Editing Grim Fandango (section)

== Reception ==
===Reviews===
{{Video game reviews
| title = ''Grim Fandango'' (1998)
| MC = 94/100<ref name="Grim Fandango pc: 1998">{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/grim-fandango/critic-reviews/?platform=pc |title=Grim Fandango (pc: 1998) |website=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=March 4, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140703020957/http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/grim-fandango |archive-date=July 3, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| AdvGamers = {{rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="adventure gamers review">{{cite web |url=https://adventuregamers.com/articles/view/17517 |title=Grim Fandango Review |publisher=Adventure Gamers |date=May 20, 2002 |access-date=March 4, 2008 |first=Heidi |last=Fournier |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140702120226/http://www.adventuregamers.com/articles/view/17517 |archive-date=July 2, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| Allgame = {{rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=9420&tab=review |title=Grim Fandango |first=Michael L. |last=House |publisher=[[AllGame]] |access-date=October 11, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141012025513/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=9420&tab=review |archive-date=October 12, 2014}}</ref>
| Edge = 9/10<ref>{{cite magazine |author=Edge staff |date=October 28, 1998 |title=Grim Fandango Review |magazine=[[Edge (magazine)|Edge]] |issue=65 |url=http://www.edge-online.com/review/grim-fandango-review/ |access-date=October 12, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140904225252/http://www.edge-online.com/review/grim-fandango-review/ |archive-date=September 4, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| GameRev = A−<ref name="game revolution review">{{cite web |author=Manny |year=1998 |url=http://www.gamerevolution.com/review/pc/grim_fandango |title=Dang! I Left My Heart In The Land Of The Living! |publisher=[[Game Revolution]] |access-date=March 6, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140820081303/http://www.gamerevolution.com/review/grim-fandango |archive-date=August 20, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| GSpot = 9.3/10<ref name="gamespot review">{{cite web |first=Ron |last=Dulin |date=October 30, 1998 |url=http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/grim-fandango-review/1900-2537300/ |title=Grim Fandango for PC Review |website=[[GameSpot]] |access-date=April 29, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140317093833/http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/grim-fandango-review/1900-2537300/ |archive-date=March 17, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| IGN = 9.4/10<ref name="ign review"/>
| NGen = {{rating|5|5}}<ref name="NG"/>
| PCGUS = 91%<ref name="Grim Fandango pc: 1998"/>
| PCZone = 9.0/10<ref name="pc zone review"/>
}}

''Grim Fandango'' gained critical acclaim upon its release.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://adventuregamers.com/games/view/15609 |title=Grim Fandango |publisher=[[Adventure Gamers]] |access-date=October 11, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007211924/http://www.adventuregamers.com/games/view/15609 |archive-date=October 7, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> Aggregating review website [[Metacritic]] gave the game a score of 94/100.<ref name="Grim Fandango pc: 1998"/> Critics lauded the art direction in particular, with [[GameSpot]] rating the visual design as "consistently great".<ref name="gamespot review"/> ''[[PC Zone]]'' emphasized the production as a whole calling the direction, costumes, characters, music, and atmosphere expertly done. They also commented the game would make a "superb film".<ref name="pc zone review">{{cite web |first=Steve |last=Hill |date=August 13, 2001 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014032109/http://computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=3039 |url=http://www.computerandvideogames.com/3039/reviews/grim-fandango-review/ |title=Grim Fandango |work=[[PC Zone]] |publisher=[[Future plc]] |archive-date=October 14, 2007 |access-date=January 25, 2006}}</ref> The ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'' stated "''Grim Fandango'' feels like a wild dance through a cartoonish film-noir adventure. Its wacky characters, seductive puzzle-filled plot and a nearly invisible interface allow players to lose themselves in the game just as cinemagoers might get lost in a movie."<ref name="sfgate review"/> The ''[[Houston Chronicle]]'', in naming ''Grim Fandango'' the best game of 1998 along with ''[[Half-Life (video game)|Half-Life]]'', complimented the graphics calling them "jaw-dropping" and commented that the game "is full of both dark and light humor".<ref>{{cite news |first=Dwight |last=Silverman |newspaper=Houston Chronicle |date=December 15, 1998 |title=Outstanding in their fields |access-date=March 15, 2008 |url=http://www.chron.com/content/chronicle/tech/98/12/18/main.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041210151900/http://www.chron.com/content/chronicle/tech/98/12/18/main.html |archive-date=December 10, 2004}}</ref> [[IGN]] summed its review up by saying the game was the "best adventure game" it had ever seen.<ref name="ign review">{{cite web |first=Trent C. |last=Ward |date=November 3, 1998 |url=http://pc.ign.com/articles/153/153100p1.html |title=LucasArts flexes their storytelling muscle in this near-perfect adventure game. |website=IGN |access-date=March 6, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912090435/http://www.ign.com/articles/1998/11/04/grim-fandango |archive-date=September 12, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

''[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]'' reviewed the PC version of the game, rating it five stars out of five, and stated that "''Grim Fandango'' is a smart, beautiful, and enjoyable adventure game that will leave you holding your breath waiting for ''Grim Fandango 2''."<ref name="NG">{{cite magazine |title=Finals |magazine=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]] |issue=50 |publisher=[[Future US|Imagine Media]] |date=February 1999 |page=96}}</ref>

