Trying to decide a ranked list or order of funniness seemed like too serious a task for the subject matter – comedy is, of course, completely subjective, so your mileage may vary – but with that in mind, here are IGN's picks for the ten funniest games of all time.
Games are often at their funniest when they're not trying to be. It's the Skyrim NPC who's determined to deliver their stock line, apparently totally unperturbed by the dragon attack happening just behind him. It's watching your custom character enter a sombre cutscene, standing eight feet tall and wearing a banana outfit.
But what about the games that dare to be funny on purpose, though? That's a rarer collective. If comedy's all about timing, and games are all about giving you the agency to go and do what you like, when you like – well, you can see the problem. But some brave pieces of software still manage to pull it off in the face of that adversity, and we've corralled ten of the best ever to do so, from vintage point-and-clicks to more recent hits, from indies to blockbusters.
00:00 - Intro
00:57 - Promise Mascot Agency
02:09 - Frog Detective: The Entire Mystery
03:08 - South Park: The Stick of Truth
04:30 - Octodad: Deadliest Catch
05:29 - The Stanley Parable
06:53 - West of Loathing
07:50 - Portal 2
09:06 - Time Gentlemen, Please
09:59 - The Secret of Monkey Island
10:57 - Disco Elysium
11:50 - Outro
