Adventure Video Games51
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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Wayward Manor
Adventure 15 July 2014
An episodic adventure game set in a gothic-Victorian reality. It was created by The Odd Gentleman studio (creators of The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom) in cooperation with Neil Gaiman - comic book author and writer, known for Stardust and Coraline. In the game, we play as a ghost who leads a stable "life" after death in his former mansion. His peace is disturbed when the new owners of the house arrive.
Lilly Looking Through
Adventure 01 November 2013
An animated point'n'click adventure by the independent Geeta Games studio with hand drawn and painted backgrounds and elements of the environment. We move around the magical world, changing the past, present and future of the title character.
Shivers
Adventure 30 September 1995
Set in a horror atmosphere, this is a point-and-click adventure game in which we play the role of a teenager spending the night in a haunted museum. In order to survive and free this place from uninvited guests, our protagonist has to face further logical riddles and evil spirits lurking in his life.
Sea Legends: Phantasmal Lights
Adventure 11 January 2013
HOPA (Hidden Obcjects Puzzle Adventure), produced by Shaman Games, a Russian developer studio. The plot of the game depicts the adventures of a couple of survivors who find themselves on an island full of secrets. Players have the opportunity to test their perceptiveness in tasks such as "hidden objects", as well as demonstrate the ability to think logically by solving puzzles.
Goosebumps: Attack of the Mutant
Adventure 01 May 1997
The second game based on the popular book series is a first-person point'n'click adventure with graphics made in cell-shading technology. This time, together with the League of Comic Superheroes, we oppose the mutant that is going to turn the world into a giant comic book.
Ittle Dew
Adventure 23 July 2013
A humoristic action-adventure game with RPG features developed by Swedish studio Ludosity Interactive. The title has simple 2D graphics and a classic top-down perspective. The story of the game focuses on two characters: a brave female adventurer Ittle Dew and her companion named Tippsie. Both of them crash at the shores of an unknown island. The island has many secrets and valuable treasures. The two protagonists start the greatest adventure of their life.
Tex Murphy: Overseer
Adventure 28 February 1998
The fifth part of Tex Murphy's adventures - a private detective and life loser. In the game's plot based on the retrospective, we return to the case of the death of a university professor, the father of our protagonist's first wife. He worked on a secret project to develop a method of remote mind control. The classic story presented in the modern setting develops some threads, known to the players from the first installment of the series.
Kholat
Adventure 09 June 2015
A first-person survival horror game developed by Polish development studio IMGN.pro. The game's story is inspired by true events that took place in 1959 at the Dyatlov Pass in the Ural mountains, where the dead bodies of nine Russian hikers were found, and the cause of their death remained unclear. We only know that most of them died of hypothermia, and evidence indicates that they were forced to flee from an unknown danger.
Nancy Drew: The Silent Spy
Adventure 22 October 2013
Detective adventure with a point'n'click interface, which is the next installment of the popular series about the adventures of Nancy Drew. This time the title character learns that her mother's death was not accidental. Trying to solve a riddle from the past, the young heroine gets entangled in an intricate intrigue. The game was produced by Her Interactive.
Monkey Tales: The Museum of Anything
Adventure 07 November 2011
The second in a series of adventure and arcade games by Larian studio. Dinosaurus Karmen Rzarcique took control of the museum, which effectively deterred all visitors. The player's task is to restore order in this institution, using cunning, reflex and mathematical skills.
Toren
Adventure 12 May 2015
Set in a fairy tale-like world, Toren is an action game developed by Swordtales, an indie studio from Brazil. We play as a princess who was imprisoned in a tower, and our job is to escape. That task may not be as easy as one might think. We will have to face many obstacles, from platform elements to battles with various tough enemies. However, a flying dragon-like creature is our biggest opponent here. It tries to keep us inside the tower.
Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers - 20th Anniversary Edition
Adventure 15 October 2014
Remake of a classic adventure game from 1993, prepared to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the original release. Pinkerton Road studio, founded by the creators of the original, is responsible for its creation: Jane Jensen and Robert Holmes.
Gomo
Adventure 06 December 2013
A point-and-click adventure game distinguished by its original comic graphic style. The main character, Gomo, sets out to help his devoted Dingo dog, who has been kidnapped by strangers. In order to recover it, our protoplasta must provide the kidnappers with a unique crystal, hidden in the mine deep underground.
