The Best Cinematic Games for PC Windows

Update : Cairn added at rank #47.
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Harold Halibut (2024)

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PC Windows Xbox Series X Playstation 5 Xbox One Playstation 4 Xbox Series X/s

Harold Halibut is a handmade narrative game about friendship and life on a city-sized spaceship submerged in an alien ocean. Join Harold as he explores a vibrant retro-future world in his quest to find the true meaning of ‘home’.


  • narrative
  • walking-simulator
  • cinematic
  • interactive
  • lore
  • fiction
  • adventure
  • sci-fi
  • story
  • well-written
  • platform
  • mystery
  • third-person
  • city-sized
  • retro-future

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Aperture Desk Job (2022)

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Linux PC Windows

Introducing Aperture Desk Job — a free playable short made for the Steam Deck, set in the universe of the modestly popular Portal games.

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  • cinematic
  • artificial
  • intelligence
  • 3d
  • comedy
  • funny
  • single-player
  • casual
  • shooter
  • robots
  • family-friendly
  • story
  • simulation
  • on-rails

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Hindsight (2022)

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What if the physical objects of everyday life, the possessions we hold close, were actual windows to the past? Peer into distant memories and unseen futures in Hindsight.

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  • narrative
  • narration
  • cinematic
  • emotional
  • exploration
  • point-and-click
  • story
  • hidden-object
  • interactive
  • drama
  • stylized
  • fiction
  • puzzle
  • relaxing
  • colourful

4

Bramble: The Mountain King (2023)

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Nintendo Switch Xbox Series X Xbox One Playstation 5 Playstation 4 PC Windows

Bramble The Mountain King is a grim adventure set in a world inspired by dark, Nordic fables. Explore the beautiful yet dangerous and twisted land of Bramble in your endeavour to rescue your sister. Traverse a wondrous landscape and survive deadly encounters with Bramble's many hideous creatures.


  • horror
  • platform
  • dark
  • exploration
  • narrative
  • puzzle
  • boss-fight
  • cinematic
  • adventure
  • mythology
  • action-adventure
  • fantasy
  • story
  • emotional
  • lore

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This Bed We Made (2023)

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This Bed We Made is a third-person mystery game in which you play as a maid in a 1950s hotel and snoop around strangers' rooms to uncover their deadly secrets. Discover what links guests together in this tale of love, heartbreak and murder!

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  • mystery
  • noir
  • detective
  • cinematic
  • lgbtq
  • third-person
  • walking-simulator
  • investigation
  • 1950s
  • crime
  • fiction
  • choices
  • historical
  • story
  • romance

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Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers (2022)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows Xbox One

UFOs! Aliens! Aircrafts! Resistance! SHOOT 'EM UP! Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers is a spaceship shooter with 2D gameplay and 3D environment. Enjoy a smart combination of a fast-paced shooting experience and the 1950's sci-fi movies aesthetic, with live-action cutscenes.

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  • fmv
  • cinematic
  • shoot-em-up
  • scroller
  • noir
  • space
  • retro
  • aliens
  • politics
  • cooperative
  • old-school
  • local
  • sci-fi
  • action-adventure
  • so-so

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Graveyard Shift (2023)

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Guarding the graveyard shift is often considered one of the most terrifying jobs globally, but night guarding at Whispering Winds Cemetery surpasses any other cemetery in horror! Being Night Security in this place will turn into a nightmare for you that you may never forget.


  • horror
  • first-person
  • cinematic
  • psychological
  • fps
  • shooter
  • survival-horror
  • america
  • 1990s
  • hidden-object
  • conversation
  • demons
  • supernatural
  • pve
  • physics

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Dexter Stardust: Adventures in Outer Space (2022)

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A Spacey Classic Point and Click Adventure for All!

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  • cartoony
  • cinematic
  • clicker
  • point-and-click
  • science
  • comic
  • fiction
  • adventure
  • visual-novel
  • choices
  • 1980s
  • interactive
  • hand-drawn
  • puzzle
  • book

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Evotinction (2024)

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PC Windows Playstation 5

In 'Evotinction', a third-person hacking and stealth game, you are Dr. Liu, the only one who can stop rogue AIs in a futuristic research facility. Use a variety of hacking skills to overcome robotic threats and uncover the secrets that hold the key to humanity's survival or its potential extinction.

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  • outbreak
  • stealth
  • artificial
  • intelligence
  • dystopian
  • sci-fi
  • cinematic
  • rpg
  • post-apocalyptic
  • futuristic
  • story
  • exploration
  • robots
  • strategy
  • 3d

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Atlas Fallen: Reign of Sand Windows (2023)

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PC Windows

In solo or co-op, experience Reign of Sand, the ultimate version of Atlas Fallen. Ride the sands of a timeless land and defeat legendary monsters in spectacular Action-RPG combat using devastating powers.


  • cinematic
  • exploration
  • action-adventure
  • loot
  • cooperative
  • action
  • fantasy
  • demons
  • flintlock
  • dune-covered
  • magic
  • darksiders
  • rpg
  • combat
  • 3d

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