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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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Pinstripe
Pinstripe

Adventure 25 October 2018

A two-dimensional action adventure game created by Thomas Brush (who worked for Atmos Games), the creator of such free games as Coma! and Skinny!. Pinstripe focuses on two important topics: faith and fatherhood. The player assumes the role of a former pastor, named Teddy, whose daughter was kidnapped by a mysterious creature which calls itself God. The player starts chasing the creature and soon reaches the hell – surprisingly covered with ice.

Forever Lost: Episode 1
Forever Lost: Episode 1

Adventure 07 April 2023

Forever Lost is a horror adventure developed for PCs. The action takes place in a haunted psychiatric hospital. The player's task is to find a way to escape from this place, which requires solving a large set of ingenious puzzles.

Clannad
Clannad

Adventure 04 July 2019

Clannad is a visual novel adventure game available for PlayStation 4. It allows you to trace two periods in the life of a young Japanese - the last months of school and a few years of early adulthood. Both stages are filled with numerous dramas and fantastic elements. The gameplay boils down mainly to following the plot and making decisions.

AER: Memories of Old
AER: Memories of Old

Adventure 28 August 2019

An unusual action adventure game developed by an independent Swedish studio Forgotten Key. The player assumes the role of a shapeshifter girl named Auk, who travels through a surrealistic world in search for memories and pieces of an ancient prophecy. The protagonist is able to transform into a bird and is tasked with helping her kin by gathering resources and discovering ancient technology.

Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse
Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse

Adventure 09 March 2023

The fourth part of the popular survival horror series, in which the main weapon of the characters is a camera used to photograph ghosts. Many years ago five girls were kidnapped by a maniacal murderer, but thanks to the involvement of a detective they were freed. 10 years later, two of the girls die in strange circumstances, and the remaining girls decide to return to the place of those events and explain its dark secret.

Kursk
Kursk

Adventure 14 July 2022

A first-person perspective adventure game that combines elements of spy movies and horror. It is the first large game developed by the Polish studio Jujubee known mostly for its futuristic racing series Flashout. The story of the game focuses on the mysterious disaster of the Russian submarine K-141 Kursk which sank during the summer of 2000 on the Barents Sea. It was never determined what caused the incident.

Nova-111
Nova-111

Adventure 13 January 2022

An unusual adventure game by Funkatronic Labs, combining elements of platformer and turn-based strategy productions. The plot of Nova-111 revolves around the effects of an experiment conducted by 111 ingenious scientists from an alternate world, where time flows in turns. The result of their actions is an anomaly that merged both worlds. As a pilot of the research vessel Nova, we have to find and rescue the scientists and to remove the anomaly to separate the dimensions.

Sea of Solitude: The Director's Cut
Sea of Solitude: The Director's Cut

Adventure 04 March 2021

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.

Demon Hunter: Chronicles from Beyond
Demon Hunter: Chronicles from Beyond

Adventure 16 March 2023

Demon Hunter: Chronicles from Beyond is an adventure enriched with elements of the casual hidden object species. The campaign takes place shortly before the Second World War, and the script tells the story of a girl hunting for a demon who entered the world of mortals.

Five Nights at Freddy's 2
Five Nights at Freddy's 2

Adventure 29 November 2019

Five Nights at Freddy's 2 provides a continuation to an unusual game created by Scott Cawthon and awarded a series of prizes - it was considered the most original horror title of 2014. In this second installment, the player takes on the role of a new watchman working at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza. Despite the warnings received from his predecessor, he decided to give it a try and stay at the restaurant overnight.

Five Nights at Freddy's 3
Five Nights at Freddy's 3

Adventure 29 November 2019

The third installment of the very popular horror developed by Scott Cawthon. The action of the game takes place in the titular restaurant which is overrun by deadly animatronics. When the memory of the tragic events that occurred in previous installments of the series becomes almost forgotten, the pizzeria that was closed for thirty years becomes renovated. The new owner intends to use the deadly past of the place as a marketing trick which will attract many customers.

Return of the Obra Dinn
Return of the Obra Dinn

Adventure 18 October 2019

Return of the Obra Dinn is an FPP adventure game by Lucas Pope, in which you play as an investigator working for the East India Company in the 19th century and your task is to discover the truth behind the disappearance of the entire crew of a trading ship.

