Games like A Brief History of Computer Games (preview)
Looking for games like A Brief History of Computer Games (preview)? Here are top action recommendations, selected from player-similarity data — start with Sacred Fire, Half-Life: Alyx - Final Hours or Asbury Pines.
1 95%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaycharacter development, grinding95% User Score 676 reviewsSacred Fire is a narrative RPG in which your humanity and emotions impact your fight for survival and inner freedom. Inspired by ancient Caledonia, the story follows a group of resistance fighters and their rise to power. Choosing motives, ideas and feelings is as important as choosing your actions. Develop your personality and compete for influence to change the story and avert a tragic ending.
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95%Game Brain Scorestory, graphicsgameplay, music95% User Score 1,376 reviewsTwenty-two years ago, Geoff Keighley was in college when he visited Gabe Newell and Valve Software to write The Final Hours of Half-Life. Now, over two decades later, Keighley returns to Valve for The Final Hours of Half-Life: Alyx. This 25,000 word multimedia experience gives readers an unprecedented and unvarnished look at the past decade inside Valve. From the revelation of surprising cancele…
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91%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaygrinding, replayability91% User Score 433 reviews“Godforsaken. No other word for it. A murder so brutal it made the whole town of Asbury Pines look itself in the mirror. We work, we raise kids, we do our best, we let time run its course, and then we’re still left scratchin’ our heads. Why did this evil have to happen?” - Rodney “Buzz” Snow, Sheriff of Asbury Pines…
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92%Game Brain Scorestory, humorgameplay, music97% User Score 183 reviewsCritic Score 86%1 reviewsPlay the history. Go behind the scenes of Jordan Mechner's landmark game Karateka in this interactive documentary from Digital Eclipse, with archival materials, video features, and more. Experience pixel-perfect versions of this legendary game, with all-new features.
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81%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsmusic, stability89% User Score 2,578 reviewsCritic Score 90%5 reviewsForm your own game studio set in the early 1980s in a small garage. Develop your own game ideas, create a team and develop megahit video games. Research new technologies, train your staff and upgrade your office space, going from a lowly garage to a huge building.
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96%Game Brain Scorestory, graphicsreplayability, grinding96% User Score 893 reviewsDesert Stalker puts you in control of a seasoned antiquity scavenger, a man whose main objective is finding rare objects in the ruins of civilization. When you uncover an artifact capable of not only informing the past but also shaping the future, everything changes. Make major decisions about how you interact with the world around you, enter into erotic relationships, and live with the conse…
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99%Game Brain Scoremusic, storygameplay99% User Score 152 reviewsAn Injustice at the Abbey! Sister Hedwig is an anchoress - a religious figure who has vowed to stay locked in the same room for the rest of her life as an act of devotion - at Linbarrow Abbey, a remote convent in the moors of England. This quiet life of meditation and solitude is broken one day when the abbess comes to her with a most unusual request... Misericordetta is a short (~20-30mi…
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84%Game Brain Scorestory, graphicsgrinding, replayability80% User Score 430 reviewsCritic Score 100%1 reviewsThe game mechanics were based directly on those used in the tabletop role-playing games Tunnels and Trolls and Mercenaries, Spies and Private Eyes created by Wasteland developers Ken St. Andre and Michael Stackpole. Characters in Wasteland consequently have various statistics (strength, intelligence and luck among others) that allow them to use different skills and weapons. Experience is gained th…
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64%Game Brain Scorestory, graphicsgameplay, music67% User Score 46 reviews“Neighboring Islands” – is an exciting graphic novel, key feature of which is an opportunity to take part in its events, directly influencing the development of the plot. Every decision of the player-reader can change the course of the narrative in one direction or another.
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88%Game Brain Scorestory, replayabilitygraphics, monetization88% User Score 1,629 reviewsZombies rise again! A sequel to the apocalyptic smash-hit Zombie Exodus!
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