16 Games Like Beyond Two Souls
Our list of games like Beyond: Two Souls features more interactive adventures filled with drama, action and decision trees for you to drive the story. Beyond: Two Souls is part of the new breed of interactive drama games and was released as a PlayStation 3 exclusive title. Following Jodie Holmes and the ghost Aiden who has a soul link to her players will be part of intense and superb story supported by voice acting and motion capture from Ellen Page.
The game is an action-adventure at the core with players guided through the story while being able to interact with the game world as either Jodie or Aiden. While Jodie is limited to what her human body can interact with Aiden is free to roam through walls and other obstacles while also being capable of possession which creates an interesting gameplay dynamic.
Using Aiden’s various powers (possession, healing, strangling, transmission of memory) players will move the story forward which is shaped by the choices you make during your supernatural adventure.
The listed games like Beyond: Two Souls below offer other adventures where you can shape the story and use interesting mechanics.
The Last of Us
The Last of Us takes place in a post-apocalyptic game world and is a PlayStation 3 exclusive title. The game focuses on presenting a realistic experience of survival with emphasis on story and character development. The story follows the adventures of Joel as he makes his way across post-apocalyptic America with a young gir...[Read Review]
Life Is Strange
Life Is Strange is a graphical adventure based around a series of episodes, following the adventures of Max Caulfield an 18 year old student of photography who discovers her unique ability to rewind time. Slowly releasing the episodes over the span of 2015 the first episode is now available for free across a number of platf...[Read Review]
Indigo Prophecy (Fahrenheit)
Indigo Prophecy (Fahrenheit outside of North America) is a cinematic adventure with thriller and even paranormal elements. The game launched in 2005 for Windows, PlayStation 2 and the Xbox. Indigo Prophecy is set in New York City where a string of strange and bloody murders have recently taken place. All of these murders ha...[Read Review]
Dreamfall: The Longest Journey
Dreamfall: The Longest Journey will send you on a unique adventure that is highly praised by adventure fans. Originally released for the Xbox and Windows the game is now also available for the Xbox 360. The game is a sequel to the hit 1999 game release (The Longest Journey) and is set a decade later. Players need not have p...[Read Review]
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
Horror and adventure are blended together in The Vanishing of Ethan Carter, a story of mystery in an open world environment that encourages you to explore and collect clues. Released for Windows and PlayStation 4 the game follows investigator Paul Prospero who has a knack for the paranormal. After reaching a fan letter from...[Read Review]
Tales From The Borderlands
Tales From The Borderlands joins the ranks amongst Telltale Games other popular episodic point and click graphic adventures. Drawing from the Borderlands series and throwing in the same mix of light-hearted humour that the franchise is known for, it’s another winning combination. Set on the well travelled world of Pan...[Read Review]
Hotel Dusk: Room 215
Hotel Dusk: Room 215 is part of the point and click genre and is available on the Nintendo DS. The game launched 2007 and lets players explore the mysterious origins of a strange hotel. Large sections of the game take place in the fictional hotel located in the south west (United States) called Hotel Dusk. The adventure fol...[Read Review]
Until Dawn
Until Dawn is a PlayStation 4 exclusive addition to the interactive drama genre. With survival and horror elements the game promises a twist filled adventure with many key decisions left in the players hand. Following the story of eight trapped friends in a remote mountain location things quickly take a turn for the worst w...[Read Review]
The Wolf Among Us
The Wolf Among Us is one of Telltale Games popular episode interactive adventures. Drawing inspiration from Bill Willingham’s Fables comic book franchise the games availability on multiple platforms makes this one not to miss. Set in 1986 the magical creatures of myth, legend and folklore find themselves being oppress...[Read Review]
Condemned 2: Bloodshot
Condemned 2: Bloodshot is one of the few psychological games to be available on the console platform (Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3). The game launched in 2009 and is a sequel to the original released in 2005. Condemned 2 has significant violent and horrorifying content making it the perfect game for fans of the horror genre. ...[Read Review]
Condemned: Criminal Origins
Condemned: Criminal Origins is a horror video game for your Xbox 360 and PC that also blends in some detective game aspects. The game delivers a really good horror atmosphere and brought plenty of fresh ideas into a stale genre at the time. The game takes place in a fictional city and puts you in the shoes of Ethan Thomas, ...[Read Review]
Alan Wake
If you are looking for your next scare then Alan Wake promises an interesting adventure filled with horror. The game is available for the Xbox 360 console and Windows. Alan Wake follows the story of a thriller novelist Alan Wake as he goes on a vacation to the quiet town of Bright Falls in a hope to cure his writer’s block....[Read Review]
Heavy Rain
Heavy Rain takes you through an interactive drama on your PlayStation 3. Based on film noir thrillers the game is full of mystery with a serial killer at the heart of the plot. The game lets you experience four main characters as you advance through the various game chapters. Each of them has a very deep background story an...[Read Review]
Murdered: Soul Suspect
Solve the mystery of your own murder in Murdered: Soul Suspect, a unique and ghostly experience that lets you piece together the clues one by one on a large list of platforms. Set in the town of Salem, Massachusetts the game centres around the Bell Killer, a relentless serial murderer who just claimed his lasted victim, you...[Read Review]
Deadly Premonition
Deadly Premonition rolls open world gameplay, horror and even comedy into a single ball of interesting to create an adventure that is borderline insane. The game originally released on Xbox 360 in 2010 and saw a Director’s Cut for the PlayStation 3 and Windows released in 2013 after the game attracted a cult following onlin...[Read Review]
The Testament of Sherlock Holmes
If you love the Sherlock Holmes universe then The Testament of Sherlock Holmes is one of the best games in the series. Like many other Sherlock Holmes games it is set in London during the 1890s and has Holmes working on an unsolvable case. Players join Holmes just after he solves the case of the missing Samoan necklace. She...[Read Review]