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These are games that offer a pre-set narrative that you can't impact the path or outcome, or even who is present at the outcome. They offer a way to involve yourself with the story with interactions that create a sense of agency and connection, but without any impact on how things unfold in front of you.
Unpacking is a meditative puzzle game where you unpack belongings into a series of spaces, each representing a stage in life.
Unpacking is a meditative puzzle game where you unpack belongings into a series of spaces, each representing a stage in life. You get to know the owner of the objects by their possessions and circumstances.
Out Now: Android, Mac, PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One and iOS
Florence is a puzzle game that tells the story of a relationship.
Florence is a puzzle game that tells the story of a relationship. It follows the usual stages of loneliness, meeting, dating, falling for and moving in with another person.
Out Now: Android, Mac, PC, Switch and iOS
Bluey: The Videogame is a super-simple treasure hunt adventure with characters and locations from the show.
Bluey: The Videogame is a super-simple treasure hunt adventure with characters and locations from the show. You play by exploring familiar places like Heeler House, Playgrounds, and the Creek to collect stickers, unlock outfits and find secrets.
Out Now: PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One and Xbox X|S
Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach: Ruin is a free expansion to Security Breach that acts as a standalone game where you play Cassie as she solves puzzles and attempts to find her missing friend.
Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach: Ruin is a free expansion to Security Breach that acts as a standalone game where you play Cassie as she solves puzzles and attempts to find her missing friend. Rather than the main game's branching structure, this is a linear experience where you switch between two versions of reality to progress.
Out Now: PC, PS4 and PS5
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is an action game where you play the renowned archaeologist on a globe-trotting adventure.
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is an action game where you play the renowned archaeologist on a globe-trotting adventure. As you travel from your university to the Vatican and Egypt's pyramids to Sukothai's temples, you uncover a murky Nazi plot.
Coming Soon: PC and Xbox X|S
Cracks Where the Light Gets In is a narrative game where you observe the day-to-day lives of different people and find your assumptions being subverted.
Cracks Where the Light Gets In is a narrative game where you observe the day-to-day lives of different people and find your assumptions being subverted. As you watch a refugee family from hidden viewpoints, you piece together the stories of their lives and gain a new understanding of the events that led them there.
Coming Soon: Mac and PC
Once Again is a narrative game where you uncover a story about endings and goodbyes through photography.
Once Again is a narrative game where you uncover a story about endings and goodbyes through photography. While other visual novels offer a branching story, here the focus is on triggering events with novel interactions like developing photos and taking pictures.
Out Now: Android, Mac, PC and iOS
Sheepy: A Short Adventure is a running and jumping game about a curious sheep exploring the ruins of a huge city.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure is a running and jumping game about a curious sheep exploring the ruins of a huge city. As you traverse crumbling buildings to explore a world reclaimed by nature, you gradually piece together what happened to the former inhabitants.
Out Now: PC