Best story games on Reddit

285 reviews from r/XboxGamePass, r/XboxSeriesX, r/playstation and 19 more subreddits

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4.8

(18)

"The story is strong and sensitive too."

"Basically the premise is you find someone's phone and solve puzzles on it to figure out who this person is."

"It's kind of like slay the spire, but with a story."

"Is definitely in this vein."

"BioShock is one of my all time favorites"

"NieR, SH2, MGS3"

"God of war 1 2 3, uncharted 1 2 3, last of us"

"Witcher 3 And i loved the story in both horizon games"

"It's not for everyone but Death Stranding was incredible"

"Nier Automata. (And Nier Replicant ver 1.22 now that it's on PS). Incredible story, full of much trauma."

CD Projekt Red

4.7

(11)

"Open world rpg with some of the best writing in gaming."

"Witcher 3"

"Witcher 3, Cyberpunk 2077, Baldur’s Gate 3."

"Cyberpunk 2077 is an amazing story game with some truly great characters."

"The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition."

"By far the great story I've ever seen in gaming."

"Witcher Wild Hunt"

"Probably Witcher 3 for me."

"* cyberpunk2077 * witcher 2 and 3, 1 has great story too but yeah, gameplay is bad"

"* witcher 2 and 3, 1 has great story too but yeah, gameplay is bad"

BioWare

4.9

(10)

"Mass effect"

"Mass Effect trilogy if you haven’t played it until now. Gaming-defining experience. There are difficulty levels that will allow to focus on a story."

"Mass Effect Legendary Edition is right up there imo."

"Amazing story, unforgettable characters, top-tier worldbuilding."

"Mass Effect Trilogy, Pentiment, Hellblade, Guardians of the Galaxy, Psychonauts 2, Yes Your Grace, Banner Saga Trilogy, Red Dead Redemption 1/2, Witcher 3"

"Mass affect trilogy, Life is Strange, Bioshock."

"Maybe try the Mass Effect Legendary Edition if you want more adventures in space."

"Mass Effect trilogy."

"I'd say Mass Effect Legendary Edition. It has its hiccups, but it's one of the best narratives of the last gen."

Telltale

5.0

(8)

"I think the 'Walking Dead' games from Telltale are really great in 'story telling'."

"The Wolf Among Us, God of War 2018 and Ragnarok, Life Is Strange, Heavy Rain, Detroit: Become Human."

"Try playing the walking dead series. I really liked it."

"The best story games I've ever played... I'm gonna say: The Walking Dead games."

"TWD, Life is Strange 1&2 (yet to play new one), Wolf Among Us, Mass Effect trilogy..."

"Wolf Among Us"

"The walking dead"

"Walking dead all games"

Rockstar Games

4.9

(8)

"Red Dead Redemption 2. You'll never be the same again after playing it"

"Red Dead Redemption 2"

"If you enjoy open world storytelling games, you haven’t lived until you experience the story of RDR2."

"Red dead 2, life is strange 1 had me feeling empty after finishing it, tales from the borderlands, the walking dead 1-2, super paper Mario."

"Red dead 2, life is strange 1 had me feeling empty after finishing it."

"Red dead redemption 2 is the best story of all Time."

"Red Dead 2 as well."

"LA Noire, Beyond Two Souls..."

Remedy Entertainment

4.6

(8)

"Very immersive story, really cool game"

"Control. Absolutely loved all the lore, characters, story, etc."

"Control."

"Alan wake 2."

"Alan Wake 2 is fantastic."

"The combat is repetitive but the story is great and would wet your appetite for AW2, which is a narrative masterpiece."

"I’ve heard Alan Wake is great too but haven’t played that one to recommend."

"Haven’t beat it yet but Alan wake 2 is the most captivated I’ve been in a story."

Mass Effect

5.0

(7)

"If you've never played Mass Effect Trilogy, it definitely is a must."

"Mass Effect Trilogy"

"Quantum break, control, Mass Effect, Hellblade, jedi survivor... Fallout 3 & 4, Skyrim, outer worlds."

"Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Mass Effect Legendary edition."

"Mass effect, and of the fallout series, the Witcher."

"Mass Effect."

"Mass Effect or Halo"

Yakuza

5.0

(7)

"-Anything from the Yakuza series (especially 0 & Infinite Wealth) -God of War (2018)/Ragnarok -Final Fantasy XVI -Ghost of Tsushima"

"I'm having a blast with Yakuza Like a Dragon."

"It's absolutely fantastic and works as a great first Yakuza game."

