Best Choices-matter Games

NXTO's catalog has 499 choices-matter games. These 30 rank highest once player ratings, Metacritic scores and Steam reviews are combined. The top three: Divinity: Original Sin 2, Undertale and Mass Effect 2.

How it's ranked: a blend of RAWG player ratings, Metacritic and Steam reviews, adjusted so games with very few ratings can't outrank well-proven ones. Times are average player-reported playtime, so treat them as rough guides.

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   Divinity: Original Sin 2

   2017Strategy, RPGPC, Xbox One, PS4 ★ 4.5/5⏱ ~59.2 h to beat
2. 2
   

   Undertale

   2015Indie, RPGPC, PS4, Xbox One ★ 4.5/5⏱ ~7 h to beat
3. 3
   

   Mass Effect 2

   2010Action, RPGPC, Xbox One ★ 4.5/5⏱ ~24.6 h to beat
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   The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe

   2022Casual, IndiePC, PS5, Xbox One ★ 4.4/5⏱ ~2.1 h to beat
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   The Stanley Parable

   2013Indie, AdventurePC ★ 4.4/5⏱ ~1.5 h to beat
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   The Wolf Among Us

   2013AdventurePC, PS4, Xbox One ★ 4.4/5⏱ ~8.6 h to beat
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   Planescape: Torment

   1999Strategy, RPGPC ★ 4.4/5~2 h avg. playtime
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   Katawa Shoujo

   2009Casual, IndiePC ★ 4.4/5
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   Kingdom Come: Deliverance II

   2025Adventure, ActionPC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S ★ 4.4/5⏱ ~55.5 h to beat
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    Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy

    2021Shooter, AdventurePC, PS5, Xbox One ★ 4.4/5⏱ ~17.6 h to beat
11. 11
    

    Kindergarten 2

    Indie, AdventurePC ★ 4.4/5~7 h avg. playtime
12. 12
    

    Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

    2003Action, RPGPC, Xbox One, Switch ★ 4.4/5⏱ ~28.7 h to beat
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    Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II – The Sith Lords

    2004Adventure, RPGPC, Switch ★ 4.4/5~4 h avg. playtime
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    The Walking Dead: Season 1

    2012Adventure, ActionPC, PS4, Xbox One ★ 4.4/5~8 h avg. playtime
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    STEINS;GATE

    2009Adventure, RPGPC ★ 4.4/5~5 h avg. playtime
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    Dragon Age: Origins

    2009RPGPC, Xbox One ★ 4.4/5⏱ ~40.2 h to beat
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    Ib

    2012Indie, AdventurePC, Switch ★ 4.4/5~4 h avg. playtime
18. 18
    

    Detroit: Become Human

    2018Adventure, ActionPC, PS4 ★ 4.4/5⏱ ~12.1 h to beat
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    Balatro

    2024Casual, StrategyPC, PS5, Switch ★ 4.4/5⏱ ~7.7 h to beat
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    VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action

    2016Adventure, SimulationPC, PS4, Switch ★ 4.4/5⏱ ~11.1 h to beat
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    The House in Fata Morgana

    2016Adventure, HorrorPC, Switch ★ 4.4/5~5 h avg. playtime
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    Night in the Woods

    2017Adventure, HorrorPC, Xbox One, PS4 ★ 4.4/5⏱ ~8.9 h to beat
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    The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series

    2019Adventure, HorrorPC, Xbox One, PS4 ★ 4.4/5⏱ ~42.2 h to beat
24. 24
    

    The Forgotten City

    2021Indie, AdventurePC, PS5, Xbox One ★ 4.3/5~7 h avg. playtime
25. 25
    

    Pentiment

    2022Casual, AdventurePC, PS5, Xbox One ★ 4.3/5~2 h avg. playtime
26. 26
    

    Crusader Kings III

    2020Strategy, RPGPC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S ★ 4.3/5⏱ ~72.6 h to beat
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    Drova - Forsaken Kin

    2024Indie, AdventurePC ★ 4.3/5~34 h avg. playtime
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    The Case of the Golden Idol

    2022Indie, AdventurePC ★ 4.3/5~6 h avg. playtime
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    OneShot

    2016Casual, IndiePC ★ 4.3/5⏱ ~4.6 h to beat
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    West of Loathing

    2017Indie, AdventurePC, Switch ★ 4.3/5~4 h avg. playtime

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