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Game entry

Sam & Max Hit the Road

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

After 130 duels settled by the community, Sam & Max Hit the Road stands no. 848 among the best video games of all time on GameForever, with 1,606 ELO points and 55% of wins. The Room Three is the rival it has faced most: 4 duels, 4 wins and 0 losses. Where it fares best, it sits at no. 15 out of 69 (1993).

World rank

no. 848

ELO score

1,606

Wins

55%

Duels played

130

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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 1,606 ELO points over the last 170 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. 845 Psychonauts 2 1,606
  2. 846 S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl 1,606
  3. 847 Doom: The Dark Ages 1,606
  4. 848 Sam & Max Hit the Road 1,606
  5. 849 SimCity 1,606
  6. 850 Pragmata 1,606
  7. 851 Earthworm Jim 2 1,606

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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: 15 out of 69 (1993).

Where Sam & Max Hit the Road ranks
Ranking Position Games competing
World ranking 848 5,035
Point-and-click 27 219
1990s 139 659
1993 15 69

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