My Favorite Story-Driven Games
by Elisej93 | created - 06 Oct 2019 | updated - 18 Jan 2023 | Public- Genres
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1. Star Wars: The Old Republic (2011 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Set long before the Star Wars films, the Sith Empire returns to the galaxy to begin a war with the Galactic Republic.
Directors: James Ohlen, Hez Chorba | Stars: Tom Spackman, Grey Griffin, Bertie Carvel, Jo Wyatt
Votes: 3,337
2. Star Wars: The Old Republic - Knights of the Fallen Empire (2015 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Five years have passed since the Galactic War between the Galactic Republic and the Sith Empire, and the Veteran of the war, also know as the "Outlander", must gather old and new followers and take the fight to defeat the Eternal Empire.
Directors: Ben Irving, Jesse Sky | Stars: Tom Spackman, Grey Griffin, Bertie Carvel, Jo Wyatt
Votes: 445
3. Star Wars: The Old Republic - Knights of the Eternal Throne (2016 Video Game)
Action, Adventure, Fantasy
After the Alliance Commander overthrows Arcann, she is faced with a new threat; Vaylin. Faced with new challenges, opportunities, and unlikely allies; the Commander must dethrone Vaylin.
Director: Charles Boyd | Stars: Tom Spackman, Grey Griffin, Bertie Carvel, Jo Wyatt
Votes: 288
4. Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy (2003 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
You play a young Jedi Academy student who must help stop an evil plot by Dark Jedi to collect and use Dark Side energy for their own ends.
Stars: Philip Tanzini, Jennifer Hale, Jason Marsden, Jeff Bennett
Votes: 2,453
5. Highway Blossoms (2016 Video Game)
Adventure, Drama, Romance
The gold rush has struck the west for a second time. Highway Blossoms is the story of Amber, a girl trying her best to be alone on the road until she stumbles upon a young hitchhiker and the journal of a prospector from long ago.
Director: Syon Santeria | Stars: Katie Dagnen, Jill Harris, Mara Wilkins, Elissa Park
Votes: 27
6. Life Is Strange (2015 Video Game)
M | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
An awkward photography student named Max discovers her ability to rewind time, and reunites with her estranged best friend Chloe to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a local girl.
Directors: Raoul Barbet, Michel Koch | Stars: Hannah Telle, Ashly Burch, Nik Shriner, Dani Knights
Votes: 13,788
7. Mass Effect 2 (2010 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Drama
After being revived from death and having to join a pro-human organization without a choice, Commander Shepard must assemble a team, battle a new threat, and make tough choices in order to save the galaxy from total annihilation once more.
Director: Casey Hudson | Stars: Shohreh Aghdashloo, Maggie Baird, Adam Baldwin, Michael Beattie
Votes: 21,492
8. Mass Effect 3 (2012 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Drama
Earth is under attack by a monstrous race of gigantic living ships known as the Reapers. Even if Commander Shepard could unite all surviving species in the galaxy, only a miracle could save them. Then again, Shepard did come back from the dead.
Director: Casey Hudson | Stars: Jennifer Hale, Mark Meer, Kimberly Brooks, Raphael Sbarge
Votes: 16,898
9. Mass Effect (2007 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Drama
In a technologically advanced future, an elite human soldier takes command of a prototype star ship and works to defend the galaxy from danger.
Director: Casey Hudson | Stars: Steven Barr, Kimberly Brooks, Keith David, Seth Green
Votes: 19,826
10. Life Is Strange: Before the Storm (2017 Video Game)
M | Drama, Mystery, Romance
The story of Chloe's relationship with Rachel Amber before the manifestation of Max Caulfield's abilities.
Directors: William Beacham, Chris Floyd, Webb Pickersgill | Stars: Rhianna DeVries, Kylie Brown, Bootsie Park, Dan D.W. McCann
Votes: 4,358
11. Star Wars: The Old Republic - Shadow of Revan (2014 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Darth Revan, once the prodigal knight and saviour of the republic, has returned seemingly from the dead. He leads an army of extremist zealots on a crusade to destroy both the empire and ... See full summary »
Director: James Ohlen | Stars: Tom Spackman, Grey Griffin, Bertie Carvel, Jo Wyatt
Votes: 411
12. Dragon Age II (2011 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
The medieval world of Thedas is invaded by demonic Darkspawn. Hawke and his family are saved by a powerful mysterious witch Flemeth. They end up in a foreign city where racial, religious and political tensions threaten to tear it apart.
