The Best Story Games for Xbox One - Page 5

Update : South of Midnight added at rank #1.
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EDENGATE: The Edge of Life (2022)

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PC Windows Xbox One Playstation 4

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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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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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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TEMPUS (2022)

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Android PC Windows Oculus Rift Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch Xbox One Xbox Series X

TEMPUS is a puzzle adventure game with time travel. Each time you advance, you will see the island where you live change over thousands of years. You can only travel forward so it is a one way trip, how far will you go?


  • investigation
  • hidden-object
  • cyberpunk
  • vr
  • post-apocalyptic
  • narration
  • point-and-click
  • exploration
  • detective
  • first-person
  • story
  • sci-fi
  • controller-support
  • puzzle
  • adventure

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Crowalt: Traces of the Lost Colony (2022)

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PC Windows Mac OS Xbox One Nintendo Switch

A young adventurer Hugh Radcliff is in pursuit of one of the greatest mysteries of history: The Lost Colony. Deal with pirates, dive into native rituals, reveal conspiracies, and make tough choices on your difficult journey for unveiling this mystery!


  • investigation
  • scroller
  • mystery
  • point-and-click
  • story
  • pirates
  • historical
  • stylized
  • detective
  • choices
  • narration
  • funny
  • retro
  • pixel
  • adventure

46

Whiskey Mafia: Leo's Family (2021)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows Xbox One Playstation 4

This game serves as a prequel to Whiskey Mafia: Frank's Story and tells a story of Leo’s criminal group who takes part in different illegal activities. A humble guy named Christopher, the son of a port worker, finds himself as the newest mafia member. You’ll get the feeling of what it is to be a gangster in the 1920s who was to do different criminal stuff: from carjacking to bootlegging.


  • heist
  • visual-novel
  • walking-simulator
  • character
  • noir
  • crime
  • fiction
  • story
  • violent
  • action-adventure
  • atmospheric
  • pixel
  • cult
  • cartoony
  • interactive

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Dance of Death: Du Lac & Fey (2023)

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Xbox One PC Windows Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch

London, 1888: The people of Whitechapel live under the ghastly shadow of Jack the Ripper, tempting Arthurian legends - Du Lac & Fey - back to English shores to intervene. Will they stop Jack before more blood is spilt on the cobbled streets? Victorian London awaits you...


  • detective
  • adventure
  • mystery
  • crime
  • point-and-click
  • narrative
  • dog
  • beautiful
  • story
  • fiction
  • emotional
  • cinematic
  • choices
  • drama
  • interactive

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Murder Diaries (2021)

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Playstation 4 PC Windows Xbox One Nintendo Switch

Figure out what happened, explore fascinating yet almost surreal landscapes and enjoy the thrilling storytelling. Collect pieces of the story while freely floating through related environments and immerse yourself into an intriguing story filled with blood and murder unlike you have ever seen before


  • narration
  • surreal
  • story
  • crime
  • mystery
  • detective
  • dark
  • blood
  • walking-simulator
  • visual-novel
  • flight
  • noir
  • abstract
  • free-floating
  • exploration

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