The game also received criticisms from the media. Several reviewers noted that there were difficulties experienced with the interface, requiring a certain [[learning curve]] to get used to, and selected camera angles for some puzzles were poorly chosen.<ref name="ign review"/><ref name="adventure gamers review"/><ref name="gamespot review"/> The use of elevators in the game was particularly noted as troublesome.<ref name="ign review"/><ref name="gamespot review"/> The review from Adventure Gamers expressed dislike of the soundtrack, and, at times, "found it too heavy and not well suited to the game's theme".<ref name="adventure gamers review"/> A ''[[Computer and Video Games]]'' review also noted that the game had continuous and long data loading from the [[CD-ROM]] that interrupted the game and "spoils the fluidity of some sequences and causes niggling delays".<ref>{{cite magazine |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090314113056/http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=8331 |url=http://www.computerandvideogames.com/8331/reviews/grim-fandango-review/ |title=PC Review: Grim Fandango |first=Stephan |last=Fulljames |date=August 15, 2001 |archive-date=March 14, 2009 |access-date=March 21, 2008 |magazine=[[Computer and Video Games]]}}</ref>

In 1999, ''[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]'' listed ''Grim Fandango'' as number 26 on their "Top 50 Games of All Time", commenting that, "''Grim'' offered adventure fans funny, touching, and infuriating moments in following its characters, and it did so through a magnificently beautiful game."<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Top 50 Games of All Time |magazine=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]|issue=50 |publisher=[[Imagine Media]] |date=February 1999|page=77}}</ref>

=== Awards ===
''Grim Fandango'' won several awards after its release in 1998. ''[[PC Gamer]]'' selected the game as the 1998 "Adventure Game of the Year".<ref name="PC Gamer award">{{cite news |publisher=PC Gamer |date=March 1999 |work=Vol. 6, No. 3 |title=PC Gamer Fifth Annual Awards}}</ref><ref name="Lucasarts awards list">{{cite web |url=http://www.lucasarts.com/company/about/page5.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080507064852/http://www.lucasarts.com/company/about/page5.html |archive-date=May 7, 2008 |title=A Selection of Awards and Accolades for Recent LucasArts Releases |publisher=[[LucasArts]] |access-date=March 15, 2008}}</ref> The game won [[IGN]]'s "Best Adventure Game of the Year" in 1998,<ref name="IGN Awards 1998">{{cite web |url=http://pc.ign.com/articles/066/066665p1.html |title=IGNPC's Best of 1998 Awards |date=January 31, 1999 |website=IGN |access-date=March 6, 2008 |author=IGN Staff |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007060918/http://www.ign.com/articles/1999/01/29/ignpcs-best-of-1998-awards |archive-date=October 7, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> while GameSpot awarded it their "Best of E3 1998",<ref name="GameSpot E3">{{cite web |url=http://www.gamespot.com/features/e398/gri.html |title=GameSpot's Best of E3: Grim Fandango |website=[[GameSpot]] |access-date=April 29, 2014 |year=1998 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121209082104/http://www.gamespot.com/features/e398/gri.html |archive-date=December 9, 2012}}</ref> "PC Adventure Game of the Year",<ref name="GameSpot Adventure PC award">{{cite web |url=http://www.gamespot.com/features/awards1998/genre2b.html |title=Best and Worst of 1998: Genre Awards |website=[[GameSpot]] |year=1999 |access-date=April 29, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130224152003/http://web.archive.org/web/19990508205504/http%3A//www.gamespot.com/features/awards1998/genre2b.html |archive-date=February 24, 2013}}</ref> "PC Game of the Year",<ref name="GameSpot PC Game year">{{cite web |url=http://www.gamespot.com/features/awards1998/gameofyear2.html |title=Best and Worst of 1998: Game of the Year |website=[[GameSpot]] |access-date=April 29, 2014 |year=1999 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005144227/http://www.gamespot.com/features/awards1998/gameofyear2.html |archive-date=October 5, 2013}}</ref> "Best PC Graphics for Artistic Design",<ref name="Gamespot Best PC graphics">{{cite web |url=http://www.gamespot.com/features/awards1998/special2.html |title=Best and Worst of 1998: Special Achievement Awards |website=[[GameSpot]] |access-date=April 29, 2014 |year=1999 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120526041214/http://www.gamespot.com/features/awards1998/special2.html |archive-date=May 26, 2012}}</ref> and "Best PC Music awards".<ref name="GameSpot Best PC Music awards">{{cite web |url=http://www.gamespot.com/features/awards1998/special.html |title=Best and Worst of 1998: Special Achievement Awards |website=[[GameSpot]] |access-date=April 29, 2014 |year=1999 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106020734/http://www.gamespot.com/features/awards1998/special.html |archive-date=November 6, 2012}}</ref> GameSpot named ''Grim Fandango'' its Game of the Year for 1998,<ref name="1up scheffer profile">{{cite web |url=http://www.1up.com/features/tim-schafer-profile |title=Tim Schafer Profile |website=[[1UP.com|1UP]] |date=March 30, 2009 |access-date=April 1, 2009 |first=Matt |last=Leone}}</ref> and in the following year included the game in their "Ten Best PC Game Soundtracks"<ref name="gamespot best soundtracks">{{cite web |url=http://www.gamespot.com/features/tenspot_music/page5.html |title=The Ten Best Game Soundtracks |website=[[GameSpot]] |access-date=April 29, 2014 |year=2000 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001206164500/http://gamespot.com/features/tenspot_music/page5.html |archive-date=December 6, 2000 }}</ref> and was selected as the 10th "Best PC Ending" by their readership.