Best Interactive Movie

Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom is an interactive movie released in 1996 by Origin Systems. It combines cinematic Full Motion Video segments starring recognizable actors like Mark Hamill and Malcolm McDowell with player-driven choices that impact the storyline. Players assume the role of Cap...

Wolves in the Walls is an interactive VR animated movie experience. Based on the Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean story, it offers a unique narrative where players directly influence the unfolding events within a troubled family’s home. The game utilizes AI to create a responsive character named Lucy, ad...

“Welcome to Pine Point” is an interactive movie created by the National Film Board of Canada. It explores the history of Pine Point, a once-thriving British Columbia mining town that was abandoned in 1952. The project is notable for pioneering the use of interactive storytelling within documentary f...

Prison Valley is an interactive movie created in 2010 exploring the unique situation of Cañon City, Colorado. The project, by David Dufresne and Philippe Brault, investigates how the town’s proximity to numerous correctional facilities—including Florence Reformatory—has profoundly shaped its demogra...

“Take This Lollipop” is an innovative 2011 interactive horror short film created by Jason Zada. It utilizes Facebook data to generate a uniquely unsettling experience for each viewer, placing them within a personalized narrative of stalking and suspense. The project’s success demonstrated the potent...

The Walking Dead: Season 2 (Telltale) is an interactive drama where players control Clementine as she navigates a ravaged Georgia after the zombie apocalypse. This choice-based adventure expands upon the original series’ narrative, focusing on Clementine's growth and survival skills. It’s designed f...

A 2022 Netflix interactive sci-fi comedy special starring YouTuber Markiplier, serving as a sequel to A Heist with Markiplier with an expanded branching narrative.

Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within is a 1995 full-motion video (FMV) adventure game developed and published by Sierra On-Line. The second installment in the Gabriel Knight series, it follows writer-turned-detective Gabriel Knight and his assistant Grace Nakimura as they investigate werewolf legends...

A 2014 interactive short film that uses a split-screen format to present simultaneous parallel outcomes of a couple's argument, letting viewers navigate between storylines.

A Heist with Markiplier is a 2019 interactive comedy special created for YouTube by Mark Fischbach, the creator known online as Markiplier. The special uses YouTube's interactive video features to allow viewers to make choices that determine the direction of a comedic heist narrative, leading to mul...

The Pandora Directive is a 1996 full-motion video (FMV) adventure game developed and published by Access Software. It is the fourth installment in the Tex Murphy series and the direct sequel to Under a Killing Moon. The narrative follows private investigator Tex Murphy as he navigates a post-apocaly...

Black Dahlia is a 1998 full-motion video (FMV) mystery adventure game published by Take-Two Interactive, set in Cleveland, Ohio during the 1940s. The player controls a government agent investigating a chain of murders tied to the real-life unsolved killing of Elizabeth Short, blended with Nazi occul...

The Walking Dead: Season Two is a 2013 episodic graphic adventure game developed and published by Telltale Games. Based on the comic book series of the same name, the game consists of five episodes that follow a young girl named Clementine as she navigates a zombie apocalypse. The narrative adapts t...

Return to Zork is a graphic adventure game released in 1993 by Activision, marking a major transition for the historically text-based Zork franchise into the multimedia era. Originally released on CD-ROM, the game features a first-person, pseudo-3D environment navigated by point-and-click mechanics...

Batman: The Enemy Within is an episodic point-and-click adventure game developed and published by Telltale Games in 2017. As the second season in Telltale's Batman series, it continues the narrative arc of Bruce Wayne and his vigilante persona. The game features the return of the Joker and presents...

Under a Killing Moon is a full-motion video (FMV) adventure game developed and published by Access Software in 1994. The game follows the story of private investigator Tex Murphy as he solves a complex murder mystery in a post-World War III San Francisco. It is notable for its early use of real-time...

1996 FMV adventure game by Hue Forest Entertainment in which the player investigates paranormal phenomena at a house using a ghost-detecting recording device.

A 2019 cinematic VR spy thriller by Scatter that places the viewer in the role of a CIA operative, notable for combining live-action footage with interactive branching choices.

Anime-style laserdisc arcade game by Data East (1985), featuring car-chase sequences animated by Toei Animation and later ported to Sega CD as Road Avenger.

A 2014 interactive documentary web series examining the global threat of cyber warfare, using multimedia elements to immerse viewers in scenarios of digital conflict.

A 2005 cinematic adventure game by Quantic Dream directed by David Cage, pioneering the interactive drama genre with branching narrative and quick-time events.

Released in 1983 by Cinematronics, Dragon's Lair is a revolutionary arcade game utilizing LaserDisc technology to feature traditionally animated gameplay by Don Bluth.

Developed by INTERIOR/NIGHT and released in 2022, this interactive crime drama spans multiple decades, exploring the impact of a botched Arizona robbery.

A 2015 FMV detective adventure by Baggy Cat Productions where players interview live-action suspects and expose contradictions in their statements to solve a murder.

2015–2016 episodic FMV mystery game by Prologue Games presented as a three-act theatrical stage production, set in a corrupt Florida swamp town.

A 1998 FMV adventure game by Access Software serving as a prequel to the Tex Murphy series, starring Chris Jones alongside returning cast from prior entries.

Originally released in 1992 by ICOM Simulations, this full-motion video game challenges players to solve Victorian-era murder mysteries using a vast database of live-action clips.

Released on Netflix in 2020, this interactive comedy special concludes the sitcom created by Tina Fey, letting viewers guide the protagonist's rescue mission.

Created by Malaysian studio Kaigan Games in 2017, this found-footage horror game tasks players with exploring a missing woman's smartphone.