Art Games

Games made with an artsier sensibility.
This isnt a sneer at non-"art" games but to just highlight a particular subset of games, all video games are art obviously and being an "art game" doesnt necessarily make your game good.

Open to suggestions on any additions or removals
One game per series and no fangames

Wonderful Everyday: Down the Rabbit-Hole
Wonderful Everyday: Down the Rabbit-Hole
Deadly Premonition
Deadly Premonition
Every Day the Same Dream
Every Day the Same Dream
Higurashi When They Cry
Higurashi When They Cry
Machinarium
Machinarium
And Yet It Moves
And Yet It Moves
Noby Noby Boy
Noby Noby Boy
Flower
Flower
Demon's Souls
Demon's Souls
Gravitation
Gravitation
Gravity Bone
Gravity Bone
Braid
Braid
Off
Off
The Void
The Void
The Graveyard
The Graveyard
The Marriage
The Marriage
Passage
Passage
Portal
Portal
BioShock
BioShock
Folklore
Folklore
Ōkami
Ōkami
flOw
flOw
Rule of Rose
Rule of Rose
The Endless Forest
The Endless Forest
Shadow of the Colossus
Shadow of the Colossus
Façade
Façade
Killer7
Killer7
Pathologic
Pathologic
Haunting Ground
Haunting Ground
Super Columbine Massacre RPG!
Super Columbine Massacre RPG!
Yume Nikki
Yume Nikki
Katamari Damacy
Katamari Damacy
Breakdown
Breakdown
Drakengard
Drakengard
Giftpia
Giftpia
Funny Pizza Land
Funny Pizza Land
Chulip
Chulip
Doshin the Giant
Doshin the Giant
Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem
Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem
Noctis
Noctis
Rez
Rez
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
Ico
Ico
Silent Hill 2
Silent Hill 2
Max Payne
Max Payne
Illbleed
Illbleed
Shadow of Memories
Shadow of Memories
Galatea
Galatea
American McGee's Alice
American McGee's Alice
L.O.L.: Lack of Love
L.O.L.: Lack of Love
Deus Ex
Deus Ex
Boku no Natsuyasumi
Boku no Natsuyasumi
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
Garage: Bad Dream Adventure
Garage: Bad Dream Adventure
Shenmue
Shenmue
D2
D2
Planescape: Torment
Planescape: Torment
Vib-Ribbon
Vib-Ribbon
The Longest Journey
The Longest Journey
System Shock 2
System Shock 2
Seaman
Seaman
UFO: A Day in the Life
UFO: A Day in the Life
Serial Experiments Lain
Serial Experiments Lain
Grim Fandango
Grim Fandango
LSD: Dream Emulator
LSD: Dream Emulator
Baroque
Baroque
Xenogears
Xenogears
Ceremony of Innocence
Ceremony of Innocence
Blade Runner
Blade Runner
Moon: Remix RPG Adventure
Moon: Remix RPG Adventure
Moonlight Syndrome
Moonlight Syndrome
Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee
Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee
Mode
Mode
Harvester
Harvester
Tail of the Sun
Tail of the Sun
Hong Kong 97
Hong Kong 97
I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream
I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream
The Dark Eye
The Dark Eye
The Residents' Bad Day on the Midway
The Residents' Bad Day on the Midway
Clock Tower
Clock Tower
Kamikuishiki-mura Monogatari
Kamikuishiki-mura Monogatari
Penn & Teller's Smoke and Mirrors
Penn & Teller's Smoke and Mirrors
Live A Live
Live A Live
EarthBound
EarthBound
Policenauts
Policenauts
Eastern Mind: The Lost Souls of Tong Nou
Eastern Mind: The Lost Souls of Tong Nou
Gadget: Invention, Travel & Adventure
Gadget: Invention, Travel & Adventure
Myst
Myst
Cosmology of Kyoto
Cosmology of Kyoto
Snatcher
Snatcher
The Ultimate Challenge from Beat Takeshi
The Ultimate Challenge from Beat Takeshi
Deus Ex Machina
Deus Ex Machina
The Prisoner
The Prisoner

6 Comments


5 months ago

Awesome list, although I'm a little confuse as to why MGS2 is here but MGS1 or MGS3 isn't. Imo I feel like those fall under a similar level of artsy

5 months ago

I would add Rain (PS3, 2013) to this list, if this list is for general categorization purposes.

5 months ago

El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron

5 months ago

Add The Coffin of Andy and Leyley (2023)

4 months ago

I would add Blade Runner and Machinarium to this list as well.

2 months ago

Suggestions: Danganronpa v3, The Hex, Cuphead, Hello Charlotte, The Prisoner, Ghost Trick, Hyper Light Drifter


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