<ref name="GameSpot Top Ten Endings">{{cite web |url=http://www.gamespot.com/features/tenspot_readers_endings/1.html |title=The Ten Best Readers Endings |website=[[GameSpot]] |access-date=April 29, 2014 |year=2000 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121202234706/http://www.gamespot.com/features/tenspot_readers_endings/1.html |archive-date=December 2, 2012}}</ref> In 1999, ''Grim Fandango'' won "[[D.I.C.E. Award for Adventure Game of the Year|PC Adventure Game of the Year]]"<ref name="IAA_Computer">{{cite web |title=Second Interactive Achievement Awards - Computer |url=http://www.interactive.org/iaa/finalists_pc.html |website=Interactive.org |publisher=Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences |access-date=12 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991104003923/http://www.interactive.org/iaa/finalists_pc.html |archive-date=November 4, 1999}}</ref><ref name="Sydney Morning Herald 1999">{{cite news |title=INSERT; Games |first=Stuart |last=Clarke |newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald |location=Australia |date=May 29, 1999 |page=13 – Computers section}}</ref> during the [[Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences|AIAS]]' [[2nd Annual Interactive Achievement Awards]] (now known as the [[D.I.C.E. Awards]]); it was also nominated for "[[D.I.C.E. Award for Game of the Year|Game of the Year]]", "Computer Entertainment Title of the Year", "[[D.I.C.E. Award for Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction|Outstanding Achievement in Art/Graphics]]", "[[D.I.C.E. Award for Outstanding Achievement in Story|Outstanding Achievement in Character or Story Development]]", and "[[D.I.C.E. Award for Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition|Outstanding Achievement in Sound and Music]]".<ref name="IAA_GOTY">{{cite web |title=Second Interactive Achievement Awards - Game of the Year |url=http://www.interactive.org/iaa/finalists_titleofyear.html |website=Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences |access-date=12 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991104011602/http://www.interactive.org/iaa/finalists_titleofyear.html |archive-date=November 4, 1999}}</ref><ref name="IAA_Craft">{{cite web |title=Second Interactive Achievement Awards - Craft Award |url=http://www.interactive.org/iaa/finalists_craft.html |website=Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences |access-date=12 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991103220401/http://www.interactive.org/iaa/finalists_craft.html |archive-date=November 3, 1999}}</ref>

''Grim Fandango'' has been included in several publishers' "Top Games" lists well after its release. GameSpot inducted the game into their "Greatest Games of All Time" in 2003 citing, "Ask just about anyone who has played Grim Fandango, and he or she will agree that it's one of the greatest games of all time."<ref name="GameSpot greatest games">{{cite web |url=http://www.gamespot.com/gamespot/features/all/greatestgames/p-19.html |title=The Greatest Games of All Time&nbsp;– Grim Fandango |website=[[GameSpot]] |access-date=April 29, 2014 |year=2003 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121206025329/http://www.gamespot.com/gamespot/features/all/greatestgames/p-19.html |archive-date=December 6, 2012}}</ref> [[GameSpy]] also added the game to their Hall of Fame in 2004,<ref name="GameSpy Hall of Fame">{{cite web |url=http://www.gamespy.com/articles/505/505156p1.html |title=Hall of Fame: Grim Fandango |first=Justin |last=Leeper |date=April 10, 2004 |access-date=April 29, 2014 |publisher=[[GameSpy]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130402085554/http://www.gamespy.com/articles/505/505156p1.html |archive-date=April 2, 2013}}</ref> further describing it as the seventh "Most Underrated Game of All Time" in 2003.<ref name="GameSpy list of underrated games">{{cite web |url=http://archive.gamespy.com/articles/september03/25underrated/index20.shtml |title=25 Most Underrated Games of All Time&nbsp;– Grim Fandango |publisher=[[GameSpy]] |access-date=April 29, 2014 |year=2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120102142106/http://archive.gamespy.com/articles/september03/25underrated/index20.shtml |archive-date=January 2, 2012}}</ref> [[Adventure Gamers]] listed ''Grim Fandango'' as the seventh "Top Adventure Game of All Time" in 2004;<ref name="adventure gamers top adventures">{{cite web |url=https://adventuregamers.com/articles/view/17572 |title=Top 20 Adventure Games of All-Time |first=Evan |last=Dickens |publisher=Adventure Gamers |date=April 2, 2004 |access-date=March 6, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140813175243/http://www.adventuregamers.com/articles/view/17572 |archive-date=August 13, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> in their 2011 list of "Top 100 All-Time Adventures" it was listed as #1.<ref name="Adventure Gamers Top adventures 2011">{{cite web |url=https://adventuregamers.com/articles/view/18643/page21/ |title=Top 100 All-Time Adventures |publisher=Adventure Gamers |date=December 30, 2011 |access-date=January 26, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120513040043/http://www.adventuregamers.com/article/id%2C1401/p%2C21 |archive-date=May 13, 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2007, [[IGN]] included the game in the "Top&nbsp;25 PC Games" (as 15th)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pc.ign.com/articles/772/772285p2.html |title=Top 25 PC Games of All Time |author1=Adams, Dan |author2=Butts, Steve |author3=Onyett, Charles |website=IGN |date=March 16, 2007 |access-date=March 6, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140220214759/http://www.ign.com/articles/2007/03/16/top-25-pc-games-of-all-time?page=2 |archive-date=February 20, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and "Top&nbsp;100 Games of All Time" (at 36th), citing that "LucasArts' second-to-last stab at the classic adventure genre may very well be the most original and brilliant one ever made."<ref name="ign top 100">{{cite web |url=http://top100.ign.com/2007/ign_top_game_36.html |title=Top 100 Games of All Time |website=IGN |year=2007 |access-date=March 6, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071129205646/http://top100.ign.com/2007/ign_top_game_36.html |archive-date=November 29, 2007}}</ref> ''Grim Fandango'' remained as the 20th in the Top&nbsp;25 PC Games in IGN's 2009 list.<ref name="IGN Top 25 PC games 2009">{{cite web |url=http://pc.ign.com/articles/101/1011624p27.html |title=Top 25 PC Games – 2009 Edition |first=Ocampo |last=Jason |author2=Butts, Steve |author3=Haynes, Jeff |website=IGN |date=September 27, 2010 |access-date=May 17, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219163154/http://www.ign.com/articles/2011/08/04/the-top-25-modern-pc-games?page=27 |archive-date=February 19, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

====Lists of awards and rankings====
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Awards and nominations
!Publication or ceremony
!Award name
!Result
!Year
!Ref.
