Building Exploration Games

Minecraft (PC/Mac/Mobile, Purchase)

http://www.minecraft.net

That infamous game about collaborative building.

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Dwarf Fortress (PC/Mac/Linux, Free)

http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/

Narrative Exploration Games

Endless Forest (PC, Free)

http://tale-of-tales.com/TheEndlessForest/

A game about a deer exploring a wild forest with other deers.

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Journey (PS3, Purchase)

http://thatgamecompany.com/games/journey/

A game with abstract storytelling.

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That Dragon, Cancer (Ouya/PC/MAC, Purchase)

http://thatdragoncancer.com/

Narrative Games

Judith (PC/MAC/Linux, Free)

http://distractionware.com/blog/2009/04/judith/

A dark tale.

Dialogical Game

Facade (PC/MAC, Free)

http://www.interactivestory.net/

Making good and bad conversation.

Puzzle Exploration Games

Antichamber

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Windosill (Browser/PC/Mac, Purchase)

http://www.vectorpark.com/

Playful game of curiosity.

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Cloud (PC, Free)

http://thatgamecompany.com/games/cloud/

Relaxation prototype.

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flOw

Mood Games

Knytt

Braid

Limbo

Synesthetic Games

Proteus (PC, Purchase)

http://www.visitproteus.com/

“A game of audio-visual exploration and discovery…”

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Rez (Dreamcast/PS2/Xbox360, Purchase)

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Activist/News Games

Darfur is Dying

Indie Art Games

Safety Instructions and other games by Pipin Barr (Browser, Free)

http://www.pippinbarr.com/games/

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Arctic Acre and other games by Jason Nelson (Browser, Free)

http://www.secrettechnology.com/

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Today I Die, I wish I were the moon

Murasaki Baby

Cinematic Art/Adventure Games

Mothhead

Papo y yo

Okami

ICO

Psychonauts

Shadow of the Colossus

Additional

Zen Bound 2, ipad

Sword and Sorcery

 

Device6

Bit.Trip series?

Flower

Gone Home

Rez

Electroplankton

Let’s Create Pottery!