Adventure Video Games70
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 Works of Mercy
Adventure 26 September 2018
A first-person perspective adventure game exploiting the psychological thriller genre. The plot in The Works of Mercy draws inspiration from such films as The Tenant by Roman Polanski and Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining. The title was developed by Polish studio Pentacle, whose team members have worked on titles such as The Witcher or Call of Juarez. The player is in control of a man whose family got kidnapped by a psychopath.
Outcast 1.1
Adventure 18 December 2014
An action-adventure game created by the French studio Fresh3D. Outcast 1.1 is a refreshed version of an acclaimed game developed by Appeal and released back in 1999. The player is taken to the mysterious planet Adelpha, inhabited by the civilization of Talan. The player assumes the role of a retired soldier sent there to protect three scientists and find a probe that has turned out to be a threat to the entire Earth.
Steins;Gate 0
Adventure 10 December 2015
A visual novel adventure game developed by Nitroplus and 5pb. Studios. The game is a direct continuation of the original Steins;Gate from 2009. The plot picks off using one of the alternative endings of the predecessor. Okabe Rintaro, a student heartbroken after the tragic death of his friend Kurisu Makise, makes an appointment to a psychiatric health facility.
Conarium
Adventure 06 June 2017
A psychological horror adventure game. The developers at Zoetrope Interactive were inspired by the works of Howard Philips Lovecraft, especially the novella entitled At the Mountains of Madness. The action of Conarium takes place in the 30s, and the player find himself in Upuaut.
Into the Belly of the Beast
Adventure 22 June 2016
A colorful, two-dimensional action game from the German studio Lucky Brograms, in which the players concentrate on combining DNA of marine animals. We play as a likeable worm named Sploosh, whose children were abducted by a mighty sea monster as they were taking a carefree bath. Desperate, Sploosh chases after the beast and manages to get inside its body.
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.
Three Fourths Home
Adventure 20 March 2015
An unusual narrative/adventure game developed by [bracket] games and Digerati Distribution. Three Fourths Home tells the story of a young woman named Kelly who is currently on her way to her family home in Nebraska after a years’ absence. We accompany the woman during conversations with her parents and her younger brother, learning more about the complicated relationship she has with them. The game cannot be easily assigned a genre, as we are given a mix of an adventure game and a visual novel.
Detective Hayseed: Hollywood
Adventure 07 October 2016
A humorous classic adventure game full of pop-culture references, developed by the experienced Czech studio Zima Software. The story of Detective Hayseed: Hollywood takes place in the eponymous city of movie-making. Just one day before the Oscars ceremony, the list of winners is stolen. To make things worse, an anonymous perpetrator threatens to detonate a bomb during the show. This is where the eponymous Detective Hayseed steps in, his task being to thwart the blackmailers' evil plan.
Lifeline: Whiteout
Adventure 24 May 2016
Another installment in a series of mobile adventure titles developed by 3 Minute Games. The plot is centered around a man called V. Adams, who wakes up in a distant corner of the Earth one day, right in the middle of a raging snow storm. Without remembering how he got there, he realizes he has no chances of survival just on his own. However, a special text message system allowing him to contact the player becomes helpful in his attempt to make his way out of that dangerous place.
The Journeyman Project
Adventure 15 December 1993
The Journeyman Project is the first installment of Agent's adventures cycle no. 5, which, commissioned by the Time Protection Agency, solves world crises with the help of a time vehicle, neutralizing their causes. This is a classic adventure game, in which we observe the action through the eyes of the main character.
Pan-Pan
Adventure 25 August 2016
A point ‘n’ click adventure game with logic elements and the debut project of a one-man studio Spelkraft from Sweden. The action of Pan-Pan takes place in an unknown fantasy world, where we assume the role of a heroine whose ship had a failure that forced her to land on an uncharted planet. Traversing the mysterious land, talking to non-player characters and solving puzzles, the protagonist tries to get a hold of technical devices that can help her repair her ship and go back home.
The Journeyman Project 2: Buried in Time
Adventure 15 December 1995
The second installment of Gage Blackwood's adventures cycle - a special agent for time protection. This is a classic adventure game, in which we observe the action from the perspective of the first person. During the game we visit, among others, Leonardo da Vinci's studio.
