Inspiration: Literature
Group Description
This group contains games based on previously published works of literature and characters from those works. This can include novels, short stories, or any other form of written fiction, published in books, plays, magazines, in e-books or even online as text.
Limitations
- If the game directly references content or design from another adaptation of a literary work (such as a movie), it is no longer considered to be based solely on the original work and is instead based on the new derivative work.
- Works of literature which are based on an already existing game are not eligible for this group. In those cases the literature is inspired by the game, not the other way around.
- Legendary characters such as Zeus, King Arthur or Robin Hood are based on a loose series of tales and mythology. For that reason, different materials have sprung up with completely different retellings and the characters themselves do not really apply to any particular piece of literature. These can only be included in this group if the game references a specific book, author, or story.
- Games which merely re-create the atmosphere of a certain author or set of stories are not to be included in this group.
Sub-Groups: Authors
Sub-Groups: Books
Related Game Groups
| Game Title | Year | Platform | Publisher | MobyScore |
| American McGee's Grimm: The Pied Piper | 2008 | Windows | GameTap LLC | 3.50 |
| American McGee's Grimm: The Golden Goose | 2008 | Windows | GameTap LLC | 3.50 |
| American McGee's Grimm: Beauty and the Beast | 2008 | Windows | GameTap LLC | 3.43 |
| Women's Murder Club: Death in Scarlet | 2008 | BlackBerry, BREW, iPhone, J2ME, Macintosh, Windows, Windows Phone | Elephant Entertainment, LLC | 3.46 |
| American McGee's Grimm: The Singing Bone | 2008 | Windows | GameTap LLC | 3.50 |
| American McGee's Grimm: A Christmas Carol | 2008 | Windows | GameTap LLC | 3.75 |
| Dracula: Origin | 2008 | Windows | The Adventure Company | 3.56 |
| American McGee's Grimm: The Master Thief | 2008 | Windows | GameTap LLC | 3.50 |
| The Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria (Collector's Edition) | 2008 | Windows | Turbine, Inc. | 2.50 |
| American McGee's Grimm: A Boy Learns What Fear Is | 2008 | Windows | GameTap LLC | 3.04 |
| American McGee's Grimm: The Girl Without Hands | 2008 | Windows | GameTap LLC | 2.53 |
| Remake de La Abadía del Crimen | 2008 | Windows | | ... |
| Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures (Collector's Edition) | 2008 | Windows | Eidos Interactive Ltd. | 0.00 |
| Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (Remastered Edition) | 2008 | Windows | 93GAMES | 4.06 |
| James Bond: Top Agent | 2008 | J2ME | Sony Pictures Mobile | ... |
| Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures (Pre-Order Version) | 2008 | Windows | Eidos Interactive Ltd. | 0.00 |
| American McGee's Grimm: Iron John | 2008 | Windows | GameTap LLC | 3.50 |
| The Count of Monte Cristo | 2008 | Macintosh, Windows | FindHiddenObjects.com | 2.00 |
| The Tomorrow War: Factor K | 2007 | Windows | 1C Company | ... |
| Nancy Drew Double Dare 4 | 2007 | Windows | Her Interactive, Inc. | ... |
| Headless Havoc | 2007 | Browser | | 3.67 |
| Agatha Christie: Death on the Nile | 2007 | Macintosh, Windows | Mindscape SA | 3.80 |
| Sherlock Holmes Trilogy | 2007 | Windows | CITY interactive Sp. z o.o. | 3.00 |
| The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar (Collector's Edition) | 2007 | Windows | Codemasters Online Gaming | 3.67 |
| What Makes You Tick? | 2007 | Linux, Macintosh, Windows | | 4.60 |
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