Adventure Video Games55
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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The Fidelio Incident
Adventure 23 May 2017
An adventure game featuring elements of the so-called walking simulators and developed by the independent studio Act 3 Games. The protagonist - Stanley, is a man whose past is unclear to the player. The plane he had been using to travel with his wife crashed on a frozen island near the coast of Iceland. The two survived the crash, but end up separated. The protagonist's goal is to reach his wife who is trapped in the wreck that is located on top of a mountain.
Inner Voices
Adventure 10 May 2017
An exploration/adventure horror by the independent studio Sigma Games from Poland. The main hero of Inner Voices is John Blake who is trapped in a dimension resembling purgatory. The protagonist suffers from amnesia and the only way to reveal his mysterious past is to follow a strange voice. The hints it drops lead the hero to eerie places which reflect his own memories distorted by an unknown, evil force. The action is presented from the first-person perspective.
Scanner Sombre
Adventure 26 April 2017
An adventure game with horror features, focused around exploration and with unusual visuals. The work of Introversion Software’s team delivered a title set in a system of underground caves and corridors, wrapped in utter darkness. With no flashlights or torches of any kind, we can only navigate using laser-scanning system LIDAR, which displays our surroundings as three-dimensional shapes formed by sparkling points.
World to the West
Adventure 05 May 2017
A 3D action adventure game with elements of logic puzzle and RPG, developed by Rain Games – independent studio who also created Teslagrad. The story in World to the West focuses on four different characters, who join forces in order to stop a villain and recover a treasures he has stolen.
Doki Doki Literature Club
Adventure 22 September 2017
Developed by Team Salvato, Doki Doki Literature Club is an unusual visual novel. You assume the role of a member of a school literature club and meet its other, female members. Soon, however, the plot takes a very interesting twist.
Apocalipsis
Adventure 28 February 2018
A point-and-click adventure game, in which the players follow a man called Harry while he travels through a hostile world searching for his beloved one. Punch Punk Games’ work stands out from similar games thanks to its style, inspired by medieval codes and art of Hans Holbein and Albrecht Dürer.
Hakuoki: Edo Blossoms
Adventure 13 March 2018
The game is both another installment in the Hakuoki series and a direct continuation to Hakuoki: Kyoto Winds. Hakuoki: Edo Blossoms is a visual novel telling a story of Chizuru Yukimura - a young woman who searches for her father with the help of Shinsengumi captains.
The Count Lucanor
Adventure 03 March 2016
An adventure game with elements of survival horror, in which we play Hans - a young man wandering through a gloomy castle. Apart from exploring gloomy chambers and solving puzzles, during the game we talk to the characters we meet and hide from our opponents who make us shivers. Decision making also plays an important role, because it depends on them which of the five ways our adventure will end.
Catherine: Full Body
Adventure 14 February 2019
A remastered and expanded version of Catherine, a game that debuted in 2011. This unique game that combines traits of an adventure game and a logic game was developed by Atlus, a Japanese studio known for the Shin Megami Tensei and Persona series. During the game, the players assume the role of Vincent, a thirty-year-old man who must face his worst nightmares – both metaphorically and literally.
The Last Guardian VR Demo
Adventure 12 December 2017
A free virtual-reality experience based on 2016 The Last Guardian, developed specifically for PlayStation VR. The player assumes the role of the base game's protagonist, familiarizes himself with the game world through his eyes, and gets to know the protagonist's companion - Trico.
The Charming Empire
Adventure 19 April 2017
Dating simulator, whose action was set in Japan from the Taisho period. During the game we play Amane Kosaka, who goes to the royal court by order of her brother - Soshi Amazaka. During the struggle, the girl learns not only the secrets of the palace, but also the men who live in it, in order to fall in love with one of them after some time.
Chronicles of Magic: Divided Kingdoms
Adventure 20 March 2018
A HOPA adventure game developed by The House of Fables and Artifex Mundi. The players are taken to a fantasy universe divided into two warring kingdoms – Black and White. The story begins when a mysterious Black Knight kidnaps Nevin, a boy living in the forests of White Kingdom. The player assumes control of Gillian, the boy’s mother who attempts to pursue the knight in order to save her son. The game takes place on static, hand-drawn locations.
Yume Nikki
Adventure 26 June 2004
A free adventure game developed for PCs. Yume Nikki features no dialogues or typical puzzles, instead focusing on exploring disturbing nightmares of a Japanese woman in search of magical items.
Another Sight
Adventure 06 September 2018
An adventure game in which we follow the fate of the blind girl, Kit, and her unusual companion - Hodge the cat. Another Sight takes us on a journey through an alternative reality in which there is a mysterious underground world under London, home to a secret society of the greatest inventors and artists in history.
Song of Unleash
Adventure canceled
Song of Unleash is designed for PlayStation 4 and PC visual novel, following on from Song of Memories released in Japan in 2017. The production combines a well-developed plot with elements of gameplay from dating simulators.
Once Upon a Time in Roswell
Adventure canceled
Survival horror inspired by an incident in Roswell. Players take on the role of a detective who has to solve the mystery of the disappearance of a family living in a house near the spacecraft's break-up site.
AI: The Somnium Files
Adventure 17 September 2019
Detective adventure game with visual novel elements, in which we try to solve the mystery of murders taking place in technologically advanced, modern Tokyo. The game was created by the authors of the Zero Escape series.
Make Sail
Adventure 30 March 2018
Make Sail is a PC-based sailing fantasy game. Player constructs ships and explores the sea and airspace, collecting better and better raw materials for shipbuilding and dealing with storms and sea beasts.
Disease: Hidden Object
Adventure 05 July 2018
A HOPA game in which we play the role of a former doctor who travels through a ruined hospital and learns about the mysterious past of the facility. In the course of the game, our main task is to search for cleverly hidden objects and solve logical puzzles.
Gray Dawn
Adventure 07 June 2018
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.
Psychedelica of the Black Butterfly
Adventure 27 April 2018
An otome visual novel adventure game. The players assume the role of a young female protagonist who wakes up in a giant, mysterious mansion. She doesn’t remember who she is. The giant house is inhabited by dangerous monsters. Five men that are in similar situation are helping the protagonist fight the monsters.
Monster Prom: XXL
Adventure 27 April 2018
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.
Anonymous;Code
Adventure 08 September 2023
A visual novel adventure game by the creators of Steins;Gate. The game is set in a near future and stars a teenager capable of "hacking" and changing reality.
Rite of Ilk
Adventure TBA
An adventure game with elements of the arcade, designed for fun in cooperation. At Rite of Ilk, we take control of two children heading to the top of the Ceremonial Tower to devote ourselves there to serve the gods. The cooperation is forced on them by the presence of a rope, which they are connected with - they can use it both during the exploration of exotic places, as well as in order to solve puzzles.