The Best Story Games

Update : A CafA Couple\'s Joyful Life of Resistance added at rank #1.
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A CafA Couple's Joyful Life of Resistance (2025)

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Meet Lize and Auran, the proud owners of Cava's cafe! Their life seems perfect, but suddenly Auran becomes the victim of an incident involving an unicorn and gets infected with Unicorn disease. Find a cure for Auran and explore the town of Pachi in this lightweight and exciting visual novel!

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  • anime
  • rpg
  • casual
  • story
  • single-player
  • visual-novel
  • violent
  • relaxing

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1306 Chapter 1: Reactors & Robots (2025)

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Join 1306, a little reactor maintenance robot, on a terrifying new adventure filled with robotic horrors! Get the rods. Fix the reactor. Prevent the meltdown! Most importantly, don't get disassembled.

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  • third-person
  • dystopian
  • futuristic
  • 3d
  • story
  • gore
  • horror
  • violent
  • puzzle
  • cartoony
  • tps
  • adventure
  • casual

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FREERIDE (2025)

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(Nintendo Switch) Mac OS Nintendo Switch PC Windows

Hop on board the ride of your life. FREERIDE is a narrative RPG that’s (not-so) secretly a PERSONALITY TEST. Help others solve their Unfinished Business, navigate a looping, branching story, and use telekinesis to change Fate itself. Your subconscious playstyle will reveal who you really are.

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  • nonlinear
  • emotional
  • choices
  • multiple-endings
  • psychological
  • replay-value
  • story
  • comedy
  • colourful
  • funny
  • horror
  • rpg
  • cute
  • supernatural
  • atmospheric

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Cafe DReAMLAND (2025)

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This is Cafe "DReAMLAND". Grant your "customers'" wishes by serving them drinks mixed with a hint of blasphemy! Cafe simulation x Exploration x Multiple endings Let your choices decide the final outcome.

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  • choices
  • 2d
  • story
  • adventure
  • tabletop
  • single-player
  • mature
  • book

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Forgetmenots (2025)

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Step onto the stage in Forgetmenots, a story-driven puzzle adventure where memories take center stage. Explore a theatrical world that unfolds like a live performance, solving puzzles in a whimsical yet bittersweet journey about loss and remembrance.

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  • emotional
  • story
  • scroller
  • puzzle
  • controller-support
  • 3d
  • relaxing
  • thought-provoking
  • atmospheric
  • physics

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Traveler's Refrain (2025)

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Wield your magical instrument and defy the mecha-goddesses of fate in this Song-Casting Story Driven Action-RPG. Explore a forbidden forest as Traveler. Help him reunite with his long lost love as you fight through abominations and solve mysterious puzzles, all while an ancient conflict unfolds.

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  • metroidvania
  • rpg
  • story
  • emotional
  • action-adventure
  • hack-and-slash
  • action
  • action-combat
  • atmospheric
  • puzzle
  • colourful
  • combat
  • stylized
  • adventure
  • hand-drawn

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South of Midnight (2025)

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South of Midnight is a new action-adventure from Compulsion Games. Explore the mythos and confront mysterious creatures of the Deep South in this modern folktale while learning to weave an ancient power to surmount obstacles and unravel your family’s hidden past.


  • platform
  • action-adventure
  • boss-fight
  • combat
  • narrative
  • story
  • stop-motion
  • rich
  • fight
  • arena
  • exploration
  • battle
  • adventure
  • boss
  • fantasy

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Leila (2025)

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Enter the world of an everyday woman as you explore her past in this point & click narrative game. Hand-drawn animations bring her memories to life, and thought-provoking puzzles lay bare the reasons behind her choices. Immerse yourself in a story unfolds as you decipher its intricate pieces.


  • hand-drawn
  • point-and-click
  • emotional
  • puzzle
  • story
  • narrative
  • psychological
  • thought-provoking
  • narration
  • atmospheric
  • stylized
  • 2d
  • hidden-object
  • soundtrack
  • drama

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Inspiring Dreams - A Short Adventure Game (2025)

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A story-driven experience about a man who becomes a ghost after a deadly accident. Full of regrets, he will stay alongside his wife, who cannot see him, and protect her all her life from an unknown evil, sharing her best and worst moments. So close yet so far.

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  • emotional
  • story
  • atmospheric
  • drama
  • romance
  • mystery
  • adventure
  • pixel
  • narration
  • casual
  • short
  • rpg

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Haunted Hues (2025)

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Travel to the world of Amille as Larue, an eager art curator looking to make a name for themselves. Build your reputation by talking with collectors and locals, and explore the ever-expanding gallery as you buy more artwork. But beware, as every choice matters when day turns to night...

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  • stylized
  • choices
  • story
  • mystery
  • rpg
  • casual
  • historical
  • 3d
  • colourful
  • exploration
  • hidden-object
  • horror

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