Games like Herald: An Interactive Period Drama - Book I & II
Looking for games like Herald: An Interactive Period Drama - Book I & II? Here are top action recommendations with a fantasy and historical focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth, The Crown of Leaves or Dysfunctional Systems: Learning to Manage Chaos.
1 86%Game Brain Scorestory, graphicsgrinding, stability93% User Score 2,968 reviewsCritic Score 77%8 reviewsBased on Ken Follett's world-bestseller, ‘The Pillars of the Earth’ retells the story of the village of Kingsbridge in a whole new interactive way. Play as Jack, Aliena and Philip and change the events of the book through exploration, decision-making and dialogues. 12th century, England: In a time of great poverty and war, a small town begins the construction of a cathedral to claim wealth and…
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95%Game Brain Scorestory, graphicsreplayability, optimization95% User Score 608 reviewsRoui, a resilient city dandy, a decipherer, a half-educated jeweler and the author of scientific magic articles, was met with a colossal failure AND must return to his gypsy homeland: Latori.
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75%Game Brain Scorestory, musicreplayability, grinding75% User Score 654 reviewsDysfunctional Systems is a visual novel series featuring Winter Harrison, a student mediator from a utopian world. Learning to Manage Chaos is the first entry in the series. Dysfunctional Systems: Learning to Manage Chaos features two distinct endings, unlockable bonus art, an animated opening video, and a jukebox of in-game music.What is a visual novel?
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81%Game Brain Scorestory, graphicsstability, replayability87% User Score 1,399 reviewsCritic Score 75%40 reviewsNot everything everywhere is for us
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89%Game Brain Scorestory, musicgrinding, optimization93% User Score 984 reviewsCritic Score 84%8 reviewsA murder. A hack. A bombing. All it takes to plunge the solar system into war – unless you do something about it. Help CDI agent Neil Conrad make a string of increasingly difficult decisions in this modern dialog-driven adventure set in a gorgeous 2D sci-fi noir universe.
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77%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplayoptimization, grinding80% User Score 3,984 reviewsCritic Score 70%4 reviewsThe Council is an episodic game that delivers a fresh new take on the narrative adventure genre. Make hard-hitting decisions, develop an array of skills, and directly impact how the story unfolds. With permanent, long-lasting consequences, there is no going back. Plunge into a tale of intrigue and manipulation in the style of a classic murder mystery, interacting with a cast of alluring characters…
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69%Game Brain Scorestory, musicstability, replayability65% User Score 1,831 reviewsCritic Score 78%3 reviewsUnfold the mysteries of a dystopic animal society inhabiting retrofuturistic Vancouver in a noir stealth adventure coming in 2019. Backbone is a pixel art cinematic adventure with stealth and action elements. As a private investigator Howard Lotor you are set to solve detective cases, interrogate witnesses, explore the intriguing retrofuturistic Vancouver, and sneak your way to safety using smell…
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68%Game Brain Scorestory, musicreplayability, stability65% User Score 2,640 reviewsCritic Score 72%26 reviewsUnfold the mysteries of a dystopic animal society inhabiting retrofuturistic Vancouver in a noir stealth adventure coming in 2019. Backbone is a pixel art cinematic adventure with stealth and action elements. As a private investigator Howard Lotor you are set to solve detective cases, interrogate witnesses, explore the intriguing retrofuturistic Vancouver, and sneak your way to safety using smell…
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91%Game Brain Scorestory, graphicsstability, grinding98% User Score 15,430 reviewsCritic Score 83%8 reviewsA five-part series where your every decision can have enormous consequences
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73%Game Brain Scorestory, graphicsstability, character development71% User Score 650 reviewsCritic Score 76%2 reviewsThe Detail, a crime noir adventure in a modern American city. This is a city where cases matter, clearance rates matter, and on a good day even justice matters.
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