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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.

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Another World: 20th Anniversary Edition
Another World: 20th Anniversary Edition

Adventure 21 September 2011

Refreshed version of the highly acclaimed action adventure game. The player directs the actions of a young scientist - Lester Knight Knight Chaykin, who, as a result of an unsuccessful experiment, finds himself in a dangerous and alien world.

PCXONEPS4SwitchPS3ANDiOSWiiUPSV3DS

Mystery Case Files: Escape from Ravenhearst
Mystery Case Files: Escape from Ravenhearst

Adventure 24 November 2011

Mystery Case Files: Escape from Ravenhearst is an adventure game with hidden object elements developed by Big Fish Games studio. The whole game is kept in the atmosphere of horror stories, and the game consists mainly in solving puzzles and looking for hidden objects on the screen.

PC

Psychic Detective
Psychic Detective

Adventure 30 November 1995

An unconventional detective adventure game created in the convention of an interactive film. Playing the role of Eric Fox, wielding powerful and very useful parapsychic skills, we try to solve the mystery of the death of the father of the mysterious dancer Laina.

PCPS1

Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow Comes Today
Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow Comes Today

Adventure 10 April 2015

Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow comes Today is a point-and-click adventure game and the first title developed by Fictiorama. The game takes place in a not so distant future and tells the story of Michael. To regain his identity, he will have to uncover the truth about the two catastrophic events that led the civilization to the brink of destruction. One of them was a series of natural disasters, the other one an epidemic. And now a third inevitable event is on the way.

PCPS4SwitchANDiOS

Normality
Normality

Adventure 30 June 1996

Crazy adventure game, belonging to the genre of so-called wacky adventures. The action takes place in the fictional city of Neutropolis, where normality and predictability have prevailed for years, and all manifestations of individualism are brutally suppressed. Playing the role of a crazy young man named Kent, we challenge the prevailing stagnation, trying to explain the reasons for the current state of affairs.

PC

Nightmares from the Deep: Davy Jones
Nightmares from the Deep: Davy Jones

Adventure 27 March 2014

The third part of the pirate trilogy by the native Artifex Mundi studio, which combines the best features of point-and-click adventures with puzzles like "find hidden objects". This time, Sara Black, known from previous scenes of the cycle, will set off to help her daughter, enslaved by the legendary pirate Davy Jones.

PCXONEPS4ANDiOSWP

Virginia
Virginia

Adventure 22 September 2016

An adventure game created by an independent studio Variable State. The player assumes the role of a rookie FBI agent, who receives a task of investigating the case of a young boy’s disappearance. The plot is filled with supernatural elements, and science-fiction motifs. The plot of Virginia is completely linear, so the players can focus on experiencing the story.

PCXONEPS4

Unavowed
Unavowed

Adventure 08 August 2018

A thriller adventure game by Wadjet Eye Games. You play as a person, who for the last six months was possessed by a demon using their body to wreak havoc in New York. The protagonist was exorcised by the eponymous organization, which fights dark forces, and decides to join it, having lost their previous life, including their home, family, and friends. During the game, you explore locations, talk to NPCs, gather useful items and solve puzzles.

PCSwitch

Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water
Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water

Adventure 27 September 2014

The fifth fully-fledged installment of the survival horror series started on PlayStation 2. In the game we play the role of three heroes who come to the area of the mysterious Hikayama Mountain, guided by various personal motives. The game is divided into episodes during which we search for missing persons. An inseparable element of the characters' equipment is a special camera that allows them to exorcise ghosts by taking pictures of them.

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Disaster Report 4 Plus: Summer Memories
Disaster Report 4 Plus: Summer Memories

Adventure 07 April 2020

Disaster Report 4 Plus: Summer Memories is an action adventure game with extensive survival elements developed for PlayStation 4. The game allows you to play as someone trying to survive in a city destroyed by a powerful earthquake.

