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No HUD

Video game concept

Any information the player may want is integrated into the gameworld instead of represented in a head-up display.

84
games
27
platforms

Name variations: hudless

Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee (Windows)
Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee
WIN 2010-12-20
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons (Windows)
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
WIN 2013-09-03
LIMBO (Xbox 360)
LIMBO
X360 2010-07-21
Another World (Linux)
Another World
LIN 2013-09-16
A Story About My Uncle (Windows)
A Story About My Uncle
WIN 2014-05-28
FEIST (Windows)
FEIST
WIN 2015-07-23
Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth (Windows)
Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth
WIN 2006-03-27
Miasmata (Windows)
Miasmata
WIN 2012-11-28
ShellShock 2: Blood Trails (Xbox 360)
ShellShock 2: Blood Trails
X360 2009-02-13
LIMBO (Windows)
LIMBO
WIN 2011-08-02
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter (Windows)
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
WIN 2014-09-25
ShellShock 2: Blood Trails (PlayStation 3)
ShellShock 2: Blood Trails
PS3 2009-02-13
Related:
* Integrated HUD
* Dynamic HUD
Obviously this should not be used with games you wouldn't expect a HUD in anyway (whatever games those are).

These may still have separate stats and inventory screens and/or dialog UIs that resemble HUD.

Any pop-up windows or tooltip like elements count as HUD elements but less so than static display of health and status of some worn items.

Popular tags

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Parent group

Immersion

Games by year

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The first No HUD video game was released in 1991.

Playdead, Polytron and Interplay published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows 22
Linux 11
Mac OS X 9
PS3 6
X360 6
PS2 5
MS-DOS 3
Amiga 2
PS4 2
SNES 1
Mobile 1
Mega Drive 1
BeOS 1
Mega-CD 1
Jaguar 1
Atari ST 1
Mac OS Classic 1
Xbox One 1
3DO 1
PS Vita 1
Apple IIGS 1
GBA 1
Switch 1
Pandora 1
Wii 1
PSP 1
GamePark 32 1

Most common companies

Playdead8
Polytron7
Interplay6
505 Games5
Atari5
Electronic Arts4
Lexicon Entertainment4
Wolfire Games3
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Phobic Studios3
Eidos Interactive2
KISS Ltd2
Mindscape2
Delphine Software2
Konami2