Single-player games like Grim Fandango Remastered
Below are 19 single-player Steam games similar to Grim Fandango Remastered, ranked by player overlap. Every pick carries Steam's Single-player category, so multiplayer-only titles or always-online games don't sneak in. imho.run pulls the category data from Steam directly — Single-player here matches what the store labels.
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Ranked picks
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Day of the Tentacle Remastered
Single-player alternative to Grim Fandango Remastered — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Grim Fandango Remastered.
Originally released by LucasArts in 1993 as a sequel to Ron Gilbert’s ground breaking Maniac Mansion, Day of the Tentacle is back in a remastered edition that features all new hand-drawn, high resolution artwork, with remastered audio, music and sound effects.
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Full Throttle Remastered
Single-player alternative to Grim Fandango Remastered — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Grim Fandango Remastered.
Originally released by LucasArts in 1995, Full Throttle is a classic graphic adventure game from industry legend Tim Schafer, telling the story of Ben Throttle; butt-kicking leader of biker gang the Polecats, who gets caught up in a tale of Motorcycles, Mayhem and Murder.
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Broken Age
Single-player alternative to Grim Fandango Remastered — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Grim Fandango Remastered.
A family friendly, hand-animated, puzzle-filled adventure game with an all-star cast, including Elijah Wood, Jack Black and Masasa Moyo. Funded by a record breaking crowdfunding campaign and designed by industry legend Tim Schafer, Broken Age is a timeless coming-of-age story.
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The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
Single-player alternative to Grim Fandango Remastered — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Grim Fandango Remastered.
Back by popular demand, The Secret of Monkey Island™: Special Edition faithfully re-imagines the internationally-acclaimed classic game (originally released in 1990) for original and new audiences alike.
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Monkey Island™ 2 Special Edition: LeChuck’s Revenge™
Single-player alternative to Grim Fandango Remastered — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Grim Fandango Remastered.
Wannabe pirate Guybrush Threepwood, and the now zombie pirate LeChuck, return in what has long been considered one of the greatest LucasArts adventure games of all time.
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King's Quest
Single-player alternative to Grim Fandango Remastered — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Grim Fandango Remastered.
King’s Quest is a collection of five different chapter releases, each focusing on an untold tale in Graham’s past. Discover a wondrous world full of whimsical characters, charming puzzles and perilous dangers in this fun and enchanting coming of age story.
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Maniac Mansion
Single-player alternative to Grim Fandango Remastered — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Grim Fandango Remastered.
Quick, Dr. Fred's Kidnapped Sandy and he's about to start the experiment...
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The Night of the Rabbit
Single-player alternative to Grim Fandango Remastered — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Grim Fandango Remastered.
Lose yourself in a tale of magic and wonder, where anything is possible and where nothing is quite as it seems: join young Jerry and follow a peculiar white rabbit to the wondrous realm of Mousewood, a land where critters can speak and where mystery abounds.
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Simon the Sorcerer 3D
Single-player alternative to Grim Fandango Remastered — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Grim Fandango Remastered.
Simon is back and this time in 3 dimensions! Once again explore with Simon a vast fantastical world and help him find a way back home by uncovering the secrets of 'The Nexus'. Do this before your arch nemesis, Sordid, can use its power for more evil means.
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Thimbleweed Park™
Single-player alternative to Grim Fandango Remastered — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Grim Fandango Remastered.
In Thimbleweed Park, a dead body is the least of your problems. Switch between five playable characters to uncover the surreal secrets of this strange town in a modern mystery adventure game from the creators of Monkey Island and Maniac Mansion. The deeper you go, the weirder it gets.
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Psychonauts
Single-player alternative to Grim Fandango Remastered — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
A Psychic Odyssey Through the Minds of Misfits, Monsters, and Madmen. This classic action/adventure platformer from acclaimed developers Double Fine Productions follows the story of a young psychic named Razputin.
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Sam & Max Hit the Road
Single-player alternative to Grim Fandango Remastered — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Grim Fandango Remastered.
Grab your nightstick, squeal like a siren, and Hit the Road with Sam & Max, Freelance Police, as they attempt to crack their toughest case.
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Broken Sword: Director's Cut (2009)
Single-player alternative to Grim Fandango Remastered — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Grim Fandango Remastered.
One of the all-time classic adventures, multi award winning "Broken Sword: Director's Cut" pitches sassy journalist Nico Collard, and intrepid American George Stobbart into a mysterious journey of intrigue and jeopardy.
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Darkestville Castle
Single-player alternative to Grim Fandango Remastered — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Grim Fandango Remastered.
Darkestville Castle — a darkly comedic point-and-click adventure where you play as a sarcastic demon. Solve clever puzzles, manipulate idiots, and bring chaos back to Darkestville, because being evil is just more fun.
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The Excavation of Hob's Barrow
Single-player alternative to Grim Fandango Remastered — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Grim Fandango Remastered.
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow is a folk horror narrative-driven adventure. Explore the isolated moors of rural Victorian England as you uncover the mysteries of Hob's Barrow. The answers lie in the soil...
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Psychonauts 2
Single-player alternative to Grim Fandango Remastered — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Grim Fandango Remastered.
Combining quirky missions and mysterious conspiracies, Psychonauts 2 is a platform-adventure game with cinematic style and tons of customizable psychic powers.
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Brutal Legend
Single-player alternative to Grim Fandango Remastered — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Grim Fandango Remastered.
Brütal Legend is an action-adventure that marries visceral action combat with open-world freedom. Set in a universe somewhere between Lord of the Rings and Spinal Tap, it’s a fresh take on the action/driving genre, which in this case is full of imitation cover bands, demons intent on enslaving humanity and Heavy metal tunes.
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Spacebase DF-9
Single-player alternative to Grim Fandango Remastered — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
In Spacebase DF-9, you'll build a home among the stars for a motley population of humans and aliens as they go about their daily lives. Mine asteroids, discover derelicts, and deal with the tribulations of galactic resettlement in Earth's distant future.
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Costume Quest
Single-player alternative to Grim Fandango Remastered — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Grim Fandango Remastered.
A Halloween adventure from Tim Schafer's Double Fine Productions.