Adventure Video Games53
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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Lantern
Adventure 15 November 2016
An unusual exploration game developed by Italian studio Storm in a Teacup. The plot of the game focuses on an Asian princess whose tears caused the world around her to lose its colors and start dying. The player assumes the role of a small lantern and is tasked with returning the life and colors to the realm by making everyone remember about the power of love. There are four areas to visit, each with different architecture and environment.
Silence
Adventure 15 November 2016
A sequel to a critically acclaimed 2009's adventure game developed by Daedalic Entertainment. The player assumes the role of a sixteen-year-old boy called Noah, who has been searching for the sister he lost during a war. Following her, the protagonist enters the world of dreams known as Silence, where he puts on the costume of a clown by the name of Sadwick - the protagonist of the original game. It turns out that even the magical land is being torn apart by a war.
Candle: The Power of the Flame
Adventure 11 November 2016
The debut project from the independent Spanish studio, Teku, combining elements of a classic platformer with a dynamic action-adventure games. Its plot takes after classic movie and gaming stories, putting us in the shoes of a young shaman student, who has to save the people from his village who were assaulted by the hostile Atipax tribe. We also discover a hidden, dark truth from the past.
Yesterday Origins
Adventure 10 November 2016
A typical point-and-click adventure game and a continuation to 2012's Yesterday. Yesterday Origins was developed by the creators of the original game - the Spanish Pendulo Studios. Again, the player takes on the role of John Yesterday; as for the plot, it was divided into two timelines. Thus the player, familiar with present-day events, is taken back to the era of the Spanish Inquisition. In terms of game mechanics, the game follows the pattern of its predecessor.
Beholder
Adventure 09 November 2016
Beholder is an indie adventure game, inspired by the works of George Orwell, Aldous Huxley, and Ray Bradbury. The game takes place in a dystopian world, where the lives of its citizens are fully controlled by the regime, and privacy and freedom of speech are relics of the past. The players take on the role of the manager of an apartment complex. His job is to - under the guise of care - surveil and report any signs of opposition against the government.
Small Radios Big Televisions
Adventure 08 November 2016
An experimental logic exploration game developed by the independent developer Fire Face Corporation. In it, our task is to find thirty cassettes that take us to other worlds. They are hidden in abandoned industrial buildings that we observe from the third-person perspective, similarly to typical 2.5D platformer productions. In Small Radios Big Televisions, we do not control any protagonist, only the camera and the cursor, with which we interact with various objects.
Robinson: The Journey
Adventure 08 November 2016
A first-person adventure game focused on exploration. The game was developed by the German team at Crytek (famous for the best-selling Crysis series) and designed to support virtual reality technology. The story is set on an unknown distant planet combining tropical flora with prehistoric fauna embodied by powerful dinosaurs. The surface of the planet is littered with remnants of technologically advanced but now extinct civilization.
Lost Grimoires: Stolen Kingdom
Adventure 07 November 2016
An adventure game with hidden object puzzle elements, created by indie studio World-LooM. Lost Grimoires: Stolen Kingdom is set in a fantasy world. The protagonist is a young alchemy adept, who returns home and tries to find her lost parents. The search leads her towards a dark secret, which threatens the whole kingdom. The gameplay in Lost Grimoires: Stolen Kingdom consists of solving various puzzles and finding various hidden objects.
Minecraft: Education Edition
Adventure 01 November 2016
A special edition of the world-famous game, Minecraft, aimed at providing educational values, created by Mojang AB and owned by Microsoft. Mechanically it does not differ from the original title. It still offers an open world waiting to be explored, where we can collect materials, create various tools and constructions – all of this being tinged with survival elements.
ALICE VR
Adventure 27 October 2016
A first-person adventure game developed for VR goggles. Its prototype has been prepared for the VR Jam contest by the Polish Carbon Studio, established by the former employees of Farm51. Inspired by the famous novel by Lewis Carroll, Alice VR is set in a science-fiction world, where we play as a hero whose ship has been forced to land on an unknown planet.
Weeping Doll
Adventure 27 October 2016
A horror with logical game elements, created by Chinese studio TianShe Media. The player assumes the role of a housemaid, who decides to solve the mystery behind the mysterious disappearance of the Victorian residence’s inhabitants. The gameplay in Weeping Doll is presented from a first person perspective, and focuses on exploration, searching for story clues and keys, and finally solving various riddles which involve object manipulation.
Through the Woods
Adventure 27 October 2016
A horror adventure game and the debut production of Antagonist, a Norwegian studio. The action of Through the Woods takes place in modern times in a dark forest somewhere on the western shore of Norway. While playing, we assume the role of a desperate woman named Karen who tries to find her lost son. She is constantly interrupted by various evil creatures inspired by Nordic mythology and Scandinavian folklore.
