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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.

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Haunted Memories
Haunted Memories

Adventure 30 September 2013

A horror-style first person perspective adventure game (FPP). The player takes on the role of a hero who is given the opportunity to consciously immerse himself in the world of sleep in order to discover many terrifying secrets. The title was produced by independent studio ParanormalDev in cooperation with MadMan Theory Games.

PC

Long Night
Long Night

Adventure 07 July 2014

Long Night is a classic representative of the tertiary survival horror genre, inspired by such titles as Resident Evil or Silent Hill. We play the role of David, a teenager who spends holidays with his friends in a forest summer camp. One night the adventure turns into a nightmare and the hero has to deal with his deepest fears.

PCX360PS3

Grim Legends: The Forsaken Bride
Grim Legends: The Forsaken Bride

Adventure 25 February 2014

HOPA (Hidden Objects Puzzle Adventure), produced by Artifex Mundi studio in Poland. The main character, whose actions are directed by the player, sets off to help her twin sister kidnapped by a giant bear. Step by step she learns the truth about herself and her family and learns that gloomy legends sometimes become reality.

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sonder.
sonder.

Adventure 25 May 2017

A science-fiction action-adventure game by Macedonian studio KAMAi MEDIA. sonder. (known also as The Station) is set on a faraway space station, where one day a series of mysterious and troubling events begins. Curiously, there is no set protagonist, and you can play as every person on the station, switching between them whenever you want to. The production utilizes the third person's view, and the key aspect of the gameplay is making choices.

PCXONEPS4

Monkey Tales: The Museum of Anything
Monkey Tales: The Museum of Anything

Adventure 07 November 2011

The second in a series of adventure and arcade games by Larian studio. Dinosaurus Karmen Rzarcique took control of the museum, which effectively deterred all visitors. The player's task is to restore order in this institution, using cunning, reflex and mathematical skills.

PC

Monkey Tales: The Abbey of Aviath
Monkey Tales: The Abbey of Aviath

Adventure 07 November 2011

The third game from the series of humorous adventures enriched with arcade and educational elements. This time, the teenage hero has to overcome a wicked gel that steals knowledge and wisdom from the world with the help of the player. The production of the Belgian Larian studio is a combination of fun and science, allowing young audiences to develop their mathematical skills.

PC

Monkey Tales: The Castle of Draconian
Monkey Tales: The Castle of Draconian

Adventure 07 November 2011

The fourth game from the adventure-educational cycle, created and developed by the development team of Larian Studios. This time the players have to help the young heroine defeat the vampire, the servant of the cunning Horus. As usual, this sentence requires a lot of dexterity, quick reflex and talent to solve mathematical puzzles.

PC

Urban Runner
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.

PC

Nancy Drew Mobile Mysteries: Shadow Ranch
Nancy Drew Mobile Mysteries: Shadow Ranch

Adventure 23 February 2011

The first mobile edition of the popular book series about the adventures of teenage detective Nancy Drew. In this case, however, we are not dealing with a classic adventure game, but a gamebook, in which players have the opportunity to choose the path of plot development. The whole was enriched with numerous mini-games connected with the story told in the book.

iOS

Decay: The Mare
Decay: The Mare

Adventure 24 October 2013

An adventure game created in the convention of psychological horror, which is a continuation of Decay's independent, episodic adventure. In the game we play the role of a man who wants to deal with drug addiction and ends up at a mysterious Reaching Dreams centre. Unfortunately, during the first night something goes wrong and our hero hits the middle of the nightmare, forced to explore dark rooms and solve a series of puzzles.

PCXONEX360ANDWP

NightCry
NightCry

Adventure 29 March 2016

An action-adventure game stylistically inspired by Japanese horrors. The game was developed by Nude Maker studio in cooperation with many genre veterans, who have created such franchises as Clock Tower, Silent Hill, and the Ju-On movie series. Night Cry takes place on a passenger ship. A series of brutal murders that take place there scares the passengers and makes it impossible to continue the cruise.

PCPSV

What Remains of Edith Finch
What Remains of Edith Finch

Adventure 25 April 2017

What Remains of Edith Finch is a unique adventure game developed by Giant Sparrow, which focuses on the evanescence of life. The game tells a set of short stories about the fate of the members of a certain American family that has been cursed. The history told in those episodes takes place over a span of one hundred years in Washington state, a place filled with forests and mountains, a location that resembles a little the cult TV show Twin Peaks.

