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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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Ylands
Adventure 20 June 2024
A survival-oriented sandbox created by an in-house studio of Bohemia Interactive. Ylands allows the player to create their own interactive world. Building your own worlds is one of the mainstays of the game. They can be placed in a number of settings and conventions: from Wild West, through forests and farms, and up to medieval castles and arenas inspired by Feudal Japan. The player can modify the topography, as well as build objects and items.
Memoranda
Adventure 06 November 2020
A classic point-and-click adventure developed by the independent studio Bit ByterZ, the game was funded via a successful Kickstarter project. Memoranda takes us to a small town inhabited by strange individuals who have lost something. This also happens to the heroine - she is slowly forgetting her own name. Your objective is to find out why this is happening.
Old Man's Journey
Adventure 20 February 2018
Old Man's Journey is an adventure game developed by the independent studio Broken Rules. The game's protagonist is a bearded elderly man who goes on the titular journey in order to meet with his family. The plot is told only through a series of pictures. As we play, we get to know the most important moments of our protagonist's life. We explore various areas in Old Man's Journey, like small towns, river valleys, and even mountain tops.
Seasons of Heaven
Adventure canceled
An action-adventure game developed by independent studio Any Arts Production for Nintendo Switch. Seasons of Heaven is based on a novel written by Nico Augusto. The game takes place in a post-apocalyptic world and focuses on a group of survivors who are trying to stay alive in a dangerous environment. The player controls two characters: Yannem, a boy with Asperger’s syndrome, and Ani, his faithful dog companion.
Figment
Adventure 28 June 2018
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.
Demon Hunter 3: Revelation
Adventure 26 February 2021
A HOPA adventure co-developed by Brave Giant from Serbia and Artifex Mundi from Poland. Just like its two previous parts, Dawn Harlock is the protagonist. She conducts an investigation into a homicide of a woman and a mysterious disappearance of her daughter. The heroine soon learns that there is a new and evil force involved in the case and the unusual events may have something to do with her own vague origin.
Night Trap - 25th Anniversary Edition
Adventure 24 August 2018
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.
Flipping Death
Adventure 07 August 2018
An unusual mix of an adventure game and a platform game. The title was developed by Swedish studio Zaink! and it is a spiritual successor to Stick It to the Man!, a game from 2013. The players assume the role of Penny Doewood. After a tragic death, she must replace Death, who goes on vacation. The girl is solving problems of numerous restless souls while also trying to discover the truth about her own death.
Tokyo Dark: Remembrance
Adventure 07 November 2019
Developed by Cherrymochi from Japan, a horror adventure title with strong visual novel elements. The main heroine of the game is Ayami Ito, who carries out an investigation into the mysterious disappearance of her partner. In order to find the truth, she needs to take matters in her own hands. Things become complicated as she also has to face the demons of her own past, nightmares, and hallucinations. The non-linear plot leads to one of eleven endings, depending on the player’s in-game choices.
InnerSpace
Adventure 16 January 2018
An unique exploration-oriented game by indie studio PolyKnight Games. The gameplay in InnerSpace focuses on traversing a world surrounded by water, where the laws of physics are reversed, and the locals live in cities built on the remnants of earlier civilizations. You play as a cartographer searching for artifacts and discovering previously unknown places to learn the history of this universe.
Inner Voices
Adventure 14 April 2022
An exploration/adventure horror by the independent studio Sigma Games from Poland. The main hero of Inner Voices is John Blake who is trapped in a dimension resembling purgatory. The protagonist suffers from amnesia and the only way to reveal his mysterious past is to follow a strange voice. The hints it drops lead the hero to eerie places which reflect his own memories distorted by an unknown, evil force. The action is presented from the first-person perspective.
Last Day of June
Adventure 16 March 2018
An adventure game by Ovosonico, co-produced by director Massimo Guarini (Shadows of the DAMNED, Naruto: Rise of a Ninja), Steven Wilson (the founder of the band Porcupine Tree) and Jessica Cope (the director of Metallica's music video for “Here Comes Revenge”). The story focuses on Carl, whose beloved June died from injuries she sustained in a car crash. However, thte protagonist discovers that he can use June's paintings to travel in time.
