The best storytelling games - making up stories 2023
Looking for a really good game where you have to invent stories? Then we have just the thing for you: the list of the best storytelling games 2023.
What are storytelling games?
In narrative games, players are given conceptual, written, or pictorial prompts that must be incorporated into a creation story by the players. Once upon a time uses an assortment of words, while the Rory's Story Cubes series include ambiguous symbols. Some games, such as Snake Oil and The Big Idea, ask players to design a product, which often takes the form of a short story or vignette.
Other narrative games include titles such as Tales of the Arabian Nights and Above and Below, game concepts in which players do not create their own stories but experience a story from within as one of the participants. Games in this sense might present players with a specific narrative situation, after which the player makes a choice that affects which end of the narrative is told - with the results of that narrative affecting the player's position in the game.
List of the best storytelling games 2023
Dixit: Odyssey
Nominated for 5 awards and won 3.
More details for Dixit: Odyssey- 3 - 12 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
👍 Good price!24€ at.de
MicroMacro: Crime City – Full House
Nominated for 4 awards.
More details for MicroMacro: Crime City – Full House- 1 - 4 Players
- 15 - 45 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Immediately playable
Dixit
- 3 - 8 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
👍 Good price!25€ at.de
Deception: Murder in Hong Kong
- 4 - 12 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Easy to learn
Lands of Galzyr
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Lands of Galzyr- 1 - 4 Players
- 60 - 150 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Easy to learn
Detective Club
Nominated for 6 awards and won 3.
More details for Detective Club- 4 - 8 Players
- 45 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Video reviews for Detective Club
Destinies
Nominated for 8 awards and won 3.
More details for Destinies- 1 - 3 Players
- 90 - 150 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Easy to learn
Legacy of Dragonholt
- 1 - 6 Players
- 60 - 999 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Immediately playable
Forgotten Waters
Nominated for 8 awards and won 1.
More details for Forgotten Waters- 3 - 7 Players
- 120 - 240 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Easy to learn
👍 Good price!30€ at.de
My First Adventure: Finding the Dragon
Nominated for 3 awards and won 1.
More details for My First Adventure: Finding the Dragon- 1 - 5 Players
- 10 - 20 Minutes
- 4+ years old
- Immediately playable
Chronicles of Crime: 1900
- 1 - 4 Players
- 60 - 90 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Easy to learn
Mutabo
- 3 - 6 Players
- 25 - 45 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Immediately playable
👍 Good price!19€ at.de
Chronicles of Crime
Nominated for 15 awards and won 5.
More details for Chronicles of Crime- 1 - 4 Players
- 60 - 90 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Easy to learn
Video reviews for Chronicles of Crime
When I Dream
Nominated for 6 awards and won 2.
More details for When I Dream- 4 - 10 Players
- 20 - 40 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Video reviews for When I Dream
Kids Chronicles: Quest for the Moon Stones
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Kids Chronicles: Quest for the Moon Stones- 1 - 4 Players
- 30 - 45 Minutes
- 7+ years old
- Immediately playable
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Nominated for 9 awards.
⭐️ Nominated for Spiel des Jahres 2021
More details for The Adventures of Robin Hood- 2 - 4 Players
- 60 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
👍 Good price!34€ at.de
The King's Dilemma
Nominated for 7 awards.
⭐️ Nominated for Kennerspiel des Jahres 2020
More details for The King's Dilemma- 3 - 5 Players
- 45 - 60 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Easy to learn
Video reviews for The King's Dilemma
Witness
- 4 Players
- 15 Minutes
- 13+ years old
- Immediately playable
Video reviews for Witness
Chronicles of Crime: 1400
Nominated for 2 awards.
More details for Chronicles of Crime: 1400- 1 - 4 Players
- 60 - 90 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Easy to learn
Mysterium
Nominated for 14 awards and won 6.
More details for Mysterium- 2 - 7 Players
- 42 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
👍 Good price!32€ at.de
Unlock!: Timeless Adventures
- 1 - 6 Players
- 60 - 90 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Mysterium Park
Nominated for 3 awards and won 1.
More details for Mysterium Park- 2 - 6 Players
- 30 - 45 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Immediately playable
Unlock! Kids: Detective Stories
Nominated for 2 awards and won 1.
More details for Unlock! Kids: Detective Stories- 1 - 4 Players
- 20 - 60 Minutes
- 6+ years old
- Easy to learn
Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: The Baker Street Irregulars
- 1 - 8 Players
- 90 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Easy to learn
Video reviews for Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: The Baker Street Irregulars
Mini-Mutabo
- 3 - 6 Players
- 25 - 45 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Immediately playable
Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: Jack the Ripper & West End Adventures
- 1 - 8 Players
- 60 - 120 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Video reviews for Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: Jack the Ripper & West End Adventures
Snake Oil
Nominated for 1 award and won 1.
More details for Snake Oil- 3 - 10 Players
- 20 - 30 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Immediately playable
Unlock!: Heroic Adventures
- 1 - 6 Players
- 60 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Sleeping Gods
Nominated for 13 awards and won 4.
More details for Sleeping Gods- 1 - 4 Players
- 60 - 1200 Minutes
- 13+ years old
- Medium difficulty
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