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Looking for narrative driven games

Hi, as it’s in my title. I’m looking for narrative driven games with good story, something I can play on my steam deck. Not something open open world but more of a on rails experience.
Things I’ve played that that should give rough idea what I have in mind:

  • The last of us
  • until dawn/the dark pictures anthology series
  • the quarry
  • new/remakes of resident evil games
  • Road 96
  • Alan Wake remake

I obviously have a horror/mystery preferences and I want the story to be told to me, I don’t like the dark souls approach of “guess or read all of the in game books or w/e to have a chance at glimpsing a hint of a story”

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    • Bioshock Infinite
    • Return of the Obra Dinn (You'll have to work to figure out the story, but that's the whole point of the game.)
    • Undertale (I know it doesn't look so good on the surface, but it's brilliant once you get into it.)
    • Guardians of the Galaxy (Dumb fun popcorn game with a decent story.)
    • Hi-Fi Rush (A little bit lighter in the story department, but an absolute freakin' blast to play.)

    How do you feel about classic adventure or walking sim type games? If you're willing to trade in shooting for talking and puzzles, there's some fantastic stories there.

    • LucasArts' adventure games: (Older, more comedic, but some of the greats, and many have remakes available.)
      • Grim Fandango
      • Full Throttle
      • Monkey Island
      • The Dig
      • Fate of Atlantis
    • Wadjet Eye adventure games: (Newer, but emulating older styles. Darker than LucasArts.)
      • Unavowed
      • Technobabylon
      • The Excavation of Hobbs Barrow
    • Other excellent adventure games:
      • The Longest Journey
      • Life is Strange series
      • Broken Sword 1-5
    • Walking sims: (All story and exploration, very little challenge.)
      • What Remains of Edith Finch
      • Firewatch

    • The nice thing about Hi-Fi Rush is that, while the story won't blow your mind, the characters are all lovable, and it's nice to have a Saturday morning cartoon sort of vibe where everything isn't super grimdark.

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