Games like Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders
If Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders is your kind of game, the closest matches are Maniac Mansion, LOOM™ and Sam & Max Hit the Road — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its control multiple characters simultaneously, early narrative driven design and challenging. 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.
Get personalized picks →About Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders: Space Aliens have built a stupidity machine that's slowly reducing everyone's IQ to single digits. Worse yet, the only person who can stop them is Zak McKracken, reporter for the disreputable National Inquisitor, who dreams up stories about carnivorous cantaloupes and vegetarian vampires.
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Maniac Mansion
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Shares a mysterious mood with Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders.
Top pick for Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders.
Quick, Dr. Fred's Kidnapped Sandy and he's about to start the experiment...
LOOM™
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Shares a mysterious mood with Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders.
Second-strongest match for Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders.
Long after the passing of the Second Shadow, when dragons ruled the twilight sky and the stars were bright and numerous, came the Age of the Great Guilds. Blacksmiths. Shepherds. Clerics. Each dedicated to the absolute control of secret knowledge. Another such Guild was the Weavers.
Sam & Max Hit the Road
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Third-strongest match for Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders.
Grab your nightstick, squeal like a siren, and Hit the Road with Sam & Max, Freelance Police, as they attempt to crack their toughest case.
Monkey Island™ 2 Special Edition: LeChuck’s Revenge™
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Ranked #4 for Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders.
Wannabe pirate Guybrush Threepwood, and the now zombie pirate LeChuck, return in what has long been considered one of the greatest LucasArts adventure games of all time.
Day of the Tentacle Remastered
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Ranked #5 for Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders.
Originally released by LucasArts in 1993 as a sequel to Ron Gilbert’s ground breaking Maniac Mansion, Day of the Tentacle is back in a remastered edition that features all new hand-drawn, high resolution artwork, with remastered audio, music and sound effects.
Space Quest™ Collection
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Shares a retro mood with Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders.
Ranked #6 for Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders.
Experience a blast from the past with the complete, completely twisted Space Quest Collection.
The Book of Unwritten Tales
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Ranked #7 for Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders.
In a world torn by war, the aged gremlin archaeologist Mortimer MacGuffin harbors the dark secret of a powerful artifact.
Edna & Harvey: Harvey's New Eyes
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Ranked #8 for Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders.
From the creators of the award winning games “The Whispered World” and “Deponia” comes this extraordinary game Edna & Harvey: Harvey's New Eyes.
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Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~83% under Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
The Test
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Priced ~67% under Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~75% under Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
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Priced ~83% under Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Sally Face - Episode One
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Priced ~50% under Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders.
Delve into a dark adventure following the boy with a prosthetic face and a tragic past. Unravel the sinister mysteries of Sally's world to find the truth that lies hidden beneath the shadows.
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
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Priced ~67% under Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Downwell
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Priced ~50% under Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders.
Downwell is a curious game about a young person venturing down a well in search of untold treasures with only his Gunboots to protect him.
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ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Grimm's Hollow
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
The Expendabros
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Star Fetchers
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
There Is No Game: Jam Edition 2015
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders.
A little game that’s not a game, winner of an old game jam that nobody’s ever heard of. So DON'T INSTALL IT!
Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders.
USSR, 1986. A girl goes missing in the closed city of Vorkuta-5, yet not a soul seems to be concerned. Uncover the mystery behind her disappearance and transmit your signal to the universe.
Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 Onikakushi
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders.
Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.
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Frequently asked about Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders
- Does Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders run on Steam Deck?
- Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders cost?
- Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders is listed on Steam at 5.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders are Maniac Mansion, LOOM™, Sam & Max Hit the Road.
- Who developed Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders?
- Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders was developed by Lucasfilm Games and published by Lucasfilm, Disney.
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