Late Shift
Adventure 26 April 2018
An adventure game in the form of an interactive FMV thriller, developed by the Swiss team at CtrlMovie and directed by Tobias Weber; the script on the other hand, was written by Michael Robert Johnson. Though the game debuted on mobile devices, it also came out for PC and consoles a year later. Matt, the protagonist, is a young student of mathematics, who tries to make some money as a car park guard. He gets charged with stealing Chinese porcelain from an auction house in London.
Manual Samuel
Adventure 16 August 2018
An amazingly hilarious adventure game combining elements of the famous Monkey Island series with the crazy Octodad: Dadliest Catch. It was developed by Perfectly Paranormal - an independent game-making studio. The game tells a story of the titular Samuel, who has just died as a result of an accident. In the Afterlife he meets Death, with whom he makes an unusual pact.
Symmetry
Adventure 19 March 2019
An independent Polish game developed by Sleepless Clinic. The players are tasked with taking care of a research team that crash landed on an alien planet covered with ice. The players must make sure that the researchers survive. In order to achieve this goal, they must satisfy their basic needs by providing them with food and rest. They must also fix the broken ship.
Enigmatis 3: The Shadow of Karkhala
Adventure 08 October 2021
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.
Karma. Incarnation 1
Adventure 14 May 2021
A point’n’click adventure game developed by independent Russian studio AuraLab. The player assumes the role of Pip. Transformed into a worm, he travels through the spirit world in order to find his beloved one, who was abducted by evil forces. Gameplay is observed from the side-view. Exploration of the psychedelic environment, completing different quests, and solving puzzles are the key elements of the title.
Claire: Extended Cut
Adventure 10 November 2023
An extended edition of Claire - a survival horror game released in 2014. In comparison to the original release, the new edition brings mainly improved audiovisuals. Once again, the development works were carried out by Hailstorm Games. The game still offers a two-dimensional environment and pixel-art graphics. However, the creators managed to implement both 3D objects and depth of field effects.
Forgotton Anne
Adventure 09 November 2018
A game developed by an indie studio, ThroughLine Games, that combines elements of point-and-click and platform games. In Forgotten Anne the players step into a fantasy world of Forgotten Lands, inhabited by creatures that were created out of abandoned everyday objects. When a rebellion rises, our main heroine, who works as an enforcer, needs to stop the riots and bring back the balance and peace. Her master, Bonku, aids the girl in this quest. The action is presented from a side perspective.
The Fall Part 2: Unbound
Adventure 13 February 2018
An action adventure game with platformer elements, developed by the independent studio Over the Moon Games. The production is a direct sequel to The Fall which debuted in 2014. After the events of the original, ARID reaches the global network and her primary task is to save herself — the heroine, who is an advanced artificial intelligence, takes over various robots to do so. The gameplay of The Fall Part 2: Unbound is presented from a side view.
OPUS: The Day We Found Earth
Adventure 30 November 2017
An adventure game, enriched with visual novel elements, in which the player plays Emetha - a robot operating on board the OPUS ship. The task, which rests on his shoulders, is to find the Earth, which for millions of years of the cosmic journey of mankind has gradually fallen into oblivion, becoming a kind of myth.
The Silver Case 2425
Adventure 09 July 2021
A compilation of two detective adventure games by Grasshopper Interactive. The Silver 2425 bundle includes a remastered version of The Silver Case, originally released in 1999 for PlayStation, and its remake, titled The 25th Ward: The Silver Case that came out in 2005 for mobile devices. While playing, we are taken to the Japan of 1999, and our task is to solve cases of mysterious murders.
Song of Memories
Adventure 23 March 2023
An adventure game made in a visual novel style with elements of dating sims and jRPGs, created by Pure Wish studio. The story of Song of Memories is focused on two high school students: Minato Kamishiro who is raising his sister and his friend, Kanon Hiiragi. The lives of those two gain unexpected momentum when the world suffers from a dangerous virus that increases violence in women that are infected by it.
Neversong
Adventure 16 July 2020
Platform action game with elements of adventure, in which players play the role of Pete - a boy awakened from a coma, trying to find his lost sister. The protagonist embarks on a dangerous journey through an oneiric world, solving riddles and confronting enemies he encounters along the way.