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Aftermath
Action canceled
A TPP action adventure game in the style of a psychological thriller. In Aftermath we play the heroine named Charlie, who wanders the European city overrun by aliens, trying to find her lost daughter.
Paper Ghost Stories: Third Eye Open
Adventure 2024
Paper Ghost Stories: Third Eye Open is the second part of a series of grim adventure games straight from Malaysia. In the first full-length game of the series we lead a girl who has to face not only the torments of growing up in an unpleasant environment, but also ghosts.
Martha Is Dead
Adventure 24 February 2022
First-person adventure game maintained in the genre of a dark psychological thriller. Martha is Dead transfers us to Tuscany in 1944. The production is the responsibility of an independent studio LKA, the creator of The Town of Light.
The Complex
Adventure 31 March 2020
Adventure game created using FMV technology and maintained in the convention of a science fiction thriller. In The Complex we follow Dr. Amy Tenant, a nanotechnology specialist who is trapped in the title complex after the biological attack on London.
Perfect Dark
Action TBA
Conversion of cult FPP shooting with special agent Joanna Dark in the lead role. Prequel game Perfect Dark Zero released in 2005. The production became famous, among other things, thanks to the extremely extensive multiplayer mode.
Saint Kotar
Adventure 28 October 2021
Saint Kotar is a 2.5D point and click adventure game created by Red Martyr Entertainment. From the perspective of the two characters we discover the mystery of the old town, where a series of strange phenomena and murders take place.
Gray Dawn
Adventure 07 June 2018
A psychological thriller adventure game, in which the players assume the role of a priest charged with murdering an altar boy during an exorcism. In Gray Dawn, the players observe the action from the first-person perspective, and the gameplay revolves around solving environmental puzzles. The main protagonist is haunted by dark visions that make for the grim atmosphere of the game.
Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma
Adventure 28 June 2016
An interactive adventure horror game from visual novel genre and a third entry in Zero Escape series, created ChunSoft in cooperation with Aksys Games. It takes place in Martian research facility, ordered to survey reactions of people locked and isolated from the rest of the world. Gameplay doesn’t differ much from that of previous parts of the series and presents fans with well-known characters.
Higurashi When They Cry
Adventure 10 August 2002
Higurashi When They Cry is a Japanese adventure in the visual novel category. The production is kept in a horror atmosphere and tells the story of a small village of Hinamizawa, which in June 1983 became the scene of a series of brutal murders. The game boils down primarily to passive tracking of the plot presented in text form enriched with simple pictures.
Hatoful Boyfriend
Adventure 04 September 2014
Original Japanese visual novel game. The main character moves to a secondary school for intelligent and speaking birds. On the spot she can make friends with her students and find true love.
Deus Ex: The Fall
RPG 10 July 2013
Spin-off of the popular cyberpunk action RPG series, referring in its climate to the last full-fledged part of the series. The game was originally created for mobile devices, but it was also converted for PC. Its action takes place parallel to the events from the predecessor, but presents the whole story from the point of view of a completely different character. We play as a former member of SAS, who is a mercenary in service of a private military corporation.
Urban Runner
Adventure 31 December 1996
A detective adventure thriller made in the form of an interactive film. We play the role of an American journalist who, while investigating a dangerous drug dealer in Paris, is caught up in his murder. Our hero has to unravel the case and prove his innocence by exposing the influential politician behind the whole affair.
Yesterday
Adventure 22 March 2012
A point-and-click adventure psychological thriller game by Spanish studio Pendulo Studios, known for the Runaway series. Yesterday is set in New York and its story focuses on a mysterious series of murders of homeless people. What links the individual cases are the characteristic Y-shaped scars. You play as John Yesterday, a man with no memory, who is trying to find out the truth about his past and ends up involved in a serious plot associated with the murders.
We Happy Few: Lightbearer
Action 30 July 2019
Lightbearer is the second addition to the We Happy Few adventure game by Compulsion Games studio. It focuses on the character of the popular Wellington Wells rockman, Nick Lightbearer.
Intruders: Hide and Seek
Action 13 February 2019
Stealth game, in which we play the role of a ten-year-old boy trying to save his parents who are hostages of three mysterious attackers. Although Intruders: Hide and Seek uses virtual reality sets, it does not require them to work.
Steins;Gate Elite
Adventure 20 September 2018
Steins;Gate Elite is a classic visual novel adventure game. It is a complex remake of the original Steins;Gate, a game that debuted in 2009.
The Suicide of Rachel Foster
Adventure 19 February 2020
The Suicide of Rachel Foster is a narrative thriller adventure game. During the game, the players take on the role of Nicole, who returns to a hotel belonging to her family, burdened with tragedy. The heroine is trapped in a mansion and starts to discover its dark secrets.
Those Who Remain
Adventure 28 May 2020
Those Who Remain is a psychological thriller taking place in a small town in the USA, where the action is observed from a first person perspective. The game puts a lot of emphasis on the heavy, disturbing atmosphere and can evoke associations with titles such as Alan Wake, as well as Polish The Vanishing of Ethan Carter and Kholat.
The Town of Light
Adventure 26 February 2016
First-person adventure game in the form of a psychological thriller and the debut of an independent Italian studio Lka.it. The game's plot is set in an mental institution located in the Italian town of Volterra. Creators of The Town of Light decided to depict in their game the history of an actually existing place, focusing on dramas of its residents, treated by facility staff like animals.
The Occupation
Adventure 05 March 2019
A first-person adventure game created by White Paper Games - an independent British studio. The story involves politics to a large extent, and is set in England of the 1980s. The player takes on the role of a journalist who is investigating the circumstances of passing a controversial bill that reduces the citizens' freedoms. For the most part, the player explores the in-game locations and solves puzzles.
Late Shift
Adventure 09 March 2016
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.
The Fidelio Incident
Adventure 23 May 2017
An adventure game featuring elements of the so-called walking simulators and developed by the independent studio Act 3 Games. The protagonist - Stanley, is a man whose past is unclear to the player. The plane he had been using to travel with his wife crashed on a frozen island near the coast of Iceland. The two survived the crash, but end up separated. The protagonist's goal is to reach his wife who is trapped in the wreck that is located on top of a mountain.
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.
Danganronpa 1-2 Reload
Adventure 10 October 2013
A suite of two refreshed and improved parts of the popular visual novel adventure series that were released on PSP in 2010 and 2012. In both titles, players take on the role of a high school student who tries to find the perpetrators of murders committed in his class, imprisoned in a secluded place by the sadistic headmaster of the school.