Best Cinematic games on PC
Games tagged Cinematic use film-like presentation to frame action, story scenes, and major set pieces. The label spans shooters, survival horror, and open-world adventures, so it describes presentation rather than one gameplay style.
- Film-like visual presentation
- Scripted action and story scenes
Related: Action, Adventure, Singleplayer, Story Rich
328 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee®
Side-scrolling puzzle platformer about escaping a factory and rescuing workers
85% positive
4,536 reviews
Dreamfall Chapters
Third-person adventure where choices span cyberpunk and fantasy worlds
82% positive
4,531 reviews
As Dusk Falls
Choice-driven crime drama spanning two families and decades of consequences
90% positive
4,471 reviews
American Arcadia
Story-driven puzzle platformer about escaping a deadly reality show
94% positive
4,275 reviews
Ballads of Hongye: REBORN
Relaxed city builder centered on shaping traditional Chinese landscapes
85% positive
4,275 reviews
Rising Front
World War I battle sandbox with first-person combat and army command
88% positive
4,246 reviews
Fort Solis
Linear sci-fi thriller investigating an alarm at a Mars mining base
67% positive
4,242 reviews
DNF Duel
2.5D fighter with sixteen characters and resource-based combat
63% positive
4,182 reviews
Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster
Sandbox zombie action with improvised weapons and a 72-hour deadline
80% positive
4,120 reviews
Quern - Undying Thoughts
First-person puzzle adventure on an island with no way back
91% positive
4,090 reviews
WRC 10 FIA World Rally Championship
Rally simulation spanning modern championships and historic special stages
73% positive
3,992 reviews
Just a To the Moon Series Beach Episode
Short story adventure with minigames on a mysterious beach trip
98% positive
3,974 reviews
Martha Is Dead
First-person psychological thriller about a twin's death in wartime Italy
79% positive
3,951 reviews
Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical
Choice-driven musical adventure where decisions reshape songs and endings
91% positive
3,943 reviews
Maximum Action
Fast-paced first-person shooter with slow-motion gunfights and sandbox levels
89% positive
3,910 reviews
Venba
Short narrative cooking game about a South Indian immigrant family
92% positive
3,784 reviews
Metro Awakening
First-person VR shooter searching Moscow's post-apocalyptic subway for medicine
74% positive
3,586 reviews
At Dead Of Night
Point-and-click horror investigation through a hotel while its host stalks you
94% positive
3,582 reviews
Railroader
Transition-era railroad simulation built around switching and network expansion
97% positive
3,580 reviews
The Complex
Live-action sci-fi thriller with branching choices inside a locked-down laboratory
78% positive
3,569 reviews
This Bed We Made
Third-person hotel mystery about snooping through guests' belongings
91% positive
3,387 reviews
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow
Point-and-click folk horror mystery centered on an English burial mound
92% positive
3,325 reviews
The Bridge Curse 2: The Extrication
First-person survival horror with four perspectives and campus ghosts
94% positive
3,302 reviews
The Classrooms
First-person survival horror in shifting school halls with sound-sensitive monsters
89% positive
3,249 reviews