PC Adventure Video Games101
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. more
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Adventure Time: Magic Man's Head Games
Adventure 05 April 2016
A three-dimensional platformer based on the popular TV series Adventure Time and requiring virtual reality goggles. Players take ion the role of the series’ protagonist, Finn, who along with shape-shifting dog Jake traverse a fantasy land of Ooo, trying to lift the curse of the titular Magic Man. Gameplay focuses on classical features, like jumping on platforms, avoiding traps and obstacles, and lastly – fighting with enemies, all of which is shown from third-person perspective.
The Uncertain: Last Quiet Day
Adventure 22 September 2016
An episodic exploration adventure game, created by an independent studio ComonGames. The plot takes place in a post-apocalyptic world in which humanity, as a result of multiple, prolonged wars, has become completely extinct. Earth is now a home to simple life forms and AI-controlled robots. In a series of episodes, we assume the role of various machines, the main task of which is to discover the human nature and reasons for the fall of a whole civilization.
Lost Ember
Adventure 22 November 2019
An action adventure game, in which you play as a wolf with supernatural abilities and explore the remains of an ancient civilization. Lost Ember takes place within the ruins of a metropolis left by a fictional tribe, modeled after the Inca people. The civilization has gone extinct long ago, and the monuments it had built had become part of the wild forest. The wolf, whose role the player assumes, has the power to control the bodies of other animals.
Homesick
Adventure 28 May 2015
Developed by a small indie studio Lucky Pause, Homesick is an adventure game inspired by such classics like e.g. the Myst series. The story of Homesick starts off when a nameless hero wakes up in a mysterious, abandoned house. The player’s task is to solve the dark mystery of the building and escape this unusual prison. Pursuing these objectives puts you up against a dark entity.
The Beginner's Guide
Adventure 01 October 2015
An original narrative-driver production developed by the independent studio Everything Unlimited. It is another creation of Davey Wreden, the designer of the popular The Stanley Parable. The game focuses on the story of a complicated relation with a friend known as Coda. He is also a video game developer, and we get to browse the rich library of 134 titles he created.
The Manhole: Masterpiece Edition
Adventure 10 December 2009
Refreshed version of Cyan Worlds debut adventure game. We play the role of a kid who, after opening the manhole in the title, finds a magical stem leading to fantastic worlds. The game is designed for younger audiences, and the gameplay has no specific goal and focuses on exploring and interacting with characters and objects encountered.
Through the Woods
Adventure 27 October 2016
A horror adventure game and the debut production of Antagonist, a Norwegian studio. The action of Through the Woods takes place in modern times in a dark forest somewhere on the western shore of Norway. While playing, we assume the role of a desperate woman named Karen who tries to find her lost son. She is constantly interrupted by various evil creatures inspired by Nordic mythology and Scandinavian folklore.
The Little Acre
Adventure 13 December 2016
An adventure game taking place in a fantasy universe, released by an independent studio Pewter Games. The Little Acre begins in 1950 in Ireland. As a result of a series of uncanny events, the main hero, along with his daughter, is taken to an alternative reality, which mixes the elements of fairytales, steampunk, and science fiction, and where humans exist alongside anthropomorphic animals.
Epistory: Typing Chronicles
Adventure 30 March 2016
An action-adventure game with metroidvania features. The player assumes the role of a muse, one of the goddesses of fine arts from the Greek mythology – the main protagonist is tasked with finding inspiration for the female writer who asked her for help in writing a new book. In order to complete this objective, the protagonist will travel through a fantasy, fairy-tale world, face various dangers and solve numerous environmental riddles.
Corona Blossom Vol. 1 Gift From the Galaxy
Adventure 28 July 2016
A classic representative of the visual novel genre. The game was created and published by independent studio Front Wing, creators of ISLAND and the Grisaia series. Corona Blossom Vol. 1 Gift From the Galaxy presents the story of Keiji, a young creator of robots and other machines, who drops out of college, abandoning city life in order to move in with his grandfather, who lives in the countryside.
Home is Where One Starts...
Adventure 13 May 2015
A short first-person exploration game designed for VR headsets. The title of the game, Home is Where One Starts… comes from the poem Four Quartets by Thomas S. Eliot. The game is a sort of poetic visual story with such themes as childhood, memories, and hope. Interestingly, this is a work of basically one man, who only used the help of his closest family. Home is Where One Starts… tells a story of a teenage girl who leaves her home for school early in the morning, but misses her bus.
The First Tree
Adventure 14 September 2017
A third-person perspective exploration game about death and loneliness. It was developed by an independent developer who also created Home is Where one Starts. In The First Tree, the player follows two distinctly different characters: a female fox that is looking for her lost kids, and a pair of humans facing death of their closest ones.
Sonicomi
Adventure 02 July 2016
An unusual adventure game, in which you play as a personal photographer of a beginning pop idol dreaming about a show-business career. Sonicomi was developed by Japanese company Nitroplus, specializing in visual novels. They are also known as the creators of e.g. Steins;Gate and Guilty Crown. The protagonist, Super Sonico, is the developer's mascot and has her own anime and comic book series, and appears on a multitude of gadgets.
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 05 April 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.
Layers of Fear: Inheritance
Adventure 02 August 2016
Layers of Fear: Inheritance is a full-scope story-driven DLC for the first-person horror game, Layers of Fear, by Blooper Team. The expansion, called Inheritance, does not introduce any changes in the game’s mechanics, offering instead a brand new story, whose action takes place many years after the story of the original. Players don’t control the painter himself, but his daughter – she learns that after the death of her father, the house now belongs to her.
Lantern
Adventure 15 November 2016
An unusual exploration game developed by Italian studio Storm in a Teacup. The plot of the game focuses on an Asian princess whose tears caused the world around her to lose its colors and start dying. The player assumes the role of a small lantern and is tasked with returning the life and colors to the realm by making everyone remember about the power of love. There are four areas to visit, each with different architecture and environment.
Distortions
Adventure 02 March 2018
An episodic adventure game with music game features, developed by Among Giants. Distortions tells the story of a woman who wakes up in a hospital bed in an unknown location after an accident. She notices that the time had stopped and all objects become alive only if she touches them. While traveling through the surrealistic realm with a giant, chained creature on the horizon, the protagonist is trying to discover how she got to this weird place and how to get back to the real world.
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.
Enigmatis 3: The Shadow of Karkhala
Adventure 21 July 2016
The third installment of the series of investigation adventure/hidden object games that is one of the more popular franchises created by Polish studio Artifex Mundi. In Enigmatis 3: The Shadow of Karkhala the player follows the protagonists known from the previous installments of the series, who join forces with hopes of catching the series' main antagonist, the demonic preacher.
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.
Night Trap - 25th Anniversary Edition
Adventure 15 August 2017
A remastered edition of Night Trap, a game that debuted in 1992. The new version was developed by Screaming Villains. Similarly to its predecessor, the game uses full motion video technology that utilizes interactive video footage with real actors. The developers of the remaster have cleaned up ninety minutes of the recordings used in the original game and they created a new interface that supports FullHD resolution.
Peregrin
Adventure 08 August 2017
Created by independent studio Domino Digital Limited, Peregrin is an exploration adventure game with action game elements. The inspiration for Peregrin creators came from the Hebrew beliefs as well as a number of science fiction and fantasy stories. The game’s plot is set after the cataclysm that concluded the war between humans and gods. The surviving remnants have split into large and small tribes.