The Best Story Games - Page 2

Update : Harold Halibut added at rank #45.
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The Vale (2021)

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Xbox One PC Windows

CLOSE YOUR EYES. BECOME A WARRIOR: Feel your enemy’s rasping breath; a foot shifts on swampy ground; the crack of steel on wooden shield. The Vale is an audio based action adventure that sets out to breathe new life into medieval combat and fantasy narrative.

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  • swordplay
  • action-adventure
  • hunting
  • medieval
  • rpg
  • magic
  • story
  • immersive
  • fantasy
  • combat
  • experimental
  • first-person
  • cube
  • 3d
  • audio

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Impostor Factory (2021)

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PC Windows Mac OS Linux

A bonkers time-loop tragicomedy murder mystery thriller featuring multiple casualties and a suspicious cat, from the creator of To the Moon & Finding Paradise.


  • emotional
  • story
  • rpgmaker
  • pixel
  • visual-novel
  • psychological
  • mystery
  • horror
  • comedy
  • adventure
  • atmospheric
  • roleplaying
  • must-play
  • dark
  • rpg

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Welcome to Elk (2020)

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PC Windows Mac OS Xbox One stadia Nintendo Switch Linux

Welcome to Elk is a biographical adventure set on an island like no other, where every character you encounter has a story to tell. From the weird and wonderful to the dark and desperate, all the tales told on Elk are based on true stories of life on the road less traveled.


  • narrative
  • hand-drawn
  • fiction
  • adventure
  • documentary
  • local
  • story
  • drama
  • violent
  • pretend
  • golf
  • villain
  • colourful
  • trading
  • exploration

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UNCHARTEDa: Legacy of Thieves Collection (2022)

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PC Windows

Play as Nathan Drake and Chloe Frazer in their own standalone adventures as they confront their pasts and forge their own legacies. This game includes the critically acclaimed single-player stories from both UNCHARTED 4: A Thief’s End and UNCHARTED: The Lost Legacy.

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  • parkour
  • story
  • action-adventure
  • tps
  • cinematic
  • third-person
  • globe-trotting
  • adventure
  • controller-support
  • exploration
  • thrilling
  • single-player
  • funny
  • stealth
  • shooter

15

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

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A Plague Tale: Innocence (2019)

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Playstation 4 Playstation 5 Xbox Series X PC Windows Xbox One

Follow the grim tale of young Amicia and her little brother Hugo, in a heartrending journey through the darkest hours of history.


  • stealth
  • medieval
  • story
  • dark
  • atmospheric
  • survival
  • third-person
  • adventure
  • horror
  • emotional
  • historical
  • action-adventure
  • violent

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Life is Strange 2 (2018)

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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

18

Torn Away (2023)

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PC Windows Xbox One Playstation 4 j Nintendo Switch

Torn Away is an interactive story with a unique blend of adventure games, side-scrollers, and cinematic first-person levels. Experience the tragedy of World War II through the eyes of a child and survive without losing your humanity.

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  • world-war-2
  • emotional
  • war
  • narration
  • first-person
  • platform
  • story
  • cartoony
  • scroller
  • minimalist
  • adventure
  • point-and-click
  • puzzle
  • hand-drawn
  • hidden-object

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Life is Strange 2 Episode 1 (2018)

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Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch Linux Mac OS PC Windows Xbox One

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
  • supernatural
  • story
  • choices
  • drama
  • adventure
  • mystery
  • romance
  • puzzle
  • political
  • difficult

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Traveler (2015)

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early access Nintendo Switch Playstation 5 PC Windows Playstation 4 Linux Mac OS

Building the game as Open World so you are able to go on in your speed - just to tell, only the ones who want to explore will find out the ultimative ending. Traveler contains 8 different themed worlds you are able to explore by your own.

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  • character
  • quick-time-event
  • shooter
  • story
  • episodic
  • loot
  • adventure
  • rpg
  • customization
  • action
  • first-person
  • pve
  • comedy
  • open-world
  • narrative

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