Games With Good Writing

forgive the excessive number of text adventure games per your discretion. see also vehemently's excellent list of a similar premise

Honorable mentions: Shadow of the Colossus (doesn't have writing so much as themes and implications); Papers Please (ditto, albeit less so)

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16 Ways to Kill a Vampire at McDonalds

16 Ways to Kill a Vampire at McDonalds

80 Days

All Things Equal I Would Prefer It If We Were Safe & Lonely Instead of Together & Afraid But I Cannot Deny That It Is Hard; or: A Solitary Spacecraft.

All Things Equal I Would Prefer It If We Were Safe & Lonely Instead of Together & Afraid But I Cannot Deny That It Is Hard; or: A Solitary Spacecraft.

Anodyne

The Beginner's Guide

The Beginner's Guide

Blue Lacuna

Cave Story

Counterfeit Monkey

Counterfeit Monkey

Disco Elysium: The Final Cut

Disco Elysium: The Final Cut

Eat Me

The Evolution of Trust

The Evolution of Trust

Full Throttle

Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy

Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy

Hades

Ladykiller in a Bind

Ladykiller in a Bind

The Last Express

The Last Express

Loom

Midnight. Swordfight.

Midnight. Swordfight.

Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

My Father's Long, Long Legs

My Father's Long, Long Legs

Obduction

Off

Outer Wilds

Oxenfree

Portal

Psychonauts

The Red Strings Club

The Red Strings Club

Silent Hill 2

Slouching Towards Bedlam

Slouching Towards Bedlam

So, You're Possessed!

So, You're Possessed!

Tacoma

Tangle Tower

That Which Faith Demands

That Which Faith Demands

Trinity

Under a Star Called Sun

Under a Star Called Sun

Violet

The Warden Game

The Warden Game

We are all but bones and dust

We are all but bones and dust

What Remains of Edith Finch

What Remains of Edith Finch

Zero Escape: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors

Zero Escape: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors

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Jul 27, 2023