This is a list of the best episodic games of all time for any console or system, ranked greatest to worst by gamers everywhere. These highly rated episodic games are ordered by popularity, so only the greatest releases are at the top of the list. Spanning the entire history of the genre, these episodic games are considered the best in the genre. This list includes all challenging episodic games that have ever hit the shelves, so it doesn't necessarily have all the more obscure or new episodic games.
From zombie classics like The Walking Dead to epic releases like Half-Life 2 and more, this list features all the biggest and most popular games in the genre. How many have you played?
This list answers the questions, "What are the best episodic games?" and "What is the greatest episodic games game of all time?" After you are finished, head on over and vote on the best combat games of all time.
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48089Life Is Strange
2017Developer: Deck Nine
Genres (Video game): Graphic adventure
Platform: Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux, macOS
Life Is Strange: Before the Storm is an episodic graphic adventure video game developed by... more on Wikipedia
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35977Developer: Telltale Games
Genres (Video game): Episodic video game, Adventure, Graphic adventure game
Platform: Android, iOS, Kindle Fire HDX, OS X, Linux
The Walking Dead is an episodic interactive drama graphic adventure video game developed and... more on Wikipedia3
21644Developer: Telltale Games
Genres (Video game): Graphic adventure
Platform: Android, iOS, OS X, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4
The Wolf Among Us is an ongoing episodic graphic adventure video game based on Bill... more on Wikipedia4
817Developer: Quantic Dream
Genres (Video game): Adventure
Platform: PlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows
Detroit: Become Human is an adventure game developed by Quantic Dream and published by Sony... more on Wikipedia5
10535Until Dawn
2015Developer: Supermassive Games
Genres (Video game): Horror, Adventure
Platform: PlayStation 4
Until Dawn is a horror adventure video game developed by Supermassive Games and published by... more on Wikipedia6
10752Developer: Telltale Games
Genres (Video game): Adventure game
Platform: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows, Mac
Tales from the Borderlands is an episodic interactive comedy graphic adventure sci-fi video... more on Wikipedia7
417Heavy Rain
2010Developer: Quantic Dream
Genres (Video game): Action-adventure game, Interactive movie, Action game, Adventure
Platform: PlayStation 3
Heavy Rain is an interactive drama action-adventure video game developed by Quantic Dream and... more on Wikipedia8
3110Developer: Telltale Games
Genres (Video game): Graphic adventure
Platform: Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Batman: The Telltale Series is a 2016 episodic point-and-click graphic adventure video game... more on Wikipedia9
7563Half-Life 2
2004Developer: Valve Corporation
Genres (Video game): First-person shooter
Platform: Windows, Xbox, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Mac OS X
Half-Life 2 is the well-recieved sequel to Half-Life. Half-Life 2 takes place in the dystopian... more on Wikipedia10
8979Game of Thrones
2012Developer: Cyanide
Genres (Video game): Action role-playing game, Role-playing video game
Platform: Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3
Game of Thrones is an action role-playing video game based on A Game of Thrones, the first of... more on Wikipedia11
2211Developer: Quantic Dream
Beyond: Two Souls is an interactive drama action-adventure video game for the PlayStation 3... more on Wikipedia12
5354Alan Wake
2010Developer: Remedy Entertainment
Genres (Video game): Action-adventure
Platform: Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows
Alan Wake is a survival horror video game developed by Remedy Entertainment and published by... more on Wikipedia13
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54King's Quest
2015Developer: The Odd Gentleman
Genres (Video game): Adventure
Platform: Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One
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2431Developer: Capcom, Tose Co., Ltd.
Genres (Video game): Survival horror
Platform: Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Nintendo 3DS, Xbox One, PlayStation 3
Resident Evil: Revelations, known as Biohazard Revelations in Japan, is a survival horror... more on Wikipedia16
2940Developer: Telltale Games
Genres (Video game): Graphic adventure
Platform: Windows, Wii, OS X, PlayStation 3, iOS
Tales of Monkey Island is a 2009 graphic adventure video game developed by Telltale Games... more on Wikipedia17
20Developer: Cardboard Computer
Genres (Video game): Episodic video game, Point and click, Adventure
Platform: Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows, Linux
Kentucky Route Zero is a point-and-click adventure game developed by Cardboard Computer and... more on Wikipedia18
810Fahrenheit
2005Developer: Quantic Dream
Genres (Video game): Interactive movie, Psychological thriller, Action game, Psychological horror, Adventure
Platform: PlayStation 2, Microsoft Windows, Xbox, Xbox 360, Atari
Fahrenheit is a cinematic interactive drama action-adventure video game developed by Quantic... more on Wikipedia19
2135Developer: Telltale Games
Genres (Video game): Graphic adventure game
Platform: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, Wii, iOS
Back to the Future: The Game is an episodic graphic adventure based on the Back to the Future... more on Wikipedia20
1120Developer: Square Enix, h.a.n.d.
Genres (Video game): Console role-playing game, Puzzle game, Action role-playing game, Action game, Role-playing video game
Platform: Nintendo DS, Mobile phone
Kingdom Hearts coded is an episodic puzzle video game developed and published by Square Enix,... more on Wikipedia21
618Asura's Wrath
2012Developer: CyberConnect2
Genres (Video game): Beat 'em up
Platform: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
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1430Developer: Sumo Digital
Genres (Video game): Adventure, Graphical adventure games
Doctor Who: The Adventure Games is a series of episodic third-person adventure games, based on... more on Wikipedia23
1431Developer: Telltale Games
Genres (Video game): Adventure, Graphic adventure game
Platform: Xbox 360, Wii, Macintosh, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3
Sam & Max Beyond Time and Space, originally released as Sam & Max: Season Two, is an episodic... more on Wikipedia24
822Watchmen: The End Is Nigh Parts 1 And 2
2009Developer: Deadline Games
Genres (Video game): Action, beat 'em up
Platform: Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360
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1029Serious Sam
2002Developer: Croteam
Genres (Video game): Third-person Shooter, First-person Shooter
Platform: GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Microsoft Windows, GNU/Linux
Serious Sam is a first-person shooter video game, released in two episodes and the first in... more on Wikipedia
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