10 Best Video Game Stories of 2021

unpacking tells its story through the items you unpack and place in different rooms. Pay enough attention to the various items, and you’ll learn quite a bit about the person who owns them, their partners, their big life moments, and how the “things” we acquire over the course of our lives often say so much about who we are, where we were and where we hope to go.

9. Kena: Bridge of Ghosts

kena tells the story of a young spirit guide who must help wayward souls leave the physical world and enter the spirit realm. It’s an almost Pixar-esque premise, supplemented by some more traditional fantasy concepts.

Just like a great Pixar movie, kena tells a sometimes overwhelmingly emotional story that uses “cute” design elements to force you to let your guard down so that it can absolutely destroy you with its most devastating plot points. There is so much heart and humanity in this beautiful fantasy story.

8. Stories of Origin

The stories series has long benefited from some generally fantastic stories, but Stories of origin is arguably the franchise’s greatest story to date. In fact, there are times when the story is arguably a little too big and a little too heavy.

At its core, however, this is a story about two people from different worlds trying to stay together long enough to achieve a common goal. No matter how deep this game’s story delves into lore, the personal elements of that story manage to create a compelling foundation that makes it much easier to embrace the strange (and dark) places in this game.

7. Life is Strange: True Colors

The life is strange series’ consistently excellent storytelling oddly enough makes it so much easier to overlook how well true colors‘ story. It’s so easy to take the quality of these games for granted.