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Eventually, someone in the [[Video Game]] industry looked at this model and said: "Huh. Well, if TV can do it... why can't we?"

Episodic Games (or Episodic Gaming) is a relatively new model in game production and distribution, pushed forward by digital download services. Episodic games are actually more like miniseries than TV shows, but the idea is similar. Episodic games are short, cheap games (usually in the 5-10$ range), each of which tells part of the story. They take less time to develop due to their short length, so they can come out more frequently. They only tell part of a game story. However, due to their cost, if a player buys all the episodes, they still end up getting a full retail-priced game over a period of time. The idea behind releasing games episodically is fairly simple: By releasing more content over several months, gamers don't have to wait years for more new games. And by pricing them moderately, gamers can buy them and enjoy them steadily without having to put one massive-sized dent in their wallet.

 

 

Because of the way it works, episodic gaming lends itself well to story-based games, such as [[Adventure Game|Adventure Games]]. In particular, [[Telltale Games]] has been making significant bank as of late on episodic adventure games.

 

* ''[[I Miss the Sunrise]]''

* ''Learning with the Pooyoos'', targeted at very young children.

* ''[[MARDEK]]'', though [[Development Hell]] problems (rewriting the entire engine ''twice'', among other things) caused chapter 3 to be over ''two years'' late, and the experience has exhausted the developer so much that he doesn't want to continue working on it for a while.

* ''[[Penny Arcade Adventures]]''

* ''Penumbra''

* ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]] 4''

* ''[[Super Robot Wars Z]] 2'', which is a rare physical product example.

* Almost everything released by [[Telltale Games]], including:

** ''[[Wallace and Gromit]]'s Grand Adventures''

 

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