The Best Story Games for Xbox One - Page 4

Update : Closer The Distance added at rank #11.
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Night Reverie (2021)

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Xbox Series X Xbox One PC Windows Android

Night Reverie is a Puzzle/Adventure game in which a child must solve the mystery behind the distortion of his house. Explore puzzle-filled environments and discover strange creatures living in the house as you reach the truth behind of what looks like a bizarre nightmare.


  • emotional
  • choices
  • surreal
  • exploration
  • soundtrack
  • pixel
  • relaxing
  • story
  • 2d
  • colourful
  • mystery
  • cute
  • atmospheric
  • dialog
  • controller-support

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Hannah (2024)

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Xbox One IOS iPhone Android PC Windows

Hannah is a 3D puzzle-platformer game. You play as Hannah, whose doll goes missing and now must rescue it and try to understand her nightmares by making an internal journey to her childhood and find out what went wrong.


  • stealth
  • surreal
  • retro
  • psychological
  • survival
  • 1980s
  • single-player
  • adventure
  • puzzle
  • horror
  • -----------------------
  • story
  • dark
  • 3d
  • surrealist

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The First Tree (2017)

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IOS iPhone PC Windows Mac OS Linux Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Xbox One

A beautiful, 3rd-person exploration game centered around two parallel stories: a fox trying to find her missing family, and a young couple dealing with a tragedy in their own. Uncover artifacts from the young couple’s life as they too become intertwined in the fox’s journey towards The First Tree.


  • third-person
  • walking-simulator
  • story
  • atmospheric
  • short
  • exploration
  • orchestral
  • colourful
  • relaxing
  • adventure
  • nature
  • single-player
  • platform
  • narration
  • mech

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The Vale (2021)

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Xbox One PC Windows

CLOSE YOUR EYES. BECOME A WARRIOR: Feel your enemy’s rasping breath; a foot shifts on swampy ground; the crack of steel on wooden shield. The Vale is an audio based action adventure that sets out to breathe new life into medieval combat and fantasy narrative.


  • swordplay
  • action-adventure
  • hunting
  • medieval
  • rpg
  • magic
  • story
  • immersive
  • fantasy
  • combat
  • experimental
  • first-person
  • cube
  • 3d
  • audio

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Batman: The Enemy Within (2017)

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In this latest chapter from the award-winning studio behind Batman - The Telltale Series, both Bruce Wayne and Batman will be forced into precarious new roles. The Riddler has returned to terrorize Gotham City, but his gruesome puzzles merely foreshadow an even greater crisis.


  • villain
  • quick-time-event
  • episodic
  • choices
  • story
  • superhero
  • narrative
  • detective
  • point-and-click
  • adventure
  • puzzle
  • violent
  • comic
  • crime
  • action

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The Lost Legends of Redwall: The Scout - Anthology (2024)

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Mac OS PC Windows Xbox One

A narrative puzzle-adventure game based on Brian Jacques' Redwall™️ book series. Vicious searats are invading the once peaceful Mossflower wood and it's up to the Lilygrove Scout Corps' newest recruit to save the day. Play as Sophia or Liam on their adventure to Redwall Abbey!


  • cooking
  • lore
  • 3d
  • action-adventure
  • story
  • medieval
  • platform
  • family-friendly
  • rogue-like
  • hack-and-slash
  • fiction
  • third-person
  • rpg
  • pirates
  • cute

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Where The Water Tastes Like Wine (2018)

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Xbox One Nintendo Switch Linux Mac OS PC Windows

"[Going] where the water tastes like wine" is an excerpt from the traditional American folk song "Going Down the Road Feeling Bad" (also known as the "Lonesome Road Blues").


  • narrative
  • story
  • interactive
  • fiction
  • card
  • visual-novel
  • hand-drawn
  • adventure
  • surreal
  • funny
  • trains
  • narration
  • walking-simulator
  • inventory
  • novel

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The Smile Alchemist (2023)

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

Follow the growth of a young alchemist aiming to become the best in the world!


  • simulation
  • japanese
  • story
  • crafting
  • pixel
  • jrpg
  • cute
  • rpg
  • heart-warming
  • collectathon
  • single-player
  • life
  • book

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Control: AWE (2020)

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

Winner of over 80 awards, Control is a visually stunning third-person action-adventure that will keep you on the edge of your seat.


  • supernatural
  • horror
  • story
  • narrative
  • tps
  • boss-fight
  • third-person
  • sci-fi
  • shooter
  • action-adventure
  • combat
  • action
  • fight
  • puzzle

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EDENGATE: The Edge of Life (2022)

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Mia Lorenson, wakes up in an abandoned hospital full of questions. What happened to her? What happened to the world? Edengate: The Edge of Life is an interactive experience reflecting on feelings of uncertainty, isolation and hope in the face of devastation.


  • linear
  • walking-simulator
  • emotional
  • third-person
  • dark
  • story
  • atmospheric
  • investigation
  • drama
  • lore
  • psychological
  • mystery
  • puzzle
  • exploration
  • casual

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