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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. more

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The Count Lucanor
The Count Lucanor

Adventure 03 March 2016

An adventure game with elements of survival horror, in which we play Hans - a young man wandering through a gloomy castle. Apart from exploring gloomy chambers and solving puzzles, during the game we talk to the characters we meet and hide from our opponents who make us shivers. Decision making also plays an important role, because it depends on them which of the five ways our adventure will end.

Accounting
Accounting

Adventure 18 October 2016

Original production, in which we play the role of an accountant travelling through successive levels of virtual reality. In order to push the action forward, we usually have to perform a specific action, such as putting goggles on the head or drinking a suspicious drink. With time, the locations we visited and the characters we met become more and more surreal, while the whole thing was enriched with a solid dose of absurd humour.

In the Valley of Gods
In the Valley of Gods

Adventure canceled

In the Valley of Gods is an adventure game, in which the players assume the role of a female adventure seeker who joins her forces with her old female partner. Together they explore the ruins hidden deep in the Egyptian deserts. During the game, the players mostly explore and discover the story. The title also features decisions that impact the plot.

Cyberia
Cyberia

Adventure 02 January 1994

An action adventure game in which we play Zaka Kingston - a hacker infiltrating a secret research facility in Siberia, where works on a new weapon of mass destruction are carried out. During the game we explore the successive levels of the complex, fight with encountered opponents and solve various riddles, and from time to time we sit at the helm of shooting towers and planes.

Apocalipsis
Apocalipsis

Adventure 28 February 2018

A point-and-click adventure game, in which the players follow a man called Harry while he travels through a hostile world searching for his beloved one. Punch Punk Games’ work stands out from similar games thanks to its style, inspired by medieval codes and art of Hans Holbein and Albrecht Dürer.

Adventure Time: Pirates of the Enchiridion
Adventure Time: Pirates of the Enchiridion

Adventure 17 July 2018

Adventure Time: Pirates of the Enchiridion is an adventure game based on the popular TV show going by the same title. The players control one of four heroes (these include Finn, Jake, Marceline and BMO). Their quest is about finding the cause of a tragic flood that ravaged the land.

The Good Life
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
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.

DreamBreak
DreamBreak

Adventure 21 July 2016

DreamBreak is an independent adventure game developed by the Russian studio Aist. The game is set in an alternate cyberpunk version of USSR. The player is tasked with solving a criminal case linked to a conspiracy.

Yono and the Celestial Elephants
Yono and the Celestial Elephants

Adventure 12 October 2017

Yono and the Celestial Elephants is a colorful, charming adventure game with a fairy-tale-like style. It was developed by Neckbolt Games. The player assumes the role of a young elephant who – similarly to other elephants in this world – is a defender of the world. When controlling the protagonist, the player travels through various locations, solves riddles and fights. The first of the mentioned activities is the most important aspect of the game.

Overboard!
Overboard!

Adventure 02 June 2021

Visual novel, in which we play the heroine trying to cover the traces of a murder she committed. Overboard! has a non-linear plot formed by our decisions.

Close to the Sun
Close to the Sun

Adventure 02 May 2019

Close to the Sun is a horror adventure game developed by Storm in a Teacup. The production takes us to an alternative version of the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, where thanks to Nikola Tesla's inventions the development of civilization has significantly accelerated. The player takes on the role of a journalist who, while searching for her missing sister, finds himself on board a giant seagoing ship designed by Tesla for research and experimentation.

The Myth Seekers: The Legacy of Vulcan
The Myth Seekers: The Legacy of Vulcan

Adventure 10 August 2017

An adventure game representing the "hidden objects" genre, developed by Sunward Games and published by Artifex Mundi - a company specializing in this kind of video games. The action of The Myth Seekers: The Legacy of Vulcan is set in Italy in 1920. The main protagonist of the game is Amelie, a Roman mythology expert who works for the titular agency called The Myth Seekers.

Beat The Game
Beat The Game

Adventure 07 September 2017

A surreal adventure game, in which the player assumes the role of a musically gifted traveler. On one of his adventures, his machine breaks down; however, there is still hope. If he manages to pull off a concert, he might attract some new means of transport. The gameplay in Beat The Game revolves around ideas similar to those featured in classic adventure games.

Ark of Time
Ark of Time

Adventure 28 February 1997

A point-and-click adventure. We direct the actions of Richard Kendall, a journalist who unexpectedly gets a chance to report on his life. He is to find the British researcher and archaeologist Caldwell, whose expedition has disappeared in the vicinity of the Bermuda Triangle. Travellers supposedly tried to find the ruins of the mysterious Atlantis.

Cyanide & Happiness: Freakpocalypse
Cyanide & Happiness: Freakpocalypse

Adventure 11 March 2021

Point-and-click adventure based on Cyanide & Happiness network comic. We play as a boy known from the original who has to survive until the last day of the school year. It's not easy, because the world around him is getting closer to the apocalypse every day. Mechanisms of the game remain faithful to the traditions of the genre. During the game we have to explore locations, collect items, talk to encountered characters and solve puzzles.

Wandersong
Wandersong

Adventure 27 September 2018

An unusual game that combines traits of a side-scrolling platform game, a music game, and an adventure game.

Demetrios: The BIG Cynical Adventure
Demetrios: The BIG Cynical Adventure

Adventure 31 May 2016

Demetrios: The BIG Cynical Adventure is a first-person point-and-click adventure game in which we play Bjorn, a drunkard and an antique trader. Together with our neighbor, we set off on the trail of thieves who robbed our apartment one night.

Wuppo
Wuppo

Adventure 29 September 2016

A sidescrolling adventure game developed by a duo of independent developers known as Knuist & Perzik. Wuppo sees us assume control of a wum, a small round being that has been exiled from its home village. Our task – which is to find a new home – quickly evolves into an attempt to solve an ancient conflict.

Transference
Transference

Adventure 18 September 2018

A psychological thriller adventure game developed by Funhouse (a division of Ubisoft Montreal) in cooperation with SpectreVision. The title debuted on multiple gaming platforms, but only PC and PlayStation 4 versions support virtual reality goggles and dedicated motion controllers. In Transference the player is tasked with solving a mystery of a family whose members are facing various obsessions.

Signs of Life
Signs of Life

Adventure TBA (early access since 27 January 2014)

A survival sandbox game, in which you try to survive on an inhospitable planet. You do that by building shelters, crafting tools and weapons, etc.

Stifled
Stifled

Adventure 11 July 2018

A first-person action thriller from an indie developer, offering support for VR headsets. Stifled bases the exploration mechanics on the original concept of use of echolocation – as they spread, sound waves reveal the layout of rooms and shapes of objects around you. Sounds can be made not only by the protagonist and some environmental objects, but also by the player themselves, using a microphone.

Creeping Terror
Creeping Terror

Adventure 31 October 2017

Creeping Terror is a 2D survival horror where we play as Arisa, a Japanese high school student, who, together with her friends, ends up in a haunted mansion in order to verify the stories told about it. After entering the residence, the entire group passes out and later wakes up in a sinister cave. Our job is to find a way out and survive. Action in Creeping Terror is presented from a side-scrolling perspective.

The 25th Ward: The Silver Case
The 25th Ward: The Silver Case

Adventure 13 March 2018

The 25th Ward: The Silver Case is a detective game for PC, which is a remaster of a mobile production. During the game, the player needs to conduct a series of investigations primarily concerning various kinds of murders, and each case is presented from the perspective of several characters.