Looking for narrative driven games

posts, 11 months ago

I'm not quite sure about Steamdeck compatibility, so I apologize if some are not. Horror isn't exactly my genre, but I'll throw some other great story-driven games out there.

The Rusty Lake/Cube Paradox series are absolutely incredible if you like puzzles/escape rooms. The collection is probably 10-15+ hours of entertainment with a single playthrough. Will also throw Gorogoa out there, but that's only about 2-3 hours.

Outlast series

What Remains of Edith Finch

Life is Strange is absolutely fantastic and mostly about time.

I've heard great things about Firewatch and Outer Wilds, but have not played either yet.

Stanley Parable is a bit dated, but it is fun if you enjoy narrated British humor or The Office.

The Bioshock Series is absolutely fantastic and plays best with a controller. I think the first is best, followed by the third.

The Metro series is great, but they are one of the most difficult single-player FPS out there. So are the STALKER games if you like modding, but those are visually a bit dated.

All of Supergiant Games (Bastion, Hades, and Transistor) are fantastic.

Other notable mentions: Stray, Remember Me,

I've heard great things about Days Gone, but it apparently the fun action part takes quite some time to get into.

You might really enjoy the original "Layers of Fear" if you like psychological horror, but it has very little spoken story and is definitely not an A-rated game. A remake also recently came out, but the original still holds up.

bron, 1 year ago

Tomb Raider (the recent trilogy) is right up that alley.

spite, 11 months ago

Hmm, I haven’t played the last one so it might be good idea

the16bitgamer, 1 year ago

Uncharted Trilogy is a good starting point with your Last of Us suggestion.

Phsyconauts is another option if platformers are your thing

Ghostbuster the video game is a fun classic if you are a fan of the series

Anything else I could recommended would have some open worldnes to it, like Saints Row, and GTA where its linear but there are arrows and markers to guide you through the world

spite, 11 months ago

Open world stuff while it can have some great story has a habit of sidetracking me and I burn out on side activities and drop the game. Like rdr2. Isn’t uncharted trilogy on ps only and just one part got released on pc?

Kerchief7592, 1 year ago

Not sure it would run on steam deck but have a loop to Heavy Rain, Beyond Two Soul and Detroit Become Human from Quantic Dreams

spite, 11 months ago

I’ve played Detroit, thank you. I admit I became a bit of a graphics fidelity snob and the other two seem to dated for me

Kerchief7592, 11 months ago

Heavy Rain looks for sure outdated, but the story is really nice. If you accept that the control are a bit tricky and think it more like a movie it can be quite enjoyable

XGC75, 1 year ago

Yeah probably not what you're looking for but Out There on Android is a sleeper. Think The Martian (yeah the novel) mixed with No Man's Sky. Some free and open elements with a journal-driven story progression. Difficult as well.

spite, 11 months ago

Well my main issue is I don’t have android device and don’t really wanna mess with emulating on windows