Novelizations of games are common, but how often does it work the other way around? It turns out more often than you might think.
The increasingly popular Witcher game franchise is widely known as a book adaptation, but it's far from the only example.
Below are 11 beloved video games based on (or heavily influenced by) works of literature:
The Witcher is based on The Witcher book series by Andrzej Sapkowski, which started out first as a collection of short stories. The success of The Saga, the full-length novels following the short stories, landed Sapkowski and his series cult classic status mainly in Poland. It wasn’t until The Witcher’s video game adaptation in 2007 that other readers around the world began to take notice.
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The increasingly popular Witcher game franchise is widely known as a book adaptation, but it's far from the only example.
Below are 11 beloved video games based on (or heavily influenced by) works of literature:
The Witcher is based on The Witcher book series by Andrzej Sapkowski, which started out first as a collection of short stories. The success of The Saga, the full-length novels following the short stories, landed Sapkowski and his series cult classic status mainly in Poland. It wasn’t until The Witcher’s video game adaptation in 2007 that other readers around the world began to take notice.
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