Director: Mark Darrah | Stars: Jo Wyatt, Nicholas Boulton, Adam Howden, Joanna Roth
Votes: 5,261
13. Tales from the Borderlands (2014 Video Game)
M | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Corporate stooge Rhys, and Con woman Fiona team up to discover the secret of an alien vault on the dangerous planet Pandora.
Directors: Martin Montgomery, Ashley Ruhl, Jonathan Stauder, Nick Herman | Stars: Troy Baker, Laura Bailey, Erin Yvette, Chris Hardwick
Votes: 4,373
14. Fallout 4 (2015 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Drama
In the post-apocalyptic Boston, Massachusetts area, you play as the "Sole Survivor" of Vault 111, recently revived from centuries of forced cryostasis, determined to find your kidnapped son.
Director: Todd Howard | Stars: Brian T. Delaney, Courtenay Taylor, Stephen Russell, Courtney Ford
Votes: 15,248
15. Half-Life 2 (2004 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Dr. Freeman is taken out of stasis by his "employer" to help rid the planet of invading aliens forces known as the Combine that entered through the portals he helped create.
Director: David Speyrer | Stars: Robert Guillaume, Robert Culp, Louis Gossett Jr., Michelle Forbes
Votes: 17,575
16. Dragon Age: Origins (2009 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
After four hundred years since the last Blight, a new Archdemon seeks to destroy the land of Ferelden. It is up to the player - as one of the remaining Grey Wardens - to unite the divided armies of Ferelden and save humanity.
Director: Dan Tudge | Stars: Steve Valentine, Peter Renaday, Kate Mulgrew, Tim Curry
Votes: 8,626
17. Batman: The Telltale Series (2016 Video Game)
M | Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
Follows Bruce Wayne as he tries to juggle being the Billionaire and owner of Wayne Enterprises, with the masked vigilante Batman.
Directors: Mark Droste, Kent Mudle, Jason Pyke, Jonathan Stauder | Stars: Troy Baker, Laura Bailey, Richard McGonagle, Travis Willingham
Votes: 4,589
18. Half-Life 2: Episode One (2006 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Gordon Freeman and Alyx Vance must escape City 17 following the explosion of its fusion reactor.
Director: Robin Walker | Stars: Robert Guillaume, Robert Culp, Louis Gossett Jr., Michelle Forbes
Votes: 5,903
19. Dragon Age: Inquisition (2014 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
When the Conclave is destroyed, leaving only one survivor, demons are loosed up on the world. In an attempt to restore order and save the world, the survivor--now the inquisitor-- instigates the long forgotten inquisition.
Directors: Mike Laidlaw, Sam McGlynn, Pierre Michel-Estival | Stars: Harry Hadden-Paton, Alix Wilton Regan, Jon Curry, Sumalee Montano
Votes: 5,573
20. Minecraft: Story Mode - Season 2 (2017 Video Game)
E10+ | Adventure, Comedy, Family
After a mysterious gauntlet attaches itself to Jesse's hand, he/she along with his/her friends must find out what it is and battle the villainous Admin.
Directors: Mark Droste, Jonathan Stauder | Stars: Patton Oswalt, Catherine Taber, Ashley Paige Albert, Mark Barbolak
Votes: 494
21. Minecraft: Story Mode - A Telltale Games Series (2015 Video Game)
E10+ | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Jesse and his/her friends must seek out a group of warriors called The Order of the Stone in order to save their world from total destruction.
Directors: Rebekah Gamin, Jason Latino, Dennis Lenart, Jason Pyke, Graham Ross, Jonathan Stauder | Stars: Patton Oswalt, Catherine Taber, Dee Bradley Baker, Dave Fennoy
Votes: 1,705
22. The Walking Dead: A Telltale Game Series (2012 Video Game)
M | Adventure, Drama, Horror
In a world devastated by the undead, a convicted criminal is given a second chance at life when he comes across a little girl named Clementine.
