LucasArts is undoubtedly best known for creating iconic film franchises like Star Wars and Indiana Jones, but throughout the '90s, the company was also well known for developing and publishing video games.

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While games based on the Star Wars and Indiana Jones universes took up a large portion of the company's release schedule, people today may be surprised to learn that the company was also well-known at the time for its point-and-click adventures. The company released numerous classics in the '90s, so we've decided to rank the best LucasArts games from the decade.

Updated April 25, 2022 by Jack Pursey: Nearly a full decade since LucasArts was directly involved in its last video game - the business simulator mobile game Star Wars: Tiny Death Star - the company is back under its old name Lucasfilm Games to work on Return to Monkey Island.

The Monkey Island series was a staple of LucasArts' gaming ventures in the '90s, and the announcement of its return has delighted those who still cherish the franchise. To celebrate their return to gaming, we've updated this list to include a few more of the best LucasArts games from the '90s.

15 Indiana Jones And The Infernal Machine

Indiana Jones holding an artifact

Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine just about makes this list, having been released in November 1999. The game was the first release in Indiana Jones' gaming franchise to be 3D, leaving behind the point-and-click gameplay from the iconic Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis (more on that later).

The game's 17 levels feature a nice blend of puzzle-solving and combat action that earned the game a solid 75 critic score and 8.0 user score on Metacritic. A new Indiana Jones game from Bethesda and MachineGames was announced in Janurary 2021, though little has been heard about it since.

14 Outlaws

FPS gunfight on top of a train

Outlaws is a first-person shooter that was released in April 1997 and takes place in the Wild West. The game's lackluster visuals resulted in underwhelming sales figures by LucasArts' high standards, though the game did generate a cult following after its release.

The cult following was able to look past the disappointing visuals and appreciate the enjoyable FPS gameplay and excellent sound design that grabbed the player's attention with crisp sound effects and a stellar orchestral soundtrack. The game also featured a handful of recognizable names as voice actors, including John de Lancie, Jack Angel, and Richard Moll​​​​​.

13 Star Wars Episode I: Racer

Third-person view of Anakin's podracer

When Star Wars Episode I - The Phantom Menace was released, many children were desperate to get their hands on a podracing game. Luckily for them, they didn't have to wait long to play one, as Star Wars Episode 1: Racer was released on the 18th of May 1999, which was just two days after the film premiered in Los Angeles, and one day before it was released in cinemas.

Star Wars Episode I: Racer didn't disappoint, as it let players unlock every character and pod seen in the original film and also allowed them to race on a variety of visually unique tracks, including the Mos Espa Circuit from the film. The gameplay was great too, as it gave players a great sense of speed while also punishing them for mistakes with an intricate but fair damage mechanic.

12 Star Wars: Rogue Squadron

Third-person view of an X-Wing

Star Wars: Rogue Squadron was released in December 1998 on PC and Nintendo 64. The game's story and setting were based on the Star Wars: X-wing Rogue Squadron comics that were released between 1995 and 1998.

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The flight game features a third-person perspective, which is somewhat uncommon for space shooters, and features objective-based missions that are categorized as either Rescue, Protect, Search and Destroy, or Reconnaissance.

11 Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces 2

Lightsaber fight in Jedi Knigh: Dark Forces II

Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II is one of the many Star Wars video games that LucasArts released. It offered players the chance to live out their fantasy of being a Jedi or Sith, with excellent lightsaber combat and numerous force abilities like Choke for Sith and health restoration for Jedi.

Unsurprisingly, Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II is the only entry on this list that doesn't fall under the genre of graphical adventure.

10 Loom

Loom from LucasArts gameplay

Loom differentiates itself from LucasArts' other graphical adventures with its intricate and fleshed-out plot that is based more on storytelling than witty humor.

The game is also unique for the musical distaff, which can create spells with its four-note tunes. Loom was released in January 1990 and set a high benchmark for all of LucasArts' subsequent 90s games.

9 The Curse Of Monkey Island

Curse of Monkey Island swordfight

LucasArts' Monkey Island series is one of the most iconic and well-recognized graphical adventure series in the genre. The Curse of Monkey Island is the third game in the series and the final one to use point and click mechanics before the series returned in 2009.

