Remember those nights you stayed up late trying to solve the Origami killer case? Remember the goosebumps when you found the first victim?
Your fingers shaking right before making a decision knowing it could affect the rest of the storyline, I remember all of those. I took real-life altering decisions with less hesitation than my choices in Heavy Rain. I finished this game more than once trying to save all of the characters, and trying to go through all the possible endings I can. And after that, I went through a journey of research to find games that will keep me on the edge of my seat like this one did.
Here is my recommendation for a similar experience if not better!
10. Twin Mirror (2020)
Available on (PlayStation, Windows, and Xbox)
Official Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2SGtMBj9AQ&ab_channel=PlayStation
Exactly just like Heavy Rain (ARI) or added reality interface which was used by the FBI to reconstruct crime scenes to investigate them further. In Twin Mirror, journalist Sam Higgs kind of does the same, only with his memories, he enters a dream-like state in which he starts to navigate his memories to solve the mysteries of his rural town which he returned to after the death of his friend. Just try not to spike his anxiety because that dream state can also be a nightmare!
Even when you are not in the dream state you will also Hallucinate another person (his twin hence the name) who acts like either a devil or an angel over his shoulder, and it’s your choice to either follow his suggestions or not!
9. Fahrenheit: Indigo Prophecy Remastered (2015)
Available on (PlayStation, Windows, Xbox, and Android)
Official trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFEVfs1qz54&ab_channel=IGN
This game is only not higher on the list due to the old graphics, but if you’re like me this kind of graphics will leave you nostalgic for the days you cut out school and go home to your old pc and spend hours playing videogames, despite the graphics this game has a weighted storyline and hefty decision paths.
Not only will you be baffled by witnessing Lucas Cane committing murder but will also be shocked knowing that he is being possessed by a supernatural entity, A mystery story where you will try to investigate the crime with the help of the other three playable characters.
This masterpiece was the first-born child for Quantic Dream, the studio behind heavy rain and other games on this list.
8. L.A. Noire (2011)
Available on (PlayStation, Windows, Xbox, and Nintendo)
Official Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skAkfQr3e-4&ab_channel=IGN
Inspired by real-life crimes, in Hollywood’s most notorious era, you get to play the detective, Cole Phelps, An LA detective circa 1950, will not only solve crimes but also will try to untangle conspiracies.
Focus very hard on the suspect’s faces and try to find out who’s lying and who’s telling the truth. This is the best game that will move your inner detective skills, plus the face scan technology that is used to make this game with real actor's emotions and facial expressions will give it a whole different taste of a game.
7. Life Is Strange (2015)
Available on (PlayStation, Windows, Xbox, Nintendo, Android, and iOS)
Official Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSE5FbT38dY&ab_channel=LifeisStrange
This game is a little different, which makes it so much more special. This is the only game on the list where you will not only make decisions for the present, but also will decide what goes in the past and the future.
You will get to play Max Caufield, a photography student with special powers to control time. You will use her powers to investigate a missing person’s case. Just try not to mess up the future or be the reason for the world to end!
6. The Wolf Among Us (2014)
Available on (PlayStation, Windows, Xbox, Android, iOS)
Official Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBi3Enyfyp4&ab_channel=PlayStation
In a world of fables and what we thought are just creations of a writer’s imagination, you will witness, everyone, from the big bad wolf and snow white to the three little pigs. The game events occur in 1987 in Fable Town where you play Bigby Wolf (The Big Bad Wolf) a snarky detective who tries to solve the case of a serial killer targeting all our loved characters while trying to prove to everyone that he is not just notorious of being a vicious monster as his story originally said.
A game that will show you the dark side of our beloved children’s stories. Just try to not get so attached to anyone because they might be the next target.
5. Tell Me Why (2020)
Available on (Windows, Xbox)
Official Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KVrL_xirEk&ab_channel=IGN
Another game by the same studio that made Life Is Strange. An adventure that follows the twins Alyson and Tyler investigating the death of their mother, after uniting for the first time after ten years.
You get to witness their past and how they remember it, which might not always be true as they both might remember it differently. A story-driven intense drama that will make the fact that both twins can telepathically communicate with each other just a cherry on top.
4. Until Dawn (2015)
Available on (PlayStation, Xbox)
Official Trailer: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NcF7EOnjow&ab_channel=PlayStation)
Ever watched a horror movie and were devastated about the dumb decisions the protagonists are taking in the movie? This is the chance to prove that you can make better decisions under huge stress and while being chased by an unknown creature with no good deeds. This horror drama game will put you in the shoes of eight young teenagers on their annual vacation in Blackwood Mountain, and not only will your decisions decide who lives and dies but will also decide the relationship between the eight main characters.
3. Beyond two souls (2013)
Available on (PlayStation, Windows)
Official Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtEoS0MaNyA&ab_channel=PlayStation
Ever daydreamt about having superpowers? this action/thriller exactly will show you the realistic version of having one.
The story catches Jodie Holmes, a young girl with psychic powers given to her by an unknown entity named Aiden, as she was raised as a lab rat in government facilities, she managed to escape and stayed on the run in a journey of search for the truth of Aiden, and her psychic powers.
You will enjoy the gameplay and the interactions with other supernatural entities, and most important your control of Aiden.
2. The Last of Us (2013)
Available on (PlayStation Exclusive)
Official Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W01L70IGBgE&ab_channel=PlayStation
This game is not as interactive as the others, but it earned its second spot for the action sequences and storyline. This game follows young Ellie in the post-apocalyptic USA, where she partners up with Joel a father who lost his daughter, to find a cure for a plague that nearly wiped up the whole human race, in nerve-wracking gameplay where you get to build weapons from scratch and stay quite as much as possible so THEY can’t detect you.
And save your bullets because each one counts.
1. Detroit: Become Human (2018)
Available on (PlayStation, Windows)
Official Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8a-EObAhYrg&ab_channel=PlayStation
This is one of the best games I have ever played whether in this category or a different one. This game has it all, the amazing gameplay, the solid storyline, and the emotional factor. You will deeply get attached to all the playable characters.
The game is about a futuristic city where android is taking all the dangerous and unwanted jobs from humans, and as they get developed, they get more conscious, you get to follow three different stories of three different robots where at the end all the storylines meet at the point of proving that they are more than pieces of metal, in a journey full of excitement and jaw-dropping action and tears. No other game is more worthy of your time.
