From another world

Culture theme

The protagonist of the story is somehow dragged from their home world, dimension or whatever and flung into an unknown world where they were summoned to or just accidentally stepped through a trans-dimensional portal and got stuck there.

212

games

platforms

Alternate name: Outsider protagonist

XUltima IV

LIN 2004

Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar

SX1 1987

Final Fantasy Tactics Advance

GBA 2003-09-08

Ultima I: The First Age of Darkness

DOS 1987

LIN 2011

WIN 2004-05-21

PS2 2003-03-25

MAC 1995

IIE 1983

GBA 2002

Ultima VII Part Two: Serpent Isle

DOS 1993-03-25

Outcast

WIN 1999-07-31

Related:
* From another time
* Stranded
* Outsiders / Extradimensional aliens
* Amnesia - also serves as an "excuse" to explain things natives find obvious.

Generally this does not include space aliens crashing on some planet, but can be added as border cases with appropriate note regarding the matter (E.T. would be a good example that'd apply).

Parent group

Situations

Games by year

The first From another world video game was released in 1981.

Origin, Pony Canyon and Interplay published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows		27
MS-DOS		20
Linux		20
NEC PC9801		9
Mac OS X		9
Amiga		8
Mac OS Classic		7
NEC PC8801		7
Apple II E		7
FM Towns		6
C64		6
Atari ST		6
SNES		5
MSX2		5
GBA		5
Xbox		5
Pandora		4
Nintendo DS		4
BeOS		4
Atari 400/800		4
GP2X		3
Apple IIGS		3
MICRO 7 - FM7		3
Sharp X1		3
NES		3
PS2		2
Zaurus		2
X68000		2
Mega Drive		2
X360		2

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