The Best Comedy Games for Xbox Series X

Update : Outbreak: Shades of Horror Chromatic Split added at rank #24.
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Backfirewall (2023)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows Playstation 4 Playstation 5 Xbox One Xbox Series X

Hello and welcome to Backfirewall_, a first-person tragicomic adventure set inside a smartphone. You are the update assistant. Solve wacky puzzles to counter the update and save the previous operating system from deletion. The fate of the System is in your hands!


  • comedy
  • puzzle
  • narration
  • first-person
  • adventure
  • exploration
  • british
  • funny
  • narrative
  • story
  • endings
  • must-buy
  • platform-lite
  • casual

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Lil' Guardsman (2024)

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Mac OS Xbox Series X Xbox One Playstation 5 Playstation 4 PC Windows Nintendo Switch j

In 'Lil Guardsman', you, as a 12-year-old Lil, hold the keys to the city's fate. Interrogate a colorful cast from a fantasy world, making critical choices to shape its future. Upgrade your toolkit, navigate royal politics, and maybe even rewind time. Every decision counts. Are you ready to balance justice and strategy in this heartwarming, humorous adventure?


What we like:
  • Engaging narrative and dialogue
  • Blend of adventure and detective gameplay
  • Time rewind feature for exploring outcomes
  • High replayability with varied gameplay sections
  • Impressive voice acting and art style
What could be improved:
  • Some gameplay choices feel insignificant
  • Pacing can be inconsistent

  • comedy
  • point-and-click
  • fantasy
  • political
  • funny
  • conversation
  • multiple-endings
  • adventure
  • family-friendly
  • colourful
  • choices
  • hand-drawn
  • linear
  • narrative
  • cute

3

The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark (2021)

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PC Windows Playstation 5 stadia Nintendo Switch Xbox Series X Mac OS Linux Playstation 4 Xbox One

Delouse your room with sage and pack up your travel-sized ouija board, it’s time to re-enter Twin Lakes - America’s 34th most haunted city. Join Detective McQueen as he puzzles his way through 6 chilling cases, risking life and pixelated limb to solve the macabre mysteries that plague the poor town.


  • comedy
  • point-and-click
  • dark
  • detective
  • funny
  • pixel
  • text
  • investigation
  • humor
  • mystery
  • supernatural
  • fiction
  • story
  • visual-novel
  • atmospheric

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The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe (2022)

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Linux IOS iPhone Xbox Series X Nintendo Switch Playstation 5 PC Windows Playstation 4 Xbox One Mac OS

The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe is an expanded re-imagining of 2013's The Stanley Parable. You will play as Stanley, and you will not play as Stanley. You will make a choice, and you will become powerless. You are not here to win. The Stanley Parable is a game that plays you.


  • narration
  • multiple-endings
  • comedy
  • walking-simulator
  • choices
  • funny
  • horror
  • first-person
  • narrative
  • psychological
  • story
  • emotional
  • exploration
  • development
  • 3d

5

Killer Frequency (2023)

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PC Windows Xbox Series X Nintendo Switch Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Xbox Series X/s quest Xbox One

Killer Frequency is a first-person horror puzzle game set in 1987, that puts you in the role of a late-night radio talk show host in small town America whose callers are being stalked by a mysterious killer.


  • comedy
  • horror
  • america
  • 1980s
  • puzzle
  • investigation
  • walking-simulator
  • emotional
  • fiction
  • funny
  • multiple-endings
  • dark
  • choices
  • narrative
  • interactive

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Henchman Story (2021)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows Mac OS Linux Xbox One Playstation 5 Xbox Series X Playstation 4

Being a bumbling supervillain's henchman is a thankless job. The spandex chafes, there's tons of late nights, and your boss rarely remembers your name. But in this narrative adventure you'll soon discover that - sometimes - even the choices of the lowliest henchman can change everything.


  • dark
  • comedy
  • choices
  • comic
  • humor
  • conversation
  • visual-novel
  • fiction
  • multiple-endings
  • book
  • replay-value
  • interactive
  • funny
  • story
  • 2d

7

Magical Drop VI (2023)

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Xbox One Playstation 4 PC Windows Nintendo Switch Playstation 5 j Xbox Series X

Follow the story, battle a cast of whimsical characters, set new records, solve puzzles, engage your friends and family in local multiplayer, or compete against players from around the world through online play.


  • multiplayer
  • pvp
  • puzzle
  • magic
  • attack
  • score
  • anime
  • pve
  • comedy
  • local
  • colourful
  • arcade
  • cute
  • relaxing
  • online

8

Cookie Cutter (2023)

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Xbox One Android Xbox Series X Playstation 5 PC Windows

Love turns to rage and chainsaws in Cookie Cutter, a totally unique hand-drawn 2D Metroidvania. Become Cherry, a violent android on a rage-filled quest to save her creator.


  • metroidvania
  • dark
  • blood
  • comedy
  • soundtrack
  • violent
  • gore
  • dystopian
  • platform
  • action-adventure
  • gothic
  • rage
  • rpg
  • 2d
  • combat

9

LumbearJack (2022)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch Xbox Series X Xbox One

Grab your axe and save the environment by chopping and recycling every man-made thing in your path and solving puzzles with your charming animal friends!


  • nature
  • cartoony
  • comedy
  • funny
  • cute
  • family-friendly
  • physics
  • puzzle
  • sandbox
  • dice
  • colourful
  • destruction
  • 3d
  • casual
  • single-player

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Born of Bread (2023)

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PC Windows Xbox One Xbox Series X Nintendo Switch Playstation 5

Born of Bread is a wacky and joyful RPG Adventure, revisiting turn-based combat tropes. Play as Loaf, a flour-golem discovering this enchanting world full of humor, along with a colorful cast of buddies.


  • turn-based
  • rpg
  • 2.5d
  • soundtrack
  • party
  • 3d
  • comedy
  • exploration
  • funny
  • character
  • colourful
  • platform
  • cartoony
  • customization
  • combat

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