Movies and video games have transformed entertainment, but there’s a reason books still sell: people love to be told a story. Sure, it’s nice to dive into a video game map and fight 60 other players with your friends in Apex Legends, or to smash a giant football into a goal as a rocket-powered car in Rocket League, but sometimes we just want a good yarn.
That’s why we’ve put together a list of the best story games to play right now. We won’t be covering stuff that’s too old, so please don’t cry about the lack of PS1-era Final Fantasy games. Instead, we wanted to focus on stuff that’s easy to play now, in the year of our Lord, 2022. Let’s brew some coffee and dive right into it.
