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narrative adventure

744 narrative adventure games mapped by what they actually test - the shape underneath the genre label.

narrative adventure for beginners

Execution ≤ 3/10 - the hands aren't the bottleneck here.

Life is Strange: True Colors cover art
+5 editions

Life is Strange: True Colors

Pure Optimization · supernatural narrative

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Life is Strange: True Colors
The Walking Dead: The Final Season cover art
+4 editions

The Walking Dead: The Final Season

Light / Casual · narrative adventure

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The Walking Dead: The Final Season
Detroit: Become Human cover art

Detroit: Become Human

Light / Casual · interactive drama

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Detroit: Become Human
Heavy Rain cover art

Heavy Rain

Light / Casual · interactive drama

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Heavy Rain

Hardest narrative adventure

Execution or Optimization ≥ 7/10 - the steepest skill ceiling in the category.

Baby Steps cover art

Baby Steps

Pure Mechanics · physics walking sim

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Baby Steps
Minit cover art

Minit

Pure Optimization · time-loop adventure

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Minit
Dragon's Lair cover art

Dragon's Lair

Practiced Mastery · interactive movie

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Dragon's Lair
Zork III: The Dungeon Master cover art
+2 editions

Zork III: The Dungeon Master

Pure Optimization · text adventure

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Zork III: The Dungeon Master

Top 60 narrative adventure

Life is Strange: True Colors cover art
+7 editions

Life is Strange: True Colors

Pure Optimization · supernatural narrative

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Life is Strange: True Colors
The Walking Dead: The Final Season cover art
+4 editions

The Walking Dead: The Final Season

Light / Casual · narrative adventure

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The Walking Dead: The Final Season
Detroit: Become Human cover art

Detroit: Become Human

Light / Casual · interactive drama

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Detroit: Become Human
Heavy Rain cover art

Heavy Rain

Light / Casual · interactive drama

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Heavy Rain
The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe cover art
+1 edition

The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe

Light / Casual · narrative walking sim

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The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe
What Remains of Edith Finch cover art

What Remains of Edith Finch

Light / Casual · narrative anthology

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What Remains of Edith Finch
Spec Ops: The Line cover art

Spec Ops: The Line

Practiced Mastery · narrative shooter

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Spec Ops: The Line
Beyond: Two Souls cover art

Beyond: Two Souls

Light / Casual · interactive drama

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Beyond: Two Souls
Tales from the Borderlands cover art

Tales from the Borderlands

Light / Casual · narrative adventure

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Tales from the Borderlands
Gone Home cover art
+1 edition

Gone Home

Light / Casual · narrative exploration

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Gone Home
Oxenfree cover art
+1 edition

Oxenfree

Pure Optimization · supernatural narrative

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Oxenfree
Indigo Prophecy cover art

Indigo Prophecy

Light / Casual · narrative adventure

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Indigo Prophecy
Batman: The Enemy Within cover art
+1 edition

Batman: The Enemy Within

Light / Casual · narrative adventure

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Batman: The Enemy Within
A Short Hike cover art

A Short Hike

Light / Casual · cozy exploration

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A Short Hike
The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me cover art
+3 editions

The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me

Systems & Chaos · interactive horror drama

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The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me
The Beginner's Guide cover art

The Beginner's Guide

Light / Casual · narrative walking sim

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The Beginner's Guide
The Quarry cover art

The Quarry

Systems & Chaos · interactive horror drama

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The Quarry
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle cover art

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

Practiced Mastery · first-person adventure

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Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Everybody's Gone to the Rapture cover art

Everybody's Gone to the Rapture

Light / Casual · walking simulator

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Everybody's Gone to the Rapture
Dreamfall: The Longest Journey cover art

Dreamfall: The Longest Journey

Pure Optimization · narrative adventure

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Dreamfall: The Longest Journey
Emily is Away cover art

Emily is Away

Light / Casual · interactive fiction

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Emily is Away
Orwell: Keeping an Eye on You cover art

Orwell: Keeping an Eye on You

Systems & Chaos · surveillance narrative sim

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Orwell: Keeping an Eye on You
Road 96: Mile 0 cover art
+1 edition

