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Magical realism

Fiction genre concept

A fiction genre where the magical, supernatural, etc. is deemed utterly mundane and thus not bothered to explain any more than how a revolving door functions (for example).

23
games
10
platforms

Name variations: Magic realism

Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm (Windows)
Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm
WIN 2013-03-12
Pathologic (Windows)
Pathologic
WIN 2005-06-09
StarCraft (Windows)
StarCraft
WIN 1998-03-31
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty (Windows)
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty
WIN 2010-07-27
StarCraft: Brood War (Windows)
StarCraft: Brood War
WIN 1998-12-18
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (PlayStation 3)
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
PS3 2008-06-12
StarCraft: Brood War (Macintosh OS Classic)
StarCraft: Brood War
MAC 1998
No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle (Wii)
No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle
WII 2010-01-26
No More Heroes (Wii)
No More Heroes
WII 2006-06-30
Metal Gear Solid (PlayStation)
Metal Gear Solid
PS1 1998-10-21
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (PlayStation 2)
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
PS2 2005-03-04
The Darkness (PlayStation 3)
The Darkness
PS3 2007-06-25

Popular tags

detectivemystery militaryfiction psychologicalhorror technofantasy wargame

Parent group

Speculative fiction

Games by year

989900010203040506070809101112131415 82460

The first Magical realism video game was released in 1998.

Blizzard Entertainment, Konami and 2K Games published most of these games.

Related sites

Wikipedia article
TV Tropes article

Platforms

Windows 8
Mac OS X 4
PS3 2
Wii 2
Mac OS Classic 2
Pandora 1
PS 1
PS2 1
X360 1
Linux 1