🎮 The Ultimate Gift Guide to Funny Video Games That’ll Make Them Laugh So Hard They’ll Drop the Controller
Give the gift of giggles with funny video games this season! From chaotic geese to physics-defying puzzles, these comedy-inspired video games are the perfect mix of laughs and chaos - and a clever complement to another crowd favorite: comedy show tickets through OTL Seat Fillers!
Seat Fillers get free tickets to local shows (yes, including comedy nights!) - so your recipient can enjoy both digital laughs and real-life ones. Think of it as the ultimate twofer gift: laughter online and in-person.
If laughter is the best medicine, then these video games are the over-the-counter cure for holiday stress. Whether you’re shopping for a friend who takes their gaming too seriously or someone who just needs a good chuckle between boss fights, we’ve rounded up the funniest, weirdest, and most delightfully unhinged games you can gift this season.
They’re not just good games — they’re personality tests wrapped in punchlines. Let’s dive into some digital comedy gold that’ll turn “just one more level” into “just one more laugh.”
10 Video Games for the Laughs
🧠 Portal (and Portal 2)
A physics-based puzzle game where the main weapon is your brain — and occasionally a companion cube. Portal combines mind-bending challenges with dry AI humor that’s become legendary. Just try not to cry when GLaDOS insults your intelligence and your weight in the same sentence.
🕹️ Platforms: PC, Xbox, PlayStation, Switch
😂 Why it’s funny: Sarcastic robots. Passive-aggressive cake references. Pure genius.
🤠 West of Loathing
Think of a stick-figure Western RPG where every joke lands harder than a tumbleweed in a windstorm. It’s absurd, it’s ridiculous, and somehow it’s still a legitimately great adventure.
🕹️ Platforms: PC, Switch, iOS
😂 Why it’s funny: Stick people doing slapstick cowboy things. Enough puns to break a horse.
🧠 Psychonauts (and Psychonauts 2)
You’re a psychic kid who dives into other people’s minds. Sounds deep, right? Nope — it’s hilarious, heartfelt, and filled with more twisted imagination than a clown college on espresso.
🕹️ Platforms: PC, Xbox, PlayStation
😂 Why it’s funny: Each level is someone’s brain — and all of them need therapy.
🔫 Borderlands Series (1, 2 & The Pre-Sequel)
It’s like Mad Max had a baby with a stand-up comedian. Borderlands mixes over-the-top chaos with NPCs that seem one energy drink away from total meltdown.
🕹️ Platforms: PC, Xbox, PlayStation, Switch
😂 Why it’s funny: Guns that talk. Bandits that sing. A robot named Claptrap who won’t stop talking.
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🧙♂️ Fable Series
Before open-world RPGs were cool, Fable was out here letting you kick chickens and grow devil horns — or halos — based on your choices. The humor is cheeky, very British, and delightfully self-aware.
🕹️ Platforms: Xbox, PC
😂 Why it’s funny: Dry humor meets chaos. It’s like Monty Python at times.
🏫 Bully
Rockstar Games decided to make Grand Theft Auto: Middle School Edition, and it somehow worked. Bully’s humor lies in its biting satire of teenage life and absurd missions like egging teachers.
🕹️ Platforms: PlayStation, Xbox, PC
😂 Why it’s funny: It’s the only time getting detention is genuinely entertaining.
🚗 Saints Row Series
Imagine GTA, but on hallucinogens and with a dubstep gun. The longer this series went on, the more it leaned into absurdity — and we’re not mad about it.
🕹️ Platforms: PC, Xbox, PlayStation
😂 Why it’s funny: You can fight aliens, run for president, and get launched from cannons. Enough said.
🎭 Battleblock Theater
You and your friends perform deadly slapstick routines for a crowd of demanding cats. It’s chaotic co-op mayhem filled with ridiculous narration and impossible levels.
🕹️ Platforms: PC, Xbox
😂 Why it’s funny: The narrator steals the show. Cats are your audience. What could go wrong?
📺 Watch Me Stream My Mental Breakdown
Yes, that’s the real title. A tongue-in-cheek satire of the streaming world, this one will make any gamer (or content creator) laugh, cry, and possibly question all of their life choices.
🕹️ Platforms: PC
😂 Why it’s funny: Because we’ve all been there — except with fewer followers.
🦢 Untitled Goose Game
You are a goose. You honk. You steal. You ruin lives. It’s the most cathartic experience you can have while causing mayhem in a quiet British village.
🕹️ Platforms: PC, Switch, PlayStation, Xbox
😂 Why it’s funny: “It’s a lovely day — and you are a horrible goose.”
😵 Thank Goodness You’re Here
An interactive fever dream that feels like Monty Python met The Simpsons. It’s surreal, hilarious, and brilliantly British. This one’s new and instantly meme-worthy.
🕹️ Platforms: PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
😂 Why it’s funny: You’re not sure what’s happening — but you’re laughing anyway.
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🎁 Wrap-Up: The Joy of Laughing Through Chaos
Comedy games are proof that not every player needs to slay dragons or save galaxies — sometimes you just need to honk at strangers, portal your way into insanity, or get heckled by a robot.
But if you want to take the laughs offline, give the gift of OTL Seat Fillers - memberships that include free tickets to comedy clubs, theatre, and more! It’s the perfect pairing for gamers who love a good punchline and a night out.
Whether you’re gifting one of these games or grabbing a few for your own stress relief, these laugh-out-loud picks are guaranteed to make spirits bright - and controllers fly.
