Film student turned video game designer Hidetaka "Swery" Suehiro wears his influences on his sleeve. Last generation, the video game auteur was the driving force behind the bizarre, Twin Peaks-inspired Deadly Premonition; now his special brand of storytelling insanity graces the PC in the form of another oddball, David Lynch-like murder mystery called D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die ($14.99). The first season of this episodic PC game (also available on Xbox One) is composed of an extremely short prologue and two lengthier chapters. Altogether, this point-and-click adventure game clocks in at less than 10 hours; maybe more if you're an achievement hunter. Don't be turned off by D4's relatively short runtime, though. The game—with its supernatural elements, quirky characters, and compelling investigative gameplay—is well worth playing.

Peggy Sue Got Married

Drawing from Philip K. Dick's trippy metaphysics, David Lynch's surrealism, and LucasArts' classic point-and-click adventure mechanics, D4 is a far cry from the usual AAA offerings like Rise of the Tomb Raider and Star Wars: Battlefront. It tells the story of a widower, detective David Young, who is obsessed with unearthing the events that led to the death of his wife Little Peggy.