Maniac Mansion (2017)

Developer: Lucasfilm Games
Publisher: Lucasfilm, Disney
Platforms: Windows, macOS
Genres: Adventure
Rating: 4.4 of 5, 226 player ratings
Typical playtime: about 3.9 hours
Where to get it: Steam

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How it feels

A goofy, retro point-and-click adventure full of weird puzzles and deadpan humor.

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What players say

Players call this a foundational point-and-click classic that defined the adventure genre, though the Steam version is a bare-bones ScummVM wrapper with no save option, no remastered graphics, and no music for some. Nostalgia is the main draw, but newcomers find the puzzles obtuse and the controls wacky.

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