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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.
The Last Journey
Action 25 April 2017
A post-apocalyptic exploration game created by a Polish studio – Sleepless Clinic. The game takes us to a world where Earth has been destroyed as a result of a nuclear war. Taking control of a crew of a spaceship, we traverse the uncharted areas of the galaxy in search of a new home for the human race. The game world is procedurally generated, so each journey can take a completely different course.
Soul Axiom
Puzzle 29 February 2016
An adventure logic puzzle FPP game created by Wales Interactive, and a spiritual successor to Master Reboot. The story of Soul Axiom takes place in the far future, when death is no longer a problem and people are mass-uploading their souls into a server called Elysia, where all their fantasies and dreams come true.
Miasmata
Adventure 28 November 2012
The first adventure in which we are looking for a cure for a mysterious plague. The game takes place on a large open island inhabited by dangerous predators. Miasmata combines exploration, survival struggle and logical elements. Noteworthy is the title graphics - a modest independent studio created an original engine.
Bientot l'ete
Adventure 12 December 2012
Bientôt l'été is an adventure of the Tale of Tales studio. The action takes place in a virtual reality filling the interior of a space station. The whole is more of an artistic experience than a traditional game and focuses mainly on exploring the locations prepared by the authors.
Meriwether: An American Epic
RPG canceled
Meriwether: An American Epic is an RPG that allows you to experience the famous expedition of Lewis and Clark, organized in the early nineteenth century to discover the western territories of North America. The game is about exploring, mapping and establishing relations with the Indians. Survival elements also play an important role.
Master Reboot
Adventure 29 October 2013
Master Reboot is an adventure-logical game in which memories play a key role. The game consists of exploring 30 different locations, such as an amusement park, a dark cemetery or a board reminiscent of the computer world in games from the Tron series. The production created by Wales Interactive captivates with its unique graphic style and interestingly rendered atmosphere.
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Adventure 24 September 2015
An innovative adventure game that allows the player to program the in-game reality to their liking. The works were supervised by Erik Svedang - an independent game maker, popular mainly for a surrealistic platformer Blueberry Garden. The game is set in the world of computers, where atoms got replaced by bits. The player takes on the role of a programmer who receives access to the code which governs this reality and gradually learns new ways of manipulating it.
Fatale
Adventure 05 October 2009
Another unusual work by the authors of The Path and The Graveyard. This time in an unusual way we are acquainted with the story of Princess Salome, who deprived John the Baptist's head.
The Old City: Leviathan
Adventure 03 December 2014
An independent adventure game focused on exploration and plot. The title, developed by American studio PostMod, takes the player to an abandoned city, where they are tasked with discovering the reasons why the place became desolated. During the journey the player is looking for answers to philosophical questions related to humans and the choices they make. The action is slow-paced and the gameplay focuses on traveling through half-open levels and interacting with items and witnessed events.
Caffeine
Adventure 05 October 2015
A science fiction horror adventure game by an independent one-man studio, Incandescent Imaging. The action takes place in the future in which the eponymous caffeine is a valuable resource obtained in space with special mining ships. Aboard one of them, a young boy awakens and discovers that for some unknown reason the vessel is completely deserted. Exploring the dark interior of the ship, the protagonist learns new facts and clues that lead him to the solution of the mystery.
9.03m
Adventure 12 September 2013
A game by the independent studio SpaceBudgie escaping attempts at strict genre classification. The production pays tribute to the victims of the tsunami that struck Japan in 2011. The player takes on the role of an anonymous character who, one year after the tragic events, discovers on Baker Beach Beach in San Francisco, where the sea has thrown away the remains of objects taken away by the deadly wave.
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.
Wander
Adventure 04 June 2015
An unusual MMO game, focusing completely on relaxing exploration, which you do on your own or with other players. Unlike other games in the genre, Wander features absolutely no rivalry element. The game is set on an alien planet. The protagonist wakes up in the middle of a tropical forest, unable to remember how she got there, and, to her surprise, discovers that she can shapeshift. She embarks on a journey through the mysterious world, trying to learn all its secrets.
Elegy for a Dead World
Adventure 10 December 2014
An unusual adventure game in which the player explores three unique worlds. Their observations are written as a diary. Elegy for a Dead World was developed by an independent studio Dejobaan Games, known for games like AaaaaA!!! A Reckless Disregard for Gravity and Drunken Robot Pornography. The main protagonist travels across the surfaces of three planets in search for the remains of a forgotten civilizations.
Worlds Adrift
Action canceled
An MMORPG by Bossa Studios, the creators of crazy simulation games that base on playing with physics, for example I Am Bread and Surgeon Simulator. Worlds Adrift takes us to a land filled with islands that float in the air, and we move between them on board various flying vessels. Taking care of the ship’s state and enhancing it is a key element of the gameplay, while you have to remember that the bigger the ship, the more players it needs to be properly staffed.
Sea of Solitude
Adventure 05 July 2019
An episodic action platformer that deals with themes of love and loneliness. In Sea of Solitude you play as a young girl named Kay, who begins to transform into a dark monster one day. During her solitary journey across the flooded world Kay is trying to find out what exactly is happening to her. Soon she realizes that her true enemy are not monsters encountered on the way, but something much more powerful and dangerous.
XING: The Land Beyond
Adventure 21 September 2017
An atmospheric exploratory adventure game which is the debut project of White Lotus Interactive. The plot of XING: The Land Beyond starts somewhat offbeat — with the death of the protagonist. His souls leaves the body and embarks on a mystical journey through the nether world, shaped, as it turns out, like an archipelago of mysterious islands. On these isles, several different biomes coexist together.
MIND: Path to Thalamus
Adventure 05 August 2014
First-person perspective adventure game set in a surreal reality, which is a product of human imagination. The title was developed by Carlos Coronado, who became known as the creator of modifications to Left 4 Dead 2. The main character of the game is a man trapped in his own mind, trying to return to reality.
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.
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.
Iron Fish
Action 25 October 2016
An original psychological horror co-developed by Beefjack studio and Dean Edwards. The player assumes the role of Cerys Harley – an oceanographer commissioned by the Royal Navy to explore the bottom of the ocean at the depth of 7 miles. Using special equipment, the protagonist discovers and documents not only yet-unknown creatures, but also remains of old civilizations. Gameplay of Iron Fish concentrates on exploring the captivating and atmospheric locations, like coral reefs and dark caves.
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.