GAME DESIGNER

Tim Schafer

1967 - Today

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Timothy John Schafer (born July 26, 1967) is an American video game designer. He founded Double Fine Productions in July 2000, after having spent over a decade at LucasArts. Schafer is best known as the designer of critically acclaimed games Full Throttle, Grim Fandango, Psychonauts, Brütal Legend and Broken Age, co-designer of Day of the Tentacle, and assistant designer on The Secret of Monkey Island and Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tim Schafer has received more than 1,564,443 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Tim Schafer is the 44th most popular game designer (up from 46th in 2019), the 11,112th most popular biography from United States (up from 11,673rd in 2019) and the 17th most popular American Game Designer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.22

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among GAME DESIGNERS

Among game designers, Tim Schafer ranks 44 out of 77. Before him are David Cage, Tetsuya Nomura, Roberta Williams, Yuji Horii, Todd Howard, and Jordan Mechner. After him are Yoshinori Kitase, Chris Taylor, Koji Igarashi, Amy Hennig, Al Lowe, and Jens Bergensten.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Tim Schafer ranks 397. Before him are Beate Koch, Domenico Schiattarella, Masayuki Nakagomi, Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, Niki Caro, and Lars Riedel. After him are Dana Ashbrook, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Carrie Preston, Natalia Wörner, Shuzo Matsuoka, and Massimo Ficcadenti.

Others Born in 1967

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tim Schafer ranks 11,112 out of 20,380. Before him are Kevin Cheng (1969), Jerry Adler (1929), Rob Paulsen (1956), Dave Williams (1972), Stephen Hadley (1947), and Tillie Olsen (1912). After him are F. Albert Cotton (1930), Marc Webb (1974), Bill Mumy (1954), Christine Taylor (1971), Oliver Wolcott Jr. (1760), and Thomas Dewing (1851).

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Among GAME DESIGNERS In United States

Among game designers born in United States, Tim Schafer ranks 17. Before him are Steve Jackson (1953), Ed Boon (1964), Ron Gilbert (1964), Roberta Williams (1953), Todd Howard (1971), and Jordan Mechner (1964). After him are Amy Hennig (1964), John Tobias (1969), Chris Metzen (1973), Mark Cerny (1964), Michael Morhaime (1967), and Tom Hall (1964).

American born Game Designers

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