7) D4: Dark Dreams Don’t Die

You are David Young, a detective with the ability to use specific objects to travel back into the past. David is on a quest to find his wife’s killer and hopefully alter the past to save her. Gameplay consists solely of talking to characters, exploring the environment, and completing quick-time events. Additional lines of dialogue and minor sub-quests can be unlocked through thorough investigation of the world, filling out the story and earning you bonus achievements and credits.

A quick-time action event in D4: Dark Dreams Don’t Die.

A unique feature of the game is David’s stamina bar. Every item that is interacted with depletes his stamina, and must be refilled periodically by consuming food or drink. You also have the ability to buy accessories and outfits to change the appearance of your character.

Amanda, a girl who thinks she is a cat.

D4: Dark Dreams Don’t Die is known for its unpredictable story and strange, offbeat cast of characters. The game currently consists of one season that includes a prologue and two episodes.

8) Back to the Future: The Game

Taking place six months after the end of the third film, the unexplained disappearance of the DeLorean Time Machine forces Marty to go back in time again and seek the help of a teenage Emmett Brown to prevent the past from changing and altering the present forever.

To the past once again.

Back to the Future: The Game was developed by Telltale Games, with Bob Gale, the film trilogy’s co-creator, co-writer, and co-producer, as a story consultant. The developers created gameplay events based on input from fans through an online survey and worked carefully to ensure that what happened in the game did not interfere with the original films’ timeline. Playing as Marty, and reteaming up with the eccentric Doc, gameplay involves exploring and solving puzzles by using found items on characters and objects in the game.

Solve puzzles with the help of Doc and other old friends.

The game is split into five episodes and features voice acting from some of the original actors, as well as cameos from characters in the movies.

9) Full Throttle (1995)

Full Throttle is set in the year 2040 and tells the story of Ben, a leader of a biker gang who is framed for the murder of a famous motorcycle manufacturer. You must discover who the real killer is and restore both you and your gang’s reputation.

Ben and Maureen, who is helping him find the real killer.

The game follows the classic LucasArts formula for the point and click genre. Objects in each scene can be examined, picked up, or used, and can be combined with other items in your inventory. Dialogue choices are also important, as choosing the right line will provide hints and advance the story. Scenes are either explored on foot by Ben or while he is riding his motorcycle.

The unique item wheel that lets you interact with objects and characters in a scene.

Full Throttle is Tim Schafer’s first game as head writer and designer, and has become a cult classic for fans of the genre. A remastered version by Double Fine Productions is set for release in 2017.