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Narrative exploration

Genre
Games in which the primary goal is for players to view an environment or game world. Unlike the broader graphic adventure genre, narrative exploration titles bring the act of navigating an environment to the forefront of a player's objectives and often eschew conventional gameplay elements such as puzzles, survival mechanics, and resource management. Branching narratives can be still be used however, just as they are in other adventure games. In some narrative exploration games such as The Stanley Parable, exploring the branching narrative can even be the sole goal of the game itself.
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Games 620

Title / Release date
  • 2.93
    17
    1988 1988 Fantasy Narrative exploration
  • 3.68
    45
    1
    1993 1993 Feudal Japan Myth and folklore
  • 3.01
    15
    1995 1995 Surrealism Narrative exploration
  • 3.25
    9
    Aquanaut's Holiday [アクアノートの休日]
    1995 30 jun 1995 Aquatic Submarine simulation
  • 3.24
    7
    1996 06 dec 1996 Music Narrative exploration
  • 2.44
    6
    1996 06 dec 1996 Music Narrative exploration
  • 2.49
    1
    1997 1997 Surrealism Noir
  • 3.60
    9
    Iblard: Laputa no Kaeru Machi [イバラード ラピュタの孵る街]
    1997 16 oct 1997 Fantasy Surrealism
  • 3.83
    666
    1
    1998 22 oct 1998 Surrealism Narrative exploration
  • 4.09
    44
    2000 2000 Space Open world
  • 2.00
    1
    2002 2002 Narrative exploration
  • 3.67
    4
    Hungry Ghosts [ハングリィ ゴースト]
    2003 31 jul 2003 Undead Logic puzzle
  • 4.05
    1,406
    9
    2004 26 jun 2004 Narrative exploration Surrealism
  • 4.24
    277
    2007 26 may 2007 Narrative exploration Surrealism
  • 3.66
    40
    2
    2007 02 aug 2007 Aquatic Narrative exploration
  • 2.08
    60
    2
    2007 01 nov 2007 Flatgame
  • 3.20
    2
    2007 03 dec 2007 Narrative exploration
  • 4.28
    10
    Heisei Pistol Show or the Largest Rose-Colored Happiness-Seeing Life in Heisei History [平成ピストルショウ又ハ平成史上最大薔薇色幸福見世物人生]
    2008 2008 Narrative exploration LGBT
  • 2.49
    20
    1
    2008 01 feb 2008 Narrative exploration Adventure
  • 1.63
    56
    2
    2008 21 mar 2008 Narrative exploration
  • 4.00
    1
    Aquanaut's Holiday: Hidden Memories [AQUANAUT'S HOLIDAY ~隠された記録~]
    2008 25 sep 2008 Submarine simulation Mystery
  • 2.19
    51
    1
    2009 2009 Graphic adventure Narrative exploration
  • 3.99
    158
    1
    2009 15 feb 2009 Narrative exploration Surrealism
  • 2.82
    81
    1
    2009 18 mar 2009 Narrative exploration Surrealism
  • 3.81
    27
    2009 17 sep 2009 Narrative exploration Aquatic
  • 3.00
    1
    2009 14 dec 2009 Postmodernism Surrealism
  • 3.21
    15
    2010 26 jan 2010 Narrative exploration Surrealism
  • 2.00
    3
    2010 16 feb 2010 Psychological horror Postmodernism
  • 3.38
    5
    2010 05 jul 2010 Narrative exploration Puzzle
  • 1.00
    1
    2010 12 sep 2010 Narrative exploration
  • 2.78
    5
    2011 2011 Surrealism Narrative exploration
  • 1.00
    1
    2011 19 mar 2011 Flatgame
  • 1.75
    2
    2011 09 jul 2011 Narrative exploration
  • 3.75
    2
    2011 03 sep 2011 Narrative exploration
  • 2.47
    13
    2012 2012 Surrealism Psychological horror
  • 2.19
    5
    2012 2012 Post-apocalyptic Narrative exploration
  • 2.48
    51
    2012 19 jan 2012 Narrative exploration Psychological horror
  • 2.75
    10
    2012 30 jan 2012 Horror Creepypasta
  • 2.84
    442
    3
    2012 14 feb 2012 Narrative exploration
  • 3.25
    2
    2012 26 mar 2012 2D platformer Narrative exploration
  • 2.00
    1
    Acatalepsy [アカタリプシー]
    2012 02 apr 2012 Surrealism Narrative exploration
  • 3.30
    3
    2012 15 apr 2012 Horror Narrative exploration
  • 3.51
    7
    2012 08 jun 2012 Narrative exploration Surrealism
  • 2.79
    3
    2012 09 jun 2012 Surrealism Narrative exploration
  • 2.99
    4
    2012 08 aug 2012 Psychological horror Narrative exploration
  • 2.92
    183
    2012 09 oct 2012 Narrative exploration Psychological horror
  • 2.10
    9
    2012 13 oct 2012 Surrealism Narrative exploration
  • 2.83
    63
    2012 21 oct 2012 Surrealism Narrative exploration
  • 3.55
    48
    2012 24 oct 2012 Surrealism Narrative exploration
  • 2.88
    29
    1
    2012 28 nov 2012 Open world Survival
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