13 Best English Video Games for Leveling Up Your Language Skills

We’ve played and selected 13 of the best English video games so you can improve your English skills and have fun at the same time. If you turn your language settings to English, many video games will also have you practicing all your English skills in loads of different contexts.

1. Fable Level: Intermediate Genre: Role playing, fantasy  Available on: Steam | Xbox This is the Anniversary version of the classic game that was originally released in 2004. It’s meant for all those players who love fantasy and a good story. 

2. Civilization VI Level: Intermediate Genre: Strategy, world history  Available on: Steam | PlayStation 4 | Website   In every “Civilization” game you’re the ruler of a civilization who has to compete with others in the world. You start from the Stone Age and then reach the current times in terms of technology and science. 

3. Deponia Level: Intermediate Genre: Point-and-click adventure game   Available on: Steam | Xbox | PlayStation 4 | Nintendo Switch    Deponia is a world covered in junk and the main character, Rufus, desperately wants to escape it. Although this might seem very heavy and sad, the game is actually quite funny. 

4. Orwell: Keeping an Eye on  You Level: Intermediate to advanced  Genre: Simulation, dystopian  Available on: Steam | iOS | Android   George Orwell was a famous English writer. His novel “1984” described a scary dictatorship where everyone was being observed by the government 24 hours a day. 

5. Fallout 3 Level: Intermediate to advanced  Genre: Role playing, post-apocalyptic   Available on: Steam | Xbox   Have you ever wondered what will happen if a nuclear war destroys the world? Perhaps you have, but most probably it’s nothing like the “Fallout” series.

6. BioShock Level: Intermediate to advanced  Genre: First-person shooter, science fiction  Available on: Steam | Xbox | PlayStation 4  After a horrible plane crash, you find yourself in an underwater city called Rapture. You need to fight huge scary robots, rescue little girls and uncover the history of the place, which was originally designed to be a utopia.

7. Tropico 6 Level: Intermediate to advanced  Genre: Strategy, international politics   Available on: Steam | Xbox  This game puts you in the shoes of a dictator who has to rule an island. It’s set during four eras: The Colonial Era, the World Wars era, Cold War era and the modern era. 

8. Firewatch Level: Advanced  Genre: Adventure, mystery  Available on: Steam | Xbox | PlayStation 4 | Nintendo Switch  You play as a man named Henry, who’s in the middle of the Wyoming forest in the U.S. to look out for fires. Throughout the game, your supervisor, Delilah, talks to you through the radio.

9. 21 Day Level: Beginner to intermediate  Genre: Role-playing, international politics  Available on: Steam This game tries to make the player experience what a typical refugee has to go through every single day. In it, you play a Syrian refugee who’s trying to survive in another land.

10. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Level: Upper-intermediate to advanced   Genre: First-person shooter   Available on: Steam | Xbox | PlayStation 4 | Website  The “Call of Duty” series includes some of the most popular action games of all time. In these games, you play the role of a soldier, where you and your team work together to defeat the other team.

11. League of Legends Level: Intermediate to advanced   Genre: Multiplayer online battle arena, fantasy, role playing  Available on: Website  The “Call of Duty” series includes some of the most popular action games of all time. In these games, you play the role of a soldier, where you and your team work together to defeat the other team.

12. VRChat Level: Intermediate to advanced   Genre: Multiplayer, role playing  Available on: Steam | Website    “VRChat” isn’t like any other game that you’ve ever played before. In fact, it’s more like a chatroom with a video game world built into it—you even help create the world!

13. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Level: Intermediate to advanced   Genre: Role playing, fantasy, action  Available on: Steam | Xbox | PlayStation 4 | Nintendo Switch     Do you enjoy having supernatural powers and visiting beautiful lands while fighting enemies and improving your English? Try one of the “The Witcher” games. 

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