"Yakuza 0 ( the whole series IMO ) Mass effect trilogy Ac origins Gears 1 to 3 Twd season 1 A way out"

"The Yakuza series have great storyline’s 💖"

"Yakuza. Any of them, but ideally start with either 0, Kiwami, or Like a Dragon"

"I just want to mention the yakuza/like a dragon series."

Naughty Dog

5.0

(6)

"Uncharted series 👍"

"I tell everyone to play TLOU."

"Last of us God of War God of War Ragnarok Ghost of Tsushima The Witcher 3 Cyberpunk RDR2"

"* Last Of Us 1&2 * Detroit: Become Human * Life Is Strange * Heavy Rain * Until Dawn"

"The last of us part 1 and 2"

"Of course play The Last of us if you already haven't..."

#10

Focus Entertainment

5.0

(6)

"The two *A Plague Tale* games (*Innocence* and *Requiem*) are good story games (with some action adventure and stealth elements)."

"A Plague's Tale Requiem."

"Plague Tale and Mass Effect"

"Plague Tale Requiem"

"Yes definitely the Plague Tale games."

"A Plague Tale Innocence and Requiem for sure"

#11

A Plague Tale

4.8

(5)

"A Plagues tale Requiem. Fantastic story, even if you didn't play the first part."

"A Plague Tale Requiem, The Gunk, Firewatch, Road 96."

"A plague tale 1/2"

"A plague tale requiem"

"Plague tale tho kinda slow paced"

#12

Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice

5.0

(4)

"Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice Still Wakes The Deep Deliver Us The Moon... Star Wars Jedi: Survivor"

"Hellblade is amazing."

"Hellblade, Quantum Break, Alan Wake."

"Hellblade."

#13

Larian Studios

5.0

(4)

"BG3 and Disco Elysium and probably the best."

"Baldurs Gate 3 based on dungeons and dragons, runs decently well on mac, has a 'story mode' which makes the combat/dialog checks and other dice rolls super easy."

"Baldurs gate 3."

"Baldur's gate 3 has an incredible story that changes based on what you do in the game."

#14

The Walking Dead

5.0

(4)

"The walking dead (Not including season 3)"

"The Walking Dead, all of them."

"It's a series that has stuck with me. You get attached to the characters pretty quickly."

"TT Walking dead fucking broke me."

#15

Netflix

5.0

(4)

"Oxen free is great! I had no idea it was on android too."

"* [Oxenfree](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.netflix.NGP.Oxenfree)"

"* [Valliant Hearts](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.netflix.NGP.ValiantHearts2)"

"* [Before your eyes](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.netflix.NGP.BeforeYourEyes)"

#16

Respawn Entertainment

4.8

(4)

"If you into star wars definitely play jedi fallen order and after that jedi survivor"

"Star Wars Jedi fallen order."

"1.A plague tale Requiem 2. Star wars fallen order and survivors"

"Jedi fallen order was decent, jedi survivor was top tier starwars story"

#17

Capcom

4.8

(4)

"[Ghost Trick](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.co.capcom.ghosttrick)"

"Resident Evil 4 Remake and the dlc!"

"* PHoenix Wright Ace Attorney."

"The Resident Evil remakes are super fun. I love them a lot."

#18

Telltale Games

4.3

(4)

"Or get the walking dead telltale series."

"The walking dead series . I think it's still on GP."

"The walking dead"

"The Telltale Games are a good place to start."

#19

Rockstar

5.0

(3)

"Cowboy game with amazing story and an amazing open world with lot of things to do"

"Red Dead Redemption 2…"

"Yakuza Zero, Red Dead 2, and Mafia games have great stories."

#20

God of War

5.0

(3)

"God of War & Ragnarok, Ghost of Tsushima, Last of Us & Part 2... Ratchet & Clank"

"Uncharted, God of War 2018, God of War Ragnarok, Ni no Kuni 1 & 2... story driven games that you would play more than 50 to 100 hours."

"The new God of War games are instant classics."

#21

Ghost of Tsushima

5.0

(3)

"Ghost of Tsushima The last of us Deteoid become human Uncharted series God of war"

"Ghost of Tsushima, red dead redemption 2 (campaign), rise of the ronin... Have fun!"

"Ghost of Tsushima"

#22

Sea of Stars

5.0

(3)

"Sea of stars and the messenger are two of my favorite games on Xbox one, highly recommend"

"Great heartwarming story."

"Sea of Stars is amazing"

#23

Quantic Dream

5.0

(3)

"Also a gamed called Detriot Become Human."

"Detroit become human is good"

"Games by quantum dream like heavy rain."

