Adventure Video Games42
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 Endless Cylinder
Adventure TBA
The Endless Cylinder is an independent project of Carlos Bordeu, one of the founders of the ACE Team. In this surreal adventure game we play the role of a small and helpless creature who travels through a dangerous planet.
The Escapists: The Walking Dead
Adventure 30 September 2015
A spin-off installment of the unique top-down game The Escapist, developed by the publishers of the original, Team 17. The gameplay mechanics are identical to the first installment of the series, but the plot was set in the universe of the popular The Walking Dead comic, having many common plot points. Therefore, in the game, we assume the role of a policeman named Rick Grimes, and our task is not to escape from jail but to get out of a number of locations overrun by bloodthirsty zombies.
Empathy: Path of Whispers
Adventure 16 May 2016
A somewhat surrealistic FPP adventure game and a debut of Pixel Night studios, focusing on exploration and plot. The story of Empathy takes place in a collapsing world, where the few remaining cities were reduced to shelters for small human populations, and where life seems to be dying out. We explore the setting through the eyes of a child led by a mysterious spirit on their journey to return the order to this world.
Red Ash
Adventure TBA
An action-adventure game and a spiritual successor to Mega Man Legends, developed by the creators of the original. Red Ash is set on an Earth-like planet, where a long war with intelligent machines pushed the humanity to the brink of extinction. The player assumes the role of an adventurer, who specializes in salvaging remains of an ancient civilization, which can help rebuild human society.
Goosebumps: The Game
Adventure 13 October 2015
A point-and-click adventure game created by WayForward Technologies - a team known mainly for DuckTales Remastered. Goosebumps: The Game was based on the license of popular books written by R.L. Stine. The player takes on the role of a kid that on their way home from school, discovers that the neighborhood has been taken over by monsters - werewolfs are lurking in the forest nearby, gnomes are running along sidewalks and scarecrows walk the streets at night.
Clockwork Tales: Of Glass and Ink
Adventure 08 August 2013
Clockwork Tales: Of Glass and Ink is a HOPA (Hidden Objects Puzzle Adventure), produced by Artifex Mundi studio. The player directs the actions of the intelligence agent Evangeline Glass and has to foil the plans of the cunning Gerhard Barber, who, with the help of a giant robot he has constructed, wants to provoke war.
Special Report Division
Adventure 23 September 2012
An adventure game in which we play the role of investigative journalists working for a television program dealing with the description of supernatural phenomena. The task of the players is to collect testimonies of witnesses and evidence of inexplicable events and to come to the truth, which will be shown to the viewers on a small screen.
Sweet Fuse: At Your Side
Adventure 27 August 2013
Sweet Fuse: At Your Side is an adventure game in the form of an interactive graphic novel. The main character, whose actions are directed by the player, takes part in a deadly game to free her uncle, the famous video game creator Keiji Inafune from the hands of a madman. The title was produced by Idea Factory's Otomate studio.
The Blackwell Epiphany
Adventure 24 April 2014
Blackwell Epiphany is a classic point-n-click adventure by the Wadjet Eye Games team. The story tells the story of an investigation into mysterious murders in which supernatural forces are involved. The game consists mainly in exploring the location, conducting conversations and solving riddles.
Hidden Mysteries: Titanic - Secrets of the Fateful Voyage
Adventure 03 November 2009
Hidden Mysteries: Titanic - Secrets of the Fateful Voyage is an adventure game enriched with puzzles of the kind of "hidden objects". The title was produced by the American studio Gunnar Games. The player has the opportunity to learn the secrets of the famous Titanic passengers and discover the causes of the shipwreck.
Rain
Adventure 01 October 2013
A three-dimensional adventure game in which we play the role of a lost invisible boy crossing the streets of a big city bathed in the rain. Players must avoid the mysterious creatures lurking in the backstreets of the metropolis, while at the same time trying to find their way home.
Enigmatis: The Ghosts of Maple Creek
Adventure 01 September 2011
A detective adventure game enriched with puzzles like "hidden objects". The player plays the role of a private detective who tries to find a lost teenager in the title town. Developers from Artifex Mundi studio took care of the plot full of surprising twists and the atmospheric audio-visual setting.
Okami HD
Adventure 01 November 2012
A refreshed version of the famous action adventure game that tells the story of a goddess in the form of a wolf that faces the evil. The HD edition features improved graphics. The developers of Okami HD aimed to retain the unique visual style of the original game and adapt it to modern standards. The original version was released in 2006 on PlayStation 2.
Gone Home
Adventure 15 August 2013
An original exploration adventure drama with first-person perspective. Gone Home is a debut project of an indie developer The Fullbright Company, whose members previously worked on a successful DLC for BioShock 2, Minerva’s Den. Gone Home is set in the United States of 1990s. You play as a young woman named Katy, who returns home after spending a year away in Europe. When she gets home, instead of her family she is welcomed by an empty house.
SpaceVenture
Adventure 16 September 2022
SpaceVenture is a point-and-click adventure game developed by Two Guys From Andromeda. The studio is lead by Scott Murphy and Mark Crowe, creators of the first four installments of the fan-favourite Space Quest series. The game's scenario is filled with comedy and a specific sense of humor. SpaceVenture takes place in a distant future when the colonization of space is very common and not problematic at all.
Broken Sword: The Smoking Mirror - Remastered
Adventure 02 December 2009
A remastered edition of Broken Sword II: The Smoking Mirror, the second installment of the cult Revolution Software adventure series. In the game we meet again a pair of adventurers known from the first part of the cycle, who, following in the footsteps of the mysterious Mayan stone, will discover that the drug trail running in the heart of Central America is in fact the way to the demonic powers of ancient civilization.
Minecraft: Pocket Edition
Adventure 07 October 2011
A mobile edition of Minecraft – the cult sandbox game from Swedish company Mojang AB, which spawned millions of fans worldwide over several years since its beta release, becoming a phenomenon of modern day pop-culture. Overall the gameplay mechanics featured in Minecraft: Pocket Edition are no different than in other versions.
The 7th Guest: Remastered
Adventure 28 April 2015
A remake of the cult classic adventure game by Trilobyte, created by Israeli studio MojoTouch. You play as a person visiting an eerie mansion. Its owner is Henry Stauf, a former thief, whose life changed when he started to produce unusually beautiful dolls. Unfortunately, the children they were given to succumbed to a mysterious sickness, which drove the dollmaker to shut himself in the mansion.
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.
Norse Noir: Loki's Exile
Adventure TBA
Norse Noir: Loki's Exile is a traditional adventure game developed by the Kreative Spill team with a point-n-click interface. The action takes place in the United States in the 1920s, but the standard crime story has been enriched here with threads taken from legends and beliefs of Scandinavian peoples.
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.
The Shopkeeper
Adventure 23 October 2014
The Shopkeeper is an adventure game developed by Verse Publications team in which we play the role of a man looking for a gift for a member of his family in an antique shop. The whole campaign is stylized as an anthology of independent stories, which together reveal the truth about the main character.
The Last Crown: Blackenrock
Adventure TBA
Another installment of the adventure game series about ghost hunters. It was developed by the independent studio Darkling Room, the creators of the critically acclaimed Dark Fall series. The Last Crown: Blackenrock is a story spin-off which focuses on the unresolved mystery from The Lost Crown: A Ghosthunting Adventure. This way, the production is a sort of a interquel of the first and the second part of the story.
Return of the Obra Dinn
Adventure 18 October 2018
Return of the Obra Dinn is an FPP adventure game by Lucas Pope, in which you play as an investigator working for the East India Company in the 19th century and your task is to discover the truth behind the disappearance of the entire crew of a trading ship.