What is the best Tim Schafer game?

Pirate puzzles, skeleton noir and a psychic summer camp: three decades of one designer's strangest ideas.

1. 1
   Day of the Tentacle

   Schafer and Dave Grossman's 1993 time-travel cartoon adventure starring Bernard, Hoagie and Laverne.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Grim Fandango

   The 1998 film-noir adventure set in the Land of the Dead, starring travel agent Manny Calavera.
   1000pts
3. 3
   Psychonauts

   Double Fine's 2005 platformer where psychic cadet Raz dives into the minds of campers and counselors.
   600pts
4. 4
   Psychonauts 2

   The 2021 sequel that sends Raz into the Psychonauts headquarters and earned some of the best reviews of Schafer's career.
   599pts
5. 5
   Brütal Legend

   Heavy-metal open-world action game from 2009 with Jack Black as roadie Eddie Riggs.
   466pts
6. 6
   Broken Age

   The Kickstarter-funded point-and-click adventure that splits between two teenagers' parallel stories.
   466pts
7. 7
   The Secret of Monkey Island

   LucasArts' 1990 pirate adventure, co-written by Schafer, that made Guybrush Threepwood a comedy icon.
   0pts
8. 8
   Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge

   The 1991 sequel, again co-written by Schafer, famed for its puzzles and its baffling ending.
   0pts
9. 9
   Full Throttle

   Schafer's 1995 biker adventure following Ben, leader of the Polecats gang, through a dusty future highway.
   0pts

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