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Adventure games. They include three fundamental elements: exploration, solving puzzles and strongly emphasized story. Controlled characters collect items and use them in puzzles in order to push the story further. Adventure games usually offer only single player mode and the point-and-click interface. This category includes also HOPAs (Hidden Object Puzzle Adventure games) which put emphasis on searching items hidden on the screen. more

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Enigmatis: The Ghosts of Maple Creek
Enigmatis: The Ghosts of Maple Creek

Adventure 25 June 2021

A detective adventure game enriched with puzzles like "hidden objects". The player plays the role of a private detective who tries to find a lost teenager in the title town. Developers from Artifex Mundi studio took care of the plot full of surprising twists and the atmospheric audio-visual setting.

To the Moon
To the Moon

Adventure 16 January 2020

An unusual adventure game developed by an indie developer studio from Canada, Freebird Games. To The Moon lets you play as two scientists working for Sigmund Corp., who offer people a chance to revisit their own memories and change the way they remember how their lives went so they can live out their biggest, unfulfilled dreams. As the two scientists delve into the mind of an ill old man named Johnathan Wyles, whose life dream was to fly to the Moon, the player’s job is to make that happen.

Gone Home
Gone Home

Adventure 06 September 2018

An original exploration adventure drama with first-person perspective. Gone Home is a debut project of an indie developer The Fullbright Company, whose members previously worked on a successful DLC for BioShock 2, Minerva’s Den. Gone Home is set in the United States of 1990s. You play as a young woman named Katy, who returns home after spending a year away in Europe. When she gets home, instead of her family she is welcomed by an empty house.

Primordia
Primordia

Adventure 02 March 2022

A classic point-and-click adventure in which the player gets to the postapocalyptic reality. The civilization created by man is only a myth in this world, and the Earth is inhabited by robots endowed with artificial intelligence.

Beyond a Steel Sky
Beyond a Steel Sky

Adventure 30 November 2021

Beneath a Steel Sky 2 is an adventure game by Revolution Software team. The whole is maintained in cyberpunk climates and combines a gloomy vision of the future with a lot of humour. The game consists mainly in exploring the location, conducting talks and solving puzzles.

Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons

Adventure 28 May 2019

A fairy tale adventure and arcade game created by the Swedish Starbreeze studio, known for such titles as Kroniki Riddicka or Syndicate. The production tells the story of two brothers travelling through picturesque lands in search of medicine for their sick father. During the game, we control both characters at the same time, and most of the challenges we face require their close cooperation.

Deadly Premonition: Origins
Deadly Premonition: Origins

Adventure 04 September 2019

Deadly Premonition is an adventure game enriched with elements of survival-horror and RPG. We lead a young FBI agent to explain the mysterious murders in a small American town.

Syberia
Syberia

Adventure 20 October 2017

An adventure game designed by Benoit Sokal, the famous Belgian comic writer, in cooperation with studio Microids. Syberia is the first chapter of the adventures of Kate Walker, an American lawyer hired by the company that produces automatons – mechanical toys. She is tasked with finishing the formalities related to taking over a factory located in a small city in Europe. The game begins when the protagonist arrives at the factory and learns that its owner, Anna Voralberg, is dead.

Mozart Requiem
Mozart Requiem

Adventure 06 September 2022

The main role in this adventure is played by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Together with him we visit the charming nooks and crannies of eighteenth-century Prague, conducting a private investigation into a mysterious case.

1979 Revolution: Black Friday
1979 Revolution: Black Friday

Adventure 02 August 2018

An unconventional action game developed by the American iNKstories studio, focused on The Iranian Revolution - the events of 1979 that led to the overthrow of the dictatorial regime of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi in Iran. 1979 Revolution is set in an open-world environment, reminiscent of subsequent installments in the Grand Theft Auto series.

Edna & Harvey: Harvey's New Eyes
Edna & Harvey: Harvey's New Eyes

Adventure 14 August 2019

Continuation of a bizarre, yet humorous, German adventure from the Edna & Harvey series. Lilla's protagonist and the plush rabbit Harvey get caught up in a new trouble: the girl begins to see the little gnomes influencing reality, and the plush is kidnapped by a mad doctor. Caricatured graphics, psychedelic motifs and comic atmosphere make the game stand out from other adventures.

Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective

Adventure 30 June 2023

A humorous adventure by the father of the Phoenix Wright series. We play the role of a spirit that must solve the mystery of its own death and stop the perpetrator from murdering more people. The game is about saving potential victims by manipulating inanimate objects on the screen.

Path to Mnemosyne
Path to Mnemosyne

Adventure 16 April 2019

An original adventure game, in which we take control of a girl who wants to regain her lost memories. The game's protagonist runs, getting past obstacles and solving puzzles, which allows her to move on.

Eastward
Eastward

Adventure 16 September 2021

A top-down 2D action adventure game reminiscent of the old versions of The Legend of Zelda series. As we play, we follow the fate of two characters - an older miner and a young girl who are trying to survive in a dangerous world.

Monster Prom: XXL
Monster Prom: XXL

Adventure 21 May 2020

A dating simulator, in which we court one of the six students of Spooky High and try to succeed before the titular Monster Prom takes place. During the game, we often take part in absurd situations, and the game’s final result largely depends on the decisions we make.

Sense: A Cyberpunk Ghost Story
Sense: A Cyberpunk Ghost Story

Adventure 07 January 2021

The adventure maintained in the convention of survival horror, which takes us to cyberpunk Neo Hong Kong full of references to Chinese folklore. In Sense: A Cyberpunk Ghost Story we play the role of Mei Lin Mak, who investigates an apartment building hiding a bloody secret. In the course of the game we not only talk to the inhabitants of the city and solve riddles, but also face the ghosts wandering through the corridors and rooms of the gloomy building.

My Child Lebensborn
My Child Lebensborn

Adventure 01 June 2021

An unusual production, in which we play as a babysitter of an adopted child. My Child Lebensborn takes place in the 20th century, in Norway of the 50’s, with the kid we take care of being the titular Lebensborn – a kid which was born as part of a special program to increase a number of Aryans in the world. This lead to it being ridiculed by others due to having a German father.

Giraffe and Annika
Giraffe and Annika

Adventure 25 August 2020

A three-dimensional adventure game in which players play Annika, a girl with cat ears who explores the mysterious island of Spika.

Code: Realize - Future Blessings
Code: Realize - Future Blessings

Adventure 23 April 2020

A sequel to the classic visual novel game Code: Realize – Guardian of Rebirth that debuted in the Western markets in 2014. The new game features four additional scenarios that expand the story of the original title with new plots and characters. They also present further adventures of the protagonists.

Yumenikki -Dream Diary-
Yumenikki -Dream Diary-

Adventure 21 February 2019

YUMENIKKI -DREAM DIARY- is a narrative surreal horror adventure game. The title is a commercial remake of the cult free game from 2004. The new version abandons two-dimensional graphics and features fully three-dimensional visuals. It also expands the story with new features.

Minit
Minit

Adventure 09 August 2018

An adventure game, in which the gameplay lasts only sixty seconds – after the time elapses, we begin the game anew in the protagonist’s home, keeping progress in the story and picked-up items. Minit offers pixel-art visuals inspires by titles from the 8-bit era.

Gray Dawn
Gray Dawn

Adventure 08 August 2024

A psychological thriller adventure game, in which the players assume the role of a priest charged with murdering an altar boy during an exorcism. In Gray Dawn, the players observe the action from the first-person perspective, and the gameplay revolves around solving environmental puzzles. The main protagonist is haunted by dark visions that make for the grim atmosphere of the game.

Code: Realize - Bouquet of Rainbows
Code: Realize - Bouquet of Rainbows

Adventure 13 September 2018

A pack of two games from the Code: Realize series of romantic visual novels. The action of the games takes place in a fantasy world inspired by 19th-century Europe. The main female protagonist of the game encounters characters inspired by protagonists of classic novels and legends.

Outer Wilds
Outer Wilds

Adventure 07 December 2023

An exploration adventure game, in which you play as a recruit of the new space program called Outer Wilds Ventures. Your task is to study a mysterious solar system functioning in a time loop.