Directors: Sean Ainsworth, Nick Herman, Dennis Lenart, Eric Parsons, Jake Rodkin, Sean Vanaman | Stars: Dave Fennoy, Melissa Hutchison, Nick Herman, Chuck Kourouklis
Votes: 15,164
23. The Walking Dead: The Game - Season 2 (2013 Video Game)
M | Adventure, Drama, Horror
Left to fend for herself, Clementine has been forced to learn how to survive in a world gone mad. Many months have passed and she is in search of safety.
Directors: Sean Ainsworth, Jason Latino, Dennis Lenart, Eric Parsons, Graham Ross | Stars: Melissa Hutchison, Scott Porter, Mara Junot, Owen Thomas
Votes: 8,482
24. The Walking Dead: A New Frontier (2016 Video Game)
M | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A teenage Clementine and a new survivor named Javier are brought together when a new threat worse than the dead arises.
Directors: Rebekah Gamin, Jason Latino, Chris Rebbert, Jason Pyke | Stars: Jeff Schine, Melissa Hutchison, Carlos Antonio, Valerie Arem
Votes: 4,442
25. The Walking Dead: The Final Season (2018 Video Game)
M | Drama, Horror, Thriller
Clementine and her adoptive brother, AJ, come across a boarding school inhabited by other children with little memory of life before the apocalypse.
Directors: Vahram Antonian, Mark Darin, Chris Rebbert, Kent Mudle | Stars: Melissa Hutchison, Tayla Parx, Ritesh Rajan, Alex Fernandez
Votes: 3,518
26. The Last of Us (2013 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Drama
In a hostile, post-pandemic world, Joel and Ellie, brought together by desperate circumstances, must rely on each other to survive a brutal journey across what remains of the United States.
Directors: Neil Druckmann, Bruce Straley | Stars: Troy Baker, Ashley Johnson, Hana Hayes, Jeffrey Pierce
Votes: 76,183
27. The Wolf Among Us (2013 Video Game)
M | Action, Crime, Drama
As Bigby Wolf, the big bad wolf in human form, you will discover that the brutal, bloody murder of a Fable is just a taste of things to come when another dead Fable is found which starts the hunt for a serial killer.
Directors: Nick Herman, Jason Latino, Dennis Lenart | Stars: Adam Harrington, Erin Yvette, Chuck Kourouklis, Melissa Hutchison
Votes: 8,233
28. Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series (2017 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Comedy
The Guardians of the Galaxy discover an artifact of great power and must defend it from those who want to possess it while also deciding whether to use it themselves.
Directors: Chris Rebbert, Jonathan Stauder, Sean Ainsworth, Jason Latino | Stars: Scott Porter, Brandon Paul Eells, Emily O'Brien, Adam Harrington
Votes: 959
29. Game of Thrones: A Telltale Games Series (2014 Video Game)
M | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
During the War of the Five Kings, House Forrester find themselves embroiled in a web of deceit and corruption.
Directors: Jason Latino, Martin Montgomery, Kent Mudle, Graham Ross | Stars: Lena Headey, Natalie Dormer, Peter Dinklage, Iwan Rheon
Votes: 4,805
30. Batman: The Enemy Within (2017 Video Game)
M | Action, Crime, Drama
Batman is blackmailed by the nefarious Amanda Waller to go undercover and infiltrate a group of super villains that call themselves, The Pact.
Directors: Sean Manning, Kent Mudle | Stars: Troy Baker, Enn Reitel, Murphy Guyer, Dave Fennoy
Votes: 2,403
31. Until Dawn (2015 Video Game)
M | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A group of teenagers spend the weekend in a ski lodge on the anniversary of their friends' disappearance, unaware that they are not alone.
Director: Will Byles | Stars: Hayden Panettiere, Peter Stormare, Rami Malek, Brett Dalton
Votes: 17,145
32. Beyond: Two Souls (2013 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Drama
Live the life of Jodie Holmes, a young woman who possesses supernatural powers through her psychic link to a mysterious invisible entity.
Director: David Cage | Stars: Elliot Page, Willem Dafoe, Eric Winter, Kadeem Hardison
Votes: 13,086
33. Detroit: Become Human (2018 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Drama
Take control of three androids in their quest to discover who they really are.
