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Updated: February 3, 2026

Most Acclaimed Interactive Drama Games of All Time

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#1 The Walking Dead (2012) (#71)

Telltale Games | MAC, WIN, X360, PS3, iOS | Point-and-Click / Interactive Drama | ~12h | 66 lists

#2 Kentucky Route Zero (2013) (#232)

Cardboard Computer | 3 | Point-and-Click / Interactive Drama | ~9h | 36 lists

#3 Zork (1977) (#248)

Infocom | 6, DOS, MAC | Adventure / Interactive Drama | 21 lists

#4 Her Story (2015) (#270)

Sam Barlow | MAC, WIN, iOS, AND | Interactive Drama | ~2h | 32 lists

#5 Heavy Rain (2010) (#297)

Quantic Dream | PS3 | Action-Adventure / Interactive Drama | ~10h | 27 lists

#6 Dispatch (2025) (#304)

AdHoc Studio | WIN, PS5 | Adventure / Simulation / Interactive Drama | ~8h | 29 lists

#7 Immortality (2022) (#389)

Half Mermaid, Sam Barlow | MAC, WIN, iOS, AND, XBXS | Interactive Drama | ~6h | 26 lists

#8 A Mind Forever Voyaging (1985) (#551)

Infocom | DOS, 3 | Adventure / Interactive Drama | ~6h | 6 lists

#9 Until Dawn (2015) (#597)

Supermassive Games | PS4 | Horror / Interactive Drama | ~8h | 20 lists

#10 80 Days (2014) (#637)

Cape Guy, inkle | MAC, WIN, iOS, AND | Interactive Drama | ~3h | 6 lists

#11 The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery (1995) (#722)

Sierra On-Line | 3 | Point-and-Click / Interactive Drama | ~14h | 5 lists

#12 Tales From the Borderlands (2015) (#782)

Telltale Games | MAC, WIN, X360, XB1, PS3, PS4, iOS, AND | Point-and-Click / Interactive Drama | ~11h | 13 lists

#13 The Hobbit (1982) (#855)

Beam Software | 6, DOS | Interactive Drama | ~1h | 5 lists

#71

Telltale Games

MAC, iOS, PS3, WIN, X360

Point-and-Click / Interactive Drama

~12h

66 lists

The Walking Dead 2012

#232

Cardboard Computer

MAC, LIN, WIN

Point-and-Click / Interactive Drama

~9h

36 lists

Kentucky Route Zero 2013

#248

Infocom

A2, MAC, A8, C64, PDP, DOS, T80, TCC

Adventure / Interactive Drama

21 lists

Zork 1977

#270

Sam Barlow

AND, MAC, iOS, WIN

Interactive Drama

~2h

32 lists

Her Story 2015

#297

Quantic Dream

PS3

Action-Adventure / Interactive Drama

~10h

27 lists

Heavy Rain 2010

#304

AdHoc Studio

PS5, WIN

Adventure / Simulation / Interactive Drama

~8h

29 lists

Dispatch 2025

#389

Half Mermaid, Sam Barlow

AND, MAC, iOS, WIN, XBXS

Interactive Drama

~6h

26 lists

Immortality 2022

#551

Infocom

AMI, AST, C64, DOS

Adventure / Interactive Drama

~6h

6 lists

A Mind Forever Voyaging 1985

#597

Supermassive Games

PS4

Horror / Interactive Drama

~8h

20 lists

Until Dawn 2015

#10

#637

Cape Guy, inkle

AND, MAC, iOS, WIN

Interactive Drama

~3h

6 lists

80 Days 2014

#11

#722

Sierra On-Line

MAC, DOS, WIN

Point-and-Click / Interactive Drama

~14h

5 lists

The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery 1995

#12

#782

Telltale Games

AND, MAC, iOS, PS3, PS4, WIN, X360, XB1

Point-and-Click / Interactive Drama

~11h

13 lists

Tales From the Borderlands 2015

#13

#855

Beam Software

CPC, A2, BBCM, C64, DOS, MSX, ZXS

Interactive Drama

~1h

5 lists

The Hobbit 1982

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