Grim Fandango Remastered similar games & best alternatives

Grim Fandango Remastered

Mac, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Linux, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Android, PlayStation Vita, iOS • 2015

Should you play it?

One of the most acclaimed adventure games of all time is now back, better than ever. Grim Fandango Remastered has the all the beautiful art and engaging story fans remember, but has also been remastered to look, sound, and control even better than the award-winning original release.

What works
  • Engaging and unique story
  • Memorable characters and voice acting
  • Challenging and creative puzzles
  • Distinctive art style and soundtrack
  • Strong narrative immersion
Things to keep in mind
  • Some puzzles are unintuitive and frustrating
  • Old graphics with limited remaster improvements
  • Lack of autosave and presence of bugs
  • Slow pacing and tank controls in original mode
  • No multiplayer or social features

What to play next

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Top picks

Games that feel the closest overall

  • Voodoo Detective

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  • Broken Sword: Director's Cut (2009)

  • Lucy Dreaming

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  • An English Haunting

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Hidden Gems

Less popular games with surprisingly high similarity

  • Voodoo Detective

  • Foolish Mortals

  • Lucy Dreaming
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Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Why this game works” section below. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

  • Purple star: this page’s game — everything on the map is relative to it.
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Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers (hidden on purpose).

Grim Fandango Remastered: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Competition, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Strategy, Fantasy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Expression.

Why this game works

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