The Best Nonlinear Games - Page 3

Update : Dreamcore added at rank #37.
21

FOUNTAINS (2024)

View Similar Games
87
Review score
Logo of FOUNTAINS Screenshot of FOUNTAINS Screenshot of FOUNTAINS Screenshot of FOUNTAINS

PC Windows Mac OS Linux

Master high-skilled combat to uncover the secrets of an ancient, interconnected world.

Buy

  • souls
  • metroidvania
  • nonlinear
  • hack-and-slash
  • rpg
  • lore
  • fantasy
  • multiple-endings
  • choices
  • dark
  • top-down
  • exploration
  • pixel
  • 2d
  • open-world

22

DOOMBLADE (2023)

View Similar Games
85
Review score
Logo of DOOMBLADE Screenshot of DOOMBLADE Screenshot of DOOMBLADE Screenshot of DOOMBLADE

PC Windows

Take on the role of Gloom Girl as you join forces with a talking sentient sword, Doomblade, to exact vengeance on the Dread Lords. Explore interconnecting worlds, slaying monsters with the sword's brutal wrath. With memorable boss design, good graphics, and catchy music, prepare to teach your enemies fear with the Doom Drop, Wicked Wind, and the Nightmare Onion abilities. Are you ready for the quest?


What we like:
  • Refreshing movement mechanics
  • Engaging exploration
  • Great art
  • Fun boss fights
  • Nuanced gameplay
What could be improved:
  • Sluggish player movement
  • Lack of guidance
  • Challenging environmental hazards
  • Frustrating difficulty spike

  • dark
  • nonlinear
  • metroidvania
  • humor
  • 2d
  • scroller
  • multiple-endings
  • platform
  • action-adventure
  • exploration
  • souls
  • colourful
  • atmospheric
  • soundtrack
  • fantasy

23

Q.U.B.E. 10th Anniversary (2022)

View Similar Games
84
Review score
Logo of Q.U.B.E. 10th Anniversary Screenshot of Q.U.B.E. 10th Anniversary Screenshot of Q.U.B.E. 10th Anniversary Screenshot of Q.U.B.E. 10th Anniversary

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

Entirely rebuilt from the ground up, Q.U.B.E. 10th Anniversary is the ultimate celebration of the decade-old original, bringing refined visuals, completely redesigned and revised gameplay sections, and a whole new chapter to the award-winning, brain-twisting first-person puzzler.

Buy

  • nonlinear
  • soundtrack
  • collectathon
  • puzzle
  • linear
  • logic
  • minimalist
  • narrative
  • 3d
  • action-adventure
  • first-person
  • mystery
  • atmospheric
  • controller-support
  • physics

24

Alien Hominid Invasion (2023)

View Similar Games
84
Review score
Logo of Alien Hominid Invasion Screenshot of Alien Hominid Invasion Screenshot of Alien Hominid Invasion Screenshot of Alien Hominid Invasion

Nintendo Switch Xbox Series X/s Xbox One PC Windows

Old friends and bitter enemies await as you invade Earth alongside a Mothership full of alien friends! Blast, beam, and bite your way through an endless swarm of enemies as you and up to three of your fellow hominids cause mayhem with a huge arsenal of weapons, mutations, and acrobatic maneuvers.


  • cooperative
  • nonlinear
  • beat-em-up
  • scroller
  • shoot-em-up
  • rogue-like
  • aliens
  • procedural
  • pve
  • run
  • multiplayer
  • online
  • cartoony
  • gun
  • non-linear

25

The Inheritance of Crimson Manor (2022)

View Similar Games
82
Review score
Logo of The Inheritance of Crimson Manor Screenshot of The Inheritance of Crimson Manor Screenshot of The Inheritance of Crimson Manor Screenshot of The Inheritance of Crimson Manor

PC Windows Xbox One Playstation 5 Playstation 4 j Xbox Series X

Explore a beautiful and Enigmatic Victorian Manor with a dark secret, In this gothic horror story first person exploration puzzle game filled with fine art, secret passages and mysterious mechanical puzzles playing as the executor of the last will from the enigmatic Railroad Magnate Hadley Strange.