|-
|[[PC Gamer]]
|Adventure Game of the Year
|{{won}}
|1998
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="PC Gamer award"/><ref name="Lucasarts awards list"/>
|-
|[[IGN]]
|Best Adventure Game of the Year
|{{won}}
|1998
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="IGN Awards 1998"/>
|-
|[[CNET]] Gamecenter
|Best Adventure Game of 1998
|{{won}}
|1998
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gamecenter.com/Features/Exclusives/Awards98/ss02c.html |title=Gamecenter takes a look at 1998 and chooses the best games of the year! |date=January 29, 1999 |website=[[CNET]] Gamecenter |location=United States |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001217054800/http://www.gamecenter.com/Features/Exclusives/Awards98/ss02c.html |archive-date=December 17, 2000 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=6 |[[GameSpot]]
|PC Adventure Game of the Year
|{{won}}
|1998
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="GameSpot Adventure PC award"/>
|-
|PC Game of the Year
|{{won}}
|1998
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="GameSpot PC Game year"/>
|-
|Best PC Graphics for Artistic Design
|{{won}}
|1998
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Gamespot Best PC graphics"/>
|-
|Best PC Music awards
|{{won}}
|1998
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="GameSpot Best PC Music awards"/>
|-
|Game of the Year
|{{won}}
|1998
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="1up scheffer profile"/>
|-
|Best of [[Electronic Entertainment Expo|E3]] 1998
|{{won}}
|1998
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="GameSpot E3"/>
|-
|[[Computer Gaming World]]
|Best Adventure Game of the Year
| Won, tied with ''[[Sanitarium (video game)|Sanitarium]]''
|1998
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Computer Gaming World awards 1998">{{cite magazine |author=CGW staff |date=April 1999 |title=The Best of the Year |magazine=[[Computer Gaming World]] |issue=177 |page=96 |publisher=[[Ziff Davis]]}}</ref>
|-
| [[Micromanía]]
| Best game in the Adventure and RPG categories
|{{won}}
|1998
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Micromanía" >{{cite journal |date=December 1998 |title=Los Mejores Juegos del 98 |trans-title=The Best Games of 1998 |language=es |journal=[[Micromanía]] |volume=3 [Tercera Época] |issue=47 |pages=44, 48 |publisher=Hobby Press |location=Spain}}</ref>
|-
|[[Game Critics Awards]]
|Best Action/Adventure Game (displayed at [[Electronic Entertainment Expo|E3]])
|{{won}}
|1998
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gamecriticsawards.com/1998winners.html |title=1998 Winners |date=1998 |publisher=[[Game Critics Awards]] |access-date=October 13, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140701185858/http://gamecriticsawards.com/1998winners.html |archive-date=July 1, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=6 |[[Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences]]
|[[D.I.C.E. Award for Adventure Game of the Year|PC Adventure Game of the Year]]
|{{won}}
|[[2nd Annual Interactive Achievement Awards|1999]]
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="IAA_Computer"/><ref name="Sydney Morning Herald 1999"/>
|-
|[[D.I.C.E. Award for Game of the Year|Game of the Year]]
|{{nom}}
|[[2nd Annual Interactive Achievement Awards|1999]]
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="IAA_GOTY"/>
|- 
|Computer Entertainment Title of the Year
|{{nom}}
|[[2nd Annual Interactive Achievement Awards|1999]]
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.interactive.org/iaa/finalists_pc.html |title=Personal Computer Awards |publisher=[[Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences]] |access-date=29 June 2023 |archive-date=November 4, 1999 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991104003923/http://www.interactive.org/iaa/finalists_pc.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
|[[D.I.C.E. Award for Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction|Outstanding Achievement in Art/Graphics]]
|{{nom}}
|[[2nd Annual Interactive Achievement Awards|1999]]
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="IAA_Craft"/>
|-
|[[D.I.C.E. Award for Outstanding Achievement in Story|Outstanding Achievement in Character or Story Development]]
|{{nom}}
|[[2nd Annual Interactive Achievement Awards|1999]]
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="IAA_Craft"/>
|-
|[[D.I.C.E. Award for Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition|Outstanding Achievement in Sound and Music]]
|{{nom}}
|[[2nd Annual Interactive Achievement Awards|1999]]
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="IAA_Craft"/>
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Rankings
!Publication
!Ranking name
!Position
!Year
!Ref.
|-
|''[[GameSpot]]''
|Ten Best PC Game Soundtracks
|Included in top ten
|1999
|<ref name="gamespot best soundtracks"/>
|-
|''Adventure Classic Gaming''
|Top 10 adventure games of all time
|9th position
|2000
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.adventureclassicgaming.com/index.php/site/reviews/308/ |title=Top 10 adventure games of the 20th century |date=January 1, 2000 |publisher=[[Adventure Classic Gaming]] |access-date=October 14, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060310044043/http://www.adventureclassicgaming.com/index.php/site/features/142/ |archive-date=March 10, 2006 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|''[[Computer Gaming World]]''
| CGW's Hall of Fame
|Inducted
|2001
|<ref>{{cite magazine |author=CGW staff |date=February 2001 |title=Welcome to the Cooperstown of Computer Games - Hall of Fame - Inductions: Grim Fandango, Half-Life |magazine=[[Computer Gaming World]] |issue=199 |pages=62–63 |publisher=[[Ziff Davis]]}}</ref>
|-
|''[[GameSpot]]''
|Greatest Games of All Time
|Included in the list
|2003
|<ref name="GameSpot greatest games"/>
|-
|''[[GameSpy]]''
|25 Most Underrated Games of All Time
|7th position
|2004
|<ref name="GameSpy list of underrated games"/>
|-
|''[[Adventure Gamers]]''
|Top Adventure Game of All Time
|7th position
|2004
|<ref name="adventure gamers top adventures"/>
|-
|''[[GameSpy]]''
|GameSpy Hall of Fame
|Inducted
|2004
|<ref name="GameSpy Hall of Fame"/>
|-
|''[[IGN]]''
|Top 100 Games of All Time
|36th position
|2007
|<ref name="ign top 100"/>
|-
|''[[IGN]]''
|Top 25 PC Games of All Time
|15th position
|2007
|<ref name="IGN top PC 25, 2007"/>
|-
|''[[IGN]]''
|Top 25 PC Games
|20th position
|2009
|<ref name="IGN Top 25 PC games 2009"/>
|-
|''[[Adventure Gamers]]''
|Top 100 All-Time Adventures
|1st position
|2011
|<ref name="Adventure Gamers Top adventures 2011"/>
|-
|''[[PC Gamer]]''
|The 100 best PC games of all time
|80th position
|2011
|<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.pcgamer.com/the-100-best-pc-games-of-all-time/#page-3 |title=The 100 best PC games of all time |author=PC Gamer staff |magazine=[[PC Gamer]] |date=February 15, 2011 |access-date=October 11, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141010100355/http://www.pcgamer.com/the-100-best-pc-games-of-all-time/#page-3 |archive-date=October 10, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''
