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 releasesĀ 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 DeadĀ 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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47386Life Is Strange
2017Developer:Ā Deck Nine
Genres (Video game):Ā Graphic adventure
Platform:Ā Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux, macOS
Life Is Strange: Before the Storm is an episodic graphic adventure video game developed by... more
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35476Developer:Ā Telltale Games
Genres (Video game):Ā Episodic video game, Adventure, Graphic adventure game
Platform:Ā Android, iOS, Kindle Fire HDX, OS X, Linux
The Walking Dead is an episodic interactive drama graphic adventure video game developed and... more3
22444Developer:Ā Telltale Games
Genres (Video game):Ā Graphic adventure
Platform:Ā Android, iOS, OS X, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4
The Wolf Among Us is an ongoing episodic graphic adventure video game based on Bill... more4
887Developer:Ā Quantic Dream
Genres (Video game):Ā Adventure
Platform:Ā PlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows
Detroit: Become Human is an adventure game developed by Quantic Dream and published by Sony... more5
10837Until Dawn
2015Developer:Ā Supermassive Games
Genres (Video game):Ā Horror, Adventure
Platform:Ā PlayStation 4
Until Dawn is a horror adventure video game developed by Supermassive Games and published by... more6
10950Developer:Ā Telltale Games
Genres (Video game):Ā Adventure game
Platform:Ā PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows, Mac
Tales from the Borderlands is an episodic interactive comedy graphic adventure sci-fi video... more7
497Heavy Rain
2010Developer:Ā Quantic Dream
Genres (Video game):Ā Action-adventure game, Interactive movie, Action game, Adventure
Platform:Ā PlayStation 3
Heavy Rain is an interactive drama action-adventure video game developed by Quantic Dream and... more8
3512Developer:Ā Telltale Games
Genres (Video game):Ā Graphic adventure
Platform:Ā 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... more9
7563Half-Life 2
2004Developer:Ā Valve Corporation
Genres (Video game):Ā First-person shooter
Platform:Ā 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... more10
8777Game of Thrones
2012Developer:Ā Cyanide
Genres (Video game):Ā Action role-playing game, Role-playing video game
Platform:Ā 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... more11
2611Developer:Ā Quantic Dream
Beyond: Two Souls is an interactive drama action-adventure video game for the PlayStation 3... more12
5252Alan Wake
2010Developer:Ā Remedy Entertainment
Genres (Video game):Ā Action-adventure
Platform:Ā Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows
Alan Wake is a survival horror video game developed by Remedy Entertainment and published by... more13
Dreamfall Chapters: The Longest Journey is an ongoing episodic 3D adventure game with emphasis... more14
54King's Quest
2015Developer:Ā The Odd Gentleman
Genres (Video game):Ā Adventure
Platform:Ā Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One
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2838Developer:Ā Telltale Games
Genres (Video game):Ā Graphic adventure
Platform:Ā Windows, Wii, OS X, PlayStation 3, iOS
Tales of Monkey Island is a 2009 graphic adventure video game developed by Telltale Games... more16
2230Developer:Ā Capcom, Tose Co., Ltd.
Genres (Video game):Ā Survival horror
Platform:Ā Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Nintendo 3DS, Xbox One, PlayStation 3
Resident Evil: Revelations, known as Biohazard Revelations in Japan, is a survival horror... more17
20Developer:Ā Cardboard Computer
Genres (Video game):Ā Episodic video game, Point and click, Adventure
Platform:Ā Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows, Linux
Kentucky Route Zero is a point-and-click adventure game developed by Cardboard Computer and... more18
89Fahrenheit
2005Developer:Ā Quantic Dream
Genres (Video game):Ā Interactive movie, Psychological thriller, Action game, Psychological horror, Adventure
Platform:Ā PlayStation 2, Microsoft Windows, Xbox, Xbox 360, Atari
Fahrenheit is a cinematic interactive drama action-adventure video game developed by Quantic... more19
2034Developer:Ā Telltale Games
Genres (Video game):Ā Graphic adventure game
Platform:Ā 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... more20
1020Developer:Ā Square Enix, h.a.n.d.
Genres (Video game):Ā Console role-playing game, Puzzle game, Action role-playing game, Action game, Role-playing video game
Platform:Ā Nintendo DS, Mobile phone
Kingdom Hearts coded is an episodic puzzle video game developed and published by Square Enix,... more21
1429Developer:Ā Sumo Digital
Genres (Video game):Ā Adventure, Graphical adventure games
Doctor Who: The Adventure Games is a series of episodic third-person adventure games, based on... more22
617Asura's Wrath
2012Developer:Ā CyberConnect2
Genres (Video game):Ā Beat 'em up
Platform:Ā PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
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1330Developer:Ā Telltale Games
Genres (Video game):Ā Adventure, Graphic adventure game
Platform:Ā Xbox 360, Wii, Macintosh, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3
Sam & Max Beyond Time and Space, originally released as Sam & Max: Season Two, is an episodic... more24
1027Serious Sam
2002Developer:Ā Croteam
Genres (Video game):Ā Third-person Shooter, First-person Shooter
Platform:Ā 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... more25
Developer:Ā Dimps, Sonic Team
Genres (Video game):Ā Platform game
Platform:Ā iOS, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii
Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode I is a 2010 episodic platform video game in the Sonic the... more
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