Literature-inspired games
Group Description
Games based off works of literature, previously published, and characters from those works. This can include novels and short stories, published in books, magazines, in e-books or even online as text.
Limitations:
- If the game directly references content or design from another adaptation of literature, such as a Movie, it is no longer considered to be based "solely" off the original literature and is instead based off of the new derivative work;
- Books and other literature which has been written, 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 don't 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.
For the related but distinct group of games which inspired books in turn, please consult the games made into books group.
Game Title | Year | Platform | Publisher | MobyScore |
| Lu Ding Ji | 1994 | DOS | Soft-World | ... |
| Magic School Bus Discovers Flight | 2001 | Windows | Microsoft Corporation | 3.67 |
| The Magic School Bus Explores Bugs | 2000 | Windows | Microsoft Corporation | 3.86 |
| Magic School Bus Explores the World of Animals | 2002 | Windows | Microsoft Games Studios | 3.57 |
| Magic School Bus in Concert | 2000 | Windows | Microsoft Corporation | 3.43 |
| Magic School Bus Lands on Mars | 2000 | Windows | Microsoft Corporation | 3.71 |
| Magic School Bus Volcano Adventure | 2001 | Windows | Microsoft Corporation | 4.00 |
| Magic School Bus Whales and Dolphins | 2001 | Windows | Microsoft Corporation | 3.57 |
| Megafortress | 1991 | Amiga, DOS | Three-Sixty Pacific, Inc. | 4.22 |
| Mercer Mayer's Little Critter and the Great Race | 2001 | Macintosh, Windows | Infogrames Interactive, Inc. | 4.67 |
| Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel | 1996 | Windows, Windows 3.x | Houghton Mifflin Interactive Corporation | 3.71 |
| Mindfighter | 1988 | Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, ZX Spectrum | Activision, Inc. | ... |
| Miss Spider's Scavenger Hunt | 2006 | Macintosh, Windows | The Game Factory ApS | 3.75 |
| Miss Spider's Tea Party | 1999 | PlayStation, Windows | Simon & Schuster Interactive | 2.67 |
| The Mist | 1985 | Apple II, DOS | Mindscape, Inc. | 4.00 |
| Modernism | 1995 | Macintosh | | 1.75 |
| More Dark Fables from Aesop | 1992 | CD-i | Philips Interactive Media, Inc. | ... |
| The Mummy Mystery | 2001 | Macintosh, Windows | Infogrames Interactive, Inc. | 4.00 |
| Mystery Legends: Sleepy Hollow | 2008 | Windows | Big Fish Games, Inc | 2.00 |
| The Mystery of the Mummy | 2002 | Nintendo DS, Windows | DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. | 1.64 |
| The Mystery of the Nautilus | 2002 | Windows | The Adventure Company | 2.53 |
| Nancy Drew 75th Anniversary Edition | 2006 | Windows | The Adventure Company | ... |
| Nancy Drew Adventure Pack | 2009 | Windows | Her Interactive, Inc. | ... |
| Nancy Drew: Curse of Blackmoor Manor | 2004 | Windows | Her Interactive, Inc. | 3.70 |
| Nancy Drew: Danger by Design | 2006 | Windows | Her Interactive, Inc. | 3.78 |
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