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Best Based On A Novel Games

Top 17 of 17 qualifying games — tagged Based On A Novel (community voting), 1,000+ reviews · ranked by Wilson lower bound on Steam review score · review data as of 2026-08-06.

1 S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl (2007) Atmospheric · Post-apocalyptic · Open World · $19.99 94.7%48,065 reviews 2 Spec Ops: The Line (2012) Story Rich · Third-Person Shooter · Action · Free 93.4%56,242 reviews 3 Record of Lodoss War-Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth- (2021) Metroidvania · Female Protagonist · Based On A Novel · $19.99 93.0%7,410 reviews 4 Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (2014) Open World · Action · Fantasy · $19.99 92.5%96,682 reviews 5 Metro 2033 Redux (2014) Post-apocalyptic · FPS · Atmospheric · $19.99 92.3%139,571 reviews 6 Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth (2017) Choices Matter · Adventure · Story Rich · $19.99 92.2%7,548 reviews 7 Alice: Madness Returns (2011) Horror · Female Protagonist · Dark Fantasy · $9.99 90.7%30,396 reviews 8 I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream (2013) Point & Click · Adventure · Horror · $9.99 88.9%3,963 reviews 9 Mount & Blade: With Fire & Sword (2011) RPG · Open World · Medieval · $9.99 87.9%14,006 reviews 10 The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing (2013) RPG · Hack and Slash · Action RPG · $14.99 82.8%10,228 reviews 11 The Lord of the Rings Online (2012) Free to Play · MMORPG · Massively Multiplayer · Free 81.4%23,059 reviews 12 Agatha Christie - The ABC Murders (2016) Adventure · Detective · Point & Click · $1.49 81.4%3,063 reviews 13 The Testament of Sherlock Holmes (2012) Adventure · Detective · Point & Click · $19.99 80.2%3,925 reviews 14 The 39 Steps (2013) Adventure · Indie · Interactive Fiction · $0.99 75.8%1,610 reviews 15 Lost Eidolons (2022) JRPG · War · Perma Death · $34.99 68.4%2,376 reviews 16 Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth (2009) Lovecraftian · Horror · First-Person · $4.99 67.7%3,347 reviews 17 Nancy Drew: Midnight in Salem (2019) Adventure · Mystery · Detective · $21.99 54.4%1,139 reviews