Games like Sam & Max 101: Culture Shock
If Sam & Max 101: Culture Shock is your kind of game, the closest matches are Sam & Max 103: The Mole, the Mob and the Meatball, Sam & Max 104: Abe Lincoln Must Die! and Sam & Max 201: Ice Station Santa — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its comedic, funny and nostalgic. 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 Sam & Max 101: Culture Shock: Sam & Max: Episode 1 - Culture Shock - The former child stars of the Soda Poppers TV show are wreaking havoc all over the neighborhood! But this is no ordinary tale of child stars gone awry. There's a dark force behind the Poppers' baffling antics.
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Sam & Max 103: The Mole, the Mob and the Meatball
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Top pick for Sam & Max 101: Culture Shock fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Sam & Max 101: Culture Shock.
Sam & Max Episode 3 - The Mole, The Mob, and The Meatball - The commissioner is looking into an underground operation at the Ted E. Bear Mafia-Free Playland and Casino, but the mole he sent in has suddenly gone quiet. To find the mole, Sam & Max must infiltrate the operation and become members of the Toy Mafia themselves.
Sam & Max 104: Abe Lincoln Must Die!
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Second-strongest match for Sam & Max 101: Culture Shock fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Sam & Max 101: Culture Shock.
Sam & Max Episode 4 - Abe Lincoln Must Die - The president's lost it. Federally mandated group hugs, a pudding embargo... what's next, gun control? Sam & Max are off to Washington to take care of this bozo, but the political climate will only get stormier... and a new power will rise...
Sam & Max 201: Ice Station Santa
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Shares a comedic mood with Sam & Max 101: Culture Shock.
Third-strongest match for Sam & Max 101: Culture Shock fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Sam & Max 101: Culture Shock.
He's the most ancient and powerful opponent they've ever faced, a hairy, bloated, pagan God - Santa Claus! With Christmas presents on the attack and carols of gunshots drowning out the bells, Sam & Max must storm the North Pole to bring down a less-than-jolly foe.
Sam & Max Hit the Road
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Shares puzzle solving and a comedic mood with Sam & Max 101: Culture Shock.
Ranked #4 for Sam & Max 101: Culture Shock fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Sam & Max 101: Culture Shock.
Grab your nightstick, squeal like a siren, and Hit the Road with Sam & Max, Freelance Police, as they attempt to crack their toughest case.
The Longest Journey
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Shares puzzle solving with Sam & Max 101: Culture Shock.
Ranked #5 for Sam & Max 101: Culture Shock fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Sam & Max 101: Culture Shock.
The Longest Journey is an amazing graphical adventure, where the player controls the protagonist, April Ryan, on her journey between parallel universes.
The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
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Shares puzzle solving and a nostalgic mood with Sam & Max 101: Culture Shock.
Ranked #6 for Sam & Max 101: Culture Shock fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Sam & Max 101: Culture Shock.
Back by popular demand, The Secret of Monkey Island™: Special Edition faithfully re-imagines the internationally-acclaimed classic game (originally released in 1990) for original and new audiences alike.
Day of the Tentacle Remastered
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Shares a funny mood with Sam & Max 101: Culture Shock.
Ranked #7 for Sam & Max 101: Culture Shock fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Sam & Max 101: Culture Shock.
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.
Monkey Island™ 2 Special Edition: LeChuck’s Revenge™
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Shares a whimsical mood with Sam & Max 101: Culture Shock.
Ranked #8 for Sam & Max 101: Culture Shock fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Sam & Max 101: Culture Shock.
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.
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Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Adventures
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Shares puzzle solving and a comedic mood with Sam & Max 101: Culture Shock.
Reviewers of Sam & Max 101: Culture Shock cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Sam & Max 101: Culture Shock.
Enter the colorful world of West Wallaby Street in a series of four cracking adventures brought to you by Aardman Animations, the creators of the Wallace & Gromit animated films, and award-winning Telltale Games.
Tales of Monkey Island: Complete Season
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Shares puzzle solving and a comedic mood with Sam & Max 101: Culture Shock.
Reviewers of Sam & Max 101: Culture Shock cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Sam & Max 101: Culture Shock.
While explosively stripping the evil pirate LeChuck of his demonic mojo, Guybrush Threepwood inadvertently infects the entire Caribbean with the arch-fiend's expelled voodoo, which threatens to transform buccaneers into unruly pirate monsters.
Sam & Max Hit the Road
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Shares puzzle solving and a comedic mood with Sam & Max 101: Culture Shock.
Reviewers of Sam & Max 101: Culture Shock cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Sam & Max 101: Culture Shock.