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Submerged
Submerged

Adventure 04 August 2015

A third person action adventure game that combines a post-apocalyptic setting with fantasy elements. The game was created by Uppercut Games, a developer studio founded by industry veterans who previously worked on such classics as Fallout Tactics and the BioShock franchise. You take on the role of a young girl, who brings her wounded brother into a submerged city. Gameplay is based on exploration (on foot or by boat) in search of any items that could give the boy some relief.

PCXONEPS4SwitchANDiOS

htoL#NiQ: The Firefly Diary
htoL#NiQ: The Firefly Diary

Adventure 19 June 2014

A climatic adventure platform game in which we try to help a lost girl get out of a dark maze. Two fairies (the so-called "skylights"), representing the power of light and darkness, will be an invaluable help in the journey. Using their abilities will allow us to change our perspective and see all the elements important for the course of the game.

PSV

Herald
Herald

Adventure 16 February 2017

A narrative-focused point-and-click adventure game and the debut project from the independent Dutch studio, Wispfire. Inspired by real events, the game is set in alternative version of the 19th century in which all western countries have been united under the banner of an empire known as the Protectorate. Players take the role a man named Devan Rensburgh, who seeks the truth of his origins while on his journey to Western Colonies of the empire.

PC

Adventure in Serenia
Adventure in Serenia

Adventure 31 December 1982

A PC version of the classic Wizard and the Princess adventure game, released in 1980 on Apple II computers and considered a prelude to the legendary King's Quest series. In the game we play the role of a wanderer, who in exchange for half of the kingdom decides to free Princess Serenia Priscilla from the hands of the evil wizard Harlin.

PC

Fahrenheit: Indigo Prophecy Remastered
Fahrenheit: Indigo Prophecy Remastered

Adventure 29 January 2015

A remastered edition of the adventure game developed by Quantic Dream, which debuted in 2005 on computers and sixth generation consoles. The story of the game takes place in the New York City in year 2009. The city is mortified by a series of brutal murders committed by otherwise lawful citizens for no apparent reasons. The player assumes the role of Kane, a man who, haunted by strange visions, kills a person he was completely unfamiliar with.

PCPS4ANDiOS

Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas
Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas

Adventure 08 November 2013

Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas is an action adventure game produced by the Cornfox & Brothers team, modelled on The Legend of Zelda. While playing as a teenager, we explore the land of fantasy, looking for a lost father and try to save the world from extinction. The project is an improved PC version of an older mobile title.

PCXONEPS4SwitchANDiOS

Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters
Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters

Adventure 10 April 2014

An original combination of a visual novel adventure with a turn-based strategy game. Players play the role of an employee of a small occult publishing house in Tokyo. Apart from official activities, the company's representatives are also engaged in exorcism and hunting for various ghosts and supernatural phenomena.

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Edge of Nowhere
Edge of Nowhere

Adventure 06 June 2016

An interesting action adventure game with horror elements, created with virtual reality hardware in mind. Edge of Nowhere was developed by the experienced studio Insomniac Games, the creators of such well-known tiles as the Spyro series, Ratchet & Clank, Resistance or Sunset Overdrive. Unlike other productions for VR hardware, Edge of Nowhere is a TPP game. You play as a rescue team member searching for a lost expedition in the Antarctic.

PC

Robinson: The Journey
Robinson: The Journey

Adventure 08 November 2016

A first-person adventure game focused on exploration. The game was developed by the German team at Crytek (famous for the best-selling Crysis series) and designed to support virtual reality technology. The story is set on an unknown distant planet combining tropical flora with prehistoric fauna embodied by powerful dinosaurs. The surface of the planet is littered with remnants of technologically advanced but now extinct civilization.

PCPS4

The Town of Light
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.

PCXONEPS4Switch

Tales of Cosmos
Tales of Cosmos

Adventure 20 November 2016

A point-n-click adventure game from Red Dwarf Games. The plot revolves around two astronauts – Professor Gagayev and Perseus, a talking dog. Their objective is to neutralize Shuttle’s Bane, a mysterious magnetic anomaly that sucks in any spaceship that comes too close. During the game, you visit a big, open world composed of several planets and moons.

PC

The Endless Cylinder
The Endless Cylinder

Adventure TBA

The Endless Cylinder is an independent project of Carlos Bordeu, one of the founders of the ACE Team. In this surreal adventure game we play the role of a small and helpless creature who travels through a dangerous planet.

PC