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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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Corpse Party
Corpse Party

Adventure 12 August 2010

A visual novel adventure game developed by studio 5pg. The game is an improved version of the independent game created by Makoto Kedouin and originally released in 1996. Corpse Party takes place in a high school building that was built on the ruins of an old grade school in which a terrible and mysterious crime has occurred. One day, due to unexplainable events, a group of students enters a terrible and grotesque version of their school in which the corridors are filled with decomposing corpses.

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The Last Guardian
The Last Guardian

Adventure 06 December 2016

Third-person action adventure game created by the ex-members of Team Ico, led by Fumito Ueda. Previously, the studio had made their name known by giving us two of the most original and highest ranking titles ever to be released on PlayStation 2: Shadow of the Colossus and Ico. Their new game retains similar artwork style and equally unique atmosphere. You play as a young boy trying to escape the guards pursuing him.

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Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure
Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure

Adventure 14 February 2006

Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure is a title that combines the characteristic elements of several genres: action adventure game, fighting and stealth. The whole is signed with the name and surname of Marc Ecko - designer and artist, who stands behind a number of fashion brands popular among young people today.

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Secret Files 3: The Archimedes Code
Secret Files 3: The Archimedes Code

Adventure 31 August 2012

The third installment in the classic point ‘n’ click adventure game series that was launched in 2006. In Secret Files 3: The Archimedes Code, we assume the role of the well-known pair of protagonists, Nina Kalenko and Max Gruber (optionally, two other characters, as well), yet again. This time around, the heroes try to solve the mystery of the Pi.

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Randal's Monday
Randal's Monday

Adventure 12 November 2014

Randal's Monday is an adventure game by Nexus Game Studios. The script is based on an idea similar to Swistak's Day, and as the title Randal, we are forced to live through one unceasing Monday, trying to find a way to change the disastrous course of events.

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Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's Curse
Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's Curse

Adventure 04 December 2013

The fifth installment of a classic series of point and click adventure games whose origins can be traced back to 1996. The player travels around the planet while leading a pair of heroes that solve the puzzles of old. The game was developed thanks to a crowdfunding campaign at Kickstarter.

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The Dark Pictures: Man of Medan
The Dark Pictures: Man of Medan

Adventure 30 August 2019

Man of Medan is a horror adventure game opening The Dark Pictures Anthology. The game tells the story of the discovery of a sunken wreck from the Second World War. The game is very non-linear and it is up to us who will survive and how the whole story will end.

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Unholy
Unholy

Adventure 20 July 2023

Unholy is the debut game of a Polish studio Duality, formed out of many experienced developers of first-person horror games. It tells the story of a mother searching for her abducted child in the last human city on a desolate planet.

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Fate/stay night [Réalta Nua]
Fate/stay night [Réalta Nua]

Adventure 30 January 2004

A Japanese adventure game of the visual novel sub-genre. The action of the title takes place in contemporary Japan. Players follow the fate of a high school student, by chance becoming a participant in a magical tournament, in which his life is at stake and the prize is the fulfillment of all wishes.

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If My Heart Had Wings
If My Heart Had Wings

Adventure 25 May 2012

If My Heart Had Wings is a visual novel adventure for PCs. The game tells the story of a school club whose members are trying to build a glider. The fun comes down to following the plot and making choices at key moments with far-reaching consequences.

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Yesterday Origins
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.

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Evil Dead: Regeneration
Evil Dead: Regeneration

Adventure 13 September 2005

Evil Dead: Regeneration is a classic survival-horror in which the action is observed from the third person perspective (TPP). The game refers directly to the bloody films under the same title.

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Secrets of the Ark: A Broken Sword Game
Secrets of the Ark: A Broken Sword Game

Adventure 15 September 2006

Broken Sword: The Angel of Death is the fourth installment of the adventure series with Georg Stobbart in the lead role. This time the protagonist gets entangled in a complicated intrigue connected with a mysterious substance, which according to legends was in the Arc of the Covenant. The addictive scenario of the game is the work of Revolution Software, while the development was taken care of by Sumo Digital studio.

