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Update : The Roottrees are Dead added at rank #19.
Here are our 10 Best Story Games for Linux:
Heartbound (2018)
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Heartbound is a non-traditional role-playing game about a boy, his dog, secrets, and sanity.
- choices
- story
- rpg
- pixel
- 2d
- adventure
- psychological
- horror
- puzzle
- single-player
Tacoma (2017)
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Tacoma is a sci-fi narrative adventure from the creators of Gone Home. Set aboard a high-tech space station in the year 2088, explore every detail of how the station’s crew lived and worked, finding the clues that add up to a gripping story of trust, fear, and resolve in the face of disaster.
Buy- narrative
- sci-fi
- walking-simulator
- augmented
- story
- exploration
- futuristic
- mystery
- pause
- augmented-reality
- interactive
- discovery
- first-person
OneShot (2016)
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OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.
- puzzle
- adventure
- story
- cute
- pixel
- inventory
- choices
- narrative
- surreal
- rpgmaker
- rpg
- robots
- multiple-endings
- sprite
- atmospheric
Just A To the Moon Series Beach Episode (2024)
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The Beach Episode™ of To the Moon, Finding Paradise, and Impostor Factory. But something's off.
- rpg
- japanese
- emotional
- story
- rpgmaker
- pixel
- narrative
- jrpg
- adventure
- cinematic
- top-down
- narration
- funny
- linear
- atmospheric
The Wild Case (2021)
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Embark on a journey to an eerie village shrouded in mystery in The Wild Case. Solve puzzles, negotiate with inhabitants, and uncover supernatural occurrences in this atmospheric adventure. With stunning hand-drawn graphics and haunting sound effects, immerse yourself in an open world that will keep you on edge. Unravel the secrets of the forgotten village if you dare.
What we like:
- Short but well-rounded gameplay
- Intriguing mystery with satisfying ending
- Beautiful hand-drawn artwork
- Atmospheric music and sound effects
- Adequate price point
What could be improved:
- Lack of motivation for replayability
- Rough English translation
- Story not frightening for adults
- detective
- point-and-click
- puzzle
- story
- hand-drawn
- adventure
- atmospheric
- text
- 2d
- supernatural
- exploration
- first-person
- investigation
- linear
- mystery
Ord. (2019)
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Ord is a captivating text-based adventure game with five unique stories to choose from. Choose your own adventure as you become a god and create your world or take on an evil warlock in a thrilling quest. With fast-paced narratives, your choices matter, and you'll be engaged in no time. Plus, create and share your own stories with Steam Workshop support. Available in multiple languages.
What we like:
- Cleverly conveys changes in atmosphere and mood with minimalistic visuals and sound effects
- Multiple scenarios with vastly different outcomes provide high replayability
- A fun and creative take on the text adventure genre
- Multiple languages supported
- Workshop support allows for user-generated content and experimentation with storytelling
What could be improved:
- No save-states or continues, with every death resetting the player to the beginning
- Poor controls and other quirks make the game feel more like an art project than a polished video game experience
- text
- minimalist
- adventure
- experience
- story
- narrative
- perma-death
- rpg
- experimental
- innovative
- casual
- book
- fast-paced
Life is Strange 2 Episode 1 (2018)
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After a tragic incident, brothers Sean and Daniel Diaz run away from home. Fearing the police, and dealing with Daniel's new telekinetic power, the boys head to Mexico. Each stop on their journey brings new friends and new challenges.
Buy- episodic
- narrative
- story
- supernatural
- choices
- drama
- adventure
- mystery
- puzzle
- romance
- political
- difficult
- point-and-click
- mystery
- choices
- conspiracy
- cartoony
- detective
- story
- investigation
- atmospheric
- hand-drawn
- 1990s
- colourful
- 2d
- funny
- adventure
Life is Strange 2 (2018)
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After a tragic incident, brothers Sean and Daniel Diaz run away from home. Fearing the police, and dealing with Daniel's new telekinetic power, the boys head to Mexico. Each stop on their journey brings new friends and new challenges.
- episodic
- narrative
- choices
- supernatural
- story
- drama
- adventure
- mystery
- romance
- puzzle
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