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Game entry

Sam & Max Hit the Road

1993 · Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure · PC, Mac, Linux, DOS · LucasArts

After 162 duels settled by the community, Sam & Max Hit the Road stands no. 913 among the best video games of all time on GameForever, with 1,594 ELO points and 57% of wins. The Walking Dead is the rival it has faced most: 4 duels, 2 wins and 2 losses. Where it fares best, it sits at no. 14 out of 69 (1993).

World rank

no. 913

ELO score

1,594

Wins

57%

Duels played

162

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About Sam & Max Hit the Road

Sam & Max Hit the Road is a graphic adventure video game released by LucasArts during the company's adventure games era. The game was originally released for MS-DOS in 1993 and for Mac OS in 1995. A 2002 re-release included compatibility with Windows. The game is based on the comic characters of Sam and Max, the "Freelance Police", an anthropomorphic dog and "hyperkinetic rabbity thing". The characters, created by Steve Purcell, originally debuted in a 1987 comic book series. Based on the 1989 Sam & Max comic On the Road, the duo take the case of a missing bigfoot from a nearby carnival, traveling to many Americana tourist sites to solve the mystery.

ELO progression

Score moved from 1,500 to 1,594 ELO points over the last 215 days.

Head-to-head

Direct record on the most played match-ups.

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Around this spot

The games Sam & Max Hit the Road sits between in the world ranking.

  1. 910 Death's Door 1,594
  2. 911 Kena: Bridge of Spirits 1,594
  3. 912 Ratchet: Deadlocked 1,594
  4. 913 Sam & Max Hit the Road 1,594
  5. 914 Life is Strange: True Colors 1,594
  6. 915 Anno 1602: Creation of a New World 1,594
  7. 916 Zoo Tycoon 1,594

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The standing

Where Sam & Max Hit the Road ranks

The world rank mixes every family of games. Here is where Sam & Max Hit the Road stands in each of the ones it belongs to. Its best standing, all families considered: 14 out of 69 (1993).

Where Sam & Max Hit the Road ranks
Ranking Position Games competing
World ranking 913 5,110
Point-and-click 27 222
1990s 140 655
1993 14 69

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