Games Like Conker's Bad Fur Day
Quick Answer
The closest games to Conker's Bad Fur Day are Banjo-Kazooie, Banjo-Tooie, Jak and Daxter, Ratchet and Clank and South Park: The Stick of Truth. Below are 9 picks with the reason for each — what carries over from Conker's Bad Fur Day, and what does not.
What Made Conker's Bad Fur Day Work
Conker's Bad Fur Day is a Rare collectathon wearing a fake moustache. Underneath the swearing and the film parodies it is a Rare 3D platformer in the Banjo-Kazooie mould — hub worlds, set-piece levels, context-sensitive abilities — which is why nothing that copies only the crude humour ever satisfies people who ask this.
Conker's Bad Fur Day was made by Rare for the Nintendo 64 and released in March 2001, late in the console's life and rated M. A planned sequel, Conker's Other Bad Day, was dropped after Microsoft bought Rare in 2002. The game was remade as Conker: Live & Reloaded for the original Xbox in 2005, and the N64 original is in Rare Replay on Xbox One (2015).
Also written as Conkers Bad Fur Day, Conker Bad Fur Day, Conker — same game, same list.
9 Games Like Conker's Bad Fur Day
1.Banjo-Kazooie(1998)
Rare's collectathon at its peak — the template Conker started from, without the hangover.
Why it fits: Rare, Nintendo 64, 1998. The platformer Conker was built on, by the same studio, without the swearing.
What is different: Family-friendly, and a collectathon rather than a string of set-piece chapters.
Where to play it: N64; Xbox 360 and Rare Replay on Xbox One; Nintendo Switch Online with the Expansion Pack.
Games like this →2.Banjo-Tooie(2000)
Bigger, denser, and closer to Conker's sprawling set-piece levels.
Why it fits: Rare, Nintendo 64, 2000. Banjo's sequel is bigger and denser, closer to Conker's sprawling levels with something new in each.
What is different: Still a kids' game, and much heavier on backtracking between huge worlds.
Where to play it: N64; Xbox 360; Rare Replay on Xbox One.
More about this game →3.Jak and Daxter(2001)
The other great 3D platformer with an attitude problem, and it aged very well.
Why it fits: Naughty Dog, PS2, 2001, the same year as Conker. A 3D platformer with a wisecracking sidekick, and it has aged very well.
What is different: The attitude is Daxter's sarcasm, not bodily humour; it is a clean, all-ages platformer.
Where to play it: PS2; collected on PS3 and PS Vita, and re-released on PS4.
Games like this →4.Ratchet and Clank(2002)
Cartoon platforming plus real weapons, which is Conker's second half.
Why it fits: Insomniac Games, PS2, 2002. Cartoon platforming plus a real arsenal, which covers the shooting half of Conker.
What is different: Cartoon violence, not satire, and no movie parodies.
Where to play it: PS2 originals; the 2016 remake on PS4 and Rift Apart on PS5 and PC.
Games like this →5.South Park: The Stick of Truth(2014)
The best crude-comedy game that is genuinely funny rather than just rude.
Why it fits: Obsidian Entertainment, 2014, on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360, written with South Park's creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone. The crude-comedy game that is genuinely funny.
What is different: A turn-based RPG, not a platformer.
Where to play it: PS3, Xbox 360 and PC; PS4, Xbox One and Switch.
More about this game →6.Psychonauts(2005)
Sharp writing in a 3D platformer, and the levels are far stranger.
Why it fits: Double Fine Productions, 2005, on PC, Xbox and PS2. Sharp writing in a 3D platformer, with far stranger levels.
What is different: Clever rather than crude, and there is no swearing or gore.
Where to play it: PC, PS2 and Xbox; the sequel on PS4, Xbox One and PC.
Games like this →7.Sunset Overdrive(2014)
The modern game most committed to being a joke and a good platformer at once.
Why it fits: Insomniac Games, Xbox One, 2014 (PC in 2018). The modern game most committed to being both a joke and a good action game.
What is different: The comedy is meta-humour about games rather than bathroom jokes.
Where to play it: Xbox One (plays on Xbox Series X|S) and PC.
Games like this →8.Donkey Kong 64(1999)
Rare's other N64 collectathon, if you want more of the same era.
Why it fits: Rare, Nintendo 64, 1999. Rare's other late-N64 collectathon, if you want more from the same studio and era.
What is different: No adult humour at all, and much more collecting than Conker ever asks for.
Where to play it: N64; Wii U Virtual Console.
More about this game →9.High on Life(2022)
Constant comedy shooter, closest thing to Conker's talking-gun energy.
Why it fits: Squanch Games, 2022 on Xbox and PC (PlayStation in 2023, Switch in 2025). A comedy shooter with talking guns, the closest thing to Conker's never-stop-joking energy.
What is different: A first-person shooter, and the humour is improvised-sounding rather than written as parody.
Where to play it: Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC, PS4 and PS5.
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Where to Start
If the jokes were the thing, go to South Park: The Stick of Truth or High on Life. If it was Rare's N64 craft, Banjo-Tooie is the nearest cousin, and it is the one that has aged best of the Rare follow-ups.
How We Picked These Games
Underneath the jokes, Conker is a Rare 3D platformer, so every pick had to be a good platformer or action game first. The comedy picks are here because they are genuinely funny, not just crude.
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Games Like Conker's Bad Fur Day Compared
Year is each game's first release anywhere, on the platform in the next column. "Play it now" is where it can be bought or played today.
| Game | Year | First released on | Play it now | Closest to Conker's Bad Fur Day in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banjo-Kazooie | 1998 | Nintendo 64 | N64; Xbox 360 and Rare Replay on Xbox One; Nintendo Switch Online with the Expansion Pack. | The platformer Conker was built on |
| Banjo-Tooie | 2000 | Nintendo 64 | N64; Xbox 360; Rare Replay on Xbox One. | Bigger, denser Rare worlds |
| Jak and Daxter | 2001 | PS2 | PS2; collected on PS3 and PS Vita, and re-released on PS4. | A wisecracking sidekick |
| Ratchet and Clank | 2002 | PS2 | PS2 originals; the 2016 remake on PS4 and Rift Apart on PS5 and PC. | Platforming plus an arsenal |
| South Park: The Stick of Truth | 2014 | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 | PS3, Xbox 360 and PC; PS4, Xbox One and Switch. | Crude comedy that is actually funny |
| Psychonauts | 2005 | Xbox, PC | PC, PS2 and Xbox; the sequel on PS4, Xbox One and PC. | Sharp writing, strange levels |
| Sunset Overdrive | 2014 | Xbox One | Xbox One (plays on Xbox Series X|S) and PC. | A joke and a good action game at once |
| Donkey Kong 64 | 1999 | Nintendo 64 | N64; Wii U Virtual Console. | Rare's other late-N64 collectathon |
| High on Life | 2022 | Xbox, PC | Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC, PS4 and PS5. | Never-stop-joking energy |
Which One to Play, by What You Liked
If you liked Conker's Bad Fur Day for the crude, adult jokes, try South Park: The Stick of Truth and High on Life. One written with South Park's creators, the other built around talking guns. Both are rude in the way Conker was.
If you liked Conker's Bad Fur Day for Rare's N64 platforming, try Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie. The same studio and engine lineage, without the swearing.
If you liked Conker's Bad Fur Day for chapters that parody films and genres, try Sunset Overdrive and Psychonauts. Games that keep changing what they are for the sake of a joke, and break the fourth wall to do it.
If you liked Conker's Bad Fur Day for the shooting sections, try Ratchet and Clank. A cartoon platformer where the guns are the point.
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