Sam & Max Hit the Road

Grab your nightstick, squeal like a siren, and Hit the Road with Sam & Max, Freelance Police, as they attempt to crack their toughest case.

Sam & Max Hit the Road is a point & click, adventure and funny game developed by Lucasfilm and published by Lucasfilm and Disney.
Released on November 16th 2018 is available on Windows and MacOS in 5 languages: English, French, Italian, German and Spanish - Spain.

It has received 852 reviews of which 815 were positive and 37 were negative resulting in a rating of 9.0 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 5.89€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Sam & Max Hit the Road into these genres:

Point & Click Adventure Funny Cult Classic 1990's Puzzle Comedy Singleplayer Great Soundtrack Story Rich America Retro Blood Classic Pixel Graphics Detective LGBTQ+

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Requirements

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Windows

OS *: Windows XP or newer
Processor: 1 GHz
Memory: 256 MB RAM
Graphics: 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 7
DirectX: Version 7.0
Storage: 250 MB available space
Sound Card: 16-bit sound card
Additional Notes: Mouse, Keyboard

MacOS

OS: OS X 10.7.0
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 2GHz
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Graphics: 64 MB of video memory
Storage: 250 MB available space
Additional Notes: Mouse, Keyboard

Reviews

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Dec. 2024

I enjoyed Sam & Max Hit the Road the absolute most of the time. Even while I was stuck plot-wise, I discovered tons of fun interactions and dialogues, and the dialogues here are very entertaining and hilarious (even the response to the repeated attempt to pick something up is nice). You also get this funny pair of main characters that you see on the game cover and an absolutely awesome intro music. However, there were also a couple of times when I was totally furious about the way this game was. I would in general call it an "unfriendly game design". For example sometimes the screen won't move unless you move really close to the edge, so if you're not stubborn enough, you might just miss part of the room (it gets much easier after you know about it but it is extremely irritating before). Or there was also a time when the intended interaction with a "minigame" was not explained at all and you have to click everywhere in every way you can to find a solution. I was completely stuck twice for these exact reasons and I didn't like it at all. But when you move forward after that, you feel really great and motivated to beat the game and find out where does this adventure bring you in the end. Summary: I would recommend Sam & Max Hit the Road to everyone who likes point & click games in general and especially to those who want to know the classics of the genre and are not afraid of some challenge. And here are some non-spoiling hints for those who'd join the Freelance Police: 1) F5 is important for managing the game, and pressing "Help" there shows you some useful commands 2) You can exit the road minigame by pressing Q 3) Try walking everywhere you can click and if you're stuck plot-wise try interacting in every way you can with everything you can (that's more or less standard for all point & click games but here you have more options than usual, so try them all)

Sept. 2024

Love this game. My Uncle used to play this when i was like 9-10 [1998-1999]. He used to make all the voices because our sound card didn't work. Always a special place for me!

July 2024

its a classic, but has the same issues with other point and click games of its era, like salutations that are not obvious and convoluted, where guides would be consulted to get anywhere. The humour of this game would often make me smile or chuckle and makes me wish we could get more of these two goofy but charming detectives. I would recommend but have a guide ready just in case.

May 2024

Sam & Max are genuinely peak character designs, and I love them to bits but this port has got to be the laziest thing ever, it's just the game running on an emulator an outdated version of that emulator, mind you an emulator that, with enough research, you can get this exact same experience but better, and for less

March 2024

What can I say except stone cold classic. I remember the hassle of installing back on floppy disk(s) (6 of them) when it first came out. The comedy still holds up, and whilst the puzzles can be a little frustrating at times (i.e. a little random), these days a quick internet search is all you need if you get stuck. If you haven't played, highly recommended

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5.89€

9.0

815

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Developer

Lucasfilm

Publisher

Lucasfilm, Disney

Release 16 Nov 2018

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