There are plenty of adventure games featuring specific aspects of Grim Fandango like noir atmosphere, jazzy music, detective style plot and characters... but in order to say that the game is "similar to Grim Fandango" it needs to incorporate all those aspects together, and that's why it's hard to come up with something similar and why Grim Fandango is a unique game. Also, it should be noted that GF is in it's heart not only crime and drama but comedy as well, which is another reason why it's different from plain detective or comedy games.
- Discworld: Noir is probably the first thing that pops to mind, with high-quality writing and mix of comedy and crime.
- The Journey Down is episodic game made in old LucasArts' style. Character's grotesque design style and noir atmosphere are especially reminiscent of Grim Fandango. First episode is out and free, but you may want to wait for a hi-res commercial version coming soon.
- Nick Bounty series are stereotypical noir stories with jazzy atmosphere made by Telltale's Mark Darin.
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