Adventure Video Games9
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.
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Resident Evil
Adventure 01 April 1996
Action adventure game in the survival horror convention, which gave rise to a series that enjoys unflagging popularity around the world. The title was developed by Capcom, and its storyline draws heavily on horror films. In unexplained circumstances, bloodthirsty zombies appeared on the streets of a fictional city Raccoon City - to the rescue moves a special squad S.T.A.R.S.
Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare
Adventure 18 June 2001
Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare is a classic survival-horror. We play one of two different characters (Edward Carnby and Aline Cedrac). During the game we solve not too complicated puzzles, and we fight spectacular duels with terrifying creatures.
Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Adventure 05 October 2010
A third-person perspective action-adventure game developed by Ninja Theory. The game is a modern adaptation of one of the most famous classics of Chinese literature, the epic Journey to the West. The action of the game takes place in the 22nd century, after the third and fourth World War. During the gameplay, we assume the role of a lone man called Monkey, who gets imprisoned by the machines ruling the world. He manages to escape along with a young woman called Trip.
Alpha Polaris
Adventure 24 June 2011
Adventure in the thriller convention, where we go to a research station located in Greenland. We are experiencing terrifying nightmares, trying to stay alive together with other scientists.
Chuchel
Adventure 07 March 2018
A point-and click adventure game by indie Czech studio Amanita Design. In Chuchel, you play as the eponymous critter, whose task is to catch a mysterious criminal and get back his stolen cherry. On his way, Chuchel has to solve puzzles, complete various challenges, and get through levels inspired by classic video games. The production is rich with situational humor.
Beholder
Adventure 09 November 2016
Beholder is an indie adventure game, inspired by the works of George Orwell, Aldous Huxley, and Ray Bradbury. The game takes place in a dystopian world, where the lives of its citizens are fully controlled by the regime, and privacy and freedom of speech are relics of the past. The players take on the role of the manager of an apartment complex. His job is to - under the guise of care - surveil and report any signs of opposition against the government.
Steins;Gate
Adventure 15 October 2009
Steins;Gate is a visual novel sci-fi adventure game. Players follow a first year student at a Tokyo university and a novice inventor who follows a conspiracy related to one of his gadgets.
Umineko When They Cry
Adventure 17 August 2007
Umineko When They Cry is a Japanese visual novel. It tells the story of mysterious murders that took place on a private island in the 1980s. Studio 07th Expansion is responsible for the creation of the game.
Still Wakes the Deep
Adventure 18 June 2024
An FPP horror action adventure game. Still Wakes the Deep has us playing as a drilling platform employee, trapped in his workplace during a storm. To survive, he must face a mysterious threat lurking on the platform.
Broken Sword: Parzival's Stone
Adventure 2025
The sixth installment in an iconic series of point-and-click adventure games. Broken Sword: Parzival's Stone stars George and Nico, searching for the mythical Holy Grail, the fate of the world in their hands.
The Medium
Adventure 28 January 2021
The Medium is a horror in which we play the role of a woman who can see ghosts and tries to solve the mystery of the murder of a child. The game is another work of the talented Krakow Bloober Team.
Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse
Adventure 31 July 2008
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.
Randal's Monday
Adventure 12 November 2014
Randal's Monday is an adventure game by Nexus Game Studios. The script is based on an idea similar to Swistak's Day, and as the title Randal, we are forced to live through one unceasing Monday, trying to find a way to change the disastrous course of events.
Undercover Missions: Operation Kursk K-141
Adventure 11 December 2015
A third-person point-and-click espionage thriller adventure game developed by The Game Species. The action of Undercover Missions: Operation Kursk K-141 is set aboard the eponymous Russian submarine which went missing under suspicious circumstances in August of 2000. In the game we assume the role of a secret agent whose mission is to detect and capture the leader of a criminal organization that's been stealing Russian weapon systems.
Corpse Party
Adventure 12 August 2010
A visual novel adventure game developed by studio 5pg. The game is an improved version of the independent game created by Makoto Kedouin and originally released in 1996. Corpse Party takes place in a high school building that was built on the ruins of an old grade school in which a terrible and mysterious crime has occurred. One day, due to unexplainable events, a group of students enters a terrible and grotesque version of their school in which the corridors are filled with decomposing corpses.
Pilot Down: Behind Enemy Lines
Adventure 09 September 2005
An extensive action game with role-playing elements, in which we will also find elements of the sneaking. We go back to the Second World War and play the role of an American pilot, shot down while performing one of the secret missions, who has to get out of the hostile territory at any cost (the game takes place in Germany in 1944).
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Hard Evidence
Adventure 25 September 2007
Crime Scene Investigation: Hard Evidence is the fifth installment of a series of adventures based on the popular, award-winning TV series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. The game was produced by Telltale Games studio and released by Ubisoft.
The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav
Adventure 22 June 2012
Developed by Daedalic Entertainment, The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav is an adventure game that takes the players to a fantasy realm of Aventuria. We play as a young man named Geron, who, according to the prophecy, will bring unspeakable evil to the world. Together with two of his friends, he tries to prevent this from happening. Gameplay revolves around interacting with NPCs, exploring diverse locations, and looking for items necessary for solving different puzzles.
Metroid Prime Trilogy
Adventure 24 August 2009
Metroid Prime Trilogy is a package of three first-person action games, whose heroine is Samus Aran, an intergalactic prize hunter. Included in the set: Metroid Prime, Metroid Echoes and Metroid Corruption. Developers from the Retro studio also took care of the implementation of the Wii Remote controller, as well as a set of additional materials related to the Metroid series.
Policenauts
Adventure 19 January 1996
A series of improvements to the FPP adventure, which was originally released in 1994 on the PC-98 platform. The author of this science-fiction production is Hideo Kojima.
Clock Tower (2024)
Adventure May 2024
Clock Tower is a remastered version of the first game in an iconic Japanese horror series. It's an adventure game with survival horror elements, tasking us with solving puzzles while avoiding a murderous stalker.
Five Nights at Freddy's 4
Adventure 23 July 2015
The fourth and final installment of the independent horror game series by Scott Cawthon. In Five Nights at Freddy’s 4, we have to face the murderous animatronic toys yet again. Compared to its predecessors, the title's gameplay formula has been changed. While plying, we do not assume the role of a security guard anymore, but a small child that has to survive the five eponymous nights in his own home which is overrun by bloodthirsty toys.
Thimbleweed Park
Adventure 30 March 2017
A point-and-click adventure game created by Ron Gilbert and Gary Winnick. The players are taken to the titular Thimbleweed Park - once a prosperous business area, now definitely past its prime. The player takes on the roles of five characters in total throughout this adventure and is capable of switching between them at any time.
Duck Detective: The Secret Salami
Adventure 23 May 2024
An adventure game with a lot of humor. In Duck Detective: The Secret Salami we play as the titular investigator, interrogating suspects, gathering various clues and trying to solve the conspiracy. The game features cartoonish graphics and characters made as 2D sprites.