The Silent Protagonist Zone

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

Latest Standouts

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

DRAGON QUEST MONSTERS: The Dark Prince - Players say: Unable to harm monsters, Psaro recruits and fuses them into teams for turn-based battles across Nadiria’s changing seasons. Players like: Satisfying Monster Synthesis · Flexible Team Building · Dragon Quest Monsters ·
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DRAGON QUEST MONSTERS: The Dark Prince comes to Steam®! Recruit monsters from the DQ series, synthesize new creatures and compose your ideal team.

Despair: Blood Curse - A third-person survival horror game featuring non-linear gameplay, puzzles, and enemies from the depths of hell. When Anna's mother passes away from a sudden illness, she receives a worrying letter from her sister suggesting that not all is as it seems. Will she uncover the truth?
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.
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.
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!
Red Wings: Aces of the Sky - Players say: Fly WWI arcade missions as a pilot in the Red Baron’s era, dogfighting, bombing targets, and upgrading your skills. Players like: Arcade Dogfights · Comic-Style Visuals · Local Co-op ·
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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!

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Oct 13, 2020
70% 👍
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Discounted 25% or more right now, limited to well-reviewed games, steepest cuts first.

A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead - Players say: Guide a young survivor through an alien-overrun world, using silence, careful movement, and distractions to evade sound-hunting creatures. Players like: Tense, Eerie Atmosphere · Immersive Sound Design · Silence-Based Stealth ·
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A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead is a single-player horror adventure game inspired by the critically acclaimed blockbuster movie franchise. Survive in silence.

Hidden Gems

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

Roundabout - Players say: As Georgio, a chauffeur whose limousine never stops spinning, ferry passengers through hazards and pursue a bizarre rise to fame. Players like: Absurd Humor · FMV Scenes · Spinning-Limo Driving ·
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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!

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Sep 18, 2014
94% 👍
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Helen's Mysterious Castle - Players say: On a floating island, Helen explores a labyrinthine castle, duels monsters with swappable weapons, and searches for her origins. Players like: Strategic Duel Combat · Charming Story And Cast · Rewarding Hidden Secrets ·
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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.

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Mar 18, 2016
93% 👍
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Dead - The universe wants you dead. Take on the ten great spirits of the universe in this intense boss fighting challenge!
Jump Off The Bridge - An absurd retro-platformer that tests your patience.
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.
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?
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.
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?

Top Rated

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

Half-Life 2 - Players say: As Gordon Freeman, fight the Combine across occupied Earth using firearms, environmental physics, and improvised weapons. Players like: Gravity Gun Physics · City 17 Atmosphere · Varied Level Design ·
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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.

Kero Blaster - Players say: Play a frog janitor sent to clear monsters from broken company teleporters in a stage-based, gun-focused platform adventure. Players like: Weapon Variety · Meaningful Upgrades · Pixel Art And Music ·
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C&F Inc. teleporters are going offline all over the place, and it's up to an intrepid frog employee to fix the situation.