Director: David Cage | Stars: Valorie Curry, Bryan Dechart, Jesse Williams, Audrey Boustani
Votes: 22,980
34. Heavy Rain (2010 Video Game)
M | Crime, Drama, Mystery
As a child goes missing, his father tirelessly works to rescue him, while a journalist, an FBI agent, and a private detective try to identify his kidnapper known only as the "Origami Killer".
Director: David Cage | Stars: Pascal Langdale, Jacqui Ainsley, Judi Beecher, Sam Douglas
Votes: 14,843
35. Squadron 42 (Video Game)
Action, Sci-Fi | Announced
Take the role of a rookie UEE Navy combat pilot in a cinematic single-player adventure set in the Star Citizen universe.
Director: Chris Roberts | Stars: Gary Oldman, Mark Hamill, Mark Strong, Sophie Wu
36. Hidden Agenda (2017 Video Game)
M | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Players work together to make choices in an effort to help cop Becky Marney solve the series of murders committed by the heinous Trapper killer.
Director: Will Doyle | Stars: Katie Cassidy, Christy Jung-Yun Choi, Leonard Roberts, West Liang
Votes: 419
37. Mass Effect: Andromeda (2017 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Drama
The Andromeda Initiative sets a course for a new galaxy, hoping to find a new home for the species of the Milky Way.
Directors: Mac Walters, Sam McGlynn | Stars: Fryda Wolff, Tom Taylorson, Jules de Jongh, Nyasha Hatendi
Votes: 5,942
38. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
After escaping execution, the last living Dragonborn must grow in strength and power to defeat the dragons that have once again begun to plague the land of Skyrim.
Director: Todd Howard | Stars: Max von Sydow, Christopher Plummer, Joan Allen, Michael Hogan
Votes: 33,684
39. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (2006 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
After being freed by the Emperor of Tamriel, the hero must prevent the gates of Oblivion from spreading throughout the Empire.
Director: Todd Howard | Stars: Sean Bean, Lynda Carter, Terence Stamp, Patrick Stewart
Votes: 13,083
40. Half-Life 2: Episode Two (2007 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Gordon Freeman, along with the help of human and non-human allies, continues his fight against the ruthless alien force known as the Combine.
Director: David Speyrer | Stars: Robert Guillaume, Merle Dandridge, Tony Todd, John Aylward
Votes: 6,769
41. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (2008 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Darth Vader's secret apprentice, codenamed Starkiller, is trained in the Dark Side to defeat the enemies of the Empire, but must find his own path when his master betrays him.
Directors: Haden Blackman, Steve Stamatiadis, Martin Stoltz | Stars: Sam Witwer, Nathalie Cox, Cully Fredricksen, David W. Collins
Votes: 8,071
42. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II (2010 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A clone of Starkiller is created by Darth Vader, but, after he escapes his master's grasp, he travels across the galaxy to discover who, or what, he really is.
Director: Sylvain Doreau | Stars: Sam Witwer, Cully Fredricksen, Matt Sloan, Nathalie Cox
Votes: 3,909
43. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004 Video Game)
M | Action, Crime
Carl "CJ" Johnson, a member of the Grove Street street gang, comes home after a family tragedy to find it overtaken by crime and corruption, which he must take back before things become worse.
Stars: Young Maylay, Faizon Love, Yolanda 'Yo-Yo' Whittaker, Clifton Powell
Votes: 44,542
44. Grand Theft Auto IV (2008 Video Game)
M | Action, Crime, Drama
Niko Bellic comes to Liberty City, America to live the good life, but ends up having to assist his dangerously indebted cousin Roman with his financial troubles, by any (mostly illegal) means necessary.
Stars: Michael Hollick, Jason Zumwalt, Timothy Adams, Moti Margolin
Votes: 37,993
45. Life Is Strange: True Colors (2021 Video Game)
M | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Alex Chen has long suppressed her 'curse': the supernatural ability to experience, absorb and manipulate the strong emotions of others, which she sees as blazing, colored auras.
