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Best narrative games on steam

1.Bastion

Paid: $14.99
Bastion is a cool indie game based in a roguelike gameplay with many dungeon crawler elements. The game has an innovative system which features a reactive narrator who marks all your moves. It is developed by Supergiant Games.
  • by Jesús Vera

    This game is one of the better story driven games to come out in the past few years. It has the whole package: an amazing story, great soundtrack, bea More

  • Zhang Xiong

    by Zhang Xiong

    I am so glad I decided to download Bastion. I enjoy all the action packed combat in the game.

  • Virginia Silva

    by Virginia Silva

    Thank you for the recommendation, Bastion is so good! Absolutely love the narration, you'd think it would get repetitive and annoying after a while bu More

2.Alan Wake

Paid: $9.99

Alan Wake is a horror, action-adventure RPG game developed and published by Remedy Entertainment. It is game that was meant to explore the mystery behind the loss of a loved one and the struggle of a man against his very own sanity.

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  • Philip Grant

    by Philip Grant

    Alan Wake is a survival horror third person shooter with an odd twist that you're a horror writer trying to stop the evil, very unique I think. The co More

  • Jeremy Willis

    by Jeremy Willis

    The storyline was pretty cool. I didn't care for the mechanics of the game though. It feels like you're trapped being the character that was designed.

  • Jordan Lane

    by Jordan Lane

    An interesting game and great graphics, can't ask for too much more! I love this game and want to continue playing it time after time. Very interestin More

3.Transistor

Paid: $19.99

Transistor is a science fiction action, indie, and RPG game where the player takes on the role of the character Red as she travels through a series of locations, fighting against her enemies known as the Process. It is developed and published by Supergiant Games.

  • Jose Moreno

    by Jose Moreno

    Transistor is an awesome game with a really in-depth story, but unfortunately it doesn't really have replay value aside from its New Game+ mode. Once  More

  • Joshua Watkins

    by Joshua Watkins

    Transistor isn't just a game. It is a piece of art. The artwork is beautiful and it has a fantastic narrative. It's from the creator of Bastion, so wh More

  • Martha Watson

    by Martha Watson

    This game is very thrilling and it gives me an adrenaline rush

4.The Stanley Parable

$11.99
The Stanley Parable is an interactive walking game where the player is narrated as they navigate the game. More a comment on the state of modern gaming than a full fledged game itself. An experience if you will, with fictional story elements and some small parts of interactivity.
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  • Brandon Meyer

    by Brandon Meyer

    The Stanley Parable is a decent solution for this problem. I found the parts of the game that followed the story to be very interesting though there w More

  • Kathy Williamson

    by Kathy Williamson

    the game has been made exciting and i love the way it first does not make sense. then it all comes to make sense and it becomes enjoyable

5.Gone Home

Paid: $14.99
Discover the mystery for yourself in Gone Home, a first-person story exploration video game in development by The Fullbright Company.
  • by Vincent James

    I'm probably in the minority here but I didn't enjoy the game so much. It has awesome voice acting and the overall atmosphere is great. Soon after sta More

  • Sharon Martin

    by Sharon Martin

    I found this link to be useful as they gave a specific example of a narrative game on steam. I wish that there was a link to maybe more narrative game More

  • Janice Payne

    by Janice Payne

    Gone Home is a narrative game on Steam. I played it because of the hype. I really expected something mind blowing, and was sadly dissapointed. It was  More

6.Dear Esther

Paid: $9.99 (Landmark Edition)
Dear Esther is a first-person exploration game with a strange and quirky narrative
  • Tom Jia

    by Tom Jia

    I love exploration games, so I gave Dear Esther a try. While the graphics are pretty astounding, the actual game play was lackluster for me. There was More

  • Steven Reid

    by Steven Reid

    Dear Esther is a very interesting game, following a man reading letters from a deceased woman named Esther. If you are looking for a game that focuses More

  • Juan Phillips

    by Juan Phillips

    This is one of the best games I have played in a while. I really enjoyed the game-play and the soundtracks were nothing short of amazing.

  • by Pamela Rivera

    I love Narrative games, and so I fired up steam to look for some and came across this gem. Dear Esther is a great narrative game, and since it's avail More

7.Thomas Was Alone

Paid: $4.99

Thomas Was Alone is a minimalist platformer in which users will have to successfully guide different types of rectangles with different jumping skills to the end of every level. The game features a mix of puzzle and platform gameplay.

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  • Thomas Thompson

    by Thomas Thompson

    Thomas Was Alone is a somewhat unique game, but I'm not quite sure how well it functions as a solution for those looking for a more conventional narra More

  • Laura Medina

    by Laura Medina

    I think this is a solid suggestion in that it is a narrated game but it's not on steam so that doesn't fit. It'd be fine if it was on steam but since  More

  • Amit Mittal

    by Amit Mittal

    This is a great puzzle game for those that love puzzles.

8.Valiant Hearts: The Great War

Paid: $14.99 with in-app purchases
Valiant Hearts: The Great War is a point and click adventure game that shows us the of 4 crossed destinies and a broken love in a world torn apart. The game is 2D mixing animated comic book, exploration, action, puzzles and emotion. 
  • Christina Russell

    by Christina Russell

    This is a simple and fun game. You may even learn somethings from this also. This indeed is a narrative game. You are able to buy additional add ons t More

  • Jacob Duncan

    by Jacob Duncan

    I had been looking for a game that kinda played out like a book. Then I found Valiant Hearts. It is a graphic novel that you can interact with. It has More

  • Zhang Li

    by Zhang Li

    I was looking for games with good stories and this one is pretty solid. It has a lot of interesting characters and it's easy because it's point and cl More

9.Amnesia: The Dark Descent

Paid: $19.99

Amnesia: The Dark Descent is a  horror, action and adventure game for Windows and Mac. Developed and published by Frictional Games, it explores the story in which the memories of the main character are slowly fading away.

  • Ashley McDonald

    by Ashley McDonald

    This game was a little dark for me. I guess I should have known what I was getting into seeing as the game description warned that it would "chill me  More

  • Andrew James

    by Andrew James

    This is an interesting narrative survival game. It is found on steam and exactly what I'm looking for.

  • by Justin Chapman

    Amnesia as a narrative game is really stretching at best. Amnesia at its core is a psychological horror game. The narrative in Amnesia is told through More

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