#24

Ninja Theory

5.0

(3)

"Hellblade series is one of my personal favorites"

"Plague tale and hellblade are pretty awesome"

"Hellblade Senuas sacrifice. It’s about 5-8 hour game."

#25

Asobo Studio

5.0

(3)

"For story you’re going to want to play A Plague Tale. There’s 2 games and they’re both incredible."

"A Plague Tale Requiem. You might wanna play the first game before jumping into this one though."

"Plague tale - Control - AC odyssey - Tomb raider series ... also there's one special game called 'firewatch' it's fantastic."

#26

Pentiment

4.7

(3)

"Pentiment. Enough said"

"Pentiment"

"Pentiment!"

#27

Control

4.3

(3)

"„Control“ & „Quantum Break“, „Firewatch“"

"Control, Quantum Break, Plague Tale, Mass Effect."

"Control. Fallout 4. Dead Space Remake."

#28

Firewatch

4.3

(3)

"Fire watch was for me one of the best stories without a doubt"

"Most of the walking sim classics - Firewatch, Gone Home, The Vanishing of Ethan Carter..."

"Firewatch."

#29

Horizon Zero Dawn

5.0

(2)

"I recommend Horizon Zero Dawn and its sequel Horizon Forbidden West."

"Horizon Zero Dawn and its sequel Horizon Forbidden West!"

#30

4A Games

5.0

(2)

"Metro: Exodus, Quantum Break, Hellblade."

"Metro Exodus is my favorite story game so far this year."

#31

PlatinumGames

5.0

(2)

"For sure."

"Here are my top 5 of all time: - Nier Automata - Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice - GOW 2018+Ragnarok - Ghost of Tsushima - Witcher 3"

#32

Disco Elysium

5.0

(2)

"Disco Elysium is pretty much the ultimate story game."

"Disco Elysium mentioned!?1!!!1!!!"

#33

Dontnod Entertainment

5.0

(2)

"Life is Strange 1&2 (yet to play new one)"

"I like the Life Is Strange series."

#34

ZA/UM

5.0

(2)

"BG3 and Disco Elysium and probably the best."

"Disco Elysium - one of the best games I ever played."

#35

Spiritfarer

5.0

(2)

"I don't know if it's necessarily a story game, but Spiritfarer is excellently written."

"A game that had no right to be that good."

#36

What Remains of Edith Finch

5.0

(2)

"Same for edith finch."

"One of my favorite story-based games is What Remains of Edith Finch."

#37

Nintendo

5.0

(2)

"Earthbound"

"Zelda link' awakening, Chrono Trigger, Terranigma, Seiken Densetsu 3"

#38

Square Enix

5.0

(2)

"Chrono trigger"

"Final fantasy 7"

#39

Supergiant Games

5.0

(2)

"The story in Hades is fantastic! There are over 21k lines of voice acted dialogue in the game and it’s amazing how well integrated the story is into the game."

"“Pyre” by Supergiant Games. It’s a (fictional) sports game with a fantastic story."

#40

Atlus

5.0

(2)

"Persona"

"Some of my favourite stories in games: - Persona 3 - Professor Layton 3 - FFXIV - Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Persona 5 Royal - Persona 4 Golden"

#41

Santa Monica Studio

5.0

(2)

"God of War (2018) Epic cinematic game."

"Watching Kratos slowly and steadily become a slightly better father... is truly incredible."

#42

2K Games

5.0

(2)

"A lot of people seem to have forgotten about this game, for some reason, but if you enjoy story driven games, Bioshock Infinite won't disappoint you."

"Bioshock, Red Dead Redemption 2, Last of Us Part 1"

#43

Hellblade

5.0

(2)

"Hellblade 1/2"

"Hellblade, plague tale"

#44

Quantum Break

4.5

(2)

"Quantum Break. Control."

"Quantum Break, the Quarry, Fallout 4."

#45

Night in the Woods

4.5

(2)

"Night in the Woods is a great one!"

"Night in the woods and beacon pines (and firewatch) are gripping narratives."

#46

Lies of P

4.5

(2)

"Lies of P"

"Lies of P, Control, Quantum Break, and Alan Wake."

#47

CD Projekt

4.5

(2)

"Fantasy RPG with tons of content and fun characters."

"A futuristic open word RPG with tons of choices and stories."

#48

Supermassive

4.5

(2)

"Detroit Become Human is a good story game."

"Heavy Rain from the same company is also not bad."

#49

Persona

4.5

(2)

"Just gonna drop this masterpiece."

"Persona 3 Reload."

