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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 2026-05-20.

1 S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl (2007) Atmospheric · Post-apocalyptic · Open World · 1M–2M owners · $19.99 94.7%47,291 reviews 2 Spec Ops: The Line (2012) Story Rich · Third-Person Shooter · Action · 2M–5M owners · Free 93.4%54,909 reviews 3 Record of Lodoss War-Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth- (2021) Metroidvania · Female Protagonist · Based On A Novel · 200K–500K owners · $19.99 93.0%6,733 reviews 4 Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (2014) Open World · Action · Fantasy · 5M–10M owners · $19.99 92.4%90,715 reviews 5 Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth (2017) Choices Matter · Adventure · Story Rich · 200K–500K owners · $19.99 92.6%7,079 reviews 6 Metro 2033 Redux (2014) Post-apocalyptic · FPS · Atmospheric · 5M–10M owners · $19.99 91.5%110,967 reviews 7 Alice: Madness Returns (2011) Horror · Female Protagonist · Dark Fantasy · 1M–2M owners · $9.99 90.2%24,087 reviews 8 I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream (2013) Point & Click · Adventure · Horror · 200K–500K owners · $9.99 89.6%2,786 reviews 9 Mount & Blade: With Fire & Sword (2011) RPG · Open World · Medieval · 1M–2M owners · $9.99 88.1%13,574 reviews 10 The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing (2013) RPG · Hack and Slash · Action RPG · 1M–2M owners · $14.99 82.9%10,025 reviews 11 The Lord of the Rings Online (2012) Free to Play · MMORPG · Massively Multiplayer · 2M–5M owners · Free 81.4%20,995 reviews 12 Agatha Christie - The ABC Murders (2016) Adventure · Detective · Point & Click · 200K–500K owners · $1.49 81.6%2,831 reviews 13 The Testament of Sherlock Holmes (2012) Adventure · Detective · Point & Click · 500K–1M owners · $19.99 79.9%3,570 reviews 14 The 39 Steps (2013) Adventure · Indie · Interactive Fiction · 200K–500K owners · $0.99 75.7%1,591 reviews 15 Lost Eidolons (2022) JRPG · War · Perma Death · 200K–500K owners · $34.99 69.9%1,964 reviews 16 Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth (2009) Lovecraftian · Horror · First-Person · 200K–500K owners · $4.99 67.7%3,170 reviews 17 Nancy Drew: Midnight in Salem (2019) Adventure · Mystery · Detective · 100K–200K owners · $21.99 55.0%1,087 reviews