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The Medium
The Medium

Adventure 28 January 2021

The Medium is a horror in which we play the role of a woman who can see ghosts and tries to solve the mystery of the murder of a child. The game is another work of the talented Krakow Bloober Team.

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Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars - Reforged
Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars - Reforged

Adventure June 2024

A remastered version of an iconic point-and-click adventure game. Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars - Reforged stars George Stobbart, uncovering the mystery of the titular order alongside the journalist Nicole Collard.

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Journey
Journey

Adventure 13 March 2012

Developed by the thatgamecompany studio, Journey is a remarkably unique exploration game, in which we embark on a journey through the desert sands. Our goal is to reach the summit of a great mountain, constantly visible on the horizon.

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Obscure: The Aftermath
Obscure: The Aftermath

Adventure 07 September 2007

Obscure II is a continuation of the survival horror game, released in 2004. The plot shows the events that took place two years after the horrific accidents in the first part. As usual, you have to have extraordinarily strong nerves, otherwise it is extremely difficult to cope with the ubiquitous feeling of fear.

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Visage
Visage

Adventure 30 October 2020

A psychological horror game and the debut work from SadSquare - an independent studio. The story is non-linear and focuses on a gloomy household that has seen many frightening events throughout the years - it has a history of driving entire families insane, leading to numerous killings and suicides. The protagonist is trapped inside the house, and apart from getting out of there, their goal is to solve the mystery behind the place.

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Undercover Missions: Operation Kursk K-141
Undercover Missions: Operation Kursk K-141

Adventure 11 December 2015

A third-person point-and-click espionage thriller adventure game developed by The Game Species. The action of Undercover Missions: Operation Kursk K-141 is set aboard the eponymous Russian submarine which went missing under suspicious circumstances in August of 2000. In the game we assume the role of a secret agent whose mission is to detect and capture the leader of a criminal organization that's been stealing Russian weapon systems.

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ReCore
ReCore

Adventure 13 September 2016

A science-fiction TPP action game that depicts a vision of mankind’s future and its possible fall. The title is a joint work of Comcept – a studio that co-created MegaMan, founded by Keiji Inafune, an ex-employee of Capcom – and Armature Studio, which hires the creators of the Metroid Prime series. In Recore you play as a girl named Jewel, who is one of the last representatives of the human race.

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Hakuoki: Demon of the Fleeting Blossom
Hakuoki: Demon of the Fleeting Blossom

Adventure 27 August 2009

Hakuoki: Demon of the Fleeting Blossom is a two-dimensional visual novel adventure game set in 19th century Japan at the dawn of the Meiji Restoration. Players take on the role of a young woman named Chizuru, who is searching for her missing father in Kyoto.

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D4
D4

Adventure 19 September 2014

Action detective adventure. Hidetaki Suehira, known from survival horror Deadly Premonition, is responsible for creating this title. In the game we play as a detective who was a witness of his wife's murder, but he was also shot and doesn't remember anything. However, he has gained an extraordinary ability to go back in time a moment before committing the crime. In subsequent episodes of the game, the hero uses his skills to solve various criminal puzzles.

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Myst IV: Revelation
Myst IV: Revelation

Adventure 28 September 2004

The fourth installment of the extremely popular series "Myst". (the first part was published in the early 1990s). We are dealing here with an adventure played in a static environment. The fourth part of the series is a kind of return to the roots (taking into account what we saw in Uru: Ages Beyond Myst), which means that the player moves on the photorealisticly accurate boards, and all commands are given with the mouse.

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Penumbra: Overture
Penumbra: Overture

Adventure 30 March 2007

Penumbra: Overture is the first episode of the Penumbra cycle prepared by Frictional Games studio. The action of the program takes place in Greenland, in an abandoned research complex, which was captured by strange and very dangerous creatures.

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