Best Narrative games on PC
Games tagged Narrative place storytelling at the center of the experience, using dialogue, exploration, player choices, or environmental details to develop characters and events.
- Story-focused progression
- Character or environmental storytelling
Related: Story Rich, Adventure, Atmospheric, Choices Matter
93 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
What Lies in the Multiverse
2D puzzle platformer about switching worlds to cross obstacles
91% positive
727 reviews
Maquette
First-person puzzle adventure with nested worlds and shifting object scales
70% positive
674 reviews
Leila
Hand-drawn point-and-click adventure tracing one woman's life through puzzles
87% positive
630 reviews
Sunset Hills
Hand-drawn puzzle adventure about a train journey and postwar reunions
63% positive
618 reviews
A Case of Distrust
Narrative detective adventure about catching lies in 1924 San Francisco
82% positive
613 reviews
Ten Bells
First-person anomaly horror in an English pub that keeps changing
97% positive
595 reviews
On Your Tail
Cozy detective adventure mixing seaside mysteries with vacation activities
88% positive
414 reviews
Steel Seed
Sci-fi action-adventure with stealth and a puzzle-solving drone companion
77% positive
410 reviews
The Pegasus Expedition
Story-driven space strategy where a search for refuge sparks war
63% positive
392 reviews
While Waiting
A narrative puzzle adventure about waiting through life's moments
80% positive
344 reviews
Last Time I Saw You
Hand-drawn 2D adventure about growing up under a hometown curse
97% positive
342 reviews
Beloved Rapture
Pixel-art fantasy RPG with turn-based battles and a queer coming-of-age story
83% positive
281 reviews
Été
First-person exploration game about coloring Montreal and creating artworks
94% positive
247 reviews
Bartender Hustle
First-person bartending simulation with cocktail mixing and customer requests
84% positive
238 reviews
Paper Perjury
Detective visual novel about a police clerk solving connected cases
89% positive
234 reviews
Dead of Darkness
Top-down survival horror with scarce supplies and unsettling hallucinations
87% positive
225 reviews
Venture to the Vile
2.5D Metroidvania about gaining powers to explore a monster-infested town
77% positive
185 reviews
Oppidum
Story-driven survival adventure with co-op crafting on a corrupted island
70% positive
175 reviews
Once Upon A Puppet
Theater-set puzzle-platformer where a stagehand controls a puppet's strings
86% positive
154 reviews
Pendragon: Narrative Tactics
Turn-based Arthurian tactics where battlefield moves shape the story
67% positive
138 reviews
Shadowhand Solitaire
Historical solitaire with highwaywoman disguises and card-based outlaw encounters
92% positive
71 reviews