Best Story Games?

Half-Life 1/2 *Alyx too if you have a VR Headset (You can play Black Mesa instead of HL1, it's a very well made remake)
Red Dead Redemption 1/2 - Rockstar Games made them, amazing stories.
Mafia I Definitive Edition and Mafia II (Leave Mafia III alone, it is not that good)
Detroit: Become Human - Absolute Cinema
Grand Theft Auto V - Masterpiece
Far Cry 3/4/5 - Amazing villains
Uncharted 4
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Hey you, you're finally awake.
 
To The Moon is an unsually good RPGM game, OneShot is very pretty and basically like undertale.

Pacific Drive is great, as is Firewatch. Both good story games.

I really enjoyed Shadows Over Loathing, but I'm not sure it'd be your kind of game.

Fallout: New Vegas is one of the goats for story games.

The Stanley Parable is a classic.

SIGNALIS is honestly one of the best survival horror games out there.

Inscryption is really cool and has a really awesome story.

Above all, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is fantastic
 
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Tilin said:
I really tried to like Valhalla, but the combat is so horrible compared to the previous Assassin's Creed games, which for me was always what I loved about them.


My personal favorite game of all time still goes to Dishonored (all of them). The story is amazing and you pick your own style of gameplay with the powers that you choose.

Ghostrunner is also a nice game, where you'll keep trying to perfect the way you move through the story. It's also nice, because the story just kind of unravels mainly in the background as you play, not leaving you with all that many cutscenes.

Other honorable mentions: Batman (Arkham Asylum, Arkham City, Arkham Knight), Saints Row (best played with friends), Vampyr, Ghostwire.

Then there's the real story driven games: Sea of Solitude, Before Your Eyes (you need a camera for it), A Story About My Uncle
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i have played dishonored so much times man they are such good games i finished 1 when i was like 7
 
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 1&2

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2

All great games I've played & want to play
 
I cant believe no one has said about Baldur's Gate 3 here. Its probably one of the best story games to come out in recent years, has an immense amount of hours of good quality gameplay. The only caveat for it is that its turn based which I something that some people don't really like.

Also, as @rat has said in their own thread, the new Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 game is fire. I've linked their thread for it as they sum up why pretty well.
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Thread 'Clair Obscur: Expedition 33'

Hello dear friends and people in my phone

I am making this thread to recommend a game to you all. Expedition 33.

This game is honestly a work of art. Stunning visuals and a great story with a really interesting turn based combat system that has loads of customisation options.

It was made by a studio of 30 people and is one of the best games I've played in years. The best part? It's not even "full price." It's like 50 euros. It's well worth every penny.

I haven't enjoyed a story this much since Undertale, and that honestly speaks volumes.

This is the type of game that deserves support...
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Other than those two, I've been having lots of fun on the Oblivion Remaster after its release a little while ago. You could also sink your teeth into some of the Skyrim Wabbajack modpacks, one I would recommend is Lorerim (linked below) because it adds a good ton of shit to the game, it is a bit of a lengthy download tho.

Home

A wiki for documentation, tips and guides on the Lorerim modlist
lorerim.com lorerim.com
 
Story wise:

Halo: Reach- one of the best stories of the franchise, despite the game and story of halo from the very beginning telling you the fate you face.

Space Marine 2: man this flew under my radar for half a year. Its rare I buy a game at full price outside a Nintendo game.

Legend of Zelda: Breath of the wild AND Skyward sword. 2 of the finest games Nintendo have ever made. Emulator works well here.
 
Rdr2 story is just PEAK fiction which i play atleast 2 times a year
HL2 is a classic that I love to play every once in a while
GTA V was very funny and kinda goofy ngl
 
Red Dead Redemption 2 is probably the game with the best writing in the past 10 years for people who haven't played DnD slop like Baldur's Gate 3

It has an extremely slow burn though, my first playthrough I didn't even finish because I got burnt out. It was well worth replaying though. One of the best games I've ever played in terms of writing
 
Just found this thread now when someone posted in the summer sale 2025 thread, I can't believe people didn't mention Ghost of Tsushima as much, as a vivid RDR2 enjoyer that I am I thought there's no way there's something better, but when I played Ghost of Tsushima I just couldn't stop. It was so much fun, the combat is fucking amazing, it's not that in depth but there's some skill to it, the story, oh my god the story, it's so fucking good and I never knew what to expect because the game isn't as talked about as others, and it looks really beautiful as well, the Japanese countryside is portrayed very nicely. If you haven't played it, I highly recommend it, you'll have fun and the story might just leave you staring at your monitor wondering what the fuck just happened. If you played RDR2 please play Ghost of Tsushima as well, it will scratch that need for something new that feels like a very good story game that isn't RDR2 trust me.
 
Dont know if anyone has suggested it, but Marc Ecko's Getting Up is one that is quite old, but has an interesting story and pretty cool mechanics.
 
Aquaa said:
Looking for recommendations on story games. What is the best story game you’ve played? Why is it your favorite?

Also give me like a top 3-5 with reasonings, really want to play some new games
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you most likely played it but i really liked detroit become human, im a huge fan of games that where you have ALOT of options that completely change the ending of the game, which is detroit. its kinda old yes but still hits! the quality is great, idea is great, and each ending for different chracters is always different if u choose different options, i really like it and it doesnt stop being entertaining! you can keep playing and playing and it just stays just as fun as the first time
 
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