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Environmental storytelling Games

Games featuring environmental storytelling elements. These titles offer unique experiences in the gameplay category.

186 games Themes & Setting

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186 games
Gone Home
Gameplay
story-driven exploration-heavy
86
Metacritic Score: 86
Generally Favorable

Gone Home

relaxing atmospheric
Sunlight
Gameplay
exploration-heavy story-driven
83
Metacritic Score: 83
Generally Favorable

Sunlight

atmospheric contemplative
Detention
Gameplay
exploration-heavy story-driven
83
Metacritic Score: 83
Generally Favorable

Detention

atmospheric intense
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
Gameplay
exploration-heavy story-driven
82
Metacritic Score: 82
Generally Favorable

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter

atmospheric contemplative
Kentucky Route Zero
Gameplay
story-driven exploration-heavy
81
Metacritic Score: 81
Generally Favorable

Kentucky Route Zero

atmospheric contemplative
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux
Gameplay
exploration-heavy story-driven
80
Metacritic Score: 80
Generally Favorable

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux

atmospheric relaxing
Adios
Gameplay
exploration-heavy story-driven
78
Metacritic Score: 78
Generally Favorable

Adios

atmospheric contemplative
Yuppie Psycho
Gameplay
exploration-heavy story-driven
78
Metacritic Score: 78
Generally Favorable

Yuppie Psycho

atmospheric intense
AR-K: The Great Escape
Gameplay
story-driven exploration-heavy
78
Metacritic Score: 78
Generally Favorable

AR-K: The Great Escape

atmospheric relaxing
Resonance
Gameplay
exploration-heavy story-driven
76
Metacritic Score: 76
Generally Favorable

Resonance

relaxing atmospheric
CAYNE
Gameplay
exploration-heavy story-driven
75
Metacritic Score: 75
Generally Favorable

CAYNE

intense atmospheric
The Mooseman
Gameplay
exploration-heavy puzzle-solving
74
Metacritic Score: 74
Mixed or Average

The Mooseman

atmospheric relaxing
Kona
Gameplay
exploration-heavy story-driven
73
Metacritic Score: 73
Mixed or Average

Kona

atmospheric intense
Mundaun
Gameplay
exploration-heavy story-driven
73
Metacritic Score: 73
Mixed or Average

Mundaun

atmospheric intense
Song of Horror
Gameplay
exploration-heavy story-driven
73
Metacritic Score: 73
Mixed or Average

Song of Horror

intense atmospheric
Layers of Fear
Gameplay
exploration-heavy story-driven
72
Metacritic Score: 72
Mixed or Average

Layers of Fear

intense atmospheric
Layers of Fear 2
Gameplay
exploration-heavy story-driven
68
Metacritic Score: 68
Mixed or Average

Layers of Fear 2

intense atmospheric
The Park
Gameplay
exploration-heavy story-driven
67
Metacritic Score: 67
Mixed or Average

The Park

atmospheric relaxing
Penumbra: Requiem
Gameplay
exploration-heavy story-driven
67
Metacritic Score: 67
Mixed or Average

Penumbra: Requiem

intense atmospheric
Oscura: Lost Light
Gameplay
exploration-heavy story-driven
66
Metacritic Score: 66
Mixed or Average

Oscura: Lost Light

atmospheric contemplative
Miniature Garden
Gameplay
exploration-heavy story-driven
66
Metacritic Score: 66
Mixed or Average

Miniature Garden

relaxing atmospheric
Know by Heart
Gameplay
story-driven exploration-heavy
65
Metacritic Score: 65
Mixed or Average

Know by Heart

atmospheric contemplative
Depth
Gameplay
exploration-heavy story-driven
65
Metacritic Score: 65
Mixed or Average

Depth

atmospheric relaxing
Broken Pieces
Gameplay
exploration-heavy story-driven
64
Metacritic Score: 64
Mixed or Average

Broken Pieces

atmospheric contemplative
The Complex
Gameplay
story-driven exploration-heavy
64
Metacritic Score: 64
Mixed or Average

The Complex

atmospheric relaxing
Through the Woods
Gameplay
exploration-heavy story-driven
63
Metacritic Score: 63
Mixed or Average

Through the Woods

atmospheric intense
Lifeline (2003)
Gameplay
exploration-heavy story-driven
61
Metacritic Score: 61
Mixed or Average

Lifeline (2003)

contemplative atmospheric
Sylvio
Gameplay
exploration-heavy story-driven
60
Metacritic Score: 60
Mixed or Average

Sylvio

atmospheric contemplative
ALICE VR
Gameplay
exploration-heavy puzzle-solving
59
Metacritic Score: 59
Mixed or Average

ALICE VR

atmospheric relaxing
Time Machine VR
Gameplay
exploration-heavy story-driven
58
Metacritic Score: 58
Mixed or Average

Time Machine VR

atmospheric contemplative
Breached
Gameplay
exploration-heavy story-driven
54
Metacritic Score: 54
Mixed or Average

Breached

atmospheric intense
The Uncertain: Light At The End
Gameplay
exploration-heavy puzzle-solving
44
Metacritic Score: 44
Generally Unfavorable

The Uncertain: Light At The End

atmospheric contemplative
Monumental
Gameplay
exploration-heavy story-driven
41
Metacritic Score: 41
Generally Unfavorable

Monumental

atmospheric contemplative
Only If
Gameplay
exploration-heavy story-driven
39
Metacritic Score: 39
Generally Unfavorable

Only If

atmospheric contemplative
Connection Haunted
Gameplay
exploration-heavy story-driven
38
Metacritic Score: 38
Generally Unfavorable

Connection Haunted

unsettling creepy
Construct: Embers of Life
Gameplay
exploration-heavy story-driven

Construct: Embers of Life

atmospheric intense
i saw her standing there
Gameplay
exploration-heavy story-driven

i saw her standing there

atmospheric contemplative
Abode 2
Gameplay
exploration-heavy story-driven

Abode 2

atmospheric contemplative
Sanctuary VR
Gameplay
exploration-heavy story-driven

Sanctuary VR

relaxing atmospheric
Blameless
Gameplay
exploration-heavy story-driven

Blameless

atmospheric intense
Feelings Adrift
Gameplay
exploration-heavy story-driven

Feelings Adrift

atmospheric intense
Loading Human
Gameplay
story-driven exploration-heavy

Loading Human

atmospheric contemplative
Deracine
Gameplay
exploration-heavy story-driven

Deracine

atmospheric contemplative
The Uncertain: Episode 1 - The Last Quiet Day
Gameplay
exploration-heavy story-driven

The Uncertain: Episode 1 - The Last Quiet Day

atmospheric intense
INFRA
Gameplay
exploration-heavy story-driven

INFRA

atmospheric contemplative
LONELINESS AFTER: Chapter 1
Gameplay
exploration-heavy story-driven

LONELINESS AFTER: Chapter 1

atmospheric heavy
Myths of the World: Spirit Wolf Collector's Edition
Gameplay
story-driven exploration-heavy

Myths of the World: Spirit Wolf Collector's Edition

relaxing atmospheric
Red Lake
Gameplay
exploration-heavy story-driven

Red Lake

intense atmospheric
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