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The point-and-click genre was quickly becoming outdated upon The Curse of Monkey Island's 1997 release, as 3D games like Super Mario 64 and Quake marked the beginning of the end for the genre's AAA status. But The Curse of Monkey Island showed that the genre wasn't going to go out without a fight.

8 Full Throttle

Bar in Full Throttle

1995s Full Throttle put players in control of Ben, a biker gang leader who is framed for murder. Unconventionally for the time, the game featured high-quality voice actors, such as Mark Hamill. Full Throttle Remastered released in 2017, significantly updating the graphics and bringing the game to PlayStation users for the first time.

7 Sam & Max Hit The Road

Sam and Max in Hit the Road

Iconic comic book characters Sam and Max were transformed into graphical adventure heroes in 1993. Sam & Max Hit The Road took the pair on a trip around the United States as they search for a bigfoot named Bruno, a once frozen carnival attraction.

The game epitomized much of what LucasArts' games were known for in the 90s, with well-written, genuinely funny dialogue and unorthodox puzzle solutions that rewarded players for thinking outside the box, however ridiculous the solution may have seemed.

6 Day Of The Tentacle

Day of the Tentacle main characters

Day of the Tentacle's unique plot took players on a time-traveling adventure as the game's three main characters attempt to change the course of history and stop the mutant monster Purple Tentacle from taking over the world. The time-machine malfunctioned though, sending the three protagonists to different points in history. Time travel is the core component of many of the game's puzzles, as the player can switch between the three protagonists and send items to one another.

Double Fine productions remastered the game in 1993, releasing it on PC, PS4, PS Vita, Xbox One, and OS X devices.

5 The Secret Of Monkey Island

Pirates in the starting village of Secret of Monkey Island

The first game in the Monkey Island series, The Secret of Monkey Island engrossed gamers into its fictional Caribbean setting and introduced the world to the loveable fool Guybrush Threepwood.

In 2009, Empire listed The Secret of Monkey Island as the 47th greatest video game ever made. 2009 was the same year that a special edition of the game was released, which greatly improved the visuals and added voice acting.

4 Star Wars: TIE Fighter

Cockpit of a TIE Fighter

Star Wars: TIE Fighter is a space flight simulator that was released in July 1994. The game takes place shortly after the battle of Hoth from The Empire Strikes Back and tasks players with fighting Rebel Alliance forces, Imperial traitors, pirates, and more.

The game was listed in the number 3 spot on IGN's Top 25 PC Games of All Time list in 2007 and is still regarded as the best space shooter of all time by many people today.

3 Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge

Spitting contest in Monkey Island 2

The Secret of Monkey Island's successor, Monkey Island 2, LeChuck's Revenge, narrowly edges the first game to a higher spot on this list. LucasArts didn't try to fix what wasn't broken and kept much of the gameplay, puzzle-design, and wit from the first game.

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LeChuck's Revenge ranks higher though as it featured some of LucasArt's most memorable puzzles, such as the spitting contest, skeleton dance, and devilishly infamous monkey wrench. Much like its predecessor, Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge had a re-release special edition.

2 Grim Fandango

Business meeting in Grim Fandango

The point and click genre's day in the sun ended in style with one of Metacritic's highest-rated games of all time, Grim Fandango.

Grim Fandango's memorable story and cast of characters took influence from vastly different places, like film noir, Mexico's Day of the Dead, and Aztec mythology. The game was recognized for its quality, winning numerous awards that included IGN's Adventure Game of the Year award, and GameSpot's Game of the Year award.

Grim Fandango was remastered in 2015, coming to consoles and mobile devices for the first time.

1 Indiana Jones And The Fate Of Atlantis

Indiana Jones at a market in Fate of Atlantis

Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis isn't just known for featuring some of the most ingenious puzzles that LucasArts ever created but also for its incredible story based around the lost city of Atlantis that rivals Raiders of the Lost Ark as being Indy's best adventure ever.

The game is one of the few on this list not to have been remastered, but it did feature as an unlockable in the 2009 Nintendo Wii game Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings.

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