Game Groups > Inspiration: Literature

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 recreate the atmosphere of a certain author or set of stories are not to be included in this group.

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Sub-Groups: Books

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Title Released Platforms Genres Moby Score
box cover thumbnail 10:16 2023 Windows, Macintosh Adventure
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box cover thumbnail 1994 (Ten Years After) 1983 Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum Action
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box cover thumbnail 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 1988 DOS, Amiga (+2 more) Adventure
5.5
box cover thumbnail 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 2016 iPad, Android (+1 more) Adventure
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box cover thumbnail 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 2010 Windows, Macintosh Adventure
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box cover thumbnail 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: Captain Nemo 2009 Windows, Macintosh (+2 more) Adventure
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box cover thumbnail 60th Anniversary of Stanislaw Lem's First... 2011 Browser Adventure
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box cover thumbnail 80 Days 2014 Windows, Macintosh (+4 more) Adventure
8.1
box cover thumbnail 80 Days 2005 Windows Adventure
6.4
box cover thumbnail A Color Clown Comes to Town 1997 Windows 3.x, Macintosh Educational
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box cover thumbnail A Day in the Woods 2011 Windows, iPad (+4 more) Puzzle
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box cover thumbnail A Farewell to Dragons 2007 Windows Role-playing (RPG)
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box cover thumbnail A Game of Thrones: Genesis 2011 Windows Strategy
5.8
box cover thumbnail A Little Lily Princess 2016 Windows, Xbox Series (+6 more) Adventure
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box cover thumbnail A Museum of Dubious Splendors 2017 Windows, Linux (+1 more) Adventure
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box cover thumbnail A Series of Unfortunate Events 2005 Windows Puzzle
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box cover thumbnail A Story as You Like It 1995 Browser Adventure
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box cover thumbnail Act of War: Direct Action 2005 Windows Strategy / tactics
8.1
Active Stories: Connie & Bonnie's... 1997 Windows, Macintosh Educational
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Actual Reality 2018 TRS-80 Action, Strategy
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Actual Reality II: Battlestar Raven 2019 TRS-80 Action, Strategy
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box cover thumbnail Adventures of Robinson Crusoe 2009 Windows, iPad Adventure
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box cover thumbnail Adventures of Tom Sawyer 1989 NES Action
4.9
box cover thumbnail Agatha Christie: 4:50 from Paddington 2010 Windows Adventure
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box cover thumbnail Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None 2005 Windows, Wii Adventure
6.8
box cover thumbnail Agatha Christie: Dead Man's Folly 2009 Windows Puzzle
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box cover thumbnail Agatha Christie: Death on the Nile 2007 Windows, Macintosh Adventure
7.1
box cover thumbnail Agatha Christie: Evil Under the Sun 2007 Windows, Wii Adventure
6.8
box cover thumbnail Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express 2006 Windows Adventure
6.9
box cover thumbnail Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express 2023 Windows, Windows Apps (+5 more) Adventure
7.4
box cover thumbnail Agatha Christie: Peril at End House 2007 Windows, Macintosh Adventure
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box cover thumbnail Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures 2008 Windows Role-playing (RPG)
8.0
Age of Conan: Rise of the Godslayer 2010 Windows DLC / Add-on
8.0
box cover thumbnail Akagawa Jirō Mystery: Tsuki no Hikari -... 2002 PlayStation 2, Nintendo DS Adventure
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box cover thumbnail Akagawa Jirō no Yūrei Ressha 1991 NES Adventure
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box cover thumbnail Akagawa Jirō: Yasōkyoku 1998 PlayStation Adventure
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box cover thumbnail Akatsuki no Bizantira 1994 PC-98 Role-playing (RPG)
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Akiko's Trivocum 2005 Windows Strategy
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box cover thumbnail Alabaster 2009 Windows, Macintosh Adventure
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box cover thumbnail Alice au Pays des Merveilles / Rose Girly 2005 Windows Compilation
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box cover thumbnail Alice in Bomberland 2009 iPhone, J2ME Action
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box cover thumbnail Alice In Videoland 1984 Commodore 64 Action
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box cover thumbnail Alice in Wonderland 1985 Commodore 64, Apple II Adventure
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box cover thumbnail Alice in Wonderland 2000 Windows, Macintosh Adventure
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box cover thumbnail Alice in Wonderland 1992 CD-i Adventure
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box cover thumbnail Alice in Wonderland 1989 DOS Adventure
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box cover thumbnail Alice in Wonderland 2016 Wii U, Windows Adventure
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box cover thumbnail Alice in Wonderland 2020 Macintosh, Nintendo Switch (+1 more) Puzzle
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box cover thumbnail Alice in Wonderland 1984 MSX, PC-88 (+7 more) Adventure
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box cover thumbnail Alice in Wonderland: Jigsaw Puzzle 2022 Windows, Macintosh Puzzle
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