Metafictional video games

Undertale is a 2015 role-playing video game created by American indie developer Toby Fox. The player controls a child who has fallen into the Underground: a large, secluded region under the surface of the Earth, separated by a magical barrier. The player meets various monsters during the journey back to the surface, some of which may engage in combat. The combat system involves the player navigating through mini–bullet hell attacks by the opponent. They can opt to appease monsters in order to spare them instead of killing them. These choices affect the game, with the dialogue, characters, and

Japanese video game series

open-world survival video game in space released in 2016

2017 horror visual novel game developed by Team Salvato

2001 video game

Deltarune is an episodic role-playing video game by American indie developer Toby Fox. Set in a parallel universe to his 2015 game, Undertale, the game follows Kris, a human teenager predetermined to save the world alongside Susie, a monster, and Ralsei, a prince from the Dark World. Throughout the story, the party establishes relationships with a variety of allies and opponents.

2003 action-adventure video game

2023 survival horror video game developed by Remedy Entertainment

2003 video game

2011 puzzle video game

2007 video game

Japanese media franchise

2012 video game

2013 first-person interactive fiction video game

2018 video game

2012 third-person shooter video game

2013 video game

1999 video game

Superhot is an independent first-person shooter video game developed and published by Superhot Team. Though the game follows traditional first-person shooter gameplay mechanics, with the player attempting to take out enemy targets using guns and other weapons, time within the game progresses at normal speed only when the player moves; this creates the opportunity for the player to assess their situation in slow motion and respond appropriately, making the gameplay similar to strategy video games. The game is presented in a minimalist art style, with enemies in red and weapons in black, in cont

2012 video game

MiSide is an adventure game developed by Russian indie development team AIHASTO. It was initially published as a demo on August 18, 2023, before being fully released on Steam on December 11, 2024. The game begins on a light-hearted tone where the player downloads a mobile game and starts hanging out with their new anime-styled virtual girlfriend by playing various mini-games with her. Soon, the player finds the story taking on a metafictional horror narrative.

2014 video game

2010 video game

2012 action role-playing video game developed by Humble Hearts

2022 video game

OneShot is a surreal puzzle adventure game developed by the indie studio Future Cat and published by KOMODO. Based on a free version made in 2014, it was released for Windows on December 8, 2016.

2009 video game

2015 video game

1989 video game

2017 video game

video game series

1991 video game

2008 video game developed by Unproductive Fun Time

Inscryption is a 2021 roguelike deck-building game developed by Daniel Mullins Games and published by Devolver Digital. Directed by Daniel Mullins, it was originally released for Windows on October 19, 2021, and on Linux, macOS, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S over the following two years. The game puts the player in a cabin where a mysterious gamemaster makes them play a tabletop game.

video game series

2013 visual novel

2016 world builder video game based on Disney Parks

1986 video game

Toonstruck is a graphic adventure video game developed by Burst Studios, published by Virgin Interactive Entertainment and released in 1996 for DOS. The game uses hand-drawn imagery and animated characters, but the protagonist Drew Blanc (played by Christopher Lloyd) is represented as a video-captured live action character interacting with the cartoon world around him. In the game, Blanc is transported into the cartoon world he created while suffering from a creative block. Blanc is accompanied by his animated sidekick Flux Wildly.

2015 interactive fiction video game

2014 video game

2022 video game

2009 video game

2020 indie video game developed by Draw Me A Pixel

1997 video game

2006 video game

video game by Daniel Mullins

2016 video game