The Best Well-written Games for PC Windows

Update : Aery - Midnight Hour added at rank #7.
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A Juggler's Tale (2021)

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Xbox One PC Windows

Lead Abby the string puppet through a bruised, but beautiful fairy tale world in this cinematic adventure. Solve riddles, evade traps and shake off pursuers on the way to find freedom. Can Abby take control of her fate with all the strings attached?


  • platform
  • puzzle
  • well-written
  • narration
  • wholesome
  • medieval
  • 2.5d
  • short
  • cinematic
  • scroller
  • atmospheric
  • story
  • fantasy
  • theater
  • physics

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Harold Halibut (2024)

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

Harold Halibut is a handmade narrative game about friendship and life on a city-sized spaceship submerged in an alien ocean. Join Harold as he explores a vibrant retro-future world in his quest to find the true meaning of ‘home’.


  • narrative
  • walking-simulator
  • cinematic
  • interactive
  • lore
  • fiction
  • adventure
  • sci-fi
  • story
  • well-written
  • platform
  • mystery
  • third-person
  • city-sized
  • retro-future

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Letters - a written adventure (2022)

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PC Windows Mac OS Nintendo Switch

Letters is a fun word puzzle game about friendship, growing up and finding your place in life. Follow Sarah, a shy girl from Switzerland, by moving through her pen pal letters and chat messages. Use the power of words to solve riddles, interact with her friends and decide who she will grow up to be.


  • well-written
  • dynamic
  • hand-drawn
  • word
  • choices
  • multiple-endings
  • narration
  • family-friendly
  • funny
  • pixel
  • story
  • colourful
  • cute
  • puzzle
  • atmospheric

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Hitchhiker - A Mystery Game (2021)

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Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 PC Windows Xbox One IOS iPhone

As a hitchhiker with no memory or destination, you catch a series of rides across a strange and beautiful landscape, tracking the mysterious disappearance of a person close to you. • Hitchhike across a strange and beautiful landscape in five rides with five total strangers who will challenge your grasp on reality... And maybe your philosophy on life. • Solve environmental puzzles, and keep an eye out for clues, in order to uncover your mysterious past.


  • well-written
  • mystery
  • philosophical
  • narration
  • short
  • dark
  • atmospheric
  • emotional
  • mature
  • story
  • conversation
  • first-person
  • puzzle
  • drama
  • surreal

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Paper Plane Arena - A Medieval Fantasy (2024)

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Xbox One PC Windows

Paper Plane Arena is an interactive game experience that is designed to ease your mind and have fun popping innocent balloons. You jump into the role of a little paper plane that is supposed to rescue the world from little but evil balloon demons by dashing through them.

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  • family-friendly
  • casual
  • relaxing
  • exploration
  • well-written
  • meditative
  • flight
  • futuristic
  • atmospheric
  • simulation
  • colourful
  • single-player
  • discovery
  • 3d
  • linear

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Aery - Ancient Empires (2024)

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In Aery - Ancient Empires you play as a little bird-like spirit that watches ancient civilizations evolve. You will discover unknown, giant, and beautiful environments and you will be able to enjoy the feeling of flying while exploring a whole world filled with beauty and little secrets.

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  • well-written
  • bird
  • linear
  • simulation
  • colourful
  • casual
  • relaxing
  • flight
  • family-friendly

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Aery - Midnight Hour (2024)

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In Aery – Midnight Hour you play a little bird on its journey to the devils Halloween party after hearing Dracula talk about it. Enjoy your journey as a little bird and enjoy the feeling of flying while exploring a whole world filled with beautiful, and scary little secrets.

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  • vampire
  • well-written
  • futuristic
  • relaxing
  • 3d
  • horror
  • family-friendly
  • casual
  • atmospheric
  • arcade
  • single-player
  • colourful
  • exploration
  • flight
  • linear

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Paper Plane Arena - Lost Places (2024)

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Xbox One Xbox Series X PC Windows Playstation 4

Paper Plane Arena is an interactive game experience that is designed to ease your mind and have fun popping innocent balloons. You jump into the role of a little paper plane that is supposed to rescue the world from little but evil balloon demons by dashing through them.

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  • relaxing
  • casual
  • simulation
  • well-written
  • 3d
  • colourful
  • demons
  • interactive
  • atmospheric
  • vehicle
  • family-friendly
  • flight
  • single-player
  • arcade
  • futuristic

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TASOKARE HOTEL Re: newal (2024)

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Fixed bugs

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  • well-written
  • choices
  • japanese
  • multiple-endings
  • point-and-click
  • visual-novel
  • text
  • drama
  • emotional
  • remake
  • retro
  • jrpg
  • mystery
  • rpg
  • cute

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Starstruck: Hands of Time (2024)

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Starstruck: Hands of Time is a story-rich rhythm adventure game where you play guitar and abuse time travel! Control a giant hand destroying a miniature town, or play as the two guitarist kids living in it. For extra fun, optionally plug in a Guitar Hero controller!

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  • rhythm
  • travel
  • well-written
  • time
  • music
  • surreal
  • experimental
  • psychedelic
  • nonlinear
  • story
  • narrative
  • short
  • comedy
  • physics
  • cartoony

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