(Literal) Computer Games

Games that include interactive digital ‘databases’ on some sort of technology. Some more than others.
Inspired by Secret Little Haven.

352 Games

Her Story
Her Story
Cook, Serve, Delicious!
Cook, Serve, Delicious!
Emails & Cook4Luv
Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2!!
Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2!!
Emails!
Digital: A Love Story
Digital: A Love Story
Nightmare Zapping
Nightmare Zapping
NITE Team 4
NITE Team 4
PC Building Simulator: Esports Expansion
PC Building Simulator: Esports Expansion
Princess Farmer
Princess Farmer
Quick play has computer-like tabs, and (sort of too old for the criteria of list, but) it also has vhs-like start-up for levels
Text and Drive: Friendship Never Dies
Text and Drive: Friendship Never Dies
Where in the U.S.A. is Carmen Sandiego?: Deluxe Edition
Where in the U.S.A. is Carmen Sandiego?: Deluxe Edition
Where in the USA is Carmen Sandiego? (Enhanced)
Where in the USA is Carmen Sandiego? (Enhanced)
Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? Enhanced Edition
Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? Enhanced Edition
Analogue: A Hate Story
Analogue: A Hate Story
Tender: Creature Comforts
Tender: Creature Comforts
BackfireWall
BackfireWall
Mondays: A Sisyphean Typing Game
Mondays: A Sisyphean Typing Game
Hacknet
Hacknet
Land of Screens
Land of Screens
I assume she uses a phone in it?
Subsurface Circular
Subsurface Circular
Stories Untold
Stories Untold
Sludge Life
Sludge Life
Dungeon Drafters
Dungeon Drafters
Haque
Haque
Kingsway
Kingsway
WWE 2K23
WWE 2K23
Tong Jyun
Tong Jyun
Nancy Drew: The Deadly Device
Nancy Drew: The Deadly Device
Turnip Boy Robs a Bank
Turnip Boy Robs a Bank
Do Not Feed the Monkeys
Do Not Feed the Monkeys
Saints Row: The Third
Saints Row: The Third
Phone
House Flipper 2
House Flipper 2
DoraKone
DoraKone
Home Safety Hotline
Home Safety Hotline
Objects in Space
Objects in Space
Sludge Life: The Big Mud Sessions
Sludge Life: The Big Mud Sessions
Lair of the Clockwork God
Lair of the Clockwork God
Emily is Away <3
Emily is Away <3
Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?
Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?
Error143
Error143
La femme qui ne supportait pas les ordinateurs
La femme qui ne supportait pas les ordinateurs
Molek-Syntez
Molek-Syntez
Violet
Violet
Killing Time At Lightspeed: Enhanced Edition
Killing Time At Lightspeed: Enhanced Edition
Uninvited
Uninvited
I'm on Observation Duty
I'm on Observation Duty
Pony Island
Pony Island
Sex Advice Succubus
Sex Advice Succubus
Quarantine Circular
Quarantine Circular
LiveScream
LiveScream
The Great Artists
The Great Artists
Coralina
Coralina
House Flipper
House Flipper
Computer to buy houses, accept jobs from email, and adopt pets. Tablet to buy furniture/necessary supplies.
Letters: A Written Adventure
Letters: A Written Adventure
Alpha Protocol
Alpha Protocol
Arcade Spirits
Arcade Spirits
VirtuaVerse
VirtuaVerse
The Mortuary Assistant
The Mortuary Assistant
Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? Treasures of Knowledge
Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? Treasures of Knowledge
Love, Sam
Love, Sam
WWE 2K22
WWE 2K22
Retro Gadgets
Retro Gadgets
Boreal Tenebrae
Boreal Tenebrae
Carmen Sandiego's Great Chase Through Time
Carmen Sandiego's Great Chase Through Time
Emily Is Away Too
Emily Is Away Too
Orwell: Keeping an Eye on You
Orwell: Keeping an Eye on You
Neo Cab
Neo Cab
Uber app
Cyber Manhunt
Cyber Manhunt
Dordogne
Dordogne
Boyfriend Dungeon: Secret Weapons
Boyfriend Dungeon: Secret Weapons
Celestial Hacker Girl Jessica
Celestial Hacker Girl Jessica
Discomfort
Discomfort
Eye of Ra
Eye of Ra
SweetXheart
Boyfriend Dungeon
Boyfriend Dungeon
Text messages
Event[0]
Event[0]
A Normal Lost Phone
A Normal Lost Phone
Disaster Report 4: Summer Memories
Disaster Report 4: Summer Memories
Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego?
Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego?
Kitty Powers' Matchmaker
Kitty Powers' Matchmaker
Orwell: Ignorance is Strength
Orwell: Ignorance is Strength
Goodbye Volcano High
Goodbye Volcano High
Due Date
Due Date
Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator
Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator
Bury me, my Love
Bury me, my Love
Parameters
Parameters
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
Alicemare
Alicemare
MapFriend
MapFriend
Greyhat: A Digital Detective Adventure
Greyhat: A Digital Detective Adventure
Pop. Love. Panic! The OFK Story
Pop. Love. Panic! The OFK Story
7Days!
7Days!
Cursor*10
Cursor*10
A Mortician's Tale
A Mortician's Tale
Use computer to check emails and accept jobs, also way of storytelling.
Stonks-9800: Stock Market Simulator
Stonks-9800: Stock Market Simulator
The Quarry
The Quarry
Dum-Dum
Dum-Dum
Marissa Is Now Idle
Marissa Is Now Idle
No Anglerfish
No Anglerfish
The Diary
The Diary
Touch Melbourne
Text on phone

12 Comments

tendog

1 year ago

Welcome to the Game 1 and 2, also TIS-100 and Shenzhen IO, probably some other Zachtronics games that fit the bill.

ResidentMelville

1 year ago

Thank you @tendog ! Just added those 👍

Chwoka

1 year ago

Portal from 1986.
La femme qui ne supportait pas les ordinateurs.
A Mind Forever Voyaging.
You are SpamZapper 3.1.

ResidentMelville

1 year ago

Thank you @Chwoka ! Added them

LauraLob0

10 months ago

Both Judgment and Lost Judgment's pause menus are phone screens

LauraLob0

10 months ago

Actually, Yakuza 6's pause menu algo is a phone screen

LauraLob0

10 months ago

Sludge Life 1 and 2, as well as Sludge Life: The Big Mud Sessions all have computer screens as pause menus

ResidentMelville

10 months ago

@LauraLob0 thank you - just added them!

LauraLob0

10 months ago

There's also a brazilian game called Bem Feito that replicates a PC Screen https://img.itch.zone/aW1hZ2UvNTk1NTk0LzQwMTc5NTguZ2lm/original/0cbgxi.gif

LauraLob0

10 months ago

Oh, also, Coffee Talk: Episode 2 - Hibiscus & Butterfly was released in april and features the same phone screen menus as the first one.

LauraLob0

10 months ago

Now i think i'm done lol

ResidentMelville

10 months ago

@Lauralob0 haha, no problem and thank you for all the great suggestions! (Just added the last two!)
ResidentMelville

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