The Best Narrative Games - Page 2

Update, : Harmony: The Fall of Reverie added at rank #22.
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Death Stranding Director's Cut (2021)

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Playstation 5 PC Windows

Death Stranding is a unique title that blends traditional gameplay tropes with imaginative innovations and tells the story of protagonist Sam Porter Bridges as a courier across a devastated United States. With celebrity appearances and intriguing trailers, it piqued the interest of both critics and gamers alike.

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Pros:
  • Memorable moments
  • Organic choices
  • Beautiful visuals and soundtrack
  • Plot that takes effort to get invested in but pays off eventually
  • Realistic motion capture performances from celebrities
Cons:
  • Monotonous nature at times due to being mostly delivery focused
  • Passable combat scenarios

  • stealth
  • walking-simulator
  • narrative
  • racing
  • post-apocalyptic
  • vehicle
  • fps
  • combat
  • controller-support
  • first-person
  • shooter
  • supernatural
  • open-world
  • sci-fi
  • online

12

Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy (2021)

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86
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Xbox One Nintendo Switch Playstation 5 Playstation 4 PC Windows Xbox Series X

Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy casts you as Star-Lord, and tasks you with traipsing around the galaxy with Rocket, Groot, Drax, and Gamora. Developer Crystal Dynamics captures the spirit and fun of the true Guardians team while also exploring untapped quadrants of Marvel lore. The game features a strong story that keeps you playing as Peter Quill for the entire game and promises electric moments with thoughtful junctures.


Pros:
  • Strong story
  • Explore untapped quadrants of Marvel lore
  • Electric moments and thoughtful junctures
  • Control Peter in every battle & feel like leader of Guardians
Cons:
  • No multiplayer or cooperative action options

  • superhero
  • combat
  • narrative
  • battle
  • fight
  • action-adventure
  • exploration
  • story
  • shooter
  • puzzle
  • single-player
  • adventure
  • action
  • third-person
  • crafting

13

As Dusk Falls (2022)

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78
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PC Windows Xbox One Xbox Series X Android IOS iPhone

As Dusk Falls is an interactive narrative adventure game that follows the story of several protagonists, offering immense replayability with its range of choice and consequence. It combines point and click with dynamic action sequences while also tracking players' styles and awarding them cards based on their choices.


Pros:
  • Professional actors portray characters with complete backstories
  • Two unique features (group entertainment mode and broadcast mode)
  • Captivating soundtrack
  • Stop-motion graphics style
  • Excellent voice acting
  • Meaningful choices with varied consequences
Cons:
  • Lack of control over some elements of the story
  • Some aspects can feel repetitive after multiple playthroughs

  • drama
  • narrative
  • interactive
  • crime
  • quick-time-event
  • choices
  • multiplayer
  • story
  • cooperative
  • book
  • graphic
  • controller-support
  • novel
  • thriller

14

Tacoma (2017)

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Mac OS Linux Xbox One Playstation 4 PC Windows

Tacoma is a sci-fi narrative adventure from the creators of Gone Home. Set aboard a high-tech space station in the year 2088, explore every detail of how the station’s crew lived and worked, finding the clues that add up to a gripping story of trust, fear, and resolve in the face of disaster.


  • narrative
  • sci-fi
  • walking-simulator
  • augmented
  • story
  • exploration
  • futuristic
  • mystery
  • pause
  • augmented-reality
  • interactive
  • discovery
  • first-person

15

Tell Me Why (2020)

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86
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PC Windows Xbox One

Tell Me Why is the multi-award winning episodic adventure game from Dontnod Entertainment in which twins use their supernatural bond to discover the truth of their troubled past.

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  • narrative
  • episodic
  • supernatural
  • mystery
  • story
  • adventure
  • choices
  • puzzle
  • drama
  • realistic
  • mature

16

Gerda: A Flame in Winter (2022)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows

Walk the path of Gerda as her quiet life is turned upside down during the World War 2 occupation of her small Danish village. Choose where to go, how to act, and who to trust in this intimate narrative RPG-lite experience inspired by real life events. How far would you go to protect your loved ones?


  • world-war-2
  • narrative
  • rpg-lite
  • war
  • historical
  • dice
  • emotional
  • top-down
  • adventure
  • narration
  • multiple-endings
  • rpg
  • slow-paced
  • stylized
  • difficult

17

The Longest Road on Earth (2021)

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80
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PC Windows Android Playstation 5 Xbox Series X Xbox One Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch IOS iPhone

A thoughtful and deeply personal title with stripped-down mechanics. The lack of dialogue or text allows you to create your own narrative through your time with four characters. Each short story will allow players to be swept away by the haunting lyrics of over twenty original, nostalgic songs.


  • narrative
  • walking-simulator
  • life
  • noir
  • pixel
  • music
  • interactive
  • cozy
  • scroller
  • meditative
  • fiction
  • emotional
  • point-and-click
  • 2d
  • historical

18

Hindsight (2022)

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75
Review score
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Nintendo Switch Android Xbox One Xbox Series X Playstation 4 Playstation 5 PC Windows Mac OS IOS iPhone

What if the physical objects of everyday life, the possessions we hold close, were actual windows to the past? Peer into distant memories and unseen futures in Hindsight.


  • narration
  • narrative
  • cinematic
  • emotional
  • exploration
  • point-and-click
  • story
  • hidden-object
  • interactive
  • stylized
  • drama
  • fiction
  • relaxing
  • colourful
  • visual-novel

19

Florence (2018)

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93
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IOS iPhone Mac OS Android Nintendo Switch PC Windows

Florence Yeoh feels a little... stuck. Her life is an endless routine of work, sleep, and spending too much time on social media. Then one day, she meets a cello player named Krish who changes everything about how she sees the world and herself.


  • interactive
  • narrative
  • graphic
  • novel
  • puzzle
  • romance
  • story
  • romantic
  • cute
  • visual-novel
  • fiction
  • multi-piece
  • drama
  • music
  • meet-cute

20

Life is Strange 2 (2018)

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90
Review score
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Playstation 4 Xbox One PC Windows Mac OS Linux Nintendo Switch

After a tragic incident, brothers Sean and Daniel Diaz run away from home. Fearing the police, and dealing with Daniel's new telekinetic power, the boys head to Mexico. Each stop on their journey brings new friends and new challenges.


  • episodic
  • narrative
  • choices
  • supernatural
  • story
  • drama
  • adventure
  • mystery
  • romance
  • puzzle

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