Games based on a novel sorted by year, newest first

A lot of old games were based on a book, being it a novel or even a short story. Some novels that inspired developers to create video games are The Lords of the Rings (by J. R. R. Tolkien, Rendez Vous with Rama (by Arthur Clarke), The Mist (by Stephen King).

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The Fourth Protocol

DOS19874/5 The Electronic Pencil Co.

The Hunt for Red October

DOSMac19874.1/5 Oxford Digital Enterprises

The Fellowship of the Ring

DOS19864.1/5 Beam Software

9 Princes in Amber

DOS19854.1/5 Telarium

Rendezvous with Rama

DOS19853.7/5 Telarium

The mist

DOS19853.9/5 Angelsoft

The Wizard of Oz

DOS19853.9/5 Windham Classics

Treasure Island

DOS19853.5/5 Byron Preiss Video Productions

Below The Root

DOS19843.7/5 Dale Disharoon, Inc.

Below the root is an atipycal early 2 dimensional adventure game based on the Zilpha Keatley Snyder novels: the Green Sky Trilogy. The player can choose one of many characters, each with different skills and embark in a quest to eliminate the distrust between two races: the Erdling and the Kindar.

Farenheit 451

DOS19843.4/5 Telarium

ICON: Quest for the Ring

DOS19843.6/5 Macrocom

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

DOSMac1984freeware4.2/5 Infocom

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a humorous free text adventure game based on the novel of the same name written by Douglas Adams (if you never read it, shame on you!). The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy was designed by Douglas Adams himself and interactive fiction god Steve Eric Meretzky, it was released by Infocom in 1984 for DOS and for...