Directors: Zak Garriss, Chuck Carr, Webb Pickersgill, Jonathan Zimmerman | Stars: Erika Mori, Han Soto, Eric Emery, Katy Bentz
Votes: 2,223
46. Dragon Age: Inquisition - Trespasser (2015 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
With Thedas at peace, the state of the Inquisition must be determined. There's time to take a breath, but eventually, the powers that be will grow antsy about the Inquisition's role in Thedas going forward.
Director: Mike Laidlaw | Stars: Harry Hadden-Paton, Alix Wilton Regan, Jon Curry, Sumalee Montano
Votes: 475
47. Fable (2004 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Once a young boy has obtained a gift for his sister's birthday, bandits attack his home village of Oakvale. A member of the Hero's Guild, Maze, stumbles upon the boy, saves him and takes the boy to the Guild to be raised as a hero.
Director: Peter Molyneux | Stars: Adjoa Andoh, Georg Backer, Emma Butcher, Luke Butcher
Votes: 3,096
48. The Last of Us: Left Behind (2014 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Drama
Find out what set Ellie on her course to the life changing events in The Last of Us (2013), whilst filling in the gaps during winter with Joel.
Directors: Kevin Joelson, Satoshi Komuro, Bruce Straley | Stars: Ashley Johnson, Yaani King Mondschein, Troy Baker, Chris Jai Alex
Votes: 12,353
49. The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series (2019 Video Game)
M | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
The popular award-winning episodic zombie apocalypse game series comes back. All 4 seasons + Michonne Mini-series + 400 Days DLC and some exclusives as a whole. The game is remastered by Skybound Games. The graphics and menus are reworked.
Stars: Dave Fennoy, Gavin Hammon, Melissa Hutchison, Mara Junot
Votes: 1,101
50. Mass Effect: Legendary Edition (2021 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Drama
A compilation of the first three Mass Effect games.
Directors: Casey Hudson, Mac Walters | Stars: Steven Barr, Kimberly Brooks, Keith David, Seth Green
Votes: 2,957
51. Star Wars: The Old Republic - Disorder (2022)
Animation, Short
Jedi Master Orr and his padawan Sa'har must confront their past as well as a deadly adversary in this short film expanding the world of Star Wars: The Old Republic.
Director: Neel Upadhye | Stars: Austen Alazraqui, Raphael Alejandro, Jamie Glover, James Mathis III
Votes: 25
52. The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe (2022 Video Game)
E10+ | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
An expansion to the original game with more content, more endings, more whimsical adventures of the two best friends Stanley and The Narrator.
Stars: Kevan Brighting, Lesley Staples, Aviva Pinchas, Alex Hirsch
Votes: 601
53. The Stanley Parable (2013 Video Game)
T | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
An omnipotent narrator tries to tell a story about Stanley, a silent office worker who one day discovers that everyone but him has disappeared from the office building. If Stanley tries to disobey the narrator, interesting things happen.
Director: Davey Wreden | Stars: Kevan Brighting, Lesley Staples, Aviva Pinchas, Jenny Kuglin
Votes: 3,198
54. Fable: The Lost Chapters (2005 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Fable: The Lost Chapters is a version of Lionhead's Xbox-exclusive Fable, featuring enhancements to storyline and gameplay. The game expands the main plot of the original release, ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Molyneux | Stars: Georg Backer, Emma Butcher, Luke Butcher, Stephane Cornicard
Votes: 43
55. Façade (2005 Video Game)
T | Drama, Romance
Grace and Trip are a happy couple.. Or so it would seem at first, One night when you are invited to their apartment for a regular casual get-together, We find out quickly that their marriage wasn't as happy as we thought..
Directors: Michael Mateas, Andrew Stern | Stars: Andy Bayiates, Joel Bruner, Chloe Johnston, Mary McCann
Votes: 24
56. The Last of Us: Part II (2020 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Drama
Five years after the events of The Last of Us, Ellie embarks on another journey through a post-apocalyptic America on a mission of vengeance against a mysterious militia.
Directors: Neil Druckmann, Kurt Margenau, Anthony Newman | Stars: Ashley Johnson, Troy Baker, Derek Phillips, Jeffrey Pierce
Votes: 42,050
57. Missed Messages (2019 Video Game)
'goth gf's iPhone' airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, and memes.
Director: Angela He
Votes: 51
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