Best games
Best story-rich games
The 250 best story-rich games, ranked from 29,694 critic and player ratings.
How this ranking is built
- Games are ranked on the aggregated critic score out of 100 imported from IGDB and Metacritic, never on Tier's own grades.
- A game only enters the ranking with at least 80 external ratings, so a single enthusiastic review never outranks a proven classic.
- Community grades from F to S are shown next to every game, and only stated as a fact above 5 Tier ratings.
- Release window covered: 1970 to 2026.
- 50 games are listed on this page, carrying 29,694 ratings between them.
- Rankings are recomputed hourly; this one was last rebuilt on 29 September 2026.
Ranking, page 3
101
S
Dispatch
85
/100
102
System Shock (1994)
85
/100
103
Not For Broadcast
85
/100
104
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky
85
/100
105
C
Hogwarts Legacy
85
/100
106
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
85
/100
107
Crysis
85
/100
108
Life is Strange: True Colors
84
/100
109
D
Fallout 4
84
/100
110
D
Fallout: New Vegas
84
/100
111
A
Control
84
/100
112
D
Dark Souls: Remastered
84
/100
113
B
SOMA
84
/100
114
S
Grim Fandango Remastered
84
/100
115
Salt and Sanctuary
84
/100
116
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow
84
/100
117
Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition
84
/100
118
FAR: Lone Sails
84
/100
119
Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch Remastered
84
/100
120
Xenogears (1998)
84
/100
121
Genshin Impact
83
/100
122
The Quarry
83
/100
123
OneShot
83
/100
124
A
Hitman
83
/100
125
Transistor
83
/100
126
A
Resident Evil: Village
83
/100
127
Alan Wake
83
/100
128
Fable: The Lost Chapters
83
/100
129
Anno 2070
83
/100
130
Detention
83
/100
131
Road 96
83
/100
132
To the Moon
83
/100
133
The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe
83
/100
134
HuniePop
82
/100
135
OMORI
82
/100
136
Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!
82
/100
137
Destiny 2
82
/100
138
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
82
/100
139
A
Marvel's Spider-Man 2
82
/100
140
Gorogoa
82
/100
141
Resident Evil HD Remaster
82
/100
142
Botanicula
82
/100
143
S
NieR Replicant v1.22474487139...
82
/100
144
Burly Men at Sea
82
/100
145
The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
82
/100
146
Still Wakes the Deep
82
/100
147
Creaks
82
/100
148
Dishonored: Death of the Outsider
82
/100
149
MiSide
82
/100
150
Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy
81
/100
S
Dispatch
85
/100
102
System Shock (1994)
85
/100
103
Not For Broadcast
85
/100
104
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky
85
/100
105
C
Hogwarts Legacy
85
/100
106
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
85
/100
107
Crysis
85
/100
108
Life is Strange: True Colors
84
/100
109
D
Fallout 4
84
/100
110
D
Fallout: New Vegas
84
/100
111
A
Control
84
/100
112
D
Dark Souls: Remastered
84
/100
113
B
SOMA
84
/100
114
S
Grim Fandango Remastered
84
/100
115
Salt and Sanctuary
84
/100
116
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow
84
/100
117
Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition
84
/100
118
FAR: Lone Sails
84
/100
119
Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch Remastered
84
/100
120
Xenogears (1998)
84
/100
121
Genshin Impact
83
/100
122
The Quarry
83
/100
123
OneShot
83
/100
124
A
Hitman
83
/100
125
Transistor
83
/100
126
A
Resident Evil: Village
83
/100
127
Alan Wake
83
/100
128
Fable: The Lost Chapters
83
/100
129
Anno 2070
83
/100
130
Detention
83
/100
131
Road 96
83
/100
132
To the Moon
83
/100
133
The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe
83
/100
134
HuniePop
82
/100
135
OMORI
82
/100
136
Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!
82
/100
137
Destiny 2
82
/100
138
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
82
/100
139
A
Marvel's Spider-Man 2
82
/100
140
Gorogoa
82
/100
141
Resident Evil HD Remaster
82
/100
142
Botanicula
82
/100
143
S
NieR Replicant v1.22474487139...
82
/100
144
Burly Men at Sea
82
/100
145
The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
82
/100
146
Still Wakes the Deep
82
/100
147
Creaks
82
/100
148
Dishonored: Death of the Outsider
82
/100
149
MiSide
82
/100
150
Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy
81
/100