Fire: Ungh's Quest
Fire: Ungh's Quest

Adventure 12 May 2021

A humorous point-and-click adventure game set in the Stone Age, developed by the well-known authors of many successful adventure titles from Daedalic Entertainment studio. We play as somewhat dull-witted caveman named Ungh, who neglected his duty and let the fire of the tribe to die out. To redeem himself, he must find a new source of the precious element and deliver it to his village.

Grim Fandango Remastered
Grim Fandango Remastered

Adventure 01 November 2018

A remake of a legendary adventure game from Lucas Arts, known as one of the best and most original point-and-click adventure games. The new edition was developed by Double Fine Production, a studio led by Tim Schafer, the co-author of the original title. The action of the game takes place in a unique version of the afterlife, inspired by noir movies and Mexican folklore.

Candle: The Power of the Flame
Candle: The Power of the Flame

Adventure 25 July 2018

The debut project from the independent Spanish studio, Teku, combining elements of a classic platformer with a dynamic action-adventure games. Its plot takes after classic movie and gaming stories, putting us in the shoes of a young shaman student, who has to save the people from his village who were assaulted by the hostile Atipax tribe. We also discover a hidden, dark truth from the past.

Little Busters! Converted Edition
Little Busters! Converted Edition

Adventure 23 April 2020

Little Busters! is a visual novel adventure game produced by the Key studio. The game tells the story of a group of Japanese high school students, and the game boils down mainly to following the plot and making choices from time to time. The fun is diversified by mini games.

Kholat
Kholat

Adventure 14 May 2020

A first-person survival horror game developed by Polish development studio IMGN.pro. The game's story is inspired by true events that took place in 1959 at the Dyatlov Pass in the Ural mountains, where the dead bodies of nine Russian hikers were found, and the cause of their death remained unclear. We only know that most of them died of hypothermia, and evidence indicates that they were forced to flee from an unknown danger.

Cinders
Cinders

Adventure 14 February 2019

Cinders is an independent production being a graphic novel. The game is loosely inspired by the fairy tale of Cinderella and tells the stories of four women who have to make difficult decisions affecting their future. The Polish studio MoaCube is responsible for the title.

The Book of Unwritten Tales 2
The Book of Unwritten Tales 2

Adventure 05 February 2019

A continuation of the 2009 hilarious adventure game developed by KING Art Games that tells a story of the search for a powerful magical artifact. The story of the second installment picks up one year after the events shown by its predecessor, allowing the players to control the team of heroes aided by an amiable creature named Critter – one might remember all these characters from the first game.

Machinarium
Machinarium

Adventure 01 November 2018

An original two-dimensional adventure game developed by Amanita Design - an independent Czech studio popular for the Samorost series. The action is set in a bizarre world made entirely of metal. All the plants, wildlife and humans were replaced by robots. The player assumes the role of one such robot, wrongfully sent to a junkyard. Once back in town, the protagonist discovers the existence of a conspiracy aiming to murder its leader.

Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee
Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee

Adventure 14 May 2020

The third installment of the Oddworld series for the first time takes the player into a three-dimensional world. This time, Abe, known from the previous parts, is accompanied by a wheelchair-driven Munch.

Primordia
Primordia

Adventure 02 March 2022

A classic point-and-click adventure in which the player gets to the postapocalyptic reality. The civilization created by man is only a myth in this world, and the Earth is inhabited by robots endowed with artificial intelligence.

Gone Home
Gone Home

Adventure 06 September 2018

An original exploration adventure drama with first-person perspective. Gone Home is a debut project of an indie developer The Fullbright Company, whose members previously worked on a successful DLC for BioShock 2, Minerva’s Den. Gone Home is set in the United States of 1990s. You play as a young woman named Katy, who returns home after spending a year away in Europe. When she gets home, instead of her family she is welcomed by an empty house.

Chronicles of Magic: Divided Kingdoms
Chronicles of Magic: Divided Kingdoms

Adventure 09 May 2024

A HOPA adventure game developed by The House of Fables and Artifex Mundi. The players are taken to a fantasy universe divided into two warring kingdoms – Black and White. The story begins when a mysterious Black Knight kidnaps Nevin, a boy living in the forests of White Kingdom. The player assumes control of Gillian, the boy’s mother who attempts to pursue the knight in order to save her son. The game takes place on static, hand-drawn locations.