Adventure Video Games60
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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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.
Catherine: Full Body
Adventure 14 February 2019
A remastered and expanded version of Catherine, a game that debuted in 2011. This unique game that combines traits of an adventure game and a logic game was developed by Atlus, a Japanese studio known for the Shin Megami Tensei and Persona series. During the game, the players assume the role of Vincent, a thirty-year-old man who must face his worst nightmares – both metaphorically and literally.
Occultic;Nine
Adventure 09 November 2017
Classic visual novel adventure game, which was created by producers of the popular Steins;Gate. During the game, which was set in contemporary Japan, we play the role of a seventeen-year-old blogger dealing with paranormal phenomena and urban legends.
Yume Nikki
Adventure 26 June 2004
A free adventure game developed for PCs. Yume Nikki features no dialogues or typical puzzles, instead focusing on exploring disturbing nightmares of a Japanese woman in search of magical items.
Florence
Adventure 14 February 2018
An unusual narrative game, in which we learn about the story of the first love of a young girl - the title Florence Yeoh. One of the creators of Monument Valley is responsible for creating the game.
Little Misfortune
Adventure 18 September 2019
An adventure game developed by the Killmonday Games studio. In Little Misfortune we find ourselves in the world created for the purposes of the Fran Bow production; we play the role of an eight-year-old girl, and we help her find Eternal Happiness that she intends to give to her mother. The game revolves around visiting different locations, talking to neutral characters and solving puzzles.
AI: The Somnium Files
Adventure 17 September 2019
Detective adventure game with visual novel elements, in which we try to solve the mystery of murders taking place in technologically advanced, modern Tokyo. The game was created by the authors of the Zero Escape series.
Irony Curtain: From Matryoshka with Love
Adventure 16 May 2019
A satirical point'n'click adventure from the Polish studio Artifex Mundi. As the first representative of the rotten West, we find ourselves in the communist Matryoshka and get to know the realities of life in a country ruled by communists.
Twin Mirror
Adventure 01 December 2020
Twin Mirror is a non-linear adventure game set in a mysterious American town. The game’s protagonist loses his memories after brutal events of a single night and tries to learn what happened. This requires an investigation both in a real world and the character’s own mind.
Sense: A Cyberpunk Ghost Story
Adventure 25 August 2020
The adventure maintained in the convention of survival horror, which takes us to cyberpunk Neo Hong Kong full of references to Chinese folklore. In Sense: A Cyberpunk Ghost Story we play the role of Mei Lin Mak, who investigates an apartment building hiding a bloody secret. In the course of the game we not only talk to the inhabitants of the city and solve riddles, but also face the ghosts wandering through the corridors and rooms of the gloomy building.
The Mooseman
Adventure 17 February 2017
A narrative adventure game inspired by the legends of the Czudow tribe, formerly inhabiting the north-western regions of modern Russia. In The Mooseman players take on the role of the title shaman discovering the secrets of the world hidden from the eyes of mortals.
The Charming Empire
Adventure 19 April 2017
Dating simulator, whose action was set in Japan from the Taisho period. During the game we play Amane Kosaka, who goes to the royal court by order of her brother - Soshi Amazaka. During the struggle, the girl learns not only the secrets of the palace, but also the men who live in it, in order to fall in love with one of them after some time.
Without Escape
Adventure 24 April 2018
A combination of a point-and-click and a HOPA game, in which you have to escape a hellish alternative reality. In Without Escape, you search locations for useful objects, and solve various logic puzzles.
Psychedelica of the Black Butterfly
Adventure 27 April 2018
An otome visual novel adventure game. The players assume the role of a young female protagonist who wakes up in a giant, mysterious mansion. She doesn’t remember who she is. The giant house is inhabited by dangerous monsters. Five men that are in similar situation are helping the protagonist fight the monsters.
Dear Esther: Landmark Edition
Adventure 20 September 2016
A remake of Dear Esther, a popular narrative exploration game from 2012 that started a whole new genre – the so-called walking simulators. It was developed by the independent studio The Chinese Room. Contrary to the base version of the game that was powered by the Source engine and released only on personal computers, this edition is powered by the Unity technology. This enabled the developers to release their game on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One as well.
Heaven's Vault
Adventure 16 April 2019
Adventure game inspired by graphic novels, combining the climate of science fiction and Middle Eastern colors. Heaven's Vault was developed by British studio inkle Ltd, known for the warmly received adventure 80 Days. The game is set in a mysterious Nebula - an interstellar structure composed of inhabited moons and rivers of water and air connecting them. How this peculiar phenomenon came into existence - is unknown.
Lost Eden
Adventure 31 March 1995
Set in a fantastic version of prehistoric times adventure game. Faced with the threat from the evil Moorkus Rex and his army of bloodthirsty tyrannosaurs, as the prince of a decadent family of human rulers, we must rebuild the old alliance of humans and dinosaurs and save both species from inevitable extinction.
Bad Dream: Coma
Adventure 09 March 2017
Bad Dream: Coma is an adventure game by Desert Fox. The gameplay focuses on solving puzzles by using items found in the game’s world. The game set inside a nightmare, and the hero who gets trapped inside is ready to go to great lengths just to get out. In order to wake up, he needs to visit a number of horrifying locations, like a ruined bridge, gloomy swamps, or a disturbing hospital. He also meets different characters who are, just like him, trapped in this dreadful dimension.
Figment
Adventure 22 September 2017
An action-adventure game offering a surrealistic atmosphere and developed by Bedtime Digital Games. Figment is set in a world which depicts the subconsciousness of a 40-year-old man. When his calm mind got attacked by nightmares symbolizing everyday frights, two friends stood up to them. Dusty is an embodiment of courage; as for Rusty, she manifests optimism and bears a resemblance to birds.
Clock Tower II: The Struggle Within
Adventure 12 March 1998
The third installment of the series of adventure horrors using point & click mechanics. The production does not relate to the previous parts and introduces a few new features, such as the option to switch between the two personalities of the main character.
The Inpatient
Adventure 23 January 2018
First-person perspective horror game designed for virtual reality headsets and a prequel to the other work of Supermassive Games studio, Until Dawn. We play as a patient of the Blackwood Pines Sanatorium mental hospital, 60 years before the events of the previous game. The protagonist is tormented by nightmares and can’t remember how he got here.
The Darkside Detective
Adventure 27 July 2017
The Darkside Detective is a retro point-and-click adventure game developed by the independent studio Spooky Doorway. The game takes place in the suburban American city of Twin Lakes where two dimensions intertwine with each other, and supernatural events happen on a daily basis.
The Good Life
Adventure 15 October 2021
An unusual RPG with crime story traits. The title was developed by White Owls – a studio founded by Hidetaka Suehiro, the creator of Deadly Premonition and D4. The player assumes the role of Naomi, a reporter who comes to Rainy Woods, the self-called “happiest place on Earth”. She is looking for a way to pay her debts.
Scarlett Mysteries: Cursed Child
Adventure 08 June 2017
Co-developed by World-Loom and Artifex Mundi, a hidden object puzzle adventure (HOPA)game. Scarlett Mysteries: Cursed Child tells a story of the titular heroine who had supernatural powers since childhood, causing her father to put her in an orphanage ran by nuns. After many years, by mistake, she receives a letter addressed to her father. She decides to find him and learn the truth about her abilities. The trace leads her to the residence of Baron Steamayer, which hides many dark secrets.