Roundup2026-06-12
The 25 best video game stories ever
David Meikleham & Emma-Jane Betts & Heather WaldGamesRadar+
18 articlessince 2015Active
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24 games
Games in this list, in the article's order
The writer's editorial order from the original article. We index, we don't re-rank.
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Silent Hill 2
2001 ·50 writers · 87 pieces
BioShock
2007 ·28 writers · 21 pieces
Baldur's Gate III
2023 ·250 writers · 1152 pieces
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
2015 ·269 writers · 830 pieces
What Remains of Edith Finch
2017 ·68 writers · 80 pieces
The Last of Us
2013 ·42 writers · 61 pieces
God of War
2018 ·74 writers · 153 pieces
Immortality
2022 ·38 writers · 29 pieces
Metal Gear Solid
1998 ·33 writers · 20 pieces
Shadow of the Colossus
2005 ·80 writers · 112 pieces
Half-Life 2
2004 ·87 writers · 92 pieces
Mass Effect 2
2010 ·37 writers · 50 pieces
Red Dead Redemption 2
2018 ·186 writers · 631 pieces
Persona 4 Golden
2020 ·46 writers · 36 pieces
Cyberpunk 2077
2020 ·242 writers · 907 pieces
Firewatch
2016 ·59 writers · 75 pieces
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
2016 ·78 writers · 205 pieces
Life Is Strange
2015 ·36 writers · 43 pieces
Horizon Zero Dawn
2017 ·98 writers · 253 pieces
Dispatch
2025 ·84 writers · 140 pieces
Chrono Trigger
1995 ·66 writers · 101 pieces
Undertale
2015 ·51 writers · 40 pieces
Final Fantasy III
1994 ·18 writers · 27 pieces
Split Fiction
2025 ·92 writers · 201 pieces
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