Games like Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth
If you like Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth (point-and-click, narrative and choices), these 10 games are similar in what you do and how you play. They go from most to least similar.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
- In common: story
When you fancy a moving story in instalments: each episode lasts a few hours.
Tales from the Borderlands
- In common: story
When you fancy an episodic comedy adventure: each episode lasts around an hour and a half.
The Walking Dead
- In common: story
- Difference: more intense
When you want an intense story in instalments: each episode lasts a couple of hours and leaves you wanting more.
Detroit: Become Human
- In common: story
When you want a story like a TV series where you choose the direction, chapter by chapter.
Road 96
- In common: story
When you have an hour to spare: according to Analog Stick Gaming, each trip to the border takes about that long.
OXENFREE
- In common: story
When you want a mystery story you can play through in one or two afternoons, with no demands.
A Plague Tale: Innocence
- In common: story
- Difference: more intense
When you're in the mood for a linear, moving story over a few evenings: it lasts between 10 and 15 hours, across 17 chapters.
To the Moon
- In common: story
When you fancy a moving story for one or two afternoons, with no challenge or pressure.
Until Then
- In common: story
When you fancy a long, calm story to follow chapter by chapter, like a TV series.
Pentiment
- In common: story
When you fancy reading at a leisurely pace and weighing up difficult decisions.
How we pick them
We compare the tags the Steam community gives each game with our own classification: what you do (action, story, building…), the difficulty, how long sessions last and whether you play alone or with others. Nobody pays to appear.
About Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth
A 2D point-and-click adventure based on Ken Follett's novel: in 12th-century England you play as Jack, Aliena and Philip, whose lives revolve around building a cathedral. Your decisions can cost some side characters their lives.
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