|All-Time 100 Greatest Video Games
|Included in list
|2012
|<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://techland.time.com/2012/11/15/all-time-100-video-games/slide/grim-fandango-1998/ |title=All-Time 100 Video Games - From Adventure to Zork, here are our picks for the All-Time 100 greatest video games. |last1=Peckham |first1=Matt |date=November 15, 2012 |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |location=New York, U.S. |access-date=October 13, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330193022/http://techland.time.com/2012/11/15/all-time-100-video-games/slide/grim-fandango-1998/ |archive-date=March 30, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|''[[GameSpot]]''
|Best PC Ending (of all time)
|10th position
|2012
|<ref name="GameSpot Top Ten Endings"/>
|-
|''[[Wired (website)|Wired]]''
|The Most Jaw-Dropping Game Graphics of the Last 20 Years
|Best of 1998
|2013
|<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Kohler |first1=Chris |last2=Groen |first2=Andrew |last3=Rigney |first3=Ryan |date=May 6, 2013 |title=The Most Jaw-Dropping Game Graphics of the Last 20 Years - 1998: Grim Fandango = |magazine=[[Wired (website)|Wired]] |url=https://www.wired.com/2013/05/best-game-graphics-gallery/ |access-date=April 13, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408150719/http://www.wired.com/2013/05/best-game-graphics-gallery/ |archive-date=April 8, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|''[[Empire (film magazine)|Empire]]''
|The 100 Greatest Video Games of All Time
|84th position
|2014
|<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.empireonline.com/features/100greatestgames/game.asp?title=84 |title=The 100 Greatest Video Games of All Time - 84. Grim Fandango |date=2014 |magazine=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]] |location=United Kingdom |access-date=October 13, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819172459/http://www.empireonline.com/features/100greatestgames/game.asp?title=84 |archive-date=August 19, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|''[[PC Gamer]]''
|The PC Gamer Top 100
|21st position
|2014
|<ref name="PC Gamer Best games 2014"/>
|}

=== Sales and aftermath ===
Initial estimates suggested that ''Grim Fandango'' sold well during the 1998 holiday season.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.smartmoney.com/spending/deals/tech-gifts-of-the-season-3828/ |title=Tech Gifts of the Season |first=Joshua |last=Albertson |publisher=Smart Money |date=December 8, 1998 |access-date=March 15, 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041221231835/http://www.smartmoney.com/consumer/index.cfm?story=199812082 |archive-date=December 21, 2004}}</ref> It debuted at #6 for the first week of November on [[PC Data]]'s computer game sales charts, at an average retail price of $35. It was absent by its second week.<ref name=firstweeknov>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000609184911/http://headline.gamespot.com/news/98_11/25_pc_pcsellers/index.html |url=http://headline.gamespot.com:80/news/98_11/25_pc_pcsellers/index.html |title=Top Sellers of the Week |date=November 25, 1998 |author=Feldman, Curt |work=[[GameSpot]] |archive-date=June 9, 2000 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In the United Kingdom, ''Grim Fandango'' claimed first place on [[Chart-Track]]'s weekly sales chart in December, before falling to ninth place.<ref name=pczonechart2>{{cite journal |title=Charts; The ChartTrack Top 10 |issue=72 |date=January 1999 |author=Mallinson, Paul |journal=[[PC Zone]] |page=22}}</ref> It secured 12th after four weeks,<ref name=pcgw>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19981206061244/http://www.gamespot.co.uk/pcgw/chart.html |url=http://www.gamespot.co.uk:80/pcgw/chart.html |title=''PC Gaming World''{{'}}s ELSPA Chart |date=December 4, 1998 |work=[[GameSpot UK]] |archive-date=December 6, 1998 |url-status=dead |access-date=January 28, 2019 }}</ref> and 24th at the 13-week mark.<ref name=pcgw2>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990128010951/http://www.gamespot.co.uk/pcgw/chart.html |url=http://www.gamespot.co.uk:80/pcgw/chart.html |title=''PC Gaming World''{{'}}s ELSPA Charts |date=January 27, 1999 |work=[[GameSpot UK]] |archive-date=January 28, 1999 |url-status=dead |access-date=January 28, 2019 }}</ref> The game sold 58,617 copies and earned $2.33 million in the United States by the end of 1998,<ref name=pcgsales2>{{cite journal |author=Staff |date=April 1999 |volume=6 |issue=4 |title=The Numbers Game; Does Award Winner = Best Seller? |journal=[[PC Gamer US]] |page=50}}</ref> and rose to 95,000 sales there by March 2000, according to PC Data.<ref name=95k>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010420153305/http://www.justadventure.com/articles/Not_Playing/Part_4.asp |url=http://www.justadventure.com:80/articles/Not_Playing/Part_4.asp |title=(Not) Playing the Game; Part 4 |date=March 2000 |author=Sluganski, Randy |work=[[Just Adventure]] |archive-date=April 20, 2001 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=july2000ja>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010420154239/http://www.justadventure.com/articles/State_of_Adventure_Gaming/00-07/Jul_00.asp |url=http://www.justadventure.com:80/articles/State_of_Adventure_Gaming/00-07/Jul_00.asp |title=The State of Adventure Gaming |date=July 2000 |author=Sluganski, Randy |work=[[Just Adventure]] |archive-date=April 20, 2001 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ''Grim Fandango'' sold another 16,157 units in the region during 2001,<ref name=adventure2001>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020619111456/http://www.justadventure.com/articles/State_of_Adventure_Gaming/Mar-02/sales2001.shtm |url=http://www.justadventure.com:80/articles/State_of_Adventure_Gaming/Mar-02/sales2001.shtm |title=State of Adventure Gaming - March 2002 - 2001 Sales Table |date=March 2002 |author=Sluganski, Randy |archive-date=June 19, 2002 |work=[[Just Adventure]] |url-status=dead }}</ref> and 8,032 in the first six months of 2002;<ref name=janjun2002>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050314010007/http://justadventure.com/articles/State_of_Adventure_Gaming/August2002/SalesJune2002.shtm |url=http://justadventure.com:80/articles/State_of_Adventure_Gaming/August2002/SalesJune2002.shtm |title=State of Adventure Gaming - August 2002 - June 2002 Sales Table |date=August 2002 |author=Sluganski, Randy |archive-date=March 14, 2005 |work=[[Just Adventure]] |url-status=dead }}</ref> its [[Optical disc packaging#Jewel case|jewel case]] [[Stock keeping unit|SKU]] reached 5,621 sales during 2003.