Now that Rick and Morty Season 4 is finished with a mindboggling and rather sad finale, it's time to find other sources of entertainment, as usual. TV shows and movies can only challenge your sense of humor and craving for twisted narratives so much; another medium of entertainment could better stimulate your brain, such as video games.
Surprisingly, you might find that a lot of video games also deal with similar subject matters that Rick and Morty is also tapping into. As such, fans of that show would do well to check out these 10 video games that may or may not require 200 IQ to play and enjoy once you're done with Rick and Morty.
10 BIOSHOCK INFINITE
No other game explores parallel universes better than Bioshock Infinite just like Rick and Morty for the TV show category. Bioshock Infinite's star, Elizabeth, has the innate power to open rifts into other universes, allowing the players to jump into other timelines.
These universes are either pre-existing or something Elizabeth herself has created. Of course, there are also limitless versions of her and you in other universes. Make sure to play through the end and play through it more than once, because that ending twist deserves to be experienced over and over again.
9 HALF-LIFE SERIES
Half-Life is a video games series that likes to toy with and defy the many concepts of science and science-fiction-- not that it's a bad thing. In fact, it's become Half-Life's signature atmosphere all throughout three-- sorry, two... main games.
In both the main Half-Life titles, you play as a scientist named Gordon Freeman who is tasked with tackling alien interferences in Earth. It's an intelligent first-person shooter that doesn't hold your hand and was ahead of its time back in its heyday both graphically and gameplay-wise.
8 PORTAL SERIES
Half-Life 2's Source engine was so versatile, other people were able to create their own games from it. Portal is the result of this modularity and it soon became a franchise of its own. The concept is simple, players have a portal gun that shoots an entry and exit portal.
In theory, it's awesome, in practice, it's phenomenal. Portal practically reinvented the FPS genre and introduced a clever non-violent and non-lethal gameplay that requires thinking. Besides, it does give you an idea of what it feels like to use Rick's portal gun, albeit a much weaker version of it.
7 SOUTH PARK SERIES
Those who aren't watching Rick and Morty for the story could be watching it for the humor and it has that in spades, sometimes even scatology, unsparingly. South Park is an adult cartoon that's no stranger to this and thankfully, it has some good roleplaying games.
Those would be The Stick of Truth and its sequel, The Fractured But Whole. It's a decent turn-based RPG but its main hook, of course, is that it's set in the South Park universe. There's plenty of toilet jokes and dark comedy to go around in both games.
6 SAINTS ROW SERIES
Rick and Morty's usual adventures are often outlandish and nonsensical where they endure all manners of threats, getting powers, or even committing mass murder sometimes. That's why the Saints Row games ought to be a familiar experience.
The gameplay is practically a Rick and Morty adventure especially for the later games in the franchise. Unlike Grand Theft Auto, Saints Row does not shy away from going off the rails and not taking itself seriously, resulting in a wacky escapade where players can feel like they're playing drunk when they're actually sober.
5 UNDERTALE
Often touted as one of the funniest and most well-written video games in history, Undertale is a narrative treat. It's great for anyone looking to get their video game expectations subverted.
Don't be fooled by the rather simple graphics and the rather ugly art, Undertale is a masterpiece. Much like Rick and Morty, this one will toy with the players and leave them with mouths agape or in tears laughing at even the dumbest puns and the weakest enemies.
4 GOAT SIMULATOR
If pure nihilistic fun is what players are after, then Goat Simulator can be hard to beat. It's a video game that struggles to categorize itself into being one and there's no goal here but to cause as much chaos as one can as a goat.
It has no meaning, no objectives, and no quality control whatsoever-- the game is deliberately buggy and unpolished. However, being able to play as a satan-worshipping goat who goes in houses to destroy furniture and ruin all manners of social events is a shamefully hilarious experience.
3 THE STANLEY PARABLE
Rick and Morty's deconstructive humor and satire for fantasy and sci-fi tropes are a welcome irreverence. Few other games delve into the same cheeky disrespect for its own medium, but The Stanley Parable is a special title.
The Stanley Parable breaks many fourth walls thanks to its eccentric narrator who tells everything and reacts to anything the player does. It's a pleasant tour of Stanley's Kafkaesque life that will leave a smile on anyone's face once it's finished.
2 FAR CRY 3: BLOOD DRAGON
Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon was a but a mere downloadable content for Far Cry 3 but a lot of players found it more fun than the base game. It's not hard to see why, Blood Dragon is several hours' worth of parodies, mainly of 1980s action blockbusters.
The whole game is dripping with satirical wisecracks of 1980s sci-fi and testosterone flicks like The Predator or Terminator. In that regard, the whole game is like being in one of Rick Sanchez's parody adventures.
1 THE OUTER WORLDS
Last but not least, The Outer Worlds-- one of the latest titles to resemble a Rick and Morty adventure. The Outer Worlds is a jab at capitalism and how absurd it has made the world or in this case, a segment of the galaxy.
It's serious enough for some dramatic and memorable stories but has enough caricatures for its sarcastic game world. It also lets players fly around from planet to planet shooting things up, disobeying authority, or ruining the locale, their choice; it's not unlike what Rick and Morty do per episode.