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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Hades

Portal

Disco Elysium: The Final Cut

Disco Elysium: The Final Cut

Outer Wilds

Silent Hill 2

What Remains of Edith Finch

What Remains of Edith Finch

Psychonauts

Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

Zero Escape: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors

Zero Escape: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors

Cave Story

Oxenfree

Off

The Beginner's Guide

The Beginner's Guide

Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy

Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy

Tacoma

Anodyne

Loom

The Red Strings Club

The Red Strings Club

Tangle Tower

Full Throttle

80 Days

Ladykiller in a Bind

Ladykiller in a Bind

The Warden Game

The Warden Game

The Evolution of Trust

The Evolution of Trust

My Father's Long, Long Legs

My Father's Long, Long Legs

Midnight. Swordfight.

Midnight. Swordfight.

Obduction

The Last Express

The Last Express

Slouching Towards Bedlam

Slouching Towards Bedlam

Trinity

We are all but bones and dust

We are all but bones and dust

Blue Lacuna

Counterfeit Monkey

Counterfeit Monkey

That Which Faith Demands

That Which Faith Demands

Under a Star Called Sun

Under a Star Called Sun

Eat Me

16 Ways to Kill a Vampire at McDonalds

16 Ways to Kill a Vampire at McDonalds

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.

Violet

So, You're Possessed!

So, You're Possessed!

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Jul 27, 2023