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995 Narrative games reviewed and scored, best first.
995 reviews
A card-based Cultist Simulator-inspired alchemy sim that genre fans on both sides of the aggregate respect, undercut by a real mid-game grind wall, real save-corruption bugs, and offset by unusually active, near-weekly developer patching since launch.
6.5 / 10
A densely written, well-regarded text-based RPG set in the World of Darkness, praised by its own fanbase as the strongest Choice of Games entry yet, undercut by a near-total absence of a save system, day-one paid DLC gating two playable tribes, and a tonal choice that splits its review base sharply.
6.5 / 10
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An award-winning narrative anthology exploring the mysterious deaths of a cursed family through a series of inventively told vignettes, Very Positive across more than 18,400 reviews for its genre-defining use of gameplay as storytelling — undercut by a specific, extensively documented field-of-view problem causing real motion sickness for a meaningful share of players, alongside consistent length-for-price and shallow-storytelling complaints.
6.5 / 10
A cozy, D&D-flavored visual novel about a snowbound 1980s boarding school's tabletop club, wrapped around turn-based battles that a large, specific chorus of its own reviewers say the word "Tactics" in the title oversells.
6.5 / 10
MachineGames' sequel brings B.J. Blazkowicz's fight against a Nazi-occupied America to Steam with genuinely praised gunplay and presentation, sitting Very Positive across nearly 50,000 reviews — undercut by a real, remarkably consistent "step down from The New Order" complaint about cutscene-heavy pacing and underdeveloped new characters, and by a specific, dateable technical incident this review can confirm: an August 2018 patch that broke previously-working video memory handling, which the developer then hotfixed within roughly five days.
6.5 / 10
A hand-drawn Slavic-folklore action RPG about a one-handed, cursed blacksmith, still Very Positive on Steam seven years on -- but critics and players have agreed, with striking consistency since launch week, that the art, story and Romanian folk soundtrack are carrying a combat and crafting system that never got fixed.
6.5 / 10
A first-person, no-combat stealth slasher where a masked killer hunts by noise, light and movement rather than a script — built for one intense sitting, released day one with a single verified user review and a demo that had already been public for five and a half months.
6.5 / 10
A beautifully written, gorgeously drawn kingdom-management story about a king trying to save his family and his crown — undercut by one of the most consistently documented "your choices don't actually matter" complaints this review has come across.
6.5 / 10
A Lovecraftian hotel-management dating sim, built by a two-person Chinese studio through two crowdfunding campaigns, landing Very Positive despite an unedited machine translation and a live, still-unresolved dispute over undisclosed AI-generated background art.
6.5 / 10
A stylish, Slay the Spire-inspired roguelike deckbuilder about blasting sentient planets apart with trash and junk, whose distinctive art style and card-fusion mechanic earn real affection, tempered by a widely reported launch-era feeling of unfinished polish that this review can confirm the developer directly addressed through a substantial post-launch content patch.
6.5 / 10
A decopunk noir visual novel about a smuggler dragged into a citywide conspiracy above the ruins of 1930s New York, wrapped around a turn-based vehicle combat system that never quite earns the same devotion as its writing.
6.4 / 10
A Confession Trip Keeps Getting Interrupted by Serial Killers Blood Lily: Killers Can't Sink a Yuri Ship is a pixel-styled, comedy-mystery visual novel wrapped in light 2.5D ex
6.4 / 10
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The Therapist Is More Traumatized Than the Patient KnitBone is a free, short-form psychological horror visual novel built around a pitch-black inversion of the therapy-session prem
6.4 / 10
Ducks, cards, and a heavy Inscryption shadow "Placid Plastic Deck - A Quiet Quest" pairs a story-driven adventure about a duck named Zoi with a card-battle system that ne
6.4 / 10
A genuinely well-regarded text-based interactive novel with real fans of its writing and world, undercut by an undisclosed cliffhanger ending — this is Book 1 of an unfinished series, a fact the store page doesn't state plainly — plus real grammar errors and a romance structure some players didn't sign up for.
6.4 / 10
A short, atmospheric Alaskan wilderness horror game about a fugitive, his dog, and something that isn't a wolf — beloved for its sound design and its loyal canine companion, but repeatedly criticised for a scripted, repetitive hunting loop that never lets the player feel real danger.
6.4 / 10
Summon a Demon, Steal Your Soul Back, Doom Your Ex Demon Slumber Party opens with a premise that's silly on purpose: a group of friends summon a demon named Urgethsloth to drag
6.3 / 10
A gorgeous, atmospheric short exploration piece about a robot searching an alien planet for its missing friend — touch movement confirmed working across a long play session, but this reviewer, like the one public comment on the game's own page, never found a clear conclusion.
6.3 / 10
A cozy, fully voice-acted point-and-click adventure that reunites a retired Sherlock Holmes and an aging Dr Watson for a picnic and a string of gentle village mysteries, beloved for its writing and warmth but repeatedly flagged for being over almost as soon as it begins.
6.3 / 10
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A free, solo-developed medieval action game with a genuinely creative post-apocalyptic twist and a small but enthusiastic fanbase, held back by two basic missing options — no mouse invert and no in-game sound volume control — that this tiny sample's negative reviews cite directly.
6.2 / 10
A short, charming point-and-click puzzle adventure through a dark fairy-tale marshland, whose clever, well-guided puzzles and atmospheric hand-drawn art win over nearly every reviewer, tempered only by a runtime most agree is over almost as soon as it begins.
6.2 / 10
A Coin Flip Against a Mysterious Old Man Deep Under the Ocean O.B.O.L is a short, atmospheric horror game from two-person team MrEliptik and Woland built around a single, cursed ri
6.2 / 10
A Princess Knight's Slow, Deliberate Fall Peacemaker: Bloody Emperor is a pixel-art JRPG about a princess knight's psychological downfall, the third entry in Sounding Stone
6.2 / 10
A tragic historical visual novel set during the fall of the Ming dynasty, praised for its art, music, and unflinching history, but sold short at launch by an unfinished English translation and divisive choices about its supporting cast that the developer has since publicly apologised for.
6.2 / 10
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