Meadow
Adventure 26 October 2016
An adventure online game in which the player takes on the role of an animal - a forest inhabitant. This is a spin-off of the Shelter series, telling the story of an animal caring for its offspring. The main aim of the game is the interaction between the players, who do not communicate with words, but only specially prepared emoticons, symbols and sounds.
Sara is Missing
Adventure 25 October 2016
An original adventure game developed by Monsoon Lab. In Sara is Missing the player becomes a finder of a smartphone, whose owner has mysteriously gone missing. The task ahead of you is to discover the secret behind these events. Sara is Missing features unique gameplay mechanics – the User Interface looks like a mobile operating system and what you do is solve puzzles and talk to people from the phone’s contact list.
Rusty Lake: Roots
Adventure 20 October 2016
A point ‘n’ click adventure game developed by Rusty Lake, the creators of the well-received Rusty Lake Hotel. In Rusty Lake: Roots, we assume the role of James Vanderboom who inherited a house and a special seed, which, if sown, will enable him to start his own family. The action is set in the 19th and 20th century, and the player controls three generations of Vanderbooms.
Karma. Incarnation 1
Adventure 19 October 2016
A point’n’click adventure game developed by independent Russian studio AuraLab. The player assumes the role of Pip. Transformed into a worm, he travels through the spirit world in order to find his beloved one, who was abducted by evil forces. Gameplay is observed from the side-view. Exploration of the psychedelic environment, completing different quests, and solving puzzles are the key elements of the title.
Octave
Adventure 18 October 2016
A point-and-click adventure game with action elements, developed by one-man indie developer Anate Studio. You play as an unfortunate man taken to a forest by a murderer. In the last moment, the protagonist is rescued by a mysterious force, but as he looks for a way to escape, he quickly learns that he hasn't been saved yet and still needs to fight for his life. Octave utilizes a side view perspective.
Accounting
Adventure 18 October 2016
Original production, in which we play the role of an accountant travelling through successive levels of virtual reality. In order to push the action forward, we usually have to perform a specific action, such as putting goggles on the head or drinking a suspicious drink. With time, the locations we visited and the characters we met become more and more surreal, while the whole thing was enriched with a solid dose of absurd humour.
Allumette
Adventure 13 October 2016
An interactive video designed for the goggles of the virtual reality of PlayStation VR. The player follows the fate of an orphaned girl who ignites matches and thus evokes subsequent memories of her life. Allumette was inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's "Match Girl".
Cyber Danganronpa VR
Adventure 13 October 2016
This is the first installment of a popular investigation-themed game series Danganronpa, recreated specifically for owners of the PlayStation VR sets; the franchise has been developed by Spike Chunsoft - a Japanese team. The player is taken to a mysterious school for the most outstanding students, which is governed by an electric teddybear called Monokuma. At the very beginning, the students find out that they've been imprisoned inside the school building.
Summer Lesson: Miyamoto Hikari Seven Days Room
Adventure 13 October 2016
A simple adventure game by Bandai Namco Entertainment, developed for PlayStation VR, at first as a technology demo. In Summer Lesson you play as a teacher, who's tutoring two independent heroines. One of them is a Japanese high-schooler who needs help with her English. The other one is an American exchange student, who came to Japan and wants to learn Japanese. You meet her at the porch of a country house.
Here They Lie
Adventure 13 October 2016
A horror adventure game developed for virtual reality sets by a small developer Tangentleman in cooperation with Sony Santa Monica. Here They Lie is a dark, psychedelic experience that takes the player to a terrifying and slightly surrealistic world filled with various dangers. In contrast to other classic survival horrors, the game focuses on dark atmosphere and on fueling player's fear.
Batman: Arkham VR
Adventure 13 October 2016
A detective adventure game with arcade elements, created with PlayStation 4 and virtual reality sets in mind. The title is a spin-off of a popular series of action games created by Rocksteady. The action of Batman: Arkham VR takes place in a famous DC comic book universe, with the players assuming the role of the titular superhero, who takes it upon himself to solve the case of mysterious murders and stop the conspiracy that threatens Dark Knight’s closest allies.
Loading Human
Adventure 13 October 2016
A FPP adventure game created by Untold Games, intended for motion controllers and virtual reality sets. In Loading Human we assume the role of Andre Gibson – a man suffering from memory loss, whose wife developed the titular system of transferring the human consciousness and memories into a robotic body. Her motivation was to save her husband’s memory, before he forgets even about his family.