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Jun 2, 2015 · So Many More. The 11 games on this list are only a sampling of the games based on or inspired by books. There are also the Tom Clancy games, Sherlock Holmes games, and Lord of the Rings games ...
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- 101 votes. Assassin's Creed. BOOK IT'S BASED ON: Alamut by Vladimir Bartol (1938) Vladimir Bartol's Alamut is a less than flattering portrayal of the Hashshashin, a medieval band of warriors and assassins, but it serves as the inspiration for Assassin's Creed nonetheless.
- 100 votes. BioShock. BOOK IT'S BASED ON: Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand (1957) Ayn Rand's system of objectivism is everywhere in BioShock. In both Atlas Shrugged and 2K's hugely influential shooter, a society of brilliant minds secludes itself away from the ungrateful world.
- 74 votes. The Witcher. BOOK IT'S BASED ON: The Witcher series by Andrzej Sapkowski (1994) The Witcher is one of the more direct book-to-game adaptations, but even it is quite different than its literary inspiration.
- 43 votes. Parasite Eve. BOOK IT'S BASED ON: Parasite Eve by Hideaki Sena (1995) Hideaki Sena's Parasite Eve is an interesting case--the game isn't an adaptation, because it's actually the canonical sequel to the novel.
- Metro Series
- Vampire Hunter D
- Dune
- The Witcher Series
- World War Z
- Stalker Series
- Conan Exiles
- Call of Cthulhu
- Discworld Noir
- The Lord of The Rings Online
Now a hugely popular franchise, the first installment in this series was the dystopian 2005 novel Metro 2033 by Russian author Dmitry Glukhovsky. A vast range of fiction has since spawned from the setting, several different authors, and a range of genres. But the FPS video games Metro 2033, Metro: Last Light, and 2019's Metro Exodus have helped mak...
While this 2000 PlayStation title didn't receive much critical acclaim, Vampire Hunter D was an exciting take on the Resident Evil style of survival horror game that tried to introduce a bit more dynamism to the combat. But the vampire's castle setting was inspired by the Vampire Hunter D novels of Japanese author Hideyuki Kikuchi, which have also ...
Frank Herbert's original Dune novel may date back to 1965, but it has regularly been the inspiration for board, roleplaying, and video games ever since, as well as films and television series. The 1992 Amiga and PC game was genuinely epic by the standards of the day, becoming a huge hit. It largely follows the book's plot, using RTS and adventure g...
Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski had his first collection of short stories, The Witcher, published in 1990. There have been six novels and 15 short stories about the antihero Geralt of Rivia in total, but many fans will be more familiar with the television series and popular ARPGs. The games have wowed fans across multiple platforms, with 2015's The...
While best known to many as a hit Hollywood movie, World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War was first released as a novel by American author Max Brooks in 2006. But it wasn't until 2019 that the multi-platform co-operative third-person shooter arrived. It took inspiration from both the book and the film and was praised for its combat mechanic...
Loosely based on Soviet authors Arkady and Boris Strugatsky's novel Roadside Picnic, the first STALKER game was released in 2007. The survival horror FPS was a huge hit, with the book's original extra-terrestrial setting replaced with a starkly realistic Chernobyl backdrop. Two more highly acclaimed titles followed, with STALKER 2: Heart of Chernob...
When you think of Conan, it's hard not to imagine Schwarzenegger in all his 1980s glory. But the character dates back to 1932 when Robert E Howard originally created the swords and sorcery hero for a series of stories published in the magazine Weird Tales. RPG Conan Exiles was released in 2018, creating a harsh landscape based on the lands of the p...
The original Call of Cthulhu short story, written by HP Lovecraft, was published in 1928 in Weird Tales, just four years before the first Conan stories appeared in the same magazine. Practically ignored at the time, Lovecraft's Cthulhu mythos rose to public attention in the 1980s, years after his death, inspiring games of all kinds. The most recent...
Video game Discworld Noir arrived on PC and PlayStation in 1999, while English author Terry Pratchett was still at the peak of his writing powers. As the noir in the title suggests, the game is based around Discworld's only PI and parodies genre classics, including The Maltese Falcon. Pratchett himself helped work on the adventure game, with its ex...
While many games have drawn inspiration, either directly or indirectly, from Tolkien's novels, none have done a better job of recreating Middle Earththan The Lord of the Rings Online. The MMORPG sees characters progressing through the same storyline as the main characters but largely at a tangent from them, occasionally meeting up with the protagon...
- The Last Wish (The Witcher, #0.5) by Andrzej Sapkowski.
- Metro 2033 (Metro, #1) by Dmitry Glukhovsky (Goodreads Author)
- The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1) by Douglas Adams.
- Harry Potter Series Box Set (Harry Potter, #1-7) by J.K. Rowling.
- Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life (Scott Pilgrim, #1) by Bryan Lee O'Malley (Writer, Artist)
- The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #2) by C.S. Lewis.
- Rainbow Six (John Clark, #2; Jack Ryan Universe, #10) by Tom Clancy.
- Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll.
Sep 14, 2016 · Star Wars Outlaws. Black Myth: Wukong. Helldivers 2. Gaming Industry. Game Development. Books we'd love to see made into games. Features. By PC Gamer. published 14 September 2016.
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Despite Sapkowski distancing himself from the games made by CD Projekt Red, they have clearly had a positive impact on the popularity of the books which have now been adapted into a Netflix series ...
