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Games like Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space

If Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space is your kind of game, the closest matches are Sam & Max Save the World, Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse and Rock 'n' Roll Will Never Die! — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its duos banter is iconic, living cartoon vibe and comedic. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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About Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space: The Freelance Police are back on the crime beat in a newly remastered version of their second episodic season. Zombies will dance. Mariachis will sing. A giant battle robot will trash the streets. And when their friends’ lives are at stake, Sam & Max will risk their very souls to set things right.

2021IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedMetacritic 84Windowsby Skunkape Games
Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space — Steam game cover
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Players who liked Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space also play

Steam players who put hours into Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Sam & Max Save the World

    WHY THIS

    Shares a comedic mood with Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space.

    Top pick for Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space.

    An open-and-shut case of petty vandalism balloons into a far-flung mind-control conspiracy involving former child stars, the media, the mafia, the government, the internet, and the bright side of the moon. Telltale's episodic classic, lovingly remastered by members of the original development team.

    2020IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse

    WHY THIS

    Shares point and click, puzzle solving and a comedic mood with Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space.

    Second-strongest match for Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space.

    The last game in the episodic Sam & Max trilogy, beautifully remastered! As the intergalactic villains who seek the Devil’s Toybox close in and Max’s psychic abilities grow beyond his control, the Freelance Police will come up against their most frightening adversary yet: the power of Max’s mind.

    2024IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Rock 'n' Roll Will Never Die!

    WHY THIS

    Shares point and click and a comedic mood with Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space.

    Third-strongest match for Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space.

    Hair metal's not dead, it just smells funny! Get your denim vest, bandana and makeup, and dive into a point-and-click adventure as a middle-aged teddy bear planning a comeback with his old glam metal band – in a world where glam metal has been dead and buried for decades.

    2022IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Sam & Max: This Time It's Virtual!

    WHY THIS

    Shares puzzle solving and a comedic mood with Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space.

    Ranked #4 for Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space.

    Sam is a dog in a suit. Max is his naked rabbity partner. Together, they’re the Freelance Police. Jump into the not-quite-right world of Sam & Max via the wonder science of virtual reality, and join the multimedia darlings in their never-ending quest to slap the stupid grin off the face of evil.

    2021IndieAdventure29.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. James Peris 2: The fountain of eternal drunkenness

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space.

    The long awaited new adventure by James Peris, after No License, No Control, Much more of everything! A point-and-click adventure with adult humor and a touch of hooliganism. Totally open gameplay and non-linear puzzles.

    2023StrategyIndieAdventure17.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Death Comes Skiing

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space.

    When a retired cross-country ski team meets to celebrate their past victories, the past soon catches up to them. It's up to you to make sense of the slaughter that follows in this comedic point-and-click murder mystery.

    IndieAdventureSteam ↗
  7. Piposh

    WHY THIS

    Shares dialogue driven, point and click and a comedic mood with Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space.

    Ranked #7 for Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space.

    A movie career simulator for the talentless actor שחקן, בדרן ומפעיל בובות אצבע מנסה להתברג לתפקיד ראשי בסרט מד"ב ישראלי עתיר תקציב

    2021IndieAdventureCasual18.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Polda 7

    WHY THIS

    Shares point and click and a comedic mood with Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space.

    Ranked #8 for Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space.

    Polda Pankrác v podání Luďka Soboty se vrací již posedmé. A je to návrat jaksepatří. Záhadná zpráva Temného lorda Vedra a havárie kosmické lodi odstartují kolotoč událostí, které může vyřešit jen náš elitní detektiv Pankrác.

    2022IndieAdventureCasual17.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space at current Steam store prices.

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space.

    The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space.

    UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.

    2015IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space.

    PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space.

    The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space.

    Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space.

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Skunkape Games

Other recommendable Steam games by Skunkape Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Poker Night at the Inventory

    WHY THIS

    Shares a comedic mood with Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space.

    Another title from Skunkape Games, the studio behind Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space.

    Seven years after the Inventory closed its doors, this underground social club has reopened for business. Play No Limit Texas Hold’em with four video game icons in a high-stakes battle of cards, bets, and trash talk.

    2026Casual9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Sam & Max Save the World

    WHY THIS

    Shares a comedic mood with Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space.

    Another title from Skunkape Games, the studio behind Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space.

    An open-and-shut case of petty vandalism balloons into a far-flung mind-control conspiracy involving former child stars, the media, the mafia, the government, the internet, and the bright side of the moon. Telltale's episodic classic, lovingly remastered by members of the original development team.

    2020IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse

    WHY THIS

    Shares point and click, puzzle solving and a comedic mood with Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space.

    Another title from Skunkape Games, the studio behind Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space.

    The last game in the episodic Sam & Max trilogy, beautifully remastered! As the intergalactic villains who seek the Devil’s Toybox close in and Max’s psychic abilities grow beyond his control, the Freelance Police will come up against their most frightening adversary yet: the power of Max’s mind.

    2024IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space

Is Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
How much does Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space cost?
Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space are Sam & Max Save the World, Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse, Rock 'n' Roll Will Never Die!.
Who developed Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space?
Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space was developed by Skunkape Games.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space.

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