Touché: The Adventures of the Fifth Musketeer
Adventure 31 December 1995
A classic point-and-click adventure in the atmosphere of Alexander Dumas' novels and films under the sign of a mantle and a sword. We play the role of a certain Geoffroi Le Bruno, who, arriving in Rouen with the intention of joining the ranks of musketeers, is entangled in the murder of Prince William de Peuple and swears to find him and punish the perpetrators.
Star Trek Deep Space Nine: Harbinger
Adventure 29 February 1996
An action adventure game set in the Star Trek series: Deep Space Nine. As a young Tirrion diplomat, we come to the Federation's space station, where we are involved in the assassination of the ambassador. Our goal will be to solve the mystery of murder and bring about an agreement with a mysterious alien race.
Mystery Case Files: Shadow Lake
Adventure 20 November 2012
Mystery Case Files: Shadow Lake is a Big Fish Games adventure game enriched with elements of the casual hidden object genre. The action takes place in a small town, on which a monstrous curse has fallen, and we play the detective who has to defeat it.
Kodoku
Adventure canceled
Inspired by Japanese horrors and the rich culture of the Land of the Cherry Blossom, this is an adventure game with strong sneaky accents. As a book collector, we find ourselves on the gloomy island of Kodok, where, as the trail indicates, a rare bibliophile specimen has been hidden. The deserted place turns out to be the habitat of demons, and our task will be to survive and find an escape route from the island.
NightCry
Adventure 29 March 2016
An action-adventure game stylistically inspired by Japanese horrors. The game was developed by Nude Maker studio in cooperation with many genre veterans, who have created such franchises as Clock Tower, Silent Hill, and the Ju-On movie series. Night Cry takes place on a passenger ship. A series of brutal murders that take place there scares the passengers and makes it impossible to continue the cruise.
Nancy Drew: The Shattered Medallion
Adventure 20 May 2014
"The thirtieth edition of the popular Her Interactive adventure series. In this part of the cycle Nancy Drew goes to New Zealand to take part in a reality show called Pacific Run. When things on the set start to slip out of control, the brave teenager decides to explain who or what is behind the series of mysterious events.
Simon the Sorcerer: Between Worlds
Adventure canceled
The next installment of a series of adventure games, in which we play the sorcerer Simon. This time he has to combine his forces with a double from the parallel world, from which magic has leaked, thus disturbing the balance of both dimensions. The production was created in the StoryBeasts studio, which received the blessing of Adventure Soft, the creators of the original.
Jenny LeClue: Detectivu
Adventure 19 September 2019
A point-and-click detective adventure game developed by Mografi, a one-man American studio led Joe Russ. In Jenny LeClue we play as a young miss detective, whose mother has been accused of murdering a school principal adored by the local community. Refusing to believe in her mother’s guilt, the heroine decides to solve the case by herself and discovers that the truth is much more complicated than it seemed. The gameplay focuses on visiting locations, gathering evidence, and dialogues.
Neverending Nightmares
Adventure 26 September 2014
Original independent adventure game, maintained in the convention of psychological horror. Infinitap Games team is responsible for its creation and the story was inspired by real life experiences of the studio boss and his fight with severe depression. In the game, we play as Thomas, who can't break out of a nightmare dream and, trapped in his mind, moves from nightmare to nightmare, facing his fears and the monsters lurking around him.
Uncanny Valley
Adventure 23 April 2015
A two-dimensional pixel art survival horror. It is a debut title of the independent Slovenian studio Cowardly Creations. In the game the player assumes the role of a night watchman who guards a mysterious factory in shifts with his friend. To kill some time, the protagonist decides to explore the building. He discovers things he would rather not know. As the story progresses, he learns new dark secrets about his working place.
Richard & Alice
Adventure 21 February 2013
Richard & Alice is a classic point'n'click adventure where the creators did not want to create complex puzzles, but a thought-provoking story about survival, despair and family. The plot presents the fate of the title characters in difficult, postapocalyptic conditions prevailing on Earth. The game was shown in atmospheric retro graphics, reminiscent of 16-bit productions from the last century.