  • escape
  • room
  • horror
  • walking-simulator
  • puzzle
  • nonlinear
  • gothic
  • narration
  • first-person
  • logic
  • exploration
  • mystery
  • 3d
  • investigation
  • inventory

26

Bilkins' Folly (2023)

View Similar Games
80
Review score
Logo of Bilkins' Folly Screenshot of Bilkins' Folly Screenshot of Bilkins' Folly Screenshot of Bilkins' Folly

Playstation 5 Playstation 4 PC Windows Nintendo Switch l

Percy’s on a quest to find his missing relatives, and he needs your help! Join him and his beloved dog Drayton as they adventure through a series of unusual islands, solve puzzles to uncover valuable treasure, and bring to light the foreboding family secret buried beneath it all.


  • nonlinear
  • adventure
  • puzzle
  • dog
  • colourful
  • multiple-endings
  • pixel
  • choices
  • exploration
  • family-friendly
  • cute
  • open-world
  • skill
  • light-hearted
  • pirates

27

Alaloth: Champions of The Four Kingdoms (2024)

View Similar Games
78
Review score
Logo of Alaloth: Champions of The Four Kingdoms Screenshot of Alaloth: Champions of The Four Kingdoms Screenshot of Alaloth: Champions of The Four Kingdoms Screenshot of Alaloth: Champions of The Four Kingdoms

PC Windows

Baldur's Gate and Dark Souls had a baby! A thrilling RPG game that blends real-time action with an isometric view, set in a world of magic and monsters. Players must navigate through dangerous dungeons, battle fierce bosses, and uncover ancient secrets to save Plamen from an impending doom!


  • isometric
  • rpg
  • souls
  • fantasy
  • hack-and-slash
  • swordplay
  • nonlinear
  • lore
  • dungeon-crawler
  • dark
  • sandbox
  • magic
  • open-world
  • top-down
  • old-school

28

Definitely Not Fried Chicken (2023)

View Similar Games
77
Review score
Logo of Definitely Not Fried Chicken Screenshot of Definitely Not Fried Chicken Screenshot of Definitely Not Fried Chicken Screenshot of Definitely Not Fried Chicken

early access PC Windows

Definitely Not Fried Chicken is a business management sim with a Twist! Grow your drugs trade through legitimate fronts by managing both sides of the business. Acquire new "businesses", meet new clientele, Develop more potent narcotics, make lots of money and leave a city in ruin!


  • capitalism
  • voxel
  • nonlinear
  • humor
  • sandbox
  • resource-management
  • simulation
  • isometric
  • dark
  • crime
  • economy
  • trading
  • building
  • comedy
  • farming

29

Robin Hood - Sherwood Builders (2024)

View Similar Games
76
Review score
Logo of Robin Hood - Sherwood Builders Screenshot of Robin Hood - Sherwood Builders Screenshot of Robin Hood - Sherwood Builders Screenshot of Robin Hood - Sherwood Builders

j Playstation 5 PC Windows Xbox Series X Xbox One

Robin Hood - Sherwood Builders is an action-adventure RPG with base-building elements, where you take on the role of a classic hero who stands up to the tyranny and injustice that haunts Sherwood. Fight, craft, steal, and of course help the local people grow and prosper.


  • base-building
  • medieval
  • archery
  • nonlinear
  • open-world
  • rpg
  • action-adventure
  • nature
  • building
  • management
  • exploration
  • crafting
  • third-person
  • 3d
  • survival

30

Murderous Muses (2023)

View Similar Games
75
Review score
Logo of Murderous Muses Screenshot of Murderous Muses Screenshot of Murderous Muses Screenshot of Murderous Muses

Nintendo Switch Xbox Series X Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Mac OS PC Windows

Solve a sinister murder by spending three reality-shifting nights in a haunted art gallery. An infinitely re-playable murder mystery blending deduction, exploration, puzzles, collectibles and FMV.

Buy

  • mystery
  • fmv
  • procedural
  • puzzle
  • detective
  • lovecraftian
  • lore
  • investigation
  • nonlinear
  • replay-value
  • resource-management
  • drama
  • supernatural
  • walking-simulator
  • exploration

Not seeing your game?