Adventure Video Games100
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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Warcraft Adventures: Lord of the Clans
Adventure canceled
A classic point-and-click adventure game, set in the Warcraft Universe created by Blizzard Entertainment. The production is a combination of the fantasy genre and the elements of popular adventure games of the 1990s, such as Day of the Tentacle and Monkey Island. The plot of Warcraft Adventures: Lord of the Clans focuses on Thrall the orc, beginning with his birth, the death of his parents, him being found by Aedelas Blackmoore, and ending with his liberation and starting an army.
Forgotton Anne
Adventure 15 May 2018
A game developed by an indie studio, ThroughLine Games, that combines elements of point-and-click and platform games. In Forgotten Anne the players step into a fantasy world of Forgotten Lands, inhabited by creatures that were created out of abandoned everyday objects. When a rebellion rises, our main heroine, who works as an enforcer, needs to stop the riots and bring back the balance and peace. Her master, Bonku, aids the girl in this quest. The action is presented from a side perspective.
Preston Sterling
Adventure 25 March 2016
A mix of a point-and-click adventure and action game developed by independent German studio Animation Arts. During the game the player assumes the role of the titular adventure seeker and treasure hunter named Preston Sterling, who is examining the secrets of various myths and legends from the British Isles. As one could guess, each of his adventures is filled with various dangers and the protagonist will encounter many characters, not all of whom are friendly towards him.
NCIS: Hidden Crimes
Adventure 10 May 2016
A casual detective game with hidden objects, based on the license of a popular police procedural TV series, NCIS. The game has a similar feel to CSI: Hidden Crimes, a title of the same genre released two years earlier. We are thrown into various investigations, led by the titular agents in many different locations. We visit crime scenes, interrogate the witnesses, cataloguing and analyzing the evidence and clues we find.
Emily Wants to Play
Adventure 10 December 2015
A simple first-person survival horror adventure game and the debut project from Shawn Hitchcock, an independent designer. In Emily Wants to Play, we assume the role of a pizza delivery guy who gets imprisoned late in the evening in a suspiciously-looking house. Inside, a deceased girl named Emily with her three dolls wants to play a ghastly game with the unfortunate man. The player’s task is to survive a night in the haunted house and solve the dark secret of that place.
Amnesia: Collection
Adventure 22 November 2016
Set of two survival horror games, Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs. While originally the titles were PC exclusives, Amnesia: Collection has been released only for PlayStation 4 console. First of those games is set in a grim castle, with players controlling Daniel, an amnesiac who must find and defeat the mad owner of the building. Its add-on, Justine, puts us in a role of a woman who is part of a psychological experiment.
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.
Don't Knock Twice
Adventure 05 September 2017
A horror game developed by the independent studio Wales Interactive, which was inspired by an urban legend of a demonic witch. The protagonist, searching for her lost daughter, is led to a grim mansion that hides a dark secret. In Don’t Knock Twice, the action is presented from the first-person perspective, while the gameplay is focused on exploration of the vast house in search of carefully hidden hints as well as fighting encountered opponents with the use of various items.
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.
The Long Reach
Adventure 13 March 2018
The Long Reach is an unusual adventure with the action set soon after a outbreak of an epidemic that turns people into bloodthirsty psychos. During gameplay, you need to figure out the way of neutralizing or avoiding enemies. Each of them is a separate riddle with a unique way of defeating.
Ylands
Adventure 05 December 2019
A survival-oriented sandbox created by an in-house studio of Bohemia Interactive. Ylands allows the player to create their own interactive world. Building your own worlds is one of the mainstays of the game. They can be placed in a number of settings and conventions: from Wild West, through forests and farms, and up to medieval castles and arenas inspired by Feudal Japan. The player can modify the topography, as well as build objects and items.
Submerged
Adventure 04 August 2015
A third person action adventure game that combines a post-apocalyptic setting with fantasy elements. The game was created by Uppercut Games, a developer studio founded by industry veterans who previously worked on such classics as Fallout Tactics and the BioShock franchise. You take on the role of a young girl, who brings her wounded brother into a submerged city. Gameplay is based on exploration (on foot or by boat) in search of any items that could give the boy some relief.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Danger of the Ooze
Adventure 28 October 2014
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Danger of the Ooze is a dynamic side-scrolled platformer, created under the license of the animated series Nickelodeon about Warrior Ninja Turtles. While having fun, we travel through New York and Dimension X, fighting and overcoming agility stages. We have at our disposal four different characters of the title Ninja Turtles. The game is the work of the WayForward Technologies studio.
