High Art Games

A list of mostly recent artistic games specially crafted to convey strong messages with their writing (e.g. The Beginner's Guide, BioShock, Deus Ex), game design (e.g. Catherine, Passage, Moirai), or cinematography/environment (e.g. Virginia, Control, Proteus). I'll add more as I remember them.

My Work Is Not Yet Done
My Work Is Not Yet Done
Interaction Isn't Explicit.
Interaction Isn't Explicit.
Neyasnoe
Neyasnoe
Monuments to Guilt
Monuments to Guilt
Kid A Mnesia Exhibition
Kid A Mnesia Exhibition
Cruelty Squad
Cruelty Squad
Omori
Omori
Airplane Mode
Airplane Mode
Welcome to Elk
Welcome to Elk
Paradise Killer
Paradise Killer
Spiritfarer
Spiritfarer
There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension
There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension
Water Womb World
Water Womb World
Boreal Tenebrae Act I: "I Stand Before You, A Form Undone"
Boreal Tenebrae Act I: "I Stand Before You, A Form Undone"
If Found...
If Found...
Umurangi Generation
Umurangi Generation
Signs of the Sojourner
Signs of the Sojourner
Wash Your Hands
Wash Your Hands
The Longing
The Longing
Dreams
Dreams
Wide Ocean Big Jacket
Wide Ocean Big Jacket
Wattam
Wattam
Death Stranding
Death Stranding
Disco Elysium
Disco Elysium
Sayonara Wild Hearts
Sayonara Wild Hearts
Control
Control
Pathologic 2
Pathologic 2
Trüberbrook
Trüberbrook
Devotion
Devotion
The Stillness of the Wind
The Stillness of the Wind
Return of the Obra Dinn
Return of the Obra Dinn
The Hex
The Hex
Florence
Florence
Finding Paradise
Finding Paradise
Far from Noise
Far from Noise
Bury me, my Love
Bury me, my Love
Doki Doki Literature Club!
Doki Doki Literature Club!
Last Day of June
Last Day of June
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
The Evolution of Trust
The Evolution of Trust
Little Red Lie
Little Red Lie
The Tearoom
The Tearoom
Worlds Adrift
Worlds Adrift
What Remains of Edith Finch
What Remains of Edith Finch
Everything
Everything
Detention
Detention
The Last Guardian
The Last Guardian
We Become What We Behold
We Become What We Behold
Virginia
Virginia
Event[0]
Event[0]
Inside
Inside
Triennale Game Collection
Triennale Game Collection
Firewatch
Firewatch
The Witness
The Witness
That Dragon, Cancer
That Dragon, Cancer
Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, and The Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind Heist
Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, and The Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind Heist
The Beginner's Guide
The Beginner's Guide
Soma
Soma
Undertale
Undertale
Everybody's Gone to the Rapture
Everybody's Gone to the Rapture
The Magic Circle
The Magic Circle
Sunset
Sunset
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number
With Those We Love Alive
With Those We Love Alive
The Talos Principle
The Talos Principle
Elegy for a Dead World
Elegy for a Dead World
Moirai
Moirai
Luxuria Superbia
Luxuria Superbia
The Stanley Parable
The Stanley Parable
Gone Home
Gone Home
Papers, Please
Papers, Please
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
The Swapper
The Swapper
BioShock Infinite
BioShock Infinite
Year Walk
Year Walk
Proteus
Proteus
Kentucky Route Zero
Kentucky Route Zero
Bientôt l'été
Bientôt l'été
The Cat Lady
The Cat Lady
Hotline Miami
Hotline Miami
Papo & Yo
Papo & Yo
Spec Ops: The Line
Spec Ops: The Line
Journey
Journey
Dear Esther
Dear Esther
To the Moon
To the Moon
Catherine
Catherine
Cart Life
Cart Life
Digital: A Love Story
Digital: A Love Story
The Company of Myself
The Company of Myself
Fatale
Fatale
The Path
The Path
Flower
Flower
4 Minutes and 33 Seconds of Uniqueness
4 Minutes and 33 Seconds of Uniqueness
Braid
Braid
The Void
The Void
The Graveyard
The Graveyard
Passage
Passage
Mondo Medicals
Mondo Medicals
BioShock
BioShock
Dwarf Fortress
Dwarf Fortress

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