PCPS4Switch

Forest of Liars
Forest of Liars

Adventure canceled

An adventure game in which we play the role of a daredevil wandering through a strange and full of riddles forest-labyrinth. During the game we meet a variety of characters, helping us in the crossing.

PC

Outer Wilds
Outer Wilds

Adventure 30 May 2019

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.

PCPS5XSXXONEPS4Switch

Not Tonight
Not Tonight

Adventure 17 August 2018

An adventure game set in the grim vision of post-Brexit Great Britain. We play as a European who waits for deportation from The British Islands while trying to earn for living as a bouncer in clubs and on festivals.

PCXONEPS4Switch

Cultist Simulator
Cultist Simulator

Adventure 31 May 2018

A digital card game, in which the players become leaders of different cults. The action of the game is set in the 1920s and is inspired by the works of none other than H.P. Lovecraft.

PCPS5XSXXONEPS4SwitchANDiOS

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.

PCXONESwitch

Backbone
Backbone

Adventure 08 June 2021

Adventure with elements of a sneaky and action game, in which we get to the retrofuturistic version of Vancouver inhabited by anthropomorphic animals. While playing in Backbone we play Howard Lotor's shed, which is a private detective who undertakes various tasks.

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The Three Musketeers
The Three Musketeers

Adventure 11 November 2005

The Three Musketeers, as the name suggests, is a game whose roots should be sought in the work of Alexander Dumas (father), and more specifically in a novel under the sign of a mantle and sword, Three Musketeers.

PC

Dracula 2: The Last Sanctuary
Dracula 2: The Last Sanctuary

Adventure 25 September 2000

Continuation of the adventure game Dracula: The Resurrection, in which we have to deal again with the Prince of Darkness Dracula, persecuting Jonathan and his wife Mina. The action is shown from the perspective of FPP, and the gameplay consists mainly in conducting conversations with independent characters, exploring locations and searching for objects necessary to solve riddles.

PCANDiOSPS1

The Pink Panther Hocus Pocus
The Pink Panther Hocus Pocus

Adventure 15 April 2000

An adventure game in which you play the role of a well-known cartoon hero - Pink Panther. Our pink hero, making money as a pedlar, accidentally ends up in a beautiful estate, inhabited by the family of a newly-enriched dentist....

PC

Police Quest 4: Open Season
Police Quest 4: Open Season

Adventure 28 November 1993

The fourth and last game in a series of famous adventures. This time the action moves to Los Angeles, where the new hero, John Carey, will investigate the brutal murder of his partner.

PC

Alone in the Dark 2
Alone in the Dark 2

Adventure 18 February 1994

After solving the mystery of the haunted property of Drceto and defeating Cthulian, detective Carnby gets a new task. His friend disappeared while searching for a young girl, Grace Sunders. The trail leads to the hideout of Jedokie Jack, called Hell's Kitchen.

PC

Swashbucklers: Blue & Grey
Swashbucklers: Blue & Grey

Adventure 16 March 2007

Swashbucklers: Steel versus gunpowder is an action adventure game produced by Akella's development studio. The player directs the actions of pirate captain Abraham Nightingale Grey, who is entangled in a complicated intrigue taking place during the Civil War. The game uses the RenderWare engine, known for example from the Grand Theft Auto series.

PC

Torrente
Torrente

Adventure 12 October 2004

Torrente: I want to go back to the police is an action game with elements of first person shooter (FPS) produced by Virtual Toys development studio. The title character, a private detective with a shady reputation, intends to return to work in the police. Before that, however, he has to prove his usefulness for service, as well as organize the cases connecting him with the criminal underworld.

PC

Sentinel: Descendants in Time
Sentinel: Descendants in Time

Adventure 15 December 2004

Sentinel: The Guardian of the Tombstone is an adventure game created by the Polish development studio Detalion. The player takes on the role of a young man named Beni, who decides to plunge into the mysterious caves left behind by the long-extinct Tastan race. The title offers more than 20 different kinds of puzzles to solve and a built-in help system.

PC