Best Based On A Novel games on PC
Games based on novels draw their settings, characters, or plots from published fiction, with gameplay ranging from action and RPG combat to horror, puzzles, and point-and-click adventure.
- Settings and characters from fiction
- Genres and gameplay vary widely
Related: Story Rich, Adventure, Fantasy, RPG
67 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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Metro 2033 Redux
Story-driven survival-horror FPS beneath a ruined, toxic Moscow
91% positive
105K reviews
The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director's Cut
Third-person dark fantasy RPG shaped by difficult moral choices
88% positive
89K reviews
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition
Dark fantasy action RPG where decisions reshape the story
89% positive
89K reviews
Metro: Last Light Redux
Story-driven post-apocalyptic FPS mixing stealth, survival horror, and combat
91% positive
79K reviews
Middle-earth™: Shadow of Mordor™
Open-world fantasy action with stealth and a dynamic enemy hierarchy
92% positive
67K reviews
Spec Ops: The Line
Third-person military shooter with hard choices in sand-buried Dubai
93% positive
60K reviews
Alice: Madness Returns
Dark fantasy action-platformer through a shattered, hostile Wonderland
90% positive
30K reviews
The Lord of the Rings Online™
Free-to-play fantasy MMORPG exploring the open world of Middle-earth
80% positive
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Mount & Blade: With Fire & Sword
Open-world action RPG with historical factions and firearm battles
87% positive
12K reviews
Demo The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing
Gothic action RPG with monster hunting and a ghost companion
83% positive
8,123 reviews
Record of Lodoss War-Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth-
2D fantasy action-platformer with labyrinth exploration and elemental switching
92% positive
7,448 reviews
Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth
Point-and-click adventure about choices and cathedral building in medieval England
92% positive
6,246 reviews
I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream
Point-and-click horror about five captives tormented by a computer
89% positive
3,967 reviews
The Testament of Sherlock Holmes
Detective adventure in 1898 London with Holmes under suspicion
80% positive
3,449 reviews
Demo Agatha Christie - The ABC Murders
Point-and-click detective adventure tracking a killer across Britain
81% positive
3,089 reviews
Call of Cthulhu®: Dark Corners of the Earth
First-person Lovecraftian horror with puzzles, combat, and sanity effects
66% positive
3,080 reviews
Game of Thrones
Third-person fantasy RPG with two heroes and political intrigue
73% positive
2,374 reviews
Lost Eidolons
Turn-based tactical RPG about leading a rebellion through grid battles
70% positive
1,782 reviews
Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot: The First Cases
Isometric detective adventure about connecting clues in a snowbound manor
76% positive
1,213 reviews
Demo Agatha Christie - Murder on the Orient Express
Third-person detective adventure investigates a train murder from two perspectives
82% positive
1,123 reviews
Nancy Drew®: Midnight in Salem
3D detective adventure investigating arson and hauntings in Salem
54% positive
1,099 reviews
Krzyżacy - The Knights of the Cross
A deckbuilding RPG where your cards trigger companion abilities
74% positive
612 reviews
The 39 Steps
An interactive spy novel about a man framed for murder
81% positive
462 reviews
Nancy Drew®: Shadow at the Water's Edge
Point-and-click mystery about investigating a haunted Japanese inn
82% positive
443 reviews