Diaries

Other (objects, etc.) entity

Player can find several diaries or similar recordings of past events that reveal all or part of what had transpired, often revealing surprisingly useful info compared to what one would expect from such.

221

games

platforms

Alternate names: Journals, Logbooks, Audiologs

WIN 2015-08-31

WIN 2011-11-25

WIN 2010-02-16

WIN 1996

Exodus from the Earth

WIN 2008-09-24

WIN 2013-04-26

WIN 2004-08-03

WIN 2014-07-09

DOS 1994-03-26

WIN 2013-09-04

WIN 2015-11-10

PS3 2009-03-05

If the player can't get to actually read or hear the contents of the diaries, then this does not apply. Notes added to some PDA, notebook, etc. about the contents of them do NOT count.

A curious and common oversight in this is that handwritten journals contain audible thoughts or words from the writer. So there's "wait! what was that sound?" or "AAAAARGH!" written there as they hear odd sounds or get attacked. Conveniently, for audio logs this makes sense (at least the scream of terror).

Related group

Other
Books

Games by year

The first Diaries video game was released on March 26, 1994.

2K Games, Square Enix and Frictional Games published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows		101
Linux		37
Mac OS X		22
PS3		14
X360		13
PS4		10
Xbox One		6
Mac OS Classic		5
MS-DOS		4
Android		2
BSD		1
PS Vita		1
Stadia		1
Xbox		1
PS2		1
BeOS		1
Flash		1

Most common companies

2K Games	16
Square Enix	13
Frictional Games	6
Bethesda Softworks	6
Beamdog	6
Fatbot Games	5
Red Barrels	5
Activision	5
Capcom	5
Bigmoon Studios	5
Night Dive Studios	5
Electronic Arts	5
Minor Key Games	4
Question	4
Konami	4