The Best Nonlinear Games - Page 3

Update : Alaloth: Champions of The Four Kingdoms added at rank #25.
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Q.U.B.E. 10th Anniversary (2022)

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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.

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

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Alien Hominid Invasion (2023)

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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

23

The Inheritance of Crimson Manor (2022)

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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

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Bilkins' Folly (2023)

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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

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Alaloth: Champions of The Four Kingdoms (2024)

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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

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Castle on the Coast (2021)

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Mac OS Nintendo Switch PC Windows Playstation 4 Xbox One

A hand-drawn, retro 3D collectathon. Parkour through a magic castle as George the Giraffe! String together sweet moves to explore crystal caverns, stone laden halls, and trippy alternate dimensions.


  • cozy
  • 3d
  • platform
  • collectathon
  • nonlinear
  • hand-drawn
  • emotional
  • parkour
  • cute
  • cartoony
  • retro
  • family-friendly
  • stylized
  • comedy
  • action-adventure

27

Definitely Not Fried Chicken (2023)

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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

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Robin Hood - Sherwood Builders (2024)

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Xbox One Xbox Series X PC Windows

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

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Murderous Muses (2023)

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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.

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

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Zapling Bygone (2022)

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

Zapling Bygone is a twisted metroidvania where you murder your foes and steal their abilities by wearing their skulls and absorbing their consciousness into your hive-mind.

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  • metroidvania
  • souls
  • nonlinear
  • scroller
  • platform
  • psychological
  • 2d
  • pixel
  • horror
  • boss
  • action-adventure
  • aliens
  • sci-fi
  • atmospheric
  • precision-platform

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