Games recognized for story, writing, characters, worldbuilding, and narrative design.
Ceremony names grouped here include Best Narrative, Best Story, Narrative Achievement.
Blue Prince
Dragon Age: The Veilguard
Inscryption
Resident Evil Village
Returnal
Fallout 4
Tales from the Borderlands
Far Cry 4
Wolfenstein: The New Order
Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
Red Dead Redemption
Braid
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
Final Fantasy XII
Ōkami
Portal
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
Conker's Bad Fur Day
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
Grim Fandango
Metal Gear Solid
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Black Myth: Wukong
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Deathloop
God of War
Nier: Automata
Dishonored 2
The Last Guardian
Rise of the Tomb Raider
80 Days
BioShock Infinite
Grand Theft Auto V
Far Cry 3
Journey
Mass Effect 3
Spec Ops: The Line
Batman: Arkham City
Alan Wake
Fallout: New Vegas
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Ico
Elden Ring
It Takes Two
Kentucky Route Zero
Outer Wilds
Gone Home
The Stanley Parable
Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
Grand Theft Auto IV
Mass Effect
Unpacking
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Half-Life 2
Ghost of Tsushima
Control
Dishonored
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Return of the Obra Dinn
Batman: Arkham Asylum
BioShock
Psychonauts
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
The Outer Worlds
Mass Effect 2
Fallout 3
Alan Wake II
Immortality
Psychonauts 2
Horizon Zero Dawn
Inside
God of War (2018)
Her Story
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Red Dead Redemption 2
What Remains of Edith Finch
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
The Last of Us Part II
Hades
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Portal 2
God of War Ragnarök
The Last of Us
The Walking Dead
Metaphor: ReFantazio
Baldur's Gate 3
Disco Elysium