Best Family Games Like Conker's Bad Fur Day

The best family games like Conker's Bad Fur Day are Banjo-Kazooie, Banjo-Tooie and Ratchet and Clank. Below are 5, each with the reason it is here — and, at the end, what filtering to family costs you.

Why Family Is a Good Answer for Conker's Bad Fur Day

Filtering to family means the game has to work for a child and an adult at the same table without either of them being bored. That is a much harder design problem than a difficulty slider.

What you get: Something you can put in front of anyone. The best family games make the skill gap not matter rather than pretending it is not there.

What made Conker's Bad Fur Day worth playing in the first place is covered on the full list. This page is the family part of that answer, and only the family part.

5 Family Games Like Conker's Bad Fur Day

  1. 1. Banjo-Kazooie

    The same team and the same engine, without the hangover.

  2. 2. Banjo-Tooie

    Bigger, denser, and closer to Conker's sprawling set-piece levels.

  3. 3. Ratchet and Clank

    Cartoon platforming plus real weapons, which is Conker's second half.

  4. 4. Psychonauts

    Sharp writing in a 3D platformer, and the levels are far stranger.

  5. 5. Donkey Kong 64

    Rare's other N64 collectathon, if you want more of the same era.

What This Filter Leaves Out

Edge. Family games rarely go anywhere uncomfortable, and a few of them are too generous to hold an experienced player for long alone.

Specifically, these are strong answers for Conker's Bad Fur Day that are not family games, so they are not on this page:

  • Jak and Daxter — The other great 3D platformer with an attitude problem, and it aged very well.
  • South Park: The Stick of Truth — The best crude-comedy game that is genuinely funny rather than just rude.
  • Sunset Overdrive — The modern game most committed to being a joke and a good platformer at once.

The full list is on games like Conker's Bad Fur Day — 9 picks, no genre filter.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best family game like Conker's Bad Fur Day?

Banjo-Kazooie. The same team and the same engine, without the hangover.

Are all of these on the Nintendo 64?

No. Conker's Bad Fur Day released on the Nintendo 64, but a recommendation is only useful if you can play it, so the picks above span platforms and eras. What they share is the genre and the reason.

How do I check a game is suitable?

Age ratings cover content but not difficulty or frustration, which is what actually ruins a family session. Five minutes of unedited play footage tells you more than any rating.

Competitive or co-operative?

With mixed ages, co-operative usually wins. The competitive ones that work are the ones where being in last place is still entertaining.

How are these chosen?

By hand. Each pick was written for the full Conker's Bad Fur Day list first, on what the game actually does, and this page is the part of that list that is family — never a genre tag lookup, which is how "best racing games like Super Mario 64" used to be a page on this site.

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Or read the family guide for where to start in the genre generally.