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Literature-inspired gamesGroup DescriptionGames 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 |
| Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles Adventure Game | 1995 | Windows, Windows 3.x | Simon & Schuster Interactive | 3.60 |
| Raymond E. Feist's Return to Krondor | 1998 | Windows | Sierra On-Line, Inc. | 3.63 |
| Rebel Planet | 1986 | Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum | Adventuresoft UK Ltd. | 2.80 |
| Red Storm Rising | 1988 | Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS | MicroProse Software, Inc. | 3.57 |
| Rendezvous with Rama | 1984 | Apple II, Commodore 64, DOS, MSX | Trillium Corp. | 3.12 |
| Return of the Phantom | 1993 | DOS | MicroProse Software, Inc. | 3.60 |
| Return to Mysterious Island | 2004 | iPhone, Macintosh, Symbian, Windows, Windows Mobile | The Adventure Company | 3.49 |
| Return to Ringworld | 1994 | DOS | Tsunami Media, Inc. | 2.94 |
| Richard Scarry's Busytown | 1999 | Macintosh, Windows | Simon & Schuster Interactive | 3.67 |
| Richard Scarry's BusyTown | 1994 | Genesis | SEGA of America, Inc. | ... |
| Ringworld: Revenge of the Patriarch | 1992 | DOS | Tsunami Media, Inc. | 3.34 |
| Robinson Crusoe | 1987 | Amstrad CPC | Coktel Vision | 3.00 |
| Robinson Crusoe | 2001 | Macintosh, Windows | Tivola Publishing, Inc. | ... |
| Robot City | 1995 | Windows, Windows 3.x | Byron Preiss Multimedia Company, Inc. | 2.27 |
| Robots of Dawn | 1984 | Apple II, Commodore 64 | Epyx, Inc. | ... |
| Romance of the Three Kingdoms | 1986 | Amiga, DOS, J2ME, MSX, NES, SNES, WonderSwan | KOEI Co., Ltd. | 3.52 |
| Romance of the Three Kingdoms II | 1990 | Amiga, DOS, Genesis, MSX, NES, SNES | KOEI Corporation | 3.23 |
| Romance of the Three Kingdoms III: Dragon of Destiny | 1992 | DOS, Genesis, SEGA CD, SNES, TurboGrafx CD | KOEI Corporation | 3.78 |
| Romance of the Three Kingdoms IV: Wall of Fire | 1994 | PlayStation, SEGA 32X, SEGA Saturn, SNES, Wii, Windows, Windows 3.x | KOEI Co., Ltd. | 3.30 |
| Romance of the Three Kingdoms IX | 2003 | PlayStation 2, Windows | KOEI Co., Ltd. | 4.00 |
| Romance of the Three Kingdoms V | 1996 | DOS, Genesis, PlayStation, SEGA Saturn, Windows | KOEI Co., Ltd. | 4.21 |
| Romance of the Three Kingdoms VI: Awakening of the Dragon | 1999 | Dreamcast, PlayStation | KOEI Co., Ltd. | 3.97 |
| Romance of the Three Kingdoms VII | 2000 | PlayStation 2, Windows | KOEI Co., Ltd. | 4.54 |
| Romance of the Three Kingdoms VIII | 2002 | PlayStation 2, Windows | KOEI Co., Ltd. | 4.67 |
| Ronja Räubertochter | 2000 | Windows | Oetinger Interaktiv | ... |
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