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Many games offer you the chance to talk to other characters. Commonly this provides the sense of agency but doesn't actually impact the journey of a conversation. However, there are some games that react more to your choices of what to say and who to speak to.This Branching Conversation aspect of narrative games includes games that let you skip over important information if you don't choose a particular response. It also includes games that may not let you talk to certain other characters depending on how you responded in earlier conversations. This doesn't necessarily take you on a different path through the narrative, but does change how much of the story and characters you experience.
Dragon Age: Origins is an action role-play game with an emphasis on combat and player choices.
Dragon Age: Origins is an action role-play game with an emphasis on combat and player choices. You play the hero in the medieval fantasy world of Thedas, exploring the world and using your power to stop the impending darkness spread across the land.
Out Now: PC, PS3, Xbox 360 and Xbox One
Lil' Guardsman is a puzzle adventure where you play a 12-year-old covering her dad's shift at the guardhouse.
Lil' Guardsman is a puzzle adventure where you play a 12-year-old covering her dad's shift at the guardhouse. Play involves questioning each person who wants to pass to determine who to admit or deny.
Out Now: Mac, PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One and Xbox X|S
Verne: The Shape of Fantasy is a narrative adventure where you play author Jules Verne as he enters the strange world of his own novels.
Verne: The Shape of Fantasy is a narrative adventure where you play author Jules Verne as he enters the strange world of his own novels. You talk to characters and choose what to say, traverse labyrinthine stages to avoid detection and solve brain-teasing puzzles.
Out Now: Mac, PC and Switch
Arco is a narrative adventure game where you battle against enemies on the American frontier.
Arco is a narrative adventure game where you battle against enemies on the American frontier. You talk to characters and make story choices, then fight in turn-based combat where you must strategically adapt to your enemies' moves.
Clam Man 2: Headliner is a point-and-click game where you play a disgruntled clam who quits their day job to pursue a career in stand-up comedy.
Clam Man 2: Headliner is a point-and-click game where you play a disgruntled clam who quits their day job to pursue a career in stand-up comedy. Unusual for a point-and-click, play is as much affected by your role-play character design choices as the responses to each scenario.
Coming Soon: Mac and PC
Dragon Age: Inquisition is an action role-play game with an emphasis on combat and player choices, and a sequel to Dragon Age: Origins and Dragon Age II.
Dragon Age: Inquisition is an action role-play game with an emphasis on combat and player choices, and a sequel to Dragon Age: Origins and Dragon Age II. You once again play a hero in the medieval fantasy world of Thedas, exploring the world and using magical abilities to heal dangerous rifts in the world.
Out Now: PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One
Astronaut: The Best is a team management game where you coach a cohort of dead-beats to become great astronauts for your Soviet-style nation.
Astronaut: The Best is a team management game where you coach a cohort of dead-beats to become great astronauts for your Soviet-style nation. Play involves completing minigames, managing your team's stats and choosing dialogue options.
Out Now: PC
Death Trick: Double Blind is a point-and-click brain game where you solve a murder in a travelling circus.
Death Trick: Double Blind is a point-and-click brain game where you solve a murder in a travelling circus. You play an amnesiac detective and a magician, searching for clues and asking questions to each quirky performer to poke holes in their stories and uncover the truth.
Discounty is a simulation game where you run a supermarket in a small, close-knit community.
Discounty is a simulation game where you run a supermarket in a small, close-knit community. You manage the stock and items on display, design the layout, operate the checkout, and generally work to keep the townsfolk happy.
Coming Soon: PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One and Xbox X|S
Dragon Age II is an action role-play game with an emphasis on combat and player choices, and a sequel to Dragon Age: Origins.
Dragon Age II is an action role-play game with an emphasis on combat and player choices, and a sequel to Dragon Age: Origins. You play a refugee-turned-leader in the medieval fantasy world of Thedas, exploring to make allies and use powers to defeat enemies.
Hermit and Pig is an action-adventure game about a socially anxious hermit and his pig companion who must save a village from hunger.
Hermit and Pig is an action-adventure game about a socially anxious hermit and his pig companion who must save a village from hunger. Along with exploring the world to complete quests, you fight a menagerie of whimsical creatures by picking attacks, Pokemon-style, but then pressing button combos to trigger moves like in Street Fighter.