Best Photography Game
Viewfinder is a first-person puzzle game developed by Sad Owl Studios and released in 2023. The core mechanic allows players to take photographs, polaroids, and drawings and place them into the 3D environment, instantly converting the flat images into explorable three-dimensional spaces. Players use...
Pokémon Snap is a 1999 video game developed by HAL Laboratory for the Nintendo 64. It presents real-time 3D renderings of numerous Pokémon, marking one of the first console games within the Pokémon series. The title has been re-released multiple times through Nintendo’s Virtual Console service since...
New Pokémon Snap is a 2021 video game for Nintendo Switch developed by Bandai Namco Studios. Players navigate the Lental archipelago aboard a hovercraft, documenting Pokémon behavior and ecological patterns under the direction of Professor Mirror. The game serves as a sequel to the 1999 title Pokémo...
Afrika is a photography simulation game for the PlayStation 3, developed by Rhino Studios and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. Initially revealed at E3 2006, it shares gameplay similarities with Nintendo 64’s Pokémon Snap. Natsume Inc. handled distribution in North America.
Touhou 9.5: Shoot the Bullet is a Windows danmaku spinoff created by ZUN. The player controls the tengu reporter Aya Shameimaru, who advances by photographing bosses and their bullet arrangements instead of defeating them with ordinary attacks. Each photograph requires positioning Aya and her camera...
Touhou 12.5: Double Spoiler is a Windows photography game created by ZUN and released in 2010. The player controls Aya Shameimaru or Hatate Himekaidou and advances by photographing bosses while avoiding their attacks and bullet patterns. The game expands the photography format associated with the ea...
A 2018 photography spinoff by ZUN featuring Sumireko Usami documenting bullet patterns across recurring nightmares, continuing the Shoot the Bullet formula.
