Wordless Narratives (or, Largely at least)

Stories in video games that do not work upon their narrative structure explicitly, instead using body language, visual asset usage, or otherwise to convey a largely wordless narrative that never or almost never talks in an understandable language to you.

Hyper Light Drifter
Hyper Light Drifter
Rain World
Rain World
Journey
Journey
Dropsy
Dropsy
Florence
Florence
Gorogoa
Gorogoa
Monument Valley
Monument Valley
Abzu
Abzu
Little Nightmares
Little Nightmares
Inside
Inside
Gris
Gris
Below
Below
Bad North
Bad North
Virginia
Virginia
Metroid
Metroid
Metroid II: Return of Samus
Metroid II: Return of Samus
RiME
RiME
Ico
Ico
Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
Gravity Bone
Gravity Bone
Thirty Flights of Loving
Thirty Flights of Loving
Umurangi Generation
Umurangi Generation
Un Pas Fragile
Un Pas Fragile
Happy Game
Happy Game
Limbo
Limbo

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2 years ago

sonic the hedgehog 1 - 3

2 years ago

gravity bone & thirty flights of loving

2 years ago

Umurangi Generation

2 years ago

Un Pas Fragile

2 years ago

Happy game does this pretty well imo

2 years ago

also Limbo


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