The Storyteller’s Festival is a third-party event curated by Two and a Half Studios, which is an indie outlet from Australia. They make their own visual novels, and also host this event each year, which aims to highlight games that place an emphasis on storytelling.
There are games across a wide variety of genres. Some of these games do focus entirely on storytelling, while others use a mix of story and gameplay elements to keep the game moving.
Either way, it’s nice to have an event focused entirely on the narrative aspect of games, because with the live-service culture that is dominant in the industry right now, it can be tough for smaller studios that are making narrative games to find a large audience.
The event features more than 400 titles, and that includes games that have already been out for a while, as well as upcoming games. In this video, I have handpicked five upcoming games that I found to be quite interesting, and which all have demos available that you can try right now. Please note that the event runs until February 25, 2025, so depending on when you’re watching this video, the demos for these games may or may not be available. That decision is usually taken by the developers.
Now, in alphabetical order, here are five upcoming games to check out in the storyteller’s festival:
- Abashed – https://store.steampowered.com/app/3116230/Abashed/
- Anomalistic Revolution – https://store.steampowered.com/app/2168120/Anomalistic_Revolution/
- Cairn – https://store.steampowered.com/app/1588550/Cairn/
- Fishbowl – https://store.steampowered.com/app/1638070/Fishbowl/
- Misgiven – https://store.steampowered.com/app/2475620/Misgiven/
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