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Narrative-driven

Video game concept

Unusual mode of play where the player's advancement is mainly about plot & story advancement. Rather than solving puzzles, or working within game mechanics

155
games
14
platforms

Alternate name: Story-driven

The Walking Dead: Season Two (PlayStation Vita)
The Walking Dead: Season Two
VITA 2014-11-04
Narcissu (Linux)
Narcissu
LIN 2004
Fahrenheit (Windows)
Fahrenheit
WIN 2005-09-20
Jurassic Park: The Game (Windows)
Jurassic Park: The Game
WIN 2011-11
Tales from the Borderlands (Android)
Tales from the Borderlands
ANDR 2014-11-25
Summer Session (Linux)
Summer Session
LIN 2010
The Walking Dead: Season 2 (Windows)
The Walking Dead: Season 2
WIN 2013-12
What Remains of Edith Finch (Windows)
What Remains of Edith Finch
WIN 2017-04-25
Firewatch (PlayStation 4)
Firewatch
PS4 2016-02-09
Tales from the Borderlands (PlayStation 4)
Tales from the Borderlands
PS4 2014-11-25
The Walking Dead (Windows)
The Walking Dead
WIN 2012-04-24
Bionic Heart 2 (Windows)
Bionic Heart 2
WIN 2016
See also: character-driven

Gamebooks are by default story driven and should not be tagged. Visual novels are by definition narrative driven and similarly benefit from this very little.
While story advancement may be essential to many games, especially RPGs, most games extensively require other game-mechanics-driven action battles, turn-based battles, finding objects, solving puzzles, navigating the game world and so forth. Seldom are games designed around the player advancing the narrative as the primary game mechanic.

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Parent group

Narrative

Games by year

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The first Narrative-driven video game was released in 1979.

Telltale Games, Tycoon Games and insani published most of these games.

Platforms

Linux 75
Windows 32
Mac OS X 20
PS3 6
Android 4
PS4 4
X360 3
PS Vita 3
Xbox One 2
ZX Spectrum 2
Unix 1
iOS 1
PS2 1
Xbox 1