Games are better with friends. Narrative or story-driven games are traditionally a single-player experience. However, with the rise of social narrative games, you don’t have to be a lone wolf any more. Social narrative games are all about experiencing a story with your friends along for the ride, often making choices about how things will play out. We wanted to share some that have been getting us excited - -TickTock A Tale for Two [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41825657/05bf464fcfa786e04694251f987ae3ffe56bd039.jpg[/img] We’ve found that playing a puzzle game with other people in the room is an inevitable recipe for frantic gesturing at the television screen, amiable bickering, and an altogether excellent time. TickTock: A Tale For Two does a great job of accentuating this experience by providing each player with differing information and requiring their communication to succeed. It’s interested in being cosy and involved in a way that similar more party-oriented games like Keep Talking And Nobody Explodes fundamentally aren’t. It’s well worth a look. -King of the Castle [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41825657/cef37caad4165f8b929d351f4ed52918e95c97ea.jpg[/img] King of the Castle really plays to the strengths of its medium. By casting you and your friends as monarchs and nobles, before setting you loose scheming against each other, it invites players to bring themselves into the game and build stories and jokes on its excellent foundations. It can be as crunchy as the legacy boardgame meetup you’re still struggling to schedule or as breezy as your lockdown Jackbox sessions. Best of all, it’s full of surprises. -As Dusk Falls [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41825657/d4ebad63c34f029861952468192a1d2f4a2dc78b.jpg[/img] As Dusk Falls is an award-winning entry in the genre of “films you’re supposed to talk over”. There are tons of opportunities to argue with your friends over precisely what to do, and with a maximum of 8 people playing at once, you can get pretty raucous with it. These multiplayer cinematic adventure games feel like they’re developing in an exciting direction, and we can’t wait to see more. -Whispers In The West [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41825657/f642ca26dc67551f7d23638be16b3c1e9149e05f.jpg[/img] Whispers In The West is our own multiplayer murder mystery game. In it, teams of up to four players investigate crimes in the Old West in real time. It’s all about splitting up whilst constantly communicating and comparing information. Where was the mayor at 10 am? Why does the butcher stammer when you ask her about her seasoning? What’s that spooky sound in the mine? And did everyone hear it? Whispers In The West is a party game that invites players to immerse themselves in the goings-on of the small town of Brimstone one 20-minute mystery at a time, in an ongoing story that plays out like a classic murder mystery television show. -Chronicles Of Crime [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41825657/d2cc5cbb08cc7f059153048628b4530dcd9dd5b1.jpg[/img] If a traditional face-to-face social experience is more of your thing, Chronicles Of Crime is a board game with maximalism that’s always worth a second look. It’s a board game with an app that supports virtual reality to boot. The mysteries you’re solving often link into bigger stories, and there’s something for everyone to talk about and loads of toys to play with. -MUD [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41825657/44ca0ca7ad820df4c9c536bf371171b49e09808e.png[/img] If you are feeling nostalgic, MUD or multi-user dungeon, was an avant-garde video game experience rooted back in the 1970s. It’s difficult to talk about multiplayer social experiences without someone eventually going dewy-eyed and recollecting the most exciting thing you’ve ever heard about their experience in MUD or one of its offshoots. MUD is directly responsible for some of the most astounding MMORPGs like EverQuest or World of Warcraft. Today, MUD can still be accessed for free. It’s definitely worth your attention.