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 |
| Clifford the Big Red Dog: Reading | 2000 | Macintosh, Windows | Scholastic, Inc. | 2.83 |
| Xin Juedai Shuangjiao 2 | 2000 | Windows | Unistar | 4.29 |
| Odyssey: The Search for Ulysses | 2000 | Windows | DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. | 2.29 |
| Clifford the Big Red Dog: Thinking Adventures | 2000 | Macintosh, Windows | Scholastic, Inc. | 2.83 |
| Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | 2000 | Windows | Joriko Interactive Limited | 4.40 |
| Anne McCaffrey's Freedom: First Resistance | 2000 | Windows | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | 2.29 |
| Magic School Bus Lands on Mars | 2000 | Windows | Microsoft Corporation | 3.71 |
| Oz: The Magical Adventure | 2000 | Macintosh, Windows | DK Interactive Learning | 4.29 |
| Romance of the Three Kingdoms VII | 2000 | PlayStation 2, Windows | KOEI Co., Ltd. | 4.54 |
| Timeline | 2000 | Windows | Eidos, Inc. | 2.69 |
| Ogniem i mieczem | 2000 | Windows | Zodiak Jerzy Hoffman Film Production | ... |
| Shachou Eiyuuden: The Eagle Shooting Heroes | 2000 | PlayStation | SCEI | 1.86 |
| Dracula: The Last Sanctuary | 2000 | Macintosh, PlayStation, Windows | DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. | 3.29 |
| Jekyll & Hyde | 2001 | Windows | DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. | 2.57 |
| Druuna: Morbus Gravis | 2001 | Windows | MC2-Microïds | 2.05 |
| Dragon Riders: Chronicles of Pern | 2001 | Dreamcast, Windows | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | 1.45 |
| Mercer Mayer's Little Critter and the Great Race | 2001 | Macintosh, Windows | Infogrames Interactive, Inc. | 4.67 |
| Gensou Suikoden Card Stories | 2001 | Game Boy Advance | Konami Corporation | 5.00 |
| Nancy Drew: The Final Scene | 2001 | Windows | Her Interactive, Inc. | 3.91 |
| The Mummy Mystery | 2001 | Macintosh, Windows | Infogrames Interactive, Inc. | 4.00 |
| The Book of Three | 2001 | Windows | | 3.67 |
| Robinson Crusoe | 2001 | Macintosh, Windows | Tivola Publishing, Inc. | ... |
| Magic School Bus Whales and Dolphins | 2001 | Windows | Microsoft Corporation | 3.57 |
| Caillou: Magic Playhouse | 2001 | Macintosh, Windows | Riverdeep Interactive Learning Limited | ... |
| Magic School Bus Volcano Adventure | 2001 | Windows | Microsoft Corporation | 4.00 |
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