aesthetic:

• Journey
• Transistor
• Bastion
• Borderlands 2 / Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel! / Tales from the Borderlands (&)
• Samorost / Samorost 2 / Samorost 3
• The Wolf Among Us (&)
• Lume / Lumino City
• Machinarium
• Layton Brothers Mystery Room
• Viridi
• Abyssrium
• Kentucky Route Zero (&)
• Monument Valley
• Firewatch (&)
• Burly Men at Sea (&)
• Hidden Folks
• Pan-Pan
• Abzu
• Love You to Bits

(&) - also a narrative game

narrative:

• The Stanley Parable
• The Beginner's Guide
• 2064: Read Only Memories
• Oxenfree

text-based:

• Choice of Robots
• Monster Loves You!
• Voyageur
• Fallen London
• To Be or Not To Be

word games:

• Escape with Words
• 7 Words
• Letter Quest: Grimm's Journey Remastered
• Alphabear