The Journeyman Project: Pegasus Prime
Adventure 28 March 2014
Pegasus Prime is a refreshed version of the first part of The Journeyman Project, offering better graphics and smoother animations. The action of the game is presented from the perspective of the main character and touches on the issue of time travel.
Grim Legends 3: The Dark City
Adventure 31 May 2016
The third installment in the casual hidden-objects adventure game series, developed by Polish studio Artifex Mundi. You play as Sylwia, an amnesiac acolyte of the monster-hunting Order. When a powerful artifact, containing a malevolent being known as the Nightmare, is stolen from the Order's headquarters, Sylwia and her mentor embark on a quest to find it.
Symmetry
Adventure 20 February 2018
An independent Polish game developed by Sleepless Clinic. The players are tasked with taking care of a research team that crash landed on an alien planet covered with ice. The players must make sure that the researchers survive. In order to achieve this goal, they must satisfy their basic needs by providing them with food and rest. They must also fix the broken ship.
Demon Hunter 2: A New Chapter
Adventure 25 August 2015
A sequel to the casual HOPA game developed cooperatively by the Serbian Brave Giant and the Polish Artifex Mundi. The action of Demon Hunter 2: A New Chapter takes place 20 years after the events of the original. When the foster father of the heroine dies while fighting a demonic opponent that tried to reenter our world, the protagonist becomes the last living member of the ancient Demon Hunter order and the only person that can face the enemy who is now stronger than ever.
Virginia
Adventure 22 September 2016
An adventure game created by an independent studio Variable State. The player assumes the role of a rookie FBI agent, who receives a task of investigating the case of a young boy’s disappearance. The plot is filled with supernatural elements, and science-fiction motifs. The plot of Virginia is completely linear, so the players can focus on experiencing the story.
Layton's Mystery Journey: Katrielle and the Millionaires' Conspiracy
Adventure 20 July 2017
A detective adventure game which is the next full-fledged installment in the Professor Layton series developed by Level 5 for Nintendo portable consoles. Lady Layton: The Millionaire Ariadone’s Conspiracy features a new main protagonist - Hershell Layton was replaced by in this role his daughter, Katrielle. The game takes place in London where Kat is trying to find her missing father. She quickly proves to be an unconventional yet very effective detective.
The Fall Part 2: Unbound
Adventure 13 February 2018
An action adventure game with platformer elements, developed by the independent studio Over the Moon Games. The production is a direct sequel to The Fall which debuted in 2014. After the events of the original, ARID reaches the global network and her primary task is to save herself — the heroine, who is an advanced artificial intelligence, takes over various robots to do so. The gameplay of The Fall Part 2: Unbound is presented from a side view.
The Bunker
Adventure 20 September 2016
An full-motion video adventure game created as a result of cooperation between Splendy Interactive and Wales Interactive. The action begins 30 years after a huge nuclear explosion destroyed Great Britain. The player takes on the role of the last survivor of a fallout shelter. In order to save his life, he decides to reach the surface.
Call of R'lyeh
Adventure canceled
A short, exploratory adventure by FPP, using motifs taken from the work of H.P. Lovecraft. The game takes us to the sunken city of R'lyeh, where according to legend lies sleeping Cthulhu, and our task is to find ten artifacts that will allow us to free ourselves from the nightmare.
The Diary of Arthur Gilman
Adventure TBA
A first-person perspective horror adventure game based on the works of H.P. Lovecraft. The Diary of Arthur Gilman was created by CounterCurrent Games, studio responsible for several successful mods for the Amnesia series. The player takes control of the titular Arthur Gilman who visits places out of a nightmare: starting with strange households, through a gloomy forest, and ending with narrow streets and underground tunnels.
ZED
Adventure 04 June 2019
A first-person exploration adventure game developed by Eagre Games led by Chuck Carter, the co-creator of the cult Myst series. The player assumes the role of a Dreamer whose task is to piece together the most important memories and pass them on to his granddaughter before his imminent death.
Blackwood Crossing
Adventure 17 February 2017
An adventure game developed by PaperSeven. The plot was written by Oliver Reid-Smith (the creator of the script for the well-received The Room), and it focuses on the relations of orphaned siblings: Scarlett and her younger brother, Finn. When the girl enters adolescence, their relations worsen. While traveling on a train, the protagonists meet a mysterious creature that lets them look at their past from a different perspective.