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1998PC

A film-noir adventure through a Day-of-the-Dead-inspired afterlife, following skeletal travel agent Manny Calavera as he unravels a conspiracy across four years. Sharp, witty writing, a swinging jazz score and tricky, sometimes obtuse puzzles make it a genre classic.

  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Strong, story-driven narrative
  • Lots of humour
  • Distinctive, stylised art style

The closest matches for Grim Fandango are Puzzle Agent 2, Discworld Noir and Anna's Quest. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Grim Fandango special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Puzzle Agent 2

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2011PCSteam Deck playable87 % positive4.59 €

  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Distinctive, stylised art style
  • Lots of humour

Telltale's puzzle adventure, drawn in Graham Annable's distinctive sketchy style, sends FBI puzzle investigator Nelson Tethers back to eerie Scoggins. Logic brainteasers drive a quirky, unsettling mystery full of deadpan humor.

Discworld Noir

Strong, story-driven narrative

A film-noir detective adventure set in Terry Pratchett's Discworld, where you play the cynical private eye Lewton, gathering clues across Ankh-Morpork and untangling a twisty case with dry wit.

Anna's Quest

Distinctive, stylised art style

A hand-drawn point-and-click adventure in which telekinetic Anna solves tricky puzzles in a fairy-tale world with a dark, macabre streak. The contrast between cute visuals and grim black humor is its charm.

The Rise of the Golden Idol

Puzzles and brain teasers

A deduction-driven detective puzzler where you solve 20 bizarre crime scenes in 1970s America by gathering clues, identifying people and piecing together events yourself. There is no hand-holding, only your own logic and observation.

Karma. Incarnation 1

Distinctive, stylised art style

A hand-drawn point-and-click puzzle adventure about a love story between two souls, mixing quirky humour with bizarre, brain-bending puzzles. Its frame-by-frame animation gives it a unique look.

Flower, Sun, and Rain

Puzzles and brain teasers

As the searcher Sumio Mondo, you explore a resort island stuck in a time loop and solve quirky, often cryptic puzzles. A surreal, offbeat Suda51 story with plenty of dark humor.

Broken Sword: The Smoking Mirror

Puzzles and brain teasers

A classic point-and-click adventure in which George Stobbart and Nicole Collard chase a conspiracy tied to Aztec mythology. Clever inventory puzzles, dry humor and a thriller-style adventure plot define the experience.

The Inner World

Puzzles and brain teasers

A charming hand-drawn point-and-click adventure where naive flute-nosed Robert and the thief Laura set out to save the strange, windless world of Asposia. Expect tricky inventory puzzles, oddball characters and plenty of gentle humor.

Toonstruck

Distinctive, stylised art style

A zany point-and-click adventure where a live-action Christopher Lloyd is pulled into a vividly colorful cartoon world. Absurd humor, famous voice actors and tricky inventory puzzles define the experience.

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