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Top Documentary Games

26+ documentary games ranked by player tags and tunable re-ranking. Related tags include Singleplayer, Indie, Adventure, Story Rich.

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  1. #1 Indie Game: The Movie
    96% matchVery Positive92% of 1,887 reviews2012
    Developer: BlinkWorks Media
    Platforms: Windows, Mac
    Median: 3.0hMean: 4.8h≥1hr: 90%

    The emotional journey of four developers as they sacrifice money, health and sanity to realize their lifelong dreams of sharing their games with the world.

  2. #2 Tomb Raider - The Final Hours Digital Book
    85% matchVery Positive83% of 228 reviews2013
    Developer: Geoff Keighley
    Platforms: Windows, Mac
    Median: 6mMean: 1.7h≥1hr: 19%

    How did Crystal Dynamics reinvent Tomb Raider? The Final Hours of Tomb Raider is a digital book that takes you inside the studio during the four year development of this franchise reboot. Journalist Geoff Keighley chronicles the team’s journey, illustrating this 11,000 word story with never-before-seen art and videos from parts of the...

  3. #3 Titanfall - The Final Hours
    84% matchMostly Negative38% of 306 reviews2014
    Developer: Geoff Keighley
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 6mMean: 1.3h≥1hr: 11%

    Written over the past four years, journalist Geoff Keighley ("The Final Hours of Portal 2") chronicles the making of TITANFALL from Respawn Entertainment. This longform app features never-before-seen photos, video and concept art from early development versions of the game.

  4. #4 Portal 2 - The Final Hours
    80% matchMostly Positive76% of 842 reviews2011
    Developer: Geoff Keighley
    Platforms: Windows, Mac
    Median: 12mMean: 2.3h≥1hr: 20%

    Portal 2 draws from the award-winning formula of innovative gameplay, story, and music that earned the original Portal over 70 industry accolades and created a cult following. For more information on Portal 2 click here.

  5. #5 Half-Life: Alyx - Final Hours
    74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 906 reviews2020
    Developer: Geoff Keighley
    Platforms: Windows, Mac
    Median: 1.3hMean: 4.5h≥1hr: 57%

    THE FINAL HOURS OF HALF-LIFE: ALYX is an interactive storybook, written by Geoff Keighley, that takes fans inside Valve Software to chronicle the company’s past decade of game development, including the return of Half-Life.

  6. #6 That Dragon, Cancer
    58% matchVery Positive90% of 1,536 reviews2016
    Developer: Numinous Games
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 1.7hMean: 2.1h≥1hr: 71%

    An immersive, narrative videogame that retells Joel Green’s 4-year fight against cancer through about two hours of poetic, imaginative gameplay that explores themes of faith, hope and love.

  7. #7 How To Cope With Boredom and Loneliness
    54% matchVery Positive92% of 622 reviews2018
    Developer: Point Bleep StudiosPublisher: Baffled Crab
    Platforms: Windows, Linux
    Median: 24mMean: 3.1h≥1hr: 16%

    Harold Fletcher has been grounded to his bedroom for over 30 years. Join award-winning journalist Nigel Wimble as he discovers how one man has coped with the boredom and loneliness in this one of a kind, FREE, documentary film simulator!

  8. #8 The Mind of Marlo
    54% matchVery Positive92% of 259 reviews2017
    Developer: Point Bleep StudiosPublisher: Baffled Crab
    Platforms: Windows, Linux
    Median: 24mMean: 1.4h≥1hr: 20%

    Uniquely presented as an hour long documentary film, The Mind of Marlo is a narrative driven adventure game focusing on love, loss and silly heads. Laugh and cry with Marlo as he gets to the bottom of his life changing condition, known as Spontaneous Silly Head Syndrome.

  9. #9 The Making of Karateka
    51% matchVery Positive98% of 132 reviews2023
    Developer: Digital Eclipse
    Platforms: Windows

    Play the history. Go behind the scenes of Jordan Mechner's landmark game Karateka in this interactive documentary from Digital Eclipse, with archival materials, video features, and more. Experience pixel-perfect versions of this legendary game, with all-new features.

  10. #10 The Book of Distance
    51% matchVery Positive96% of 188 reviews2020
    Developer: National Film Board of CanadaPublisher: Astrea
    Platforms: Windows

    In 1935, Yonezo Okita left his home in Japan and began a new life in Canada. Then war and state-sanctioned racism changed everything—he became the enemy. His grandson leads us on an interactive virtual pilgrimage through an emotional geography of immigration and family to recover what was lost.

  11. #11 KURSK
    56% matchMixed48% of 490 reviews2018
    Developer: Jujubee S.A.Publisher: Salient Games
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 2.8hMean: 4.3h≥1hr: 78%

    KURSK is the first ever adventure and documentary video game inspired by real events. You assume the role of a spy who finds way on the Russian nuclear submarine K-141 Kursk. While trying to complete your mission, you become witness to the dramatic events which shook the world at that time.

