The Silent Protagonist Zone

Games starring a player character who speaks little or not at all.

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Recent releases that landed well, newest first, filtered to games with enough reviews to trust the score.

DRAGON QUEST MONSTERS: The Dark Prince - DRAGON QUEST MONSTERS: The Dark Prince comes to Steam®! Recruit monsters from the DQ series, synthesize new creatures and compose your ideal team.

Sep 11, 2024

74% 👍

of 1.2k

$39.99 on Steam More Detail

JANITOR BLEEDS - Enter the abandoned arcade after your car has crashed, and the shelter you were looking for is trying to eat you alive in this dark mystery-horror adventure. Solve mysteries, keep JANITOR satisfied, and always be aware of what's behind your back.

Apr 7, 2022

86% 👍

of 274

Exploration · Puzzle · Silent Protagonist · 3D · First-Person · Horror · Action · Psychological Horror · Surreal · Story Rich · Controller · Multiple Endings · Pixel Graphics · Thriller · Investigation

$12.99 -85% $1.94 on Steam More Detail

Maskmaker - In an all new mysterious universe built by the developers of the award-winning A Fisherman's Tale, you play as a Maskmaker's apprentice and learn the magic of crafting masks to immerse yourself in the intriguing enigmatic beings within the game.

Apr 20, 2021

93% 👍

of 322

VR · Adventure · Puzzle · Stylized · Open World · Silent Protagonist · Nonlinear · Interactive Fiction · Story Rich · Fantasy · Indie · Physics · Atmospheric · Singleplayer · Cinematic

$9.99 on Steam More Detail

The Witch & The 66 Mushrooms - An all-new Metroidvania-style game developed using Pixel Game Maker MV! Make use of a variety of weapons as you traverse sprawling stages on a mission to take back your brother's body from the witch who stole it!

Nov 7, 2020

87% 👍

of 200

Metroidvania · Side Scroller · Beat 'em up · Character Action Game · Exploration · Platformer · Female Protagonist · Silent Protagonist · 2D · Cute · Action · Pixel Graphics · Retro · Singleplayer · Indie

$6.99 on Steam More Detail

Red Wings: Aces of the Sky - Red Wings: Aces of the Sky is an arcade action game that puts you in the middle of WWI aerial battles. Accompany the legendary Red Baron and cheat death on your way to victory!

Oct 13, 2020

70% 👍

of 792

Action · Shooter · Third Person · Arcade · Military · Simulation · First-Person · Strategy · War · Sci-fi · Story Rich · Singleplayer · Flight · Multiplayer · Anime

$19.99 on Steam More Detail

Discounted 25% or more right now, limited to well-reviewed games, steepest cuts first.

A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead - A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead is a single-player horror adventure game inspired by the critically acclaimed blockbuster movie franchise. Survive in silence.

Oct 17, 2024

75% 👍

of 2.5k

Stealth · Survival Horror · Horror · Female Protagonist · First-Person · Walking Simulator · Thriller · Post-apocalyptic · Story Rich · Atmospheric · Adventure · Linear · Emotional · Cinematic · Aliens

$29.99 -67% $9.89 on Steam More Detail

Well-liked but under-played: strong scores, small review counts.

Roundabout - Drive a constantly spinning limousine around town! Roundabout is a '70s B-Movie game where you pick up passengers, find secret collectibles, take on dangerous missions, and fall in love in a far out open world puzzle adventure - all while driving a revolving limo!

Sep 18, 2014

94% 👍

of 620

FMV · Indie · Driving · Comedy · Female Protagonist · Casual · Silent Protagonist · Funny · Action · Adventure · Puzzle · Singleplayer · Open World · Automobile Sim · LGBTQ

$9.99 on Steam More Detail

Helen's Mysterious Castle - A young girl with a hidden past sets off on an epic and mysterious journey in hope of learning more about her own origins in this beautifully rendered, classic-style RPG adventure.

Mar 18, 2016

93% 👍

of 952

RPG · Indie · Female Protagonist · Casual · Anime · JRPG · Pixel Graphics · 2D · Singleplayer · Cute · Great Soundtrack · Fantasy · Retro · Atmospheric · Story Rich

$1.99 on Steam More Detail

Dead - The universe wants you dead. Take on the ten great spirits of the universe in this intense boss fighting challenge!

Apr 6, 2018

91% 👍

of 278

Action · Indie · Difficult · Top-Down Shooter · Bullet Hell · Great Soundtrack · 2D · Horror · Shoot 'Em Up · Twin Stick Shooter · Pixel Graphics · Fast-Paced · Replay Value · Boss Rush · Singleplayer

$4.99 on Steam More Detail

Jump Off The Bridge - An absurd retro-platformer that tests your patience.

May 1, 2019

88% 👍

of 258

Indie · Action · Early Access · Adventure · Pixel Graphics · Difficult · Platformer · 2D Platformer · Puzzle Platformer · Singleplayer · Side Scroller · 2D · Dark Humor · Funny · Retro

$7.99 on Steam More Detail

Picklock - Join exciting adventure of escaping from cops. Be tricky and use your skills to complete your missions in green town. If you’re successful, you can enjoy well-deserved vacation at the seaside.

May 7, 2020

87% 👍

of 491

Simulation · Real Time Tactics · Heist · Indie · Crime · Adventure · Stealth · Singleplayer · Strategy · Casual · Puzzle · Voxel · Controller · Silent Protagonist · Tactical

$19.99 -90% $1.99 on Steam More Detail

Immortal Defense - Immortal Defense is a story-driven tower defense game in which you give up your body and life to become an immortal "path defender", and defend your home world from destruction, forever. The game takes place over millions of years. Is there anything you would give up everything to defend?

Aug 31, 2015

86% 👍

of 219

Indie · Strategy · Action · Tower Defense · Space · Sci-fi · Great Soundtrack · Story Rich · Atmospheric · Transhumanism · Dark · Difficult · Psychedelic · Abstract · Level Editor

$9.99 -88% $1.19 on Steam More Detail

Prominence - When the interstellar mission to colonize a new world goes terribly awry, the fate of the Letarri people falls into the hands of a lone adventurer. Now it's up to you to unravel the mystery of what happened. Can you save them and their mission, or is it already too late?

Nov 6, 2015

85% 👍

of 156

Adventure · Indie · Casual · Sci-fi · Point & Click · Puzzle · First-Person · Space · Mystery · Atmospheric · Singleplayer · Classic · Story Rich · Artificial Intelligence · Investigation

$19.99 on Steam More Detail

Strange Telephone - Strange Telephone is a 2D adventure game in which the player explores strange worlds created with merely 6 digits, and has multiple endings.

Jan 21, 2019

83% 👍

of 366

Indie · Adventure · Casual · Pixel Graphics · Female Protagonist · Surreal · 2D · Atmospheric · Singleplayer · Psychological · Cute · Point & Click · Silent Protagonist · Great Soundtrack · Exploration

$4.99 on Steam More Detail

Defining examples of the genre, all rated 85%+ across 1,000+ reviews.

Half-Life 2 - Reawakened from stasis in the occupied metropolis of City 17, Gordon Freeman is joined by Alyx Vance as he leads a desperate human resistance. Experience the landmark first-person shooter packed with immersive world-building, boundary-pushing physics, and exhilarating combat.