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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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Maniac Mansion
Maniac Mansion

Adventure 15 October 1987

Dave and two friends set out to rescue his girlfriend Sandy. She was kidnapped by Dr. Fred, who under the influence of a dark meteorite intended to turn her into a zombie.

PC

Star Trek: Hidden Evil
Star Trek: Hidden Evil

Adventure 17 November 1999

Star Trek: Hidden Evil is a third-person action adventure game set a few months after the events known from Star Trek: Insurrection.

PC

Grom
Grom

Adventure 28 November 2002

A game combining the features of three genres, cRPGs, adventures and action games. It has a rich feature line set in the realities of the Second World War abounding in many fantastic and mystical elements typical for James Bond and Indiana Jones films.

PC

Sam & Max: Season 1 - Culture Shock
Sam & Max: Season 1 - Culture Shock

Adventure 17 October 2006

Sam & Max: Season 1 is a production prepared by Telltale Games team, known for creating Bone. Like the title mentioned here, Sam & Max is an episodic game.

PC

Stupid Invaders
Stupid Invaders

Adventure 28 February 2001

An adventure game based on an animated series, consciously breaking the conventions of its genre. The five aliens whose spaceship breaks down are trying to leave the Earth and return to their own planet.

PC

Echo Night: Beyond
Echo Night: Beyond

Adventure 24 July 2004

Echo Night: Beyond takes us on a paranormal expedition to the Moon, where we are accompanied by fear and a sense of participation in some mysterious adventure. It's 2044, we armed with nothing more than a flashlight, we have to overcome all our phobias and fears.

PS2

Reksio i Skarb Piratow
Reksio i Skarb Piratow

Adventure 12 August 2003

Reksio i Skarb Piratów is the first game in the adventure series created by Aidem Media for the youngest computer users. The title character, well known for his selections, finds a map leading to the legendary treasure of Captain O'Gryzek. By solving simple puzzles and undertaking many skill tests, players must help Reksi in his adventures.

PC

X-Files: The Game
X-Files: The Game

Adventure 31 May 1998

X-Files: The Game is an adventure game based on the themes of a popular TV series in the convention of interactive film, produced by Fox Interactive. The player plays the role of a young FBI agent who has to solve the mystery of the disappearance of Fox Mulder and Dana Scully, a duo working on matters from the X archive. The screenplay was written by Chris Carter, and the main roles in the series - David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson - were also involved in the production.

PCPS1

80 Days (2005)
80 Days (2005)

Adventure 24 October 2005

80 Days is an adventure game, prepared for fans of the genre by the band Frogwares. Its plot was loosely based on Julius Verne's novel W 80 dni wokól swiata (Frogwares had already used Verne's work on The Journey to the Inside of the Earth).

PC

realMYST: Masterpiece Edition
realMYST: Masterpiece Edition

Adventure 05 February 2014

Prepared to mark the 20th anniversary of the release, a fully re-mastered version of one of the most important adventure games of all time. The authors based on the three-dimensional version of RealMYST from 2000, enriching it with the latest graphic effects and a whole range of improvements and new possibilities.

PCSwitch

Slender: The Arrival
Slender: The Arrival

Adventure 26 March 2013

A survival horror adventure game, a commercial development of the free-to-play hit Slender: The Eight Pages. Mark Hadley and the development team of Blue Isle Studios remained faithful to the urban legend of the faceless man. The player-created protagonist is looking for his wife, who disappeared from their home in unexplained circumstances. Words written on the walls suggest that the woman may be in serious danger.

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Golden Trails: The New Western Rush
Golden Trails: The New Western Rush

Adventure 23 December 2010

Golden Trails: The New Western Rush is a Wild West-based casual adventure of the kind of "hidden objects", produced by the development team at Awem studio. The player takes on the role of Sheriff Jack and tries to track down the perpetrators of the bold attack on the bank in Sunnyville.

PC