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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We are all but bones and dust

We are all but bones and dust

That Which Faith Demands

That Which Faith Demands

Disco Elysium: The Final Cut

Disco Elysium: The Final Cut

Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

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.

Tangle Tower

Outer Wilds

Hades

The Red Strings Club

The Red Strings Club

Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy

Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy

Eat Me

Tacoma

The Evolution of Trust

The Evolution of Trust

What Remains of Edith Finch

What Remains of Edith Finch

Ladykiller in a Bind

Ladykiller in a Bind

16 Ways to Kill a Vampire at McDonalds

16 Ways to Kill a Vampire at McDonalds

Obduction

Oxenfree

Midnight. Swordfight.

Midnight. Swordfight.

The Beginner's Guide

The Beginner's Guide

So, You're Possessed!

So, You're Possessed!

80 Days

My Father's Long, Long Legs

My Father's Long, Long Legs

Anodyne

Counterfeit Monkey

Counterfeit Monkey

Zero Escape: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors

Zero Escape: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors

Blue Lacuna

Violet

Off

Portal

Psychonauts

Cave Story

Slouching Towards Bedlam

Slouching Towards Bedlam

Silent Hill 2

The Last Express

The Last Express

Full Throttle

Loom

The Warden Game

The Warden Game

Trinity

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Jul 27, 2023