Funny sci fi game, can't remember what it's called

B@Th*nG · 14 Mar 2021 at 13:42

Recently I saw a bit of buzz around a sci fi game that was great if you really liked the sci fi genre - lots of tropes and jokes you may not understand otherwise. I keep seeing Journey To A Forbidden Planet but for some reason the game I'm expecting to see wasn't first person but was 2d. A sort of Monkey Island in space. Have I invented this game? I know it's very little to go on, but does anyone have any suggestions?

Gray2233 · 14 Mar 2021 at 13:45

Any idea as to when it came out, roughly?

There's a good 30 years worth of games that might fit into a description that vague.

If it's an older game Day of the Tentacle or Manic Mansion maybe?

Tombstone · 14 Mar 2021 at 13:49

Beneath a Steel Sky maybe? (if we're talking old games)

Terminal_Boy · 14 Mar 2021 at 13:54

Tombstone said:
Beneath a Steel Sky maybe? (if we're talking old games)

That would be my guess as well.

Gray2233 · 14 Mar 2021 at 13:57

Outside of being Point and Click I'm not sure I'd compare Monkey Island to Beneath a Steel Sky, unless he was just saying they're of the same genre.

Tek81 · 14 Mar 2021 at 14:45

Space Quest? Breathedge?

whatalegend123 · 14 Mar 2021 at 15:35

breathedge would have been my guess ?

Darujhistan · 14 Mar 2021 at 15:59

Outer Worlds, that had some humour in it IIRC. It was definitely not a game that took itself really seriously.

wordy · 14 Mar 2021 at 16:10

No Man's Sky? Some of the memes that followed it's launch were hilarious.

P.S. it's a good game now mind.

Tombstone · 14 Mar 2021 at 18:04

Gray2233 said:
Outside of being Point and Click I'm not sure I'd compare Monkey Island to Beneath a Steel Sky, unless he was just saying they're of the same genre.

Thats how I was looking at the connection, purely as both are 2d side on point and clicks, rather than anything else.

PC777 · 14 Mar 2021 at 18:21

Sounds like it might be Zak McKraken and the Alien Mindbenders?

B@Th*nG · 15 Mar 2021 at 08:46

it was a newish game, last 2 years or so, but done in an old style. I'm beginning to think it was some sort of fever dream haha. That said I've downloaded Beneath a Steel Sky and nearly completed that yesterday so it has been fruitful all the same

mid_gen · 15 Mar 2021 at 08:55

? Oh I misread OP, I guess it's not this.

2D game? Hmm.....scratching my head on that one.

[HB]Rugrat · 15 Mar 2021 at 17:16

Thimbleweed Park? Not set in space but is an x-files homage.

Frubeling · 15 Mar 2021 at 18:49

Primordia by any chance?
If by funny you mean out and out comedy I'd guess at Deponia

hood1971 · 16 Mar 2021 at 10:12

Can't think of a game that matches yours, but when thinking about funny sci fi games I remembered Giants: Citizen Kabuto. That had some cracking lines with the humans. Reading that there was an attempt to so a spiritual sequel but plans collapsed. Might to try it again - I see it is available from gog.

Bluecube · 16 Mar 2021 at 10:57

There was a follow up to Beneath a Steel Sky called Beyond the Steel Sky. Could that be it? Quite a recent release.