The Best Narrative Games - Page 4

Update : South of Midnight added at rank #10.
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Mutazione (2019)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch Xbox One Linux Mac OS IOS iPhone Playstation 4

Get lost in the magical world of Mutazione, a narrative-driven adventure game where you explore an island filled with quirky mutant characters and their secrets. Grow musical gardens, attend BBQs, and embark on a spiritual journey to save the community from a looming darkness. With beautiful hand-illustrated art and unpredictable twists, Mutazione is a mutant soap opera that you won't want to miss.


What we like:
  • Unique and beautiful art style
  • Relaxing music
  • Story-focused gameplay
  • Quirky and interesting characters
  • Encourages the player to slow down and relax
What could be improved:
  • Repetitive gameplay, mostly a visual novel
  • No voice acting
  • Slow parts may be boring for some players
  • Contains adult themes that may not be suitable for younger children

  • drama
  • narrative
  • supernatural
  • relaxing
  • adventure
  • walking-simulator
  • point-and-click
  • nature
  • exploration
  • fiction
  • music
  • story
  • scroller
  • bird
  • procedural

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Hindsight (2022)

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Nintendo Switch 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
  • point-and-click
  • story
  • exploration
  • hidden-object
  • interactive
  • drama
  • fiction
  • stylized
  • puzzle
  • relaxing
  • colourful

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Gerda: A Flame in Winter (2022)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch

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
  • dice
  • war
  • rpg
  • historical
  • adventure
  • slow-paced
  • top-down
  • emotional
  • multiple-endings
  • narration
  • choices
  • conversation

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Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical - Orpheus (2023)

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

Gods. Romance. Murder. Musical Numbers?! Play as Grace in a world where Greek Gods live in hiding among us. Change your fate as you draw friends, foes & lovers into song using your powers of musical persuasion to unravel the mystery of the Last Muse's death.

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  • visual-novel
  • mythology
  • roleplaying
  • choices
  • narrative
  • mystery
  • romance
  • interactive
  • story
  • graphic
  • rpg
  • adventure
  • comedy
  • novel
  • fantasy

35

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

36

Song of Nunu: A League of Legends Story (2022)

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

Two best friends, one wild adventure. Join best friends Nunu and Willump on an adventure across the frozen wilds of the Freljord. Song of Nunu: A League of Legends Story is a single-player story adventure developed by Tequila Works.


  • puzzle
  • adventure
  • story
  • platform
  • narrative
  • fight
  • combat
  • rpg
  • exploration
  • battle
  • single-player
  • action
  • stealth
  • boss-fight
  • moba

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Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden (2024)

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PC Windows Xbox Series X/s Playstation 5 Xbox Series X Xbox One

Embark on a haunting, choice-driven journey in 'Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden'. Navigate the dark narrative and moral dilemmas of the 1695 cursed New Eden as ghost hunters Red and Antea. Unravel mysteries, combat spectral foes, and decide the fates of the living and dead. Will love triumph, or will sacrifices be made? Every choice you make shapes this emotional, visually stunning RPG adventure.

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What we like:
  • Exceptional narrative and voice acting
  • Engaging side quests and rich world exploration
  • Dynamic combat with evolving skills
  • Deeply emotional character relationships
  • Beautiful visuals and atmospheric design
What could be improved:
  • Combat can initially feel clunky
  • Some gameplay elements feel outdated

  • rpg
  • supernatural
  • narrative
  • story
  • combat
  • open-world
  • action
  • third-person
  • exploration
  • choices
  • vampire
  • fantasy
  • cinematic
  • narration
  • emotional

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Beyond a Steel Sky (2020)

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Nintendo Switch IOS iPhone Mac OS Linux PC Windows Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Xbox Series X Xbox One

Beyond a Steel Sky is a thrilling cyberpunk adventure game with engaging puzzles and a fast-paced narrative that will keep you hooked. Follow Robert Foster as he tries to rescue a kidnapped child in Union City, a futuristic utopia controlled by an altruistic AI. The game features a beautifully detailed comic-book style world and plenty of humor. Unravel dark conspiracies and defeat a terrifying antagonist in this innovative and exciting adventure!


What we like:
  • Engaging storyline and characters
  • Built-in hints system
  • Great setting and world design
  • Innovative puzzle mechanics
  • Plenty of humor and nostalgia nods
What could be improved:
  • Controlling the character is clunky
  • Hacking can be repetitive
  • Lack of puzzle diversity
  • Story can be simplistic with bad pace
  • Cutscenes are too long and boring

  • cyberpunk
  • adventure
  • puzzle
  • point-and-click
  • narrative
  • dystopian
  • classic
  • sci-fi
  • thriller
  • futuristic
  • cult
  • third-person
  • political
  • hacking
  • inventory

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Solo Leveling: Arise (2024)

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Android PC Windows IOS iPhone

Webtoon with 14.3 billion views will make its first appearance as an action RPG! Game On A Whole New Level, Solo Leveling:ARISE


  • ghost
  • puzzle
  • romance
  • rpg
  • action
  • dungeon
  • narrative
  • block-puzzle
  • bee
  • pve
  • third-person
  • quick-time-event
  • controller-support
  • cute
  • multiple-choice

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Road 96: Mile 0 (2023)

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Nintendo Switch Xbox One Xbox Series X Playstation 5 Playstation 4 PC Windows Xbox Series X/s

The prequel to Road 96. Play Zoe and Kaito where it all started. Challenge your beliefs!


  • skateboard
  • narrative
  • rhythm
  • political
  • psychedelic
  • runner
  • story
  • adventure
  • first-person
  • choices
  • politics
  • quick-time-event
  • multiple-endings
  • on-rails
  • surreal

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