Buy it if you like
- Story: 160 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Audio: 79 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Graphics: 63 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
- Gameplay: 50 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Bugs: 26 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Interface: 20 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
Based on 9k player reviews · updated
What players think
The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.
Why players love itThings to know
59% of themes are praise8% are divided33% are complaints
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
160 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Tim Schafer’s writing excels in this game, as proven by a narrative full of clever and witty dialogues from well fleshed out characters.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
79 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Then there is the excellent voice acting and soundtrack to back it up.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
63 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
As mentioned previously, whilst the character models were vastly improved through the use of enhanced textures, better cast of lighting and anti-aliasing for jagged edges, the backgrounds were left shockingly untouched.
Characters
Players who bring up Characters mostly praise it.
13 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Classic rendering and the new rendering of characters both look good for different reasons, tank controls (the original release's control system) work fine and do make you feel closer to the main character, but you'll probably want to use point-and-click for your first time around.
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
11 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Puzzle-wise, Grim Fandango has an adequate level of difficulty in general when you put the effort to be observant.
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
9 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
+Keys can be rebound and the game also has full controller support
+1 more players loved
Theme by theme
Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.
Players love
Story160 reviews
Audio79 reviews
Graphics63 reviews
Characters13 reviews
Difficulty11 reviews
Controls9 reviews
Steam Deck5 reviews
Divided opinion
Performance100% still recommend
Players complain
Gameplay84% still recommend
Bugs62% still recommend
Interface85% still recommend
Crashes50% still recommend
What you get
Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.
Play modes
- Single-player
Controller
- Full controller support
Store features
- Commentary available
- Family Sharing
- Remote Play Together
- Remote Play on TV
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Cloud
- Steam Trading Cards
Platforms
- Windows
- macOS
- Linux
Valve device support
Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachinePlayable
Should I buy it now?
Based on Steam price history.
Prices have been lower
$14.99
The lowest we've tracked is $2.99.
4 points recordedtoday · $14.99
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