to grow. In Catherine, the main plot is about love and cheating, and there are some funny parts, but there is also a second plot about the scary and violent deaths of several young men.
Lollipop Chainsaw
Even though Lollipop Chainsaw isn’t a perfect game, it has a lot of things that people like. The game’s plot is like a grindhouse, but it has some tongue-in-cheek humor and a bright, shiny finish. You play as Juliet Starling, who kills hordes of zombies with her chainsaw. Even though there are a lot of zombies to fight, the game has a “money shot” where you can freeze a shot of the main character’s skirt or shirt while they are fighting.
Nick, who is in love with Juliet, says most of the funny lines. Juliet is a blonde cheerleader, but Nick is a student who can’t wait. Some of the weapons in this funny game are unique and easy to remember, like Nick’s head on a leash.
Harvester
Harvest is a point-and-click game that came out in 1996 and has a cult following. It has both violent and strangely funny parts. There are also strange characters and some strange violence in the game.
You play as a boy who is 18 years old and wakes up to find that he has lost his memory. The boy then figures out that it is 1953 and that he is stuck in the small suburb of Harvest. All of the people who live in Harvest are interested in “The Lodge,” a big building that is thought to hold true knowledge.
Zombies Ate My Neighbors
Have you ever wanted to watch a low-budget movie? Then this game is for you. It has silly monsters like zombies and babies that are 20 feet tall. The plot of Zombies Ate My Neighbors is like a B-movie, but it has a lot of funny spoofs added to it. In every level, you have to get to your neighbors before the monsters do. One of the most silly things is that one of your main weapons is a squirt gun filled with holy water.
You can also get strange weapons like exploding soda cans, rotten tomatoes, and a weed-whacker. Another thing I really like about the game is that it has the bright colors and crazy music of B-movies. Even though the game came out more than 20 years ago, it’s still a lot of fun. It mixes the horror of 1950s B-movies with comedy in the form of a spoof.
Blue Stinger
Blue Stinger is a survival horror game that people often forget about. It has some strange elements, like fairies, zombies, and a place called Dinosaur Island. The game is strange to play because it has a strange tone and strange parts. At Christmas 2017, a meteor crashes on Dinosaur Island and changes everything. You play as Eliot and his friends as they go to the comet crash site to find out what happened. During this journey, a space fairy gives Eliot false memories.
Many of the game’s locations, like islands and piers, are near water. The game tries to have a horror-comedy feel, so the water is never used in a scary way.
CarnEvil
CarnEvil is what you get when you mix dark comedy, a carnival, and an arcade light gun game. The game stood out among other arcade games like NFL Blitz at the time. There are many scary things in the game, like ghouls and scary, empty places. You can finish the haunted house, rickety town, and freak show levels of the game in any order you want.
During the game, you fight zombies and try not to shoot innocent people. The stupid story of the game is about a teenager who puts a gold token in the mouth of a head without a body and brings an evil carnival to life. There are also funny parts in the game. Most of CarnEvil’s humor comes from spoofs on the genre and strange images.
Shadows Of The Damned
Shadows of the Damned is one of the strangest games to come out in the 2010s. It has a strange story and weird graphics. The game also has a lot to do, with lots of side missions and a soundtrack that gets stuck in your head. When the girlfriend of the main character kills herself, the Lord of Hell takes the woman as her own. This makes the main character go to hell to get his girlfriend back.
Shadow of the Damned is like Citizen Kane for people who like bathroom jokes. You fight zombies in the game, but it’s also full of jokes and genital humor. The style of the game comes from both arcade shooters and open-world games played from a third-person perspective. You use Johnson, which looks like a cross between a demon and a Swiss army knife (this is the first of many jokes).
House Of The Dead: Overkill
Overkill is a weird Wii game for more than one reason. The game is somewhere between scary and funny. The game is also the first time that House of the Dead wasn’t linked to an arcade horror game, and it’s the only one in the series that wasn’t made by the original team.
The front of the interface is fun, with posters, character cutouts, and film scratches. Most of the funny parts of the game come from how over the top it is. The dialogue walks the fine line between being for adults and not using swear words too much.
Discworld Noir
The third horror game based on Terry Pratchett’s Discworld books is called Discworld Noir. In this horror game, you play as Lewton, the first private eye in the universe. A woman named Carlotta comes to see Lewton. She wants him to find a man named Mundy. Carlotta tells Lewton that he will get a lot of money if he can find Mundy. Lewton also gets involved in other cases along the way.
Slope Game is played by getting clues from other people. The mood of the game is dark and ominous, and at times it gets really scary. However, there are also many funny slapstick moments. The game takes place in a city called Ankh-Morpork. It often rains and is very dark. The horror in Discworld Noir comes from Eldritch Abominations by H.P. Lovecraft and other “cosmic” horror game stories.
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