Summary
- Open-world games like GTA and Fallout are filled with dark humor and morbid jokes for players to enjoy.
- Games like Dead Rising 2 and Borderlands 2 offer unique and darkly comedic moments throughout gameplay.
- South Park: The Fractured But Whole pushes boundaries with exaggerated real-world humor.
There are plenty of great open-world games that are worth diving into. From Assassin's Creed to Grand Theft Auto, there's something to suit all tastes and playstyles. As far as gaming genres go, open-world games often rank high on the list. Vast open worlds with few limitations are a huge draw for many gaming fans.
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Most open-world games inject at least a little bit of humor to create entertaining experiences for players. However, some games take it one step further and sprinkle in lots of dark humor. From Fallout to Dead Rising, several games have plenty of dark comedic moments for players to enjoy.
1 Dead Rising 2
Kill The Undead With A Teddy
Dead Rising 2
- Released
- September 28, 2010
WHERE TO PLAY
Dead Rising 2 has plenty of dark jokes scattered throughout the game. In fact, the whole series is known for its morbid sense of humor. Players can cobble together all sorts of materials to make unique and deadly weapons that take down zombies in style.
While there are lots of great lines in the game, one of the more dark yet hilarious aspects is the Freedom Bear. This is an interesting combo weapon that can be made by combining a light machine gun with a robot bear. The results are as funny as they are dark. Players can sit back and watch as this well-armed teddy shoots through crowds of undead with ease.
2 Borderlands 2
Take On Face McShooty
Borderlands 2
- Released
- September 18, 2012
WHERE TO PLAY
- ESRB
- M for Mature: Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Language, Sexual Themes, Use of Alcohol
- Genre(s)
- Shooter
The Borderlands series is well-known for its dark humor. That said, Borderlands 2 takes this to the next level. A good example of this kind of humor occurs with Face McShooty. This is an entire mission based around a non-hostile individual who quite literally wants the player to kill him.
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After asking the player to shoot him in the face, a mission will start, asking the player to shoot him in the face. If the player shoots him anywhere aside from his face, then he will begin shouting at the player. As fans may have guessed, the mission ends with Face McShooty getting shot in the face.
3 Destroy All Humans! 2: Reprobed
Plenty Of Probing And Lots Of Explosions
Destroy All Humans! 2 Reprobed
- Released
- August 30, 2022
WHERE TO PLAY
- ESRB
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- Genre(s)
- Shooter, Adventure
Destroy All Humans! Games have always been full of morbid jokes, but Destroy All Humans! 2: Reprobed takes those jokes to another level. While there are plenty of dark jokes about probing, there are also situations where the player can make lots of humans do unspeakable things. These unspeakable acts are all done against the backdrop of a comedic setting, making it an incredibly dark yet funny experience for the player.
From KGB agents that explode when they hear rock music to humans being forced to dance before exploding, this game is filled with plenty of encounters that are bound to get a shocked laugh out of players.
4 Fallout 3
The Home Of Gary & The Wasteland Survival Guide
Fallout 3
- Released
- October 28, 2008
WHERE TO PLAY
- ESRB
- M for Mature: Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Sexual Themes, Strong Language, Use of Drugs
- Genre(s)
- Action RPG
While all of Bethesda's Fallout games have a fair amount of humor, Fallout 3 is filled with dark jokes and storylines. There's a questline that gives players the option to blow up an entire town because it makes the wasteland look untidy. There's also a questline centered around the player taking many forms of punishment, all to help Moira write a book.
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While the aforementioned questlines contain their fair share of dark humor, the Vaults are where the most morbid jokes can be found. Vault 108, just like most Vaults in the series, is a place where some dark experiments took place. While these experiments are usually always sinister, Vault 108's experiment was centered around cloning. Upon entering the Vault, players will be confronted and attacked by a horde of Garys. These clones all repeat the same lines and are identical in every way, which makes for a pretty morbid yet comedic encounter.
5 South Park: The Fractured But Whole
An Unsurprising Entry
South Park: The Fractured But Whole
- Released
- October 17, 2017
WHERE TO PLAY
- ESRB
- M For Mature 17+ due to Blood and Gore, Mature Humor, Nudity, Sexual Content, Strong Language, Use of Drugs, Violence
- Genre(s)
- RPG
South Park has always been able to cause a stir with its dark jokes that are based on exaggerated versions of real-world events. South Park: The Fractured But Whole follows the TV show with plenty of dark moments that are both shocking and funny.
This game takes jabs at practically everything under the sun. Nothing is off-limits in this open-world game. Needless to say, there was a lot of controversy surrounding this game when it was released. Despite the controversy, longtime fans of the series will have plenty to sink their teeth into with the game's wacky humor.
6 Grand Theft Auto 5
Plenty Of Morbid Comedy From Start To Finish
Grand Theft Auto 5
- Released
- September 17, 2013
WHERE TO PLAY
- ESRB
- M For Mature 17+ due to Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Mature Humor, Nudity, Strong Language, Strong Sexual Content, Use of Drugs and Alcohol
- Genre(s)
- Open-World, Action
It's hard to pick just a single Grand Theft Auto game when it comes to dark comedy. All of the games in the series are filled with morbidly funny moments. However, Grand Theft Auto 5 edges out the other games in the series.
The main reason for this is Trevor. Trevor is the king of dark comedy in the world of the long-running crime simulator . From making small talk while committing murder to making snide remarks as tragedy unfolds in front of him, there are very few video game characters quite like Trevor.
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