#50

Botany Manor

4.0

(2)

"I liked the story in Botany Manor."

"I’m enjoying botany manor atm, it’s a bit of a puzzle/riddle game and you slowly discover the story"

#51

Sega

5.0

(1)

"Yakuza Zero, Red Dead 2, and Mafia games have great stories."

#52

Sony

5.0

(1)

"Legend of Dragoon (PS1)"

#53

LucasArts

5.0

(1)

"Monkey Island 1-3"

#54

Hangar 13

5.0

(1)

"Yakuza Zero, Red Dead 2, and Mafia games have great stories."

#55

Red Dead Redemption 2

5.0

(1)

"#RED DEAD REDEMPTION 2"

#56

Hogwarts Legacy

5.0

(1)

"Hogwarts legacy, life is strange 1 & 2"

#57

Skyrim

5.0

(1)

"Skyrim, still wakes the deep, hellblade 1-2,"

#58

Yakuza 0 and Kiwami

5.0

(1)

"Yakuza 0 and Yakuza Kiwami"

#59

A Plague Tale: Requiem

5.0

(1)

"Plague tale requiem has one of the greatest stories ive ever played in my life."

#60

Portal 2

5.0

(1)

"Portal 2, Undertale, and Minecraft mentioned"

#61

Laika: Aged Through Blood

5.0

(1)

"Should absolutely be on this list"

#62

Undertale

5.0

(1)

"The first time I finished Undertale Pacifist, I almost cried."

#63

A Plague Tale: Innocence

5.0

(1)

"Plague tale, Batman, Dead space remake, Fire watch, gris, hi-fi rush, just cause 4, ace attorney, residente evil 2, tunic"

#64

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

5.0

(1)

"If you’ve never played Witcher 3 or Red Dead redemption 2, you need to"

#65

Batman: Arkham Series

5.0

(1)

"The Arkham Series (Return to Arkham Asylum & Return to Arkham City, Arkham Knight) are all great story games IMO."

#66

Baldur's Gate 3

5.0

(1)

"Baldurs gate 3"

#67

OPUS: Echo of Starsong

5.0

(1)

"Has an excellent story!"

#68

Telltale's The Walking Dead

5.0

(1)

"Telltale games, especially walking dead series, Sleeping dogs."

#69

Outer Wilds

5.0

(1)

"The quintessential space adventure game."

#70

Resident Evil 2

5.0

(1)

"Resident evil 2 and 3 remakes is a familiar but yet fascinating take."

#71

Remedy

5.0

(1)

"Alan Wake 2 has one of the best stories around."

#72

Deadeus

5.0

(1)

"Deadeus it's a homebrew/indie game you can get digital on incube8 games for GBC I highly suggest it."

#73

Vagrant Story

5.0

(1)

"Vagrant Story is an all-time PSX classic."

#74

Cave Story

5.0

(1)

"Don’t forget about all the Japanese games with “Monogatari”, such as the immortal Cave Story."

#75

The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante

5.0

(1)

"The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante is excellent."

#76

SEGA

5.0

(1)

"The yakuza series is great, I highly recommend it."

#77

Tales

5.0

(1)

"Tales of phantasia on snes"

#78

Star Ocean

5.0

(1)

"Star Ocean Second Story is one of my all time favorite retro RPGs."

#79

Frictional Games

5.0

(1)

"SOMA, Arkham Asylum, Dead Space, Halo 1-3 are all very good stories."

#80

Housemarque

5.0

(1)

"Psychologically, Returnal. amazing game throughout."

#81

Arkane Studios

5.0

(1)

"Prey (2017). Same studio, same general feel, one of the most incredible immersive sims ever made."

#82

Valve

5.0

(1)

"The portal series (specially portal 2) Alan Wake 2."

#83

Moon Studios

5.0

(1)

"Ori"

#84

Eidos-Montreal

5.0

(1)

"Guardians of the Galaxy."

#85

Playdead

5.0

(1)

"Play INSIDE and Death Stranding on PS5"

#86

Double Fine Productions

5.0

(1)

"Grim Fandango has my favourite story/script in any game."

#87

Final Fantasy

5.0

(1)

"Final fantasy series."

#88

Xenoblade Chronicles

5.0

(1)

"I had this feeling with Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition! I kept being amazed by the new bits being revealed along the way"

#89

Kojima Productions

5.0

(1)

"Have you tried Death Stranding?"

#90

Bend Studio

5.0

(1)

"I am IMMERSED in Days Gone right now. Such a beautiful, fantastic game."