9 Clues 2: The Ward
Adventure 17 September 2014
9 Clues 2: The Ward is the second installment of Tap It Games' casual adventure series with hidden object puzzles. We play the role of a private detective, a woman who has to solve the mystery of murders in a gloomy shelter for the insane. The game is about solving puzzles and finding hidden objects.
Beyond Eyes
Adventure 04 August 2015
An unusual adventure game by tiger & squid, and independent Dutch studio. The protagonist of Beyond Eyes is a ten-year-old girl named Rae who lost her sight in an accident while firing up fireworks. Ever since that day, she spends most of the time in the garden next to her house, accompanied by a cat named Nani. One day, the animal disappears, and Rae decides to leave the house for the first time in a long time to find her lost pet.
Assassin's Creed: Unity - Dead Kings
Adventure 13 January 2015
The first DLC expansion for Assassin’s Creed: Unity. The add-on is included in the season pass for the game. It takes place after the events presented in the base version of the game and takes the player from the streets of Paris into the dark catacombs of Saint-Denis. There Arno becomes part of a new intrigue related to the tomb raiders who are profaning the tombs of French kings in order to find valuable treasures.
Nancy Drew: Labyrinth of Lies
Adventure 14 October 2014
The thirty-first episode of a popular adventure series about the adventures of teenage detective Nancy Drew. This time the action takes place in Greece, where valuable museum exhibits disappear in mysterious circumstances a few days before the planned exhibition.
The Devil's Men
Adventure canceled
The Devil's Men is a point-and-click adventure from Daedalic Entertainment (Blackguards, Deponia series). This is a story in the steampunk reality of Victorian England, focusing on Adelaide Spektor, a young woman who tries to escape from life in the criminal underworld and find a long time ago lost father. The game is characterized by a quite original approach to graphic design, placing two-dimensional characters in a three-dimensional environment.
White Night
Adventure 03 March 2015
A third-person survival horror from the independent French studio OSome, inspired by the Alone in the Dark series. White Night takes place in 1930’s, following a hero trapped in an old family mansion that hides a dark secret of the past. Our main enemy are the dark and mysterious creatures that dwell in it, forcing us to solve many puzzles based on light and dark mechanics.
A Golden Wake
Adventure 09 October 2014
A classic point-and-click adventure, Grundislav Games' first serious project. The action of the game takes place in the twenties in a small town in Florida. We play as a real estate salesman, Alfie Banks, who, driven by the desire to get rich quickly, gets involved in shady deals and various suspicious acquaintances. The plot refers to the famous Prohibition era and during the adventure we meet corrupt politicians, small-time smugglers and real-life mafia bosses.
Lucius II: The Prophecy
Adventure 13 February 2015
A sequel to the unusual adventure game developed by Shiver Games in 2012. Once more the player assumes the role of a six year old boy who is in fact the son of Lucifer himself. The story of the game continues the plot of its predecessor. Lucius, the only survivor of a massacre in his family mansion, is moved to a mental hospital in Ludlow city, where, while initially missing his paranormal abilities, he starts another massacre.
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.
Where The Water Tastes Like Wine
Adventure 28 February 2018
A debut production of the independent studio Dim Bulb Games set up by Johnnemann Nordhagen – the gaming industry veteran who has worked on e.g. BioShock 2. The title is set in American folklore, and the plot focuses on traveling and the stories connected with it. During gameplay, you interact with other voyagers and diverse communities, like migrants from Europe, native Americans, and black slaves.
Blues And Bullets
Adventure 23 July 2015
A noir mix of an action and adventure game developed by the team at A Crowd of Monsters. We play as a former detective, Patton, who wants to face the wave of crime that plagues the city of Santa Esperanza, as well as the demons from his past. He must solve the case of a series of brutal murders, either by interrogating and speaking with key characters or through scenes straight from an action movie. Interestingly, the plot changes depending on our decisions.