Troubled leads video games, ranked by your taste
Video games centred on flawed, haunted characters: every game on Boxlist tagged with the troubled leads story theme, the same taste attribute as on films and TV. 100 games on Boxlist.
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All troubled leads video games, best rated first

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Shooter · 2004
92 / 100

The Last of Us
Shooter · 2013
92 / 100

Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
Shooter · 2016
92 / 100

Resident Evil 4
Shooter · 2023
92 / 100

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Shooter · 2002
91 / 100

Red Dead Redemption
Shooter · 2010
91 / 100

Undertale
Puzzle · 2015
91 / 100

Silent Hill 2
Puzzle · 2001
91 / 100

Disco Elysium
RPG · 2019
91 / 100

Grand Theft Auto III
Shooter · 2001
90 / 100

Journey
Platformer · 2012
90 / 100

The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
Shooter · 2014
90 / 100

Alan Wake II
Shooter · 2023
90 / 100

Grand Theft Auto V
Shooter · 2013
89 / 100

Fallout 2
Puzzle · 1998
89 / 100

System Shock 2
Shooter · 1999
89 / 100

Silent Hill 2
Puzzle · 2024
89 / 100

The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
Puzzle · 2000
88 / 100

Deus Ex
Shooter · 2000
88 / 100

Far Cry 3
Shooter · 2012
87 / 100

Returnal
Shooter · 2021
87 / 100

Grand Theft Auto IV
Shooter · 2008
86 / 100

Fallout 3
Shooter · 2008
86 / 100

Max Payne 3
Shooter · 2012
86 / 100

Bastion
RPG · 2011
86 / 100

Alien: Isolation
Adventure · 2014
86 / 100

Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game
RPG · 1997
86 / 100

Omori
RPG · 2020
86 / 100

Fallout: New Vegas
Shooter · 2010
85 / 100

Hotline Miami
Shooter · 2012
85 / 100

Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
Shooter · 2017
85 / 100

The Witcher
RPG · 2007
85 / 100

Dragon Ball FighterZ
Fighting · 2018
85 / 100

Mouthwashing
Adventure · 2024
85 / 100

Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
Hack and slash · 2017
84 / 100

Indigo Prophecy
Adventure · 2005
84 / 100

Inscryption
Puzzle · 2021
84 / 100

Crusader Kings II
Strategy · 2012
84 / 100

Kenshi
Strategy · 2018
84 / 100

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
RPG · 2006
83 / 100

Control
Shooter · 2019
83 / 100

Silent Hill
Puzzle · 1999
83 / 100

Gothic II
Strategy · 2002
83 / 100

Bulletstorm
Shooter · 2011
83 / 100

Dredge
RPG · 2023
83 / 100

Signalis
Adventure · 2022
83 / 100

OneShot
Puzzle · 2016
83 / 100

Fallout 4
Shooter · 2015
82 / 100

South Park: The Stick of Truth
Strategy · 2014
82 / 100

Alan Wake
Shooter · 2010
82 / 100

Sleeping Dogs
Shooter · 2012
82 / 100

Gothic
RPG · 2001
82 / 100

South Park: The Fractured But Whole
Strategy · 2017
82 / 100

Far Cry 4
Shooter · 2014
81 / 100

Heavy Rain
Adventure · 2010
81 / 100

Saints Row: The Third
Shooter · 2011
81 / 100

F.E.A.R.
Shooter · 2005
81 / 100

Just Cause 2
Shooter · 2010
81 / 100

The Binding of Isaac
Shooter · 2011
81 / 100

Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon
Shooter · 2013
81 / 100

This War of Mine
Strategy · 2014
81 / 100

Max Payne
Shooter · 2001
80 / 100

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
Shooter · 2016
80 / 100

Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones
Platformer · 2005
80 / 100

Gears of War 4
Shooter · 2016
80 / 100

Watch Dogs 2
Shooter · 2016
79 / 100

Little Nightmares
Platformer · 2017
79 / 100

Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
RPG · 2004
79 / 100

Saints Row IV
Shooter · 2013
79 / 100

Life Is Strange 2
Adventure · 2018
79 / 100

Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
Racing · 2005
79 / 100

Silent Hill f
Puzzle · 2025
79 / 100

Infamous: Second Son
Shooter · 2014
78 / 100

Age of Empires III
Strategy · 2005
78 / 100

Amnesia: Rebirth
Puzzle · 2020
78 / 100

Silent Hill: Townfall
Puzzle · 2026
78 / 100

Assassin's Creed
Platformer · 2007
77 / 100

Watch Dogs
Shooter · 2014
77 / 100

Outlast
Adventure · 2013
77 / 100

Saints Row 2
Shooter · 2008
77 / 100

Life is Strange: Before the Storm
Adventure · 2017
76 / 100

Remnant: From the Ashes
Shooter · 2019
76 / 100

Lethal Company
Indie · 2023
76 / 100

The Evil Within
Shooter · 2014
75 / 100

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
Racing · 2006
75 / 100

Dante's Inferno
Hack and slash · 2010
75 / 100

Slay the Princess
Point-and-click · 2023
75 / 100

The Outlast Trials
Adventure · 2024
74 / 100

Dead Space 3
Shooter · 2013
73 / 100

Schedule I
Strategy · 2025
73 / 100

Call of Duty: Black Ops III
Shooter · 2015
72 / 100

The Ascent
Shooter · 2021
72 / 100

Beyond: Two Souls
Adventure · 2013
70 / 100

Battlefield Hardline
Shooter · 2015
70 / 100

High on Life
Shooter · 2022
70 / 100

Far Cry New Dawn
Shooter · 2019
69 / 100

Gothic 3
RPG · 2006
69 / 100

Scorn
Puzzle · 2022
69 / 100

Far Cry 2
Shooter · 2008
65 / 100

Twin Mirror
Adventure · 2020
64 / 100
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