<ref name=2003sales>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040411223950/http://www.justadventure.com/articles/State_of_Adventure_Gaming/March2004/Dec03ret_gam.shtm |url=http://www.justadventure.com:80/articles/State_of_Adventure_Gaming/March2004/Dec03ret_gam.shtm |title=Sales December 2003 - The State of Adventure Gaming |date=March 2004 |author=Sluganski, Randy |archive-date=April 11, 2004 |work=[[Just Adventure]] |url-status=dead }}</ref> According to Tim Schafer, the game achieved sales of approximately 500,000 units by 2012,<ref name=sfweekly>{{cite web |author=Winegarner, Beth |title=The Adventures of a Videogame Rebel: Tim Schafer at Double Fine |url=http://www.sfweekly.com/news/the-adventures-of-a-videogame-rebel-tim-schafer-at-double-fine/ |website=[[SF Weekly]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170709031529/http://www.sfweekly.com/news/the-adventures-of-a-videogame-rebel-tim-schafer-at-double-fine/ |archive-date=July 9, 2017 |date=May 23, 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref> around 50% fewer than ''Full Throttle'' had achieved.<ref name=edgesales /> It is commonly considered a commercial failure,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://archives.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/01/04/y2k.game.idg/index.html |title=Y2K the game, appropriately enough, is a dud |publisher=CNN |access-date=April 29, 2014 |date=January 4, 2000 |first=Barry |last=Brenasal |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120924054345/http://archives.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/01/04/y2k.game.idg/index.html |archive-date=September 24, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gameology.org/node/636 |title=Review: LucasArts' Grim Fandango (1998) |first=Matt |last=Barton |publisher=Gameology |date=November 5, 2005 |access-date=March 6, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130402085433/http://www.gameology.org/node/636 |archive-date=April 2, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://retro.ign.com/articles/856/856379p1.html |title=The Lives and Deaths of the Interactive Movie |website=IGN |date=March 3, 2008 |access-date=March 6, 2008 |first=Travis |last=Fahs |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080306172102/http://retro.ign.com/articles/856/856379p1.html |archive-date=March 6, 2008}}</ref> even though LucasArts stated that "Grim Fandango met domestic expectations and exceeded them worldwide".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gamer.nl/nieuws/5468/lucasarts-ziet-het-licht |title=Lucasarts ziet het licht |language=nl |first=Bob |last=Christof |publisher=Gamer.nl |date=June 26, 2000 |access-date=December 2, 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724152308/http://www.gamer.nl/nieuws/5468/lucasarts-ziet-het-licht |archive-date=July 24, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dailyradar.com/news/game_news_3201.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010627012617/http://www.dailyradar.com/news/game_news_3201.html |archive-date=June 27, 2001 |title=The Future Of LucasArts |publisher=Daily Radar |date=May 25, 2000 |access-date=March 19, 2008}} "Although LucasArts, a privately held company, will not release sales figures, a spokesperson expressed confidence in the history and future of LucasArt's{{sic}} original titles. 'The response to the Monkey Island series has been phenomenal,' he said. '[And] Grim Fandango met domestic expectations and exceeded them worldwide.'"</ref><ref name="TechRaptor Grosso 2015"/> The game had become profitable by 2000,<ref name=emiprev>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001117012800/http://www.zdnet.com/gamespot/stories/previews/0,10869,2626194,00.html |url=http://www.zdnet.com/gamespot/stories/previews/0,10869,2626194,00.html |title=''Escape from Monkey Island'' Preview |author=Ajami, Amer |date=September 8, 2000 |work=[[GameSpot]] |archive-date=November 17, 2000 |url-status=dead}}</ref> although [[Dave Grossman (game developer)|Dave Grossman]] has said, "It was pretty ambitious and expensive, and I don't think it made very much money back."<ref name=sfweekly /> A writer for ''[[Edge (magazine)|Edge]]'' summarized in 2009, "While its reputation as a flop isn't entirely accurate, ''Grim''{{'}}s sales were either an indication that people preferred motorbikes to Gitanes-smoking corpses, or a sign of the times: adventure games were simply on their way out."<ref name=edgesales>{{cite magazine |title=Master of Unreality |magazine=[[Edge (magazine)|Edge]] |author=Staff |pages=82–87 |date=August 2009 |issue=204 |publisher=[[Future Publishing]] |location=United Kingdom}}</ref>

While LucasArts proceeded to produce ''[[Escape from Monkey Island]]'' in 2000, they canceled development of sequels to ''[[Sam & Max Hit the Road]]''<ref name="sam max cancelled">{{cite web |url=http://www.gamespot.com/pc/adventure/samandmaxfreelancepolice/news.html?sid=6090535 |title=Sam & Max sequel canceled |date=March 4, 2003 |access-date=March 21, 2008 |website=[[GameSpot]] |first=Tor |last=Thorsen |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140323000316/http://www.gamespot.com/articles/sam-and-max-sequel-canceled/1100-6090535/ |archive-date=March 23, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> and ''[[Full Throttle (1995 video game)|Full Throttle]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gamespot.com/pc/adventure/fullthrottle2/news_6073105.html |title=LucasArts cancels Full Throttle |website=[[GameSpot]] |first=Sam |last=Parker |date=August 7, 2003 |access-date=April 29, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130123205423/http://www.gamespot.com/news/lucasarts-cancels-full-throttle-6073105 |archive-date=January 23, 2013}}</ref> stating that "After careful evaluation of current market place realities and underlying economic considerations, we've decided that this was not the appropriate time to launch a graphic adventure on the PC."<ref name="sam max cancelled"/> Subsequently, the studio dismissed many of the people involved with their adventure games,<ref name="Edge">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.next-gen.biz/features/short-history-lucasarts |title=A Short History of LucasArts |magazine=[[Edge (magazine)|Edge]] |publisher=[[Future plc]] |date=August 26, 2006 |access-date=February 2, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012110136/http://www.edge-online.com/features/short-history-lucasarts/ |archive-date=October 12, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://uk.gamespot.com/news/6104775.html |title=LucasArts undergoing "major restructuring" |website=[[GameSpot]] |first=Curt |last=Feldman |date=August 13, 2004 |access-date=February 2, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141004231619/http://www.gamespot.com/articles/lucasarts-undergoing-major-restructuring/1100-6104775/ |archive-date=October 4, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> some of whom went on to set up [[Telltale Games]], creating an [[episodic games|episodic]] series of [[Sam & Max Save the World|''Sam & Max'' games]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=4372 |title=Sam & Max 2 Developers Form New Studio |website=[[Gamasutra]] |date=October 4, 2004 |access-date=March 21, 2008 |first=David |last=Jenkins |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230232259/http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=4372 |archive-date=December 30, 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> These events, along with other changes in the video game market towards action-based games, are seen as primary causes in the decline of the adventure game genre.