The Best Character-driven Games

Update : Rise Eterna War added at rank #2.
Here are our 10 Best Character-driven Games:
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The Prince of Landis (2021)

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In the year 198X, young Evan must survive a bleak life in the snowy backwater of Landis, Oregon. One fateful day, his existence is forever changed by the dark influences of a strange visitor from another world. With the guidance of his new ally, can Evan stand up against schoolyard bullies? Will he have the courage to stand up for himself? The Prince of Landis combines the character-driven story and dialog of a visual novel with the exploration and puzzle-solving of an adventure game. Features: * Shocking character-driven story * 2d exploration and puzzle-solving * Original art and sound


  • character-driven
  • visual-novel
  • conversation
  • horror
  • exploration
  • emotional
  • point-and-click
  • 1980s
  • hand-drawn
  • choices
  • psychological
  • action-adventure
  • drama
  • crime
  • cartoony

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Rise Eterna War (2024)

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Rise Eterna War tells the bloody tale of Arthbane, a great general who led the last stand to reclaim his homeland Ars Rare from foreign invaders. Play as Arthbane, 10 years before the events of Rise Eterna, rallying loyalists in a desperate bid to seize the capital Gaiacus.


  • character-driven
  • strategy
  • deckbuilder
  • real-time
  • resource-management
  • clicker
  • tower-defense
  • demons
  • innovative
  • medieval
  • story
  • tactical
  • adventure

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