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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Indie Game: The Movie
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.

Tomb Raider - The Final Hours Digital Book
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...
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- #1 Indie Game: The Movie96% matchVery Positive92% of 1,887 reviews2012Developer: BlinkWorks MediaPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 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 Tomb Raider - The Final Hours Digital Book85% matchVery Positive83% of 228 reviews2013Developer: Geoff KeighleyPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 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 Titanfall - The Final Hours84% matchMostly Negative38% of 306 reviews2014Developer: Geoff KeighleyPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 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 Portal 2 - The Final Hours80% matchMostly Positive76% of 842 reviews2011Developer: Geoff KeighleyPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 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 Half-Life: Alyx - Final Hours74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 906 reviews2020Developer: Geoff KeighleyPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 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 That Dragon, Cancer58% matchVery Positive90% of 1,536 reviews2016Developer: Numinous GamesPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 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 How To Cope With Boredom and Loneliness54% matchVery Positive92% of 622 reviews2018Developer: Point Bleep StudiosPublisher: Baffled CrabPlatforms: Windows, LinuxMedian: 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 The Mind of Marlo54% matchVery Positive92% of 259 reviews2017Developer: Point Bleep StudiosPublisher: Baffled CrabPlatforms: Windows, LinuxMedian: 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 The Making of Karateka51% matchVery Positive98% of 132 reviews2023Developer: Digital EclipsePlatforms: 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 The Book of Distance51% matchVery Positive96% of 188 reviews2020Developer: National Film Board of CanadaPublisher: AstreaPlatforms: 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 KURSK56% matchMixed48% of 490 reviews2018Developer: Jujubee S.A.Publisher: Salient GamesPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 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 DeathTolls Experience52% matchPositive92% of 24 reviews2018Developer: Ali EslamiPublisher: XRBASEPlatforms: 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 Cosmic Top Secret51% matchPositive93% of 28 reviews2018Developer: KlassefilmPlatforms: 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 A Clever Label49% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2021Developer: ModPlatforms: Windows
A documentary experience that explores the links between anti-LGBTQI lobbyists, politicians and organisations.
- #15 I Don't Want To Be A Good Woman47% match7 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2025Developer: We RememberPlatforms: 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 Antipsychotic48% matchMostly Positive80% of 35 reviews2023Developer: Matt McCorklePublisher: EqualsonicsPlatforms: 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 Blueplanet VR v249% matchMostly Positive78% of 60 reviews2020Developer: Blueplanet VRPlatforms: Windows
Blueplanet VR v2 is a powerful way to experience strong presence in some of the world's most remarkable locations.
- #18 Eye of the Beholder49% matchMostly Positive71% of 17 reviews2020Developer: Reptoid GamesPublisher: Fathom Film GroupPlatforms: 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 Eternal Spring VR47% matchMixed67% of 11 reviews2024Developer: 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 qrth-phyl48% matchPositive92% of 26 reviews2018Developer: VerranPlatforms: 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 Zero Days VR48% matchPositive81% of 27 reviews2017Developer: ScatterPlatforms: 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 Wanderlust: Bangkok Prelude46% matchPositive97% of 29 reviews2020Developer: Different TalesPlatforms: 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 Night Of The Living Dead VR46% matchPositive90% of 20 reviews2020Developer: 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 VR Archeology: Secrets of Kulikovo Field46% matchMixed59% of 27 reviews2022Developer: RIALABPlatforms: 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 Once Upon a Sea46% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2021Developer: Blimey Ltd.Platforms: Windows
Once Upon a Sea is a poetic, interactive XR documentary telling the tragic tale of the legendary Dead Sea.
- #26 Salmon Tower46% matchNo user reviewsDeveloper: Oolong StudiosPlatforms: 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...
