The Best Thriller Games - Page 3

Update : The Drifter added at rank #2.
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Telling Lies (2019)

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Telling Lies is a narrative video game developed by Sam Barlow and Furious Bee and published by Annapurna Interactive in August 2019. As with Barlow's previous title, Her Story, the game uses live action full-motion video of four people (played by Logan Marshall-Green, Alexandra Shipp, Kerry Bishé, and Angela Sarafyan) as part of video calls made between them, and the player will need to use tools provided from the game to piece together events and what statements may be lies to determine the overall mystery.


  • thriller
  • fmv
  • mystery
  • story
  • detective
  • non-linear
  • music

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Bahnsen Knights (2023)

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1986, Tornado Alley, USA… Go undercover as Boulder, an agent infiltrating the notorious religious cult known as the Bahnsen Knights. Face off against occultists, biblical storms, and an enigmatic car salesman turned preacher as you investigate the disappearance of a fellow agent and close friend.


  • choices
  • fiction
  • visual-novel
  • 1980s
  • interactive
  • thriller
  • conversation
  • narrative
  • story
  • pixel
  • investigation
  • detective
  • mystery
  • america
  • cult

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SIMULACRA (2017)

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

An interactive horror experience of exploring a missing woman’s phone.


  • horror
  • thriller
  • psychological
  • fmv
  • choices
  • detective
  • immersive
  • multiple-endings
  • simulation
  • narrative
  • point-and-click
  • visual-novel
  • mystery
  • malaysian
  • puzzle

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Greyhat - A Digital Detective Adventure (2020)

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PC Windows Mac OS

How far would you go to save your daughter? As an infamous hacker-for-hire you have the skills to steal almost any secret. But when your daughter is taken, will you be able to use these skills to uncover a dark conspiracy that goes further than you could ever imagine?

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  • thriller
  • hacking
  • immersive
  • crime
  • investigation
  • logic
  • detective
  • mystery
  • point-and-click
  • conspiracy
  • puzzle
  • emotional
  • multi-mission
  • story
  • narrative

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The Director's Disorder: Pilot Episode (2023)

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PC Windows

The Director, a psycho killer, has chosen you to play the main character in his next film. Will you play your part and survive the night or will you be his latest victim?

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  • dark
  • dog
  • horror
  • emotional
  • thriller
  • humor
  • walking-simulator
  • multiple-endings
  • psychological
  • drama
  • historical
  • crime
  • alternate
  • hidden-object
  • atmospheric

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Alfred Hitchcock - Vertigo (2021)

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Can you trust your own mind? Immerse yourself in a psychological thriller of a new kind, playing with the limits between reality and fantasy. Freely inspired by Alfred Hitchcock’s universe.


  • quick-time-event
  • thriller
  • narrative
  • mystery
  • investigation
  • adventure
  • cinematic
  • fiction
  • choices
  • classic
  • story
  • interactive
  • detective
  • drama
  • psychological

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OLI (2022)

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Android PC Windows

OLI is a short 2D puzzle-platformer game, with a thriller atmosphere. In this game you play as a child who needs to escape from scary monsters while passing through different locations in an inhospitable city. This project is inspired by others games like Limbo and Little Nightmares.


  • platform
  • thriller
  • precision
  • 2d
  • dark
  • abstract
  • minimalist
  • conspiracy
  • atmospheric
  • puzzle
  • narration
  • mystery
  • adventure
  • linear

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Twelve Minutes (2021)

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Twelve Minutes is a highly-anticipated, unique narrative adventure game. You play as the male protagonist who lives with his wife and control the cursor with the analogue stick to interact with the environment or other characters. Every bit of dialogue is voiced by stars like Daisy Ridley, James McAvoy and Willem Dafoe and you have a limited window of time to figure out how to get out of the time loop.


What we like:
  • Unique narrative adventure game
  • Fantastic voice acting
  • Graphically beautiful
  • Enjoyable point-and-click gameplay
  • Opportunity to complete multiple play-throughs for achievements
What could be improved:
  • Some graphical fuzziness when zooming in on objects
  • Tough final act that may leave players feeling angry

  • point-and-click
  • top-down
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adventure
  • narrative
  • puzzle
  • romantic
  • inventory
  • interactive
  • time
  • drama
  • detective

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The Case of the Golden Idol - Golden Idol Mysteries: The Spider of Lanka (2023)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows Mac OS

A new kind of detective game that allows you to think and investigate freely. Discover clues surrounding 12 strange and gruesome deaths and build your own theory. Pick your suspect, deduce the motive, unmask the awful truth.

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  • conspiracy
  • investigation
  • crime
  • mystery
  • detective
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • choices
  • dark
  • puzzle
  • narrative
  • story
  • pixel
  • point-and-click
  • historical

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Erica (2019)

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Playstation 4 PC Windows IOS iPhone

Erica is a live-action, FMV thriller that puts you directly at the heart of the mystery. Your choices, your consequences.


  • thriller
  • interactive
  • fmv
  • choices
  • multiple-endings
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • horror
  • story
  • crime
  • point-and-click
  • film
  • detective

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