<ref name="gamasutra lifecycle"/><ref name="salon future of gaming">{{cite news |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629101617/http://www.salon.com/21st/feature/1998/10/cov_08feature.html |url=http://www.salon.com/21st/feature/1998/10/cov_08feature.html |title=Myst And Riven Are A Dead End. The Future Of Computer Gaming Lies In Online, Multiplayer Worlds |work=Salon |first=Greg |last=Lindsay |date=October 8, 1998 |archive-date=June 29, 2011 |access-date=March 13, 2008}}</ref> ''Grim Fandango''{{'s}} underperformance was seen as a sign that the genre was commercially "dead" to rival [[Sierra Entertainment|Sierra]], as well.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.the-nextlevel.com/feature/adventure-series-part-iii/2 |title=Adventure Series: Part III Feature |publisher=The Next Level |date=November 28, 2005 |access-date=April 29, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100113194006/http://www.the-nextlevel.com/feature/adventure-series-part-iii/2 |archive-date=January 13, 2010}}</ref> LucasArts stated in 2006 that they do not plan on returning to adventure games until the "next decade".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.g4tv.com/videos/11326/LucasArts-at-E3/ |title=LucasArts at E3 |year=2006 |publisher=[[G4tv.com|G4tv]] |access-date=March 3, 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016202241/http://www.g4tv.com/videos/11326/LucasArts-at-E3/ |archive-date=October 16, 2012}}</ref> Ultimately the studio stopped developing video games in 2013 after [[The Walt Disney Company]] acquisition of [[Lucasfilm]], and was dissolved shortly thereafter.

Tim Schafer left LucasArts shortly after ''Grim Fandango''{{'s}} release, and created his own company, [[Double Fine Productions]], in 2000 along with many of those involved in the development of ''Grim Fandango''. The company has found similar critical success with their first title, ''Psychonauts''. Schafer stated that while there is strong interest from fans and that he "would love to go back and spend time with the characters from any game [he{{'s}}] worked on", a sequel to ''Grim Fandango'' or his other previous games is unlikely as "I always want to make something new."<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.playboy.com/magazine/features/video-game-blowout/video-game-blowout7.html |title=Geniuses at Play |magazine=[[Playboy]] |access-date=April 29, 2014 |year=2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080704220907/http://www.playboy.com/magazine/features/video-game-blowout/video-game-blowout7.html |archive-date=July 4, 2008}}</ref> With the help of developers such as Double Fine and Telltale Games, adventure games saw a resurgence in the 2010s, with financially successful titles such as ''[[Broken Age]]'', ''[[The Walking Dead (video game)|The Walking Dead]]'', and ''[[The Wolf Among Us]]''.

===Remastered version===
{{Video game reviews
| title = ''Grim Fandango Remastered'' (2015)
| MC = PC: 84/100<ref name="Grim Fandango Remastered - Metracritic">{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/grim-fandango-remastered/critic-reviews/?platform=pc |title=Grim Fandango Remastered for PC Reviews |website=[[Metacritic]] |publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] |access-date=January 27, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128204832/http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/grim-fandango-remastered |archive-date=January 28, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref><br />PS4: 80/100<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/grim-fandango-remastered/critic-reviews/?platform=playstation-4 |title=Grim Fandango Remastered for PlayStation 4 Reviews |website=[[Metacritic]] |publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] |access-date=July 12, 2018}}</ref><br />VITA: 84/100<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/grim-fandango-remastered/critic-reviews/?platform=playstation-vita |title=Grim Fandango Remastered for PlayStation Vita Reviews |website=[[Metacritic]] |publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] |access-date=July 12, 2018}}</ref><br />iOS: 78/100<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/grim-fandango-remastered/critic-reviews/?platform=ios-iphoneipad |title=Grim Fandango Remastered for iPhone/iPad Reviews |website=[[Metacritic]] |publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] |access-date=July 12, 2018}}</ref><br />NS: 84/100<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/grim-fandango-remastered/critic-reviews/?platform=nintendo-switch |title=Grim Fandango Remastered for Switch Reviews |website=[[Metacritic]] |publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] |access-date=April 5, 2020}}</ref>
| EuroG = 8/10<ref name="eurogamer rm review">{{cite web |url=http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-01-27-grim-fandango-remastered-review |title=Grim Fandango Remastered review |first=Richard |last=Cobbett |date=January 27, 2015 |access-date=January 27, 2015 |website=[[Eurogamer]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128233321/http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-01-27-grim-fandango-remastered-review |archive-date=January 28, 2015}}</ref>
| GameRev = {{rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="game revolution - Remastered review 2015">{{cite web |author=Nick_Tan |year=2015 |url=http://www.gamerevolution.com/review/grim-fandango-remastered |title=Grim Fandango Remastered Review |publisher=[[Game Revolution]] |access-date=January 28, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128205330/http://www.gamerevolution.com/review/grim-fandango-remastered |archive-date=January 28, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| GSpot = 8/10<ref name="gamespot rm review">{{cite web |url=http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/grim-fandango-remastered-review/1900-6416008/ |title=Grim Fandango Remastered Review |date=January 27, 2015 |access-date=January 27, 2015 |website=[[GameSpot]] |first=Kevin |last=VanOrd |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128205611/http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/grim-fandango-remastered-review/1900-6416008/ |archive-date=January 28, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| IGN = 9.3/10<ref name="ign rm review">{{cite web |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/01/27/grim-fandango-remastered-review |title=Rise from Your Grave |date=January 26, 2015 |access-date=January 26, 2015 |first=Ryan |last=McCaffrey |website=IGN |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128162822/http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/01/27/grim-fandango-remastered-review |archive-date=January 28, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| PCGUS = 80%<ref name="pcgamer rm review 2015">{{cite web |url=http://www.pcgamer.com/grim-fandango-remastered-review/ |title=grim fandango remastered |first=Tom |last=Senior |date=January 27, 2015 |access-date=January 27, 2015 |work=[[PC Gamer]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150130011703/http://www.pcgamer.com/grim-fandango-remastered-review/ |archive-date=January 30, 2015}}</ref>