#91

Supermassive Games

5.0

(1)

"I'd recommend the Dark Pictures Games, Until Dawn."

#92

13 Sentinels

5.0

(1)

"If you've never played it, 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim is the exact kind of game you're asking for."

#93

Baldur's Gate

5.0

(1)

"Baldur's Gate 3."

#94

The House in Fata Morgana

5.0

(1)

"The House in Fata Morgana does a great job at this."

#95

Lacuna

5.0

(1)

"Have you played Lacuna? It's not very long but it is amazing."

#96

Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights

5.0

(1)

"*Ender Lilies* starts with you waking up in a dilapidated church."

#97

XD

5.0

(1)

"* [To the moon](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.xd.tothemoon)"

#98

Insomniac Games

5.0

(1)

"My fave story games so far have been spiderman, spiderman miles morales..."

#99

Metal Gear Solid

5.0

(1)

"Metal Gear Solid Collection."

#100

LEVEL-5 Inc.

5.0

(1)

"[Layton Series](https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=LEVEL-5+Inc.)"

#101

Ace Attorney

5.0

(1)

"Has one of the best stories I every experienced in a videogame."

#102

My Time at Sandrock

5.0

(1)

"My Time at Sandrock has a great story."

#103

Shadow Point

5.0

(1)

"Shadow point is the best story game on the quest still."

#104

Life is Strange

5.0

(1)

"Life is Strange, Undertale, or Little Miss Forture are the ones I'd recommend off the top of my head"

#105

Planet of Lana

5.0

(1)

"Planèt of Lana great one all around"

#106

The Witcher 3

5.0

(1)

"Portal 2, Watch Dogs, The Witcher 3, Journey, in all of them i cried"

#107

Omori

5.0

(1)

"Omori got me like"

#108

Ice-Pick Lodge

4.0

(1)

"Pathologic 2"

#109

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order

4.0

(1)

"Star wars fallen order and Jedi survivor"

#110

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor

4.0

(1)

"Jedi Survivor is pretty good"

#111

Uncharted 4: A Thief's End

4.0

(1)

"It’s more fun action than story but it’s hard to deny that it’s a fun ride."

#112

Heaven's Vault

4.0

(1)

"Another language-solving game with a story."

#113

Fable

4.0

(1)

"Fable series."

#114

Halo

4.0

(1)

"Any of the halo games the early games have great story."

#116

Star Wars

4.0

(1)

"Star Wars Fallen Order and Jedi survivor."

#117

Story of Seasons

4.0

(1)

"Story of Seasons is a fun twist on Harvest Moon."

#118

Days Gone

4.0

(1)

"Days Gone and it's story is pretty good and gameplay is really fun."

#119

Cloudpunk

4.0

(1)

"Cloudpunk and its dlc deliver."

#120

Cyberpunk 2077

4.0

(1)

"I would add Cyberpunk to this list."

#121

Blacksad: Under the Skin

4.0

(1)

"Blacksad: Under the Skin and Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth."

#122

We Happy Few

4.0

(1)

"We Happy Few."

#123

Dragon Age: Origins

4.0

(1)

"Dragon Age Origins."

#124

Psychonauts 2

4.0

(1)

"Psychonauts 2."

#125

Ryse: Son of Rome

4.0

(1)

"Ryse the son of Rome is pretty good."

#126

Bethesda

4.0

(1)

"**The Elder Scrolls: Online**"

#127

Dredge

4.0

(1)

"Another game I've recently enjoyed because of its story is Dredge, funny how a game about fishing can be so captivating."

#128

Subnautica

4.0

(1)

"Subnautica is an open-world story-survival game that I always highly recommend everyone play."

#129

Odencat

4.0

(1)

"I liked Zelle by odencat and Behind the Frame"

#130

Watch Dogs

4.0

(1)

"Watch dogs 2 is def fun"

#131

Uncharted

4.0

(1)

"Uncharted 4"

#132

Tales of

4.0

(1)

"I am digging Tales of Arise right now"

#133

Kona

4.0

(1)

"I really enjoyed the 'Kona' games."

#134

Resident Evil

4.0

(1)

"Resident evil games are good too"

#135

Citizen Sleeper

4.0

(1)

"Citizen Sleeper is a weirdly but very enjoyable experience."

#136

Harold Halibut

4.0

(1)

"Harold Halibut is my most recent favorite one."

#137

Ni No Kuni

4.0

(1)

"Ni No Kuni and Persona 3 if you like JRPGs"

#138

Gears of War

4.0

(1)

"Gears Of War, all of them have robust story."

#139

Prey

4.0

(1)

"Prey"

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