  12. #12 DeathTolls Experience
    52% matchPositive92% of 24 reviews2018
    Developer: Ali EslamiPublisher: XRBASE
    Platforms: Windows

    With DeathTolls Experience, virtual reality artist Ali Eslami is seeking to resensitize the general public to the reality behind the abstract statistics on the hundreds of thousands of deaths in the Middle East.

  13. #13 Cosmic Top Secret
    51% matchPositive93% of 28 reviews2018
    Developer: Klassefilm
    Platforms: Windows, Mac

    Play the incredible true story of T and her quest to uncover the truth about her parents’ work for the Danish Intelligence during the Cold War.

  14. #14 A Clever Label
    49% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2021
    Developer: Mod
    Platforms: Windows

    A documentary experience that explores the links between anti-LGBTQI lobbyists, politicians and organisations.

  15. #15 I Don't Want To Be A Good Woman
    47% match7 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2025
    Developer: We Remember
    Platforms: Windows

    A narrative walking experience through the real lives of women living under Islamic law in Iran. Their stories were never meant to be heard. Now you can walk through them.

  16. #16 Antipsychotic
    48% matchMostly Positive80% of 35 reviews2023
    Developer: Matt McCorklePublisher: Equalsonics
    Platforms: Windows

    Nontraditional, eccentric, art game experience. 10 - 15 minutes, nonlinear free roam. This immersive experience aims to help destigmatize mental illness by allowing the user to journey through the mind of an individual with bipolar disorder.

  17. #17 Blueplanet VR v2
    49% matchMostly Positive78% of 60 reviews2020
    Developer: Blueplanet VR
    Platforms: Windows

    Blueplanet VR v2 is a powerful way to experience strong presence in some of the world's most remarkable locations.

  18. #18 Eye of the Beholder
    49% matchMostly Positive71% of 17 reviews2020
    Developer: Reptoid GamesPublisher: Fathom Film Group
    Platforms: Windows

    Step into war-torn enemy territory in this immersive VR game experience based on the Oscar-shortlisted documentary MY ENEMY, MY BROTHER (2015). EYE OF THE BEHOLDER is a 20 minute beta experience that subverts the war-game genre as players must choose to combat or collaborate with others.

  19. #19 Eternal Spring VR
    47% matchMixed67% of 11 reviews2024
    Developer: Lofty Sky Entertainment Inc.Publisher: Lofty Sky Entertainment Inc.
    Platforms: Windows

    Immerse yourself in 'ETERNAL SPRING (長春) VR,' an animated 360 documentary that goes inside the world of a real-life survivor of religious persecution in China, adding a new dimension to the feature film that was Canada's official submission to the 2023 Oscars®.

  20. #20 qrth-phyl
    48% matchPositive92% of 26 reviews2018
    Developer: Verran
    Platforms: Windows

    Arcade documentary of maze/dot/snake mechanic within changing dimensions, axis locks and the corruption of the system. Collect, grow, avoid your past, find new space, wake up…

  21. #21 Zero Days VR
    48% matchPositive81% of 27 reviews2017
    Developer: Scatter
    Platforms: Windows

    Based on the Oscar short-listed Participant Media documentary Zero Days, Scatter's Emmy Award-winning, immersive documentary Zero Days VR visualizes the story of Stuxnet in a new way: placing you inside the invisible world of computer viruses, experiencing the high stakes of cyber warfare at a human scale.

  22. #22 Wanderlust: Bangkok Prelude
    46% matchPositive97% of 29 reviews2020
    Developer: Different Tales
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux

    Take your first step toward a great adventure. Play the introduction to the Wanderlust: Travel Stories anthology. See the many faces of Bangkok in a narrative game from the makers of The Witcher, co-created with real-life adventurers.

  23. #23 Night Of The Living Dead VR
    46% matchPositive90% of 20 reviews2020
    Developer: Pyramid Attack Inc.Publisher: Hollywood Suite Inc.
    Platforms: Windows

    NOTD VR is an exploratory experience that captures the original spirit of the film in black and white, immersing users in a 3D recreation of the film’s farmhouse set. Exclusive interviews with film experts and original cast and crew enrich the experience with insights into the horror classic.

  24. #24 VR Archeology: Secrets of Kulikovo Field
    46% matchMixed59% of 27 reviews2022
    Developer: RIALAB
    Platforms: Windows

    What mysteries and keys to historical secrets are hidden underground? In this interactive VR game, you will explore the roles of modern archaeologists, restoration experts and re-enactors. Discover dozens of unique artifacts dating back to the Battle of Kulikovo on this thrilling expedition.

  25. #25 Once Upon a Sea
    46% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2021
    Developer: Blimey Ltd.
    Platforms: Windows

    Once Upon a Sea is a poetic, interactive XR documentary telling the tragic tale of the legendary Dead Sea.

  26. #26 Salmon Tower
    46% matchNo user reviews
    Developer: Oolong Studios
    Platforms: Windows

    BOOST and JUMP with momentum! A platforming and semi-Foddian climber. Make your way to the TOP of the Dark Tower! You could say it's a documentary of the Salmon's natural instincts to swim upstream...

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