Just finished Detroit: Become Human and feel the void it left behind, the hangover after finishing hours upon hours in gameplay, you felt like a part of the revolution and shed tears over the ending (if you were not lucky enough), but after all, you have no clue what to do with your life now?
Here is my top ten list of games that will fill that void!
10. The Dark Pictures: Man of Medan (2019)
Available on (PlayStation, Windows, and Xbox)
Official Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQvo4-Ly-sA&ab_channel=PlayStation
This is the first game of the Dark Pictures trilogy, and our introduction to the dark universe. There is no particular order for you to play the three games to get the optimum experience, so buckle up and let’s start this voyage with Man of Medan. A game where you follow our five protagonists in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, four students on a diving trip, and the Capitan duke of Milan who pursuits the remains of a World War-II era plane, on a horrific adventure seeking the Manchurian Gold, in a game full of pirates and supernatural entities. You better play this game with your lights on!
9. 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!
8. Hidden Agenda (2017)
Available on (PlayStation, Android)
Official Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-UhJswzG0E&ab_channel=PlayStation
This game is the first of its kind, this was Sony’s introduction to PlayLink. A feature where you only use your mobile phone to control the game, this feature was made for competitive gaming, you can play with your friends and each makes a different decision, or maybe even get a different command. In Hidden Agenda you get to play Becky Marney, a homicide detective who investigates the killings of The Trapper, a serial killer known to set traps to get to his victims, with the help of Felicity Graves the district attorney you will get into a series of nerve-wracking events and plot twists. So gather up your friends because it’s the time to stop The Trapper once and for all.
7. The Dark Pictures: House of Ashes (2021)
Available on (PlayStation, Windows, and Xbox)
Official Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBZgZdC989c&ab_channel=PlayStation
This set to be the third installment out of eight games from The Dark Pictures Anthology, just like the amazing two first installments this one did not fail to make my heart beat faster and my anxiety to the peak. This game event occurs after our five main characters fall into a Sumerian temple after a vicious earthquake, stumble upon the kingdom of Akkad and its curse, are hunted by unearthly beings in an underground city, and an enemy above. If you’re into mythology and have the nerves to go through this nightmarish gameplay, then I highly recommend this game!
6. State of Mind (2018)
Available on (PlayStation, Windows, Xbox, and Nintendo)
Official Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7dcxuuP3Tk&ab_channel=PlayStationEurope
In this futuristic science fiction, you will play Richard Nolan, a journalist who woke up after a big explosion just to find out that his whole family went missing, in a story-rich sci-fi with pretty heavy dialogues and nerve-wracking decisions. You will also get to use some cool futuristic technologies. There is so much to experience in the State of Mind, and diving into the game blind will give you the ultimate experience. You just have to face all the plot twists and shocking moments firsthand!
5. The Dark Pictures: Little Hope (2020)
Available on (PlayStation, Windows, and Xbox)
Official Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTV6xbsOQPA&ab_channel=PlayStation
In the second release of The Dark Pictures Anthology, in this interactive Horror adventure you watch the life of four college students and their professor trapped in a little town called Little Hope, trying to escape the town and what lays among the fog,
In a game based on the Witch Trials of Salem, and 7 different endings to the games, better choose carefully for you not become the next casualty.
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 decides the relationship between the eight main characters.
3. Deus Ex series (2000-2016)
Available on (PlayStation, Windows)
Official Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvSs5b6y-YM&ab_channel=PlayStation
In a list of Six well-made games with heavy stories and amazing gameplay this series comes the nearest to the experience of Detroit: Becomes Human.
You can’t go wrong with this dystopian futuristic series This series focuses on the conflict between the secret factions who are seeking to take over the world, and the humanistic technologies. This game features many real-life conspiracy theories and historical events or even mythological or philosophical narratives. And you can’t go wrong by turning on your console and starting this series.
2. 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.
1. Heavy Rain (2010)
Available on (PlayStation, Windows)
Official Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVYiJ3VSp60&t=37s&ab_channel=PlayStation
This was my first step into interactive gaming, a cinematic psychological thriller with nearly photorealistic graphics, that got me sleepless for days if not weeks.
The game tells you the story of Ethan Mars whose happy life got turned around by a series of unfortunate events, not ending with a notorious serial killer kidnapping his son. This game made me go through a lot of sleepless nights trying to collect clues and investigate life-like series of bloodcurdling crimes, controlling four interesting characters whose lives collide with catastrophic events.