| TA = iOS: {{rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://toucharcade.com/2015/05/27/grim-fandango-remastered-review/ |title='Grim Fandango Remastered' Review – Dust off the Bones Before you Roll Em |last=Fretz |first=Andrew |date=May 27, 2015 |website=[[TouchArcade]] |access-date=July 12, 2018}}</ref>
| USG = {{rating|3|5}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mackey |first=Bob |date=2015-02-04 |title=Grim Fandango Remastered PS4 Review: A Bone to Pick |url=http://www.usgamer.net/articles/grim-fandango-remastered-ps4-review-a-bone-to-pick |access-date=2022-12-14 |website=[[USgamer]] |language=en |archive-date=November 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221127015808/https://www.usgamer.net/articles/grim-fandango-remastered-ps4-review-a-bone-to-pick |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| SN = 7/10<ref>{{Cite web |last=Perez |first=Daniel |date=2015-01-27 |title=Grim Fandango Remastered Review: Los Muertos Resucitan |url=https://www.shacknews.com/article/87859/grim-fandango-remastered-review-los-muertos-resucitan |access-date=2022-12-14 |website=[[Shacknews]] |language=en}}</ref>
| PSQ = 9/10<ref>{{Cite web |last=Banas |first=Graham |date=2015-01-29 |title=Review: Grim Fandango Remastered (PlayStation 4) |url=https://www.pushsquare.com/reviews/ps4/grim_fandango_remastered |access-date=2022-12-14 |website=[[Push Square]] |language=en-GB}}</ref>
| NLife = 9/10<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reseigh-Lincoln |first=Dom |date=2018-11-16 |title=Review: Grim Fandango Remastered - Still One Of The Greatest Point-And-Click Adventures Ever Made |url=https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/switch-eshop/grim_fandango_remastered |access-date=2022-12-14 |website=[[Nintendo Life]] |language=en-GB}}</ref>
| PCGN = 7/10<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brown |first=Fraser |date=2015-01-27 |title=Grim Fandango Remastered PC review |url=https://www.pcgamesn.com/grim-fandango/grim-fandango-remastered-pc-review |access-date=2022-12-14 |website=[[PCGamesN]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
| DT = {{rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Agnello |first=Anthony |date=2015-01-29 |title=Grim Fandango tells a lively, relatable story set in the land of the dead |url=https://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/grim-fandango-remastered-review/ |access-date=2022-12-14 |website=[[Digital Trends]] |language=en}}</ref>
| HCG = 4.5/5<ref>{{Cite web |last=Thew |first=Geoff |date=2015-01-27 |title=Review: Grim Fandango Remastered - Hardcore Gamer |url=https://hardcoregamer.com/reviews/review-grim-fandango-remastered/131448/ |access-date=2022-12-14 |website=Hardcore Gamer |language=en-US}}</ref>
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''Grim Fandango Remastered'' has received similar positive reception as the original release, with many critics continuing to praise the game's story, characters, and soundtrack. They also found the developer's commentary to be very insightful to the history of the game. Reviewers were disappointed at the lack of an auto-save system, as well as the game not receiving a full high-definition upgrade, leaving the higher-resolution characters somewhat out of place with the original 3D backgrounds.<ref name="eurogamer rm review"/><ref name="gamespot rm review"/><ref name="ign rm review"/><ref name="pcgamer rm review 2015"/> Many reviewers also noted that the puzzles, though a staple of the day when ''Grim Fandango'' was first released, remain somewhat obtuse with solutions that are not clear even after the player solves them, and that a hint system, as was added to the ''Monkey Island'' remake, would have been very helpful.<ref name="eurogamer rm review"/><ref name="pcgamer rm review 2015"/><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/gaming/grim-fandango-remastered-review-its-worth-admiring-this-lovingly-restored-antique-10022521.html |title=Grim Fandango Remastered review: it's worth admiring this lovingly restored antique |work=[[The Independent]] |first=Oliver |last=Cragg |date=February 4, 2015 |access-date=February 6, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206185431/http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/gaming/grim-fandango-remastered-review-its-worth-admiring-this-lovingly-restored-antique-10022521.html |archive-date=February 6, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2015/02/03/grim-fandango-remastered-review-a-witty-but-tedious-classic/ |title=Grim Fandango Remastered review: A witty but tedious classic |first=Christopher |last=Byrd |date=February 3, 2015 |access-date=February 6, 2015 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref> The game's pacing, also unchanged from the original version, was also found harder to grasp, in both the pacing within the game's four acts, and the time taken to move around and between rooms.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2015/01/grim-fandango-remastered-is-a-flawed-remake-of-a-considered-masterpiece/ |title=Grim Fandango Remastered is a flawed remake of a considered masterpiece |website=Ars Technica |date=January 27, 2015 |access-date=January 27, 2015 |first=Steven |last=Strom |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128021850/http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2015/01/grim-fandango-remastered-is-a-flawed-remake-of-a-considered-masterpiece/ |archive-date=January 28, 2015}}</ref> In his review for [[Eurogamer]], Richard Cobbett warned players to "be careful of rose-tinted memories", that while the remastered version is faithful to the original, it does show aspects of the original game that have become outdated in video game development.<ref name="eurogamer rm review"/> ''[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]''{{'s}} Laura Hudson considered the remastered version highlighted how the original game was "an artifact of its time, an exceptional piece of interactive art wrapped inextricably around the technology and conventions of its time in a way that reveals both their limitations and the brilliance they were capable of producing".<ref name="wired rm review">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.wired.com/2015/01/grim-fandango-remastered/ |title=I Love You, Grim Fandango, Even Though You're Broken |first=Laura |last=Hudson |date=January 29, 2015 |access-date=January 29, 2015 |magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150201130938/http://www.wired.com/2015/01/grim-fandango-remastered |archive-date=February 1, 2015}}</ref>