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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Portal

Hades

Outer Wilds

What Remains of Edith Finch

What Remains of Edith Finch

Silent Hill 2

Disco Elysium: The Final Cut

Disco Elysium: The Final Cut

Psychonauts

Zero Escape: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors

Zero Escape: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors

Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

Oxenfree

Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy

Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy

Cave Story

The Beginner's Guide

The Beginner's Guide

Off

Tacoma

The Red Strings Club

The Red Strings Club

Anodyne

Full Throttle

Tangle Tower

80 Days

Loom

Obduction

Ladykiller in a Bind

Ladykiller in a Bind

The Last Express

The Last Express

Under a Star Called Sun

Under a Star Called Sun

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.

The Evolution of Trust

The Evolution of Trust

My Father's Long, Long Legs

My Father's Long, Long Legs

16 Ways to Kill a Vampire at McDonalds

16 Ways to Kill a Vampire at McDonalds

Counterfeit Monkey

Counterfeit Monkey

Trinity

Violet

Midnight. Swordfight.

Midnight. Swordfight.

Blue Lacuna

That Which Faith Demands

That Which Faith Demands

Slouching Towards Bedlam

Slouching Towards Bedlam

The Warden Game

The Warden Game

We are all but bones and dust

We are all but bones and dust

Eat Me

So, You're Possessed!

So, You're Possessed!

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Jul 27, 2023