First person games (excluding shooters)
by shalomamigos | created - 07 Jan 2012 | updated - 05 Mar 2013 | PublicThis list excludes games that don't allow walking (racing games & flight simulators), and games that require the player to shoot dozens of enemies to progress (first person shooters & tactical shooters).
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1. Riven: The Sequel to Myst (1997 Video Game)
E | Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery
After the events of Myst (1993), the Stranger travels to Riven to help Atrus by rescuing his wife Catherine, trapping his father Gehn and saving the Rivenese before their world collapses.
Directors: Robyn C. Miller, Richard Vander Wende, Tim Greenberg | Stars: John Keston, Sheila Goold, Rand Miller, Christine Steel
Votes: 545
2. Mirror's Edge (2008 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A popular politician is murdered and Faith's sister is arrested, whilst Faith escapes. Now she must try to unravel the circumstances of Pope's murder and to relieve her sister.
Stars: Jules de Jongh, Phillipa Alexander, Morgan Deare, Tim Dale
Votes: 4,322
3. Deus Ex (2000 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Drama
In a dark cyberpunk future where poverty, disease, oppression and terrorism are widespread, J.C. Denton, a new cybernetically-enhanced special agent, finds evidence of a massive conspiracy when his brother, also an agent, goes rogue.
Director: Warren Spector | Stars: Jay Anthony Franke, Brent Anderson, Ralph Barbagallo, Chad Bannon
Votes: 3,441
4. Dishonored (2012 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
After being framed for the murder of the Empress he swore to protect, a once trusted bodyguard with supernatural abilities is forced to become a masked assassin in order to seek revenge on those who conspired against him.
Directors: Raphael Colantonio, Harvey Smith | Stars: Susan Sarandon, Lena Headey, Carrie Fisher, John Slattery
Votes: 9,751
5. Penumbra: Overture (2007 Video Game)
M | Horror, Mystery
Like all good nightmares, Philip's begins with something all too real - his mother's death. The days following the funeral are characterized by an incessant feeling of abandonment, until he receives a letter from a dead man.
Stars: Mike Hillard, Tom Jubert
Votes: 354
6. Penumbra: Black Plague (2008 Video Game)
M | Horror, Mystery
On fleeing his cell, Philip's fate is once again set in motion. The facility he emerges into is a far cry from the barren mines that brought him here - a hi-tech research station almost ... See full summary »
Stars: Bram Floria, Bob Barnes, Nancy C. Roberts, Robert Pike Daniel
Votes: 357
7. Scratches (2006 Video Game)
T | Adventure, Drama, Horror
Author Michael Arthate is struggling with writers block when he travels to Blackwood Manor, an isolated home outside of the small England town of Rothbury, Northumberland. Soon after moving... See full summary »
Director: Agustín Cordes | Stars: John Bell, Jonathan Boakes, Sue Anderson, Daniel Chase
Votes: 117
8. Under a Killing Moon (1994 Video Game)
Adventure, Comedy, Crime
In the year 2042, a clumsy noir gumshoe named Tex Murphy must stop a cult of religious fanatics who plan to destroy the human race.
Director: Chris Jones | Stars: James Earl Jones, Brian Keith, Russell Means, Margot Kidder
Votes: 343
9. Myst III: Exile (2001 Video Game)
E | Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery
Ten years after the events of Riven: The Sequel to Myst (1997), the Stranger visits Atrus who wrote a new Age, Releeshahn, for his people. But the book is stolen by Saavedro and the Stranger has no other choice but to follow the thief to J'nanin.
Director: Phil Saunders | Stars: Brad Dourif, Maria Galante, Rand Miller, Audrey Uhler
Votes: 393
10. Myst (1993 Video Game)
E | Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery
The player is the Stranger, an unknown person mysteriously transported to the island of Myst. Alone and without clues, the Stranger must solve the mysteries and discover the secrets of this strange place.
Directors: Rand Miller, Robyn C. Miller, Hiroshi Yamada | Stars: Rand Miller, Robyn C. Miller
Votes: 835
11. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (2006 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
After being freed by the Emperor of Tamriel, the hero must prevent the gates of Oblivion from spreading throughout the Empire.
Director: Todd Howard | Stars: Sean Bean, Lynda Carter, Terence Stamp, Patrick Stewart
Votes: 13,098
12. Penumbra: Requiem (2008 Video Game)
M | Horror, Mystery
Penumbra: Requiem is an expansion for the horror game Penumbra: Black Plague and takes off where the last game ended. Requiem sees Philip, the game protagonist, falling deeper into madness ... See full summary »
Stars: Nancy C. Roberts, Bob Barnes, Mike Hillard, Sam A. Mowry
Votes: 175
13. Myst IV: Revelation (2004 Video Game)
T | Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery
Ten years after the events of Myst III: Exile (2001), Atrus calls the Stranger to Tomahna to request his friend's assistance on a crucial decision about his two sons, Sirrus and Achenar, still prisoners in two prison Ages.
