Sam & Max Hit the Road

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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 (a canine shamus) and Max (a hyperkinetic rabbity thing) are hot on the trail of a runaway carnival bigfoot across America’s quirky underbelly in this deranged animated adventure!

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Developer:
LucasArts
Publisher:
Activision Italia
Engine:
SCUMM
Release date:
16 November 2018
Genre:
Recent Steam reviews:
Very Positive (17)
All Steam reviews:
Overwhelmingly Positive (928)

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Description

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 (a canine shamus) and Max (a hyperkinetic rabbity thing) are hot on the trail of a runaway carnival bigfoot across America’s quirky underbelly in this deranged animated adventure!

Solving this case is up to you! You direct the actions of Sam & Max, tearing down the road with mayhem on their minds and Corn Duds™ on their breath, on a peril-fraught mission to make the world safe for Sasquatches and sentient mammals everywhere!

Based on Steve Purcell's unconventional cult comic books, Sam & Max will take you on an irreverent road trip adventure that will put hair on your back. Collide with tacky tourist traps and intimidate their bizarre denizens.

Help our frightening, furry flatfoots find the fugitive freak! Do it now!

• Enjoy edgy animation and twisted humor!
• Endless hours of fun playing mini-games like Wak-A-Rat and CarBomb!
• Indulge in gratuitous antisocial behavior!
• Roadside attractions your parents refused to stop at!
• This game is powered by ScummVM.

Recommended system requirements

minimum*

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

recommended*

Processor:
1.4 GHz
Memory:
512 MB RAM
Graphics:
3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 9.0c
DirectX:
Version 9.0c

User reviews

CodedPurple
Recommended | 05 Jul 2026
6.5h played

Charming really is the best word for this. Charming visuals, charming world, charming story. Just all and all a fun time Charming enough to forgive its absolutely insane moon logic at times. Dont be afraid to use a

Helpful: 1
tomtendo 64
Recommended | 02 Jul 2026
11.9h played

Would you like to Hit the Road! Well hop in and enjoy the first game in the Sam & Max series! A point-and-click adventure with lots of humor and charm. Take a minute and appreciate the music and voice work… if you’re

Helpful: 0
Marinkidink92
Not recommended | 04 Apr 2026
15.4h played

Ok, I think to even out the reviews I'm going to have to say "no" to recommending it. I can understand that people like it due to nostalgia, but for someone playing it for the first time now, it's so difficult. The

Helpful: 1
mposky
Recommended | 27 Apr 2026
7.7h played

I remember Sam and Max from when I was a very small boy. At the time, a lot of the humor missed me. Playing the game again as an adult with the wife was a good laugh. We ended up downloading all the Sam and Max games

Helpful: 3
Yosmo
Recommended | 12 Jul 2026
12.6h played

Never played this one as a kid. I'd played Monkey Island and Day of the Tentacle before. While I would say those are better games, I do think this one is pretty good as well. Not nearly as obtuse as some point and

Helpful: 0
Talberto
Recommended | 01 Jun 2026
3.7h played

Has all the charm and utter nonsense of an early 90s PC adventure game. In spite of some pretty dated referential humour, there's still some valid reason to play this because they just don't make games like this

Helpful: 4