Best Nonlinear Games - Stories Worth Telling Differently

Most games tell stories using the same structural vocabulary. Nonlinear games are the ones that commit to something different — and when they execute it well, the result is something conventional storytelling couldn't produce.

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Corru.Observer93

Corru.Observer is a hard sci-fi visual novel, point-and-click adventure about a contractor hired by an intelligence agency to hack into an alien biological comp…

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Blue Prince87

Welcome to Mt. Holly, where every dawn unveils a new mystery. Navigate through shifting corridors and ever-changing chambers in this genre-defying strategy puzz…

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Big Walk80

Hang out and get lost with close friends in a big world. A cooperative online walker-talker from the creators of Untitled Goose Game.

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Poco80

Poco is a 2D/3D hybrid point-and-click adventure game where you play as Poco, a two-inch tall clown who is banished from a giant walking circus, and left to fen…

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Recursed80

A puzzle game where the rooms are items and the items are rooms. Get to the goal by moving, rearranging and duplicating rooms and altering the structure of the …

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Leap Year79

Leap Year is a clumsy platformer about knowledge and discovery. Explore a compact, hand drawn world filled with hidden paths. Understand the game’s secrets to r…

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Arco70

Three tales forged in bloodshed, laced with magic, and united by revenge. Enter the breathtakingly beautiful world of Arco, a unique tactical action game where…

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Little Kitty, Big City70

You're a curious little kitty with a big personality, on an adventure to find your way back home. Explore the city, make new friends, wear delightful hats, and …

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Corn Kidz 6463

The unauthorized, kid-friendly version of the classic Stephen King thriller (or maybe not, maybe it's just a game about one-horned goatbabies)

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Handlebar

Attach strange devices to your handlebar. Descend randomly generated downhill realms. A world-hopping bike roguelike.

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