Grab your nightstick, squeal like a siren, and Hit the Road with Sam & Max, Freelance Police, as they attempt to crack their toughest case.
The Walking Dead
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Reviewers of Sam & Max 101: Culture Shock cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Sam & Max 101: Culture Shock.
A five-part adventure horror series set in the same universe as Robert Kirkman’s award-winning comic book series.
Return to Monkey Island
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Shares a funny mood with Sam & Max 101: Culture Shock.
Reviewers of Sam & Max 101: Culture Shock cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Sam & Max 101: Culture Shock.
Return to Monkey Island is an unexpected, thrilling return of series creator Ron Gilbert that continues the story of the legendary adventure games.
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Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Sam & Max 101: Culture Shock.
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.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Sam & Max 101: Culture Shock.
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.
STRAFTAT
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Sam & Max 101: Culture Shock.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
Grimm's Hollow
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Sam & Max 101: Culture Shock.
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 Action and Adventure with Sam & Max 101: Culture Shock.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Sam & Max 101: Culture Shock.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
Star Fetchers
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Sam & Max 101: Culture Shock.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Eternal Senia
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Sam & Max 101: Culture Shock.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
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The Walking Dead
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Another title from Telltale Games, the studio behind Sam & Max 101: Culture Shock. Shares Adventure with Sam & Max 101: Culture Shock.
A five-part adventure horror series set in the same universe as Robert Kirkman’s award-winning comic book series.
The Walking Dead: Season Two
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Another title from Telltale Games, the studio behind Sam & Max 101: Culture Shock. Shares Adventure with Sam & Max 101: Culture Shock.
The Walking Dead: Season Two continues the story of Clementine, a young girl orphaned by the undead apocalypse. Left to fend for herself, she has been forced to learn how to survive in a world gone mad.
The Walking Dead: The Final Season
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Another title from Telltale Games, the studio behind Sam & Max 101: Culture Shock. Shares Adventure with Sam & Max 101: Culture Shock.
A secluded school might finally be Clementine’s chance for a home, but protecting it will mean sacrifice.
The Walking Dead: A New Frontier
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Another title from Telltale Games, the studio behind Sam & Max 101: Culture Shock. Shares Adventure with Sam & Max 101: Culture Shock.
After society was ripped apart by undead hands, pockets of civilization emerge from the chaos. But at what cost? Can the living be trusted on this new frontier?
Tales from the Borderlands
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Shares a funny mood with Sam & Max 101: Culture Shock.
Another title from Telltale Games, the studio behind Sam & Max 101: Culture Shock. Shares Adventure with Sam & Max 101: Culture Shock.
Tales from the Borderlands is a five-part episodic game set on the unforgiving world of Pandora between the events of Borderlands 2 and Borderlands 3. This is a story full of Borderlands' trademark humor, following two adventurers on their quest for greatness.
Game of Thrones - A Telltale Games Series
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Another title from Telltale Games, the studio behind Sam & Max 101: Culture Shock. Shares Adventure with Sam & Max 101: Culture Shock.
Game of Thrones - A Telltale Games Series is a six part episodic game series set in the world of HBO's groundbreaking TV show. This new story tells of House Forrester, a noble family from the north of Westeros, loyal to the Starks of Winterfell.
Minecraft: Story Mode - A Telltale Games Series
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Shares a nostalgic mood with Sam & Max 101: Culture Shock.
Another title from Telltale Games, the studio behind Sam & Max 101: Culture Shock. Shares Adventure with Sam & Max 101: Culture Shock.
Episode 1 is now FREE - for a limited time! In Minecraft: Story Mode, playing as either a male or female hero named 'Jesse,' you’ll embark on a perilous adventure across the Overworld, through the Nether, to the End, and beyond.
Poker Night at the Inventory (2010 Original Version)
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Shares a comedic mood with Sam & Max 101: Culture Shock.
Another title from Telltale Games, the studio behind Sam & Max 101: Culture Shock.
Prepare for a different kind of poker night in a very different kind of club and play against familiar faces!
Frequently asked about Sam & Max 101: Culture Shock
- Does Sam & Max 101: Culture Shock run on Steam Deck?
- Sam & Max 101: Culture Shock is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- What games are most similar to Sam & Max 101: Culture Shock?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Sam & Max 101: Culture Shock are Sam & Max 103: The Mole, the Mob and the Meatball, Sam & Max 104: Abe Lincoln Must Die!, Sam & Max 201: Ice Station Santa.
- Who developed Sam & Max 101: Culture Shock?
- Sam & Max 101: Culture Shock was developed by Telltale Games and published by Skunkape Games.
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