Video Games with Unreliable Narrators Codexery — Data & Quality

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Last full accuracy audit: 2026-09-08 · 23 entries checked · 15 flagged · 30 issues confirmed · 15 corrected · 15 still open

Recent findings (audit lane, verbatim)

Analogue: A Hate Story — The game is set in the 23rd century, not 'several thousand years in the future'.

Analogue: A Hate Story — The ship's society reverted to the culture of the early Joseon Dynasty (15th century), not the medieval period in general.

Battlefield 1 — The game is the fifteenth installment in the Battlefield series; it is actually the fourteenth main installment.

Dear Esther — The entry states the iOS version was released in October 2019, but the correct release date for the iOS version (Dear Esther: Landmark Edition) is September 21, 2017.

Dear Esther — The entry states 'Within six hours of release on Steam, over 16,000 units were sold, allowing the developers to repay the Indie Fund investment.' This phrasing implies immediate repayment within six hours, but the developers stated the revenue allowed repaymen

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth — The entry claims versions for Nintendo Switch 2 and Xbox Series X/S were launched on June 3, 2026, but no such versions have been announced or released.

Higurashi When They Cry — The English PC releases by MangaGamer were released between 2009 and 2011, not 2009–2010 (the final chapter, Matsuribayashi, was released in 2011).

Higurashi When They Cry — The original anime release was 2006 for the first season, not 2006–2007 as a single range; the second season, Kai, aired in 2007.

Hitman: Blood Money — The game's frame story is narrated by former FBI director Alexander Leland Cayne to a journalist. In the actual game, the narrator is former CIA director Alexander Leland Cayne.

Hitman: Blood Money — The plot involves a conspiracy to assassinate the U.S. president to legalize cloning. In the game's canon, the conspiracy is to assassinate the U.S. vice president in order to make the president more amenable to legalizing cloning.

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain — The multiplayer mode is called Metal Gear Online, and the entry incorrectly truncates 'Forward Operating Bases' as 'Forward Operating Bas'.

Party Hard (video game) — The protagonist is not unnamed; he is later revealed to be John West.

Party Hard (video game) — The interrogation is between Police Inspector John West and a man named Darius, but Darius is the one being interrogated by John, not the other way around.

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