Road 96: Mile 0

Light / Casual · narrative adventure

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Road 96: Mile 0
Tacoma cover art

Tacoma

Light / Casual · narrative exploration

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Tacoma
Little Misfortune cover art

Little Misfortune

Light / Casual · narrative adventure

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Little Misfortune
Minit cover art

Minit

Pure Optimization · time-loop adventure

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Minit
Florence cover art

Florence

Light / Casual · interactive narrative

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Florence
Back to the Future: The Game cover art

Back to the Future: The Game

Pure Optimization · episodic adventure

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Back to the Future: The Game
The Neverhood cover art

The Neverhood

Pure Optimization · claymation adventure

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The Neverhood
Dear Esther cover art

Dear Esther

Light / Casual · walking simulator

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Dear Esther
Virginia cover art

Virginia

Light / Casual · narrative walking sim

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Virginia
P.T. cover art

P.T.

Pure Optimization · psychological horror teaser

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P.T.
As Dusk Falls cover art

As Dusk Falls

Systems & Chaos · interactive drama

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As Dusk Falls
Yume Nikki cover art

Yume Nikki

Systems & Chaos · surreal exploration

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Yume Nikki
A Bird Story cover art

A Bird Story

Light / Casual · narrative vignette

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A Bird Story
Dreamfall Chapters cover art

Dreamfall Chapters

Light / Casual · narrative adventure

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Dreamfall Chapters
The Red Strings Club cover art

The Red Strings Club

Systems & Chaos · narrative adventure

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The Red Strings Club
Aperture Desk Job cover art

Aperture Desk Job

Light / Casual · comedy playable short

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Aperture Desk Job
Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, and The Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind Heist cover art

Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, and The Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind Heist

Light / Casual · comedy walking simulator

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Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, and The Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind Heist
Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP cover art

Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP

Practiced Mastery · atmospheric adventure

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Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP
Tales of Monkey Island cover art

Tales of Monkey Island

Pure Optimization · comedy adventure

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Tales of Monkey Island
The Invincible cover art

The Invincible

Light / Casual · narrative adventure

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The Invincible
INDIKA cover art

INDIKA

Pure Optimization · narrative adventure

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INDIKA
Erica cover art

Erica

Light / Casual · FMV interactive movie

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Erica
Smuta cover art

Smuta

Practiced Mastery · narrative adventure

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Smuta
Sky: Children of the Light cover art

Sky: Children of the Light

Light / Casual · social adventure

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Sky: Children of the Light
60 Seconds! cover art

60 Seconds!

Systems & Chaos · survival choice game

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60 Seconds!
Fahrenheit: Indigo Prophecy Remastered cover art

Fahrenheit: Indigo Prophecy Remastered

Practiced Mastery · interactive drama

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Fahrenheit: Indigo Prophecy Remastered
Jazzpunk: Director's Cut cover art
+1 edition

Jazzpunk: Director's Cut

Light / Casual · comedy adventure

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Jazzpunk: Director's Cut
Lake cover art

Lake

Light / Casual · narrative adventure

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Lake
Sea of Solitude cover art

Sea of Solitude

Light / Casual · narrative adventure

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Sea of Solitude
Cloudpunk cover art

Cloudpunk

Light / Casual · narrative adventure

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Cloudpunk
Thank Goodness You're Here! cover art

Thank Goodness You're Here!

Light / Casual · comedy adventure

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Thank Goodness You're Here!
The Artful Escape cover art

The Artful Escape

Light / Casual · musical narrative adventure

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The Artful Escape
Jurassic Park: The Game cover art

Jurassic Park: The Game

Light / Casual · narrative adventure

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Jurassic Park: The Game
Little Kitty, Big City cover art

Little Kitty, Big City

Light / Casual · cozy exploration game

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Little Kitty, Big City
The First Tree cover art

The First Tree

Light / Casual · narrative exploration

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The First Tree
Simon the Sorcerer cover art

Simon the Sorcerer

Pure Optimization · comedy adventure

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Simon the Sorcerer
Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth cover art

Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth

Light / Casual · narrative adventure

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Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth
Discworld cover art

Discworld

Pure Optimization · comedy adventure

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Discworld