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The top 1,000 most recommended games across 827 critic lists from 134 publications.
Updated: October 26, 2025
Most Acclaimed Interactive Drama Games of All Time
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#1 The Walking Dead (2012) (#64)
Telltale Games | MAC, WIN, X360, PS3, iOS | Point-and-Click / Interactive Drama | ~12h | 66 lists
#2 Kentucky Route Zero (2013) (#231)
Cardboard Computer | 3 | Point-and-Click / Interactive Drama | ~9h | 36 lists
#3 Zork (1977) (#253)
Infocom | 6, DOS, MAC | Adventure / Interactive Drama | 19 lists
#4 Her Story (2015) (#256)
Sam Barlow | MAC, WIN, iOS, AND | Interactive Drama | ~2h | 32 lists
#5 Heavy Rain (2010) (#297)
Quantic Dream | PS3 | Action-Adventure / Interactive Drama | ~10h | 26 lists
#6 Immortality (2022) (#383)
Half Mermaid, Sam Barlow | MAC, WIN, iOS, AND, XBXS | Interactive Drama | ~6h | 26 lists
#7 A Mind Forever Voyaging (1985) (#556)
Infocom | DOS, 3 | Adventure / Interactive Drama | ~6h | 6 lists
#8 Until Dawn (2015) (#580)
Supermassive Games | PS4 | Horror / Interactive Drama | ~8h | 20 lists
#9 The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery (1995) (#671)
Sierra On-Line | 3 | Point-and-Click / Interactive Drama | ~14h | 5 lists
#10 80 Days (2014) (#695)
Cape Guy, inkle | iOS, AND | Interactive Drama | ~3h | 5 lists
#11 Tales From the Borderlands (2015) (#731)
Telltale Games | MAC, WIN, X360, XB1, PS3, PS4, iOS, AND | Point-and-Click / Interactive Drama | ~11h | 13 lists
#12 The Hobbit (1982) (#820)
Beam Software | 6, DOS | Interactive Drama | ~1h | 5 lists
#1
#64
The Walking Dead
2012
#2
#231
Kentucky Route Zero
2013
#3
#253
Zork
1977
#4
#256
Her Story
2015
#5
#297
Heavy Rain
2010
#6
#383
Immortality
2022
#7
#556
#8
#580
Until Dawn
2015
#9
#671
#10
#695
80 Days
2014
#11
#731
#12
#820
The Hobbit
1982
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