The Best Nonlinear Games - Page 3

Update : Esoteric Ebb added at rank #39.
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Terraformers (2022)

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Transform Mars into a habitable planet in Terraformers. With challenging strategizing and resource management, explore the planet and expand population, all while watching the stunning new natural wonders build up before your eyes. Take on different scenarios and bonuses and create a thriving utopia. Get lost in the addictive puzzle-like game with unique replayability and rewarding graphics and UI.


What we like:
  • Focus on strategy
  • Various difficulty levels
  • Unique victory conditions
  • Nice graphics and UI
  • Rich soundtrack
What could be improved:
  • Only one way to lose the game
  • Some bugs present
  • Game can become repetitive

  • turn-based
  • mars
  • space
  • resource-management
  • science
  • rogue-like
  • nonlinear
  • card
  • procedural
  • board-game
  • colony
  • sci-fi
  • choices
  • simulation
  • management

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DOOMBLADE (2023)

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PC Windows

Take on the role of Gloom Girl as you join forces with a talking sentient sword, Doomblade, to exact vengeance on the Dread Lords. Explore interconnecting worlds, slaying monsters with the sword's brutal wrath. With memorable boss design, good graphics, and catchy music, prepare to teach your enemies fear with the Doom Drop, Wicked Wind, and the Nightmare Onion abilities. Are you ready for the quest?


What we like:
  • Refreshing movement mechanics
  • Engaging exploration
  • Great art
  • Fun boss fights
  • Nuanced gameplay
What could be improved:
  • Sluggish player movement
  • Lack of guidance
  • Challenging environmental hazards
  • Frustrating difficulty spike

  • dark
  • nonlinear
  • metroidvania
  • humor
  • 2d
  • scroller
  • multiple-endings
  • platform
  • action-adventure
  • exploration
  • souls
  • colourful
  • atmospheric
  • soundtrack
  • fantasy

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Q.U.B.E. 10th Anniversary (2022)

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

Entirely rebuilt from the ground up, Q.U.B.E. 10th Anniversary is the ultimate celebration of the decade-old original, bringing refined visuals, completely redesigned and revised gameplay sections, and a whole new chapter to the award-winning, brain-twisting first-person puzzler.

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  • nonlinear
  • soundtrack
  • collectathon
  • puzzle
  • linear
  • logic
  • minimalist
  • narrative
  • 3d
  • action-adventure
  • first-person
  • mystery
  • atmospheric
  • controller-support
  • physics

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Alien Hominid Invasion (2023)

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

Old friends and bitter enemies await as you invade Earth alongside a Mothership full of alien friends! Blast, beam, and bite your way through an endless swarm of enemies as you and up to three of your fellow hominids cause mayhem with a huge arsenal of weapons, mutations, and acrobatic maneuvers.


  • cooperative
  • nonlinear
  • beat-em-up
  • scroller
  • shoot-em-up
  • rogue-like
  • aliens
  • procedural
  • pve
  • run
  • multiplayer
  • online
  • cartoony
  • gun
  • non-linear

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The Horror At Highrook (2025)

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PC Windows

The Horror at Highrook is an occult card crafting narrative RPG. Explore a haunted mansion with your team of investigators, summon dark entities, craft powerful protections, uncover the fate of the missing family, and choose your own path through the darkness.

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  • board-game
  • lovecraftian
  • card
  • investigation
  • nonlinear
  • mystery
  • gothic
  • horror
  • comic
  • crafting
  • hand-drawn
  • card-crafting
  • eldritch-horror
  • cluedo
  • book

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Lushfoil Photography Sim (2025)

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Xbox One Xbox Series X Playstation 5 PC Windows

A tranquil exploration and photography experience set across a vast selection of faithfully detailed landscapes.

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  • snow
  • walking-simulator
  • nonlinear
  • nature
  • simulation
  • immersive
  • exploration
  • hidden-object
  • ambient
  • relaxing
  • photography
  • first-person
  • realistic
  • atmospheric
  • soundtrack

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The Inheritance of Crimson Manor (2022)

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

Explore a beautiful and Enigmatic Victorian Manor with a dark secret, In this gothic horror story first person exploration puzzle game filled with fine art, secret passages and mysterious mechanical puzzles playing as the executor of the last will from the enigmatic Railroad Magnate Hadley Strange.


  • escape
  • room
  • horror
  • walking-simulator
  • puzzle
  • nonlinear
  • gothic
  • narration
  • first-person
  • logic
  • exploration
  • mystery
  • 3d
  • investigation
  • inventory

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S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl - Xbox Edition (2024)

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PC Windows Xbox One

Discover the vast Chornobyl Exclusion Zone full of dangerous enemies, deadly anomalies and powerful artifacts. Unveil your own epic story as you make your way to the Heart of Chornobyl. Make your choices wisely, as they will determine your fate in the end.

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  • post-apocalyptic
  • first-person
  • open-world
  • shooter
  • fps
  • survival
  • nonlinear
  • lore
  • atmospheric
  • sci-fi
  • immersive
  • atmosphere
  • cinematic
  • multiple-endings
  • realistic

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Bilkins' Folly (2023)

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Percy’s on a quest to find his missing relatives, and he needs your help! Join him and his beloved dog Drayton as they adventure through a series of unusual islands, solve puzzles to uncover valuable treasure, and bring to light the foreboding family secret buried beneath it all.


  • nonlinear
  • adventure
  • puzzle
  • dog
  • colourful
  • multiple-endings
  • pixel
  • choices
  • exploration
  • family-friendly
  • cute
  • open-world
  • skill
  • light-hearted
  • pirates

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Alaloth: Champions of The Four Kingdoms (2024)

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PC Windows

Baldur's Gate and Dark Souls had a baby! A thrilling RPG game that blends real-time action with an isometric view, set in a world of magic and monsters. Players must navigate through dangerous dungeons, battle fierce bosses, and uncover ancient secrets to save Plamen from an impending doom!


  • isometric
  • rpg
  • souls
  • fantasy
  • hack-and-slash
  • swordplay
  • nonlinear
  • lore
  • dungeon-crawler
  • dark
  • sandbox
  • magic
  • open-world
  • top-down
  • old-school

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