Directors: Patrick Fortier, Michel Poulette | Stars: Rand Miller, Kira Clavell, Angèle Coutu, Juliette Gosselin
Votes: 234
14. Myst V: End of Ages (2005 Video Game)
E | Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery
The player must complete The Quest and explore four new Ages to free the Bahro tablet and decide the fate of the D'ni civilization.
Director: Rand Miller | Stars: David Ogden Stiers, Rengin Altay, Rand Miller, Jessica Hoogendyke
Votes: 131
15. Deus Ex: Invisible War (2003 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Drama
Twenty years after Deus Ex (2000). Alex D is evacuated from Chicago to Seattle following a terrorist attack, and soon becomes embroiled in a network of plots as the world's factions fight for control of the world.
Director: Harvey Smith | Stars: Abigail Windham, Alexander Brandon, Bernadette Nason, Timeca M. Seretti
Votes: 846
16. Deus Ex: Human Revolution (2011 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Drama
After a shadowy black ops team kidnaps several scientists security manager Adam Jensen was sworn to protect, he must harness the power of his new-found cybernetic augmentations to save their lives.
Directors: Jean-François Dugas, Blade Zavier | Stars: Elias Toufexis, Stephen Shellen, Andreas Apergis, Michelle Boback
Votes: 5,937
17. Amnesia: The Dark Descent (2010 Video Game)
M | Horror, Mystery
Daniel, a young man, awakes in a dreary castle with no memory of his past and discovers that he deliberately erased his memory and must travel through the dark halls to kill the evil baron Alexander.
Stars: Richard Topping, Sam A. Mowry, Bill Corkery, Eric Newsome
Votes: 2,277
18. Portal (2007 Video Game)
T | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
A test subject wakes up in a scientific facility controlled by a sadistic artificial intelligence and must escape with the help of the only instrument she has--a gun that makes portals.
Stars: Ellen McLain, Mike Patton, Alesia Glidewell, Jeep Barnett
Votes: 14,470
19. Portal 2 (2011 Video Game)
E10+ | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Many years after "Portal," Chell reawakens at Aperture Science and tries to stop GLaDOS once again with the help of Wheatley, who has his own plans for the historical facility.
Stars: Ellen McLain, Stephen Merchant, J.K. Simmons, Joe Micheals
Votes: 17,802
20. Thief: The Dark Project (1998 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Crime
Unbeknownst to him, a cynical but witty master-thief Garrett will become a key player in the secret war between the cult of builders and the cult of pagans in a medieval city where certain types of magic and advanced technology exist.
Directors: Daniel Thron, Josh Randall | Stars: Stephen Russell, Joffrey Spaulding, Terri Brosius, Daniel Thron
Votes: 726
21. Thief II: The Metal Age (2000 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Crime
After a group of extreme worshipers of new steampunk technology leaves the cult of builders known as the Hammerites to form a cult of their own called the Mechanists, master-thief Garrett is asked to investigate their true intentions.
Stars: Stephen Russell, Sam Babbitt, Neil Forman, Karen Saltus
Votes: 524
22. Thief: Deadly Shadows (2004 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Crime
Mystical order of the Keepers hires master-thief Garrett to find, steal and destroy artifacts that their prophecy describes as keys to releasing an ancient evil. Garrett is about to face his greatest, scariest and deadliest challenge yet.
Directors: Randy Smith, Warren Spector | Stars: Stephen Russell, Alexander Brandon, Ken Carberry, Marc Carver
Votes: 589
23. The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (2002 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
The protagonist travels by Morrowind, eastern province of the Septim Empire in Tamriel. He/she can save it from enslavement or explore for personal purposes.
Director: Todd Howard | Stars: Jeff Baker, Jonathan Bryce, Lynda Carter, Linda Canyon
Votes: 3,734
24. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
After escaping execution, the last living Dragonborn must grow in strength and power to defeat the dragons that have once again begun to plague the land of Skyrim.
Director: Todd Howard | Stars: Max von Sydow, Christopher Plummer, Joan Allen, Michael Hogan
Votes: 33,784
25. Post Mortem (2002 Video Game)
M | Crime, Horror, Mystery
Gustave MacPherson, a retired detective living in Paris, is hired by Sophia Blake to solve the murder of her sister and brother in law.
Stars: Claudia Besso, Andrée Champagne, Dominic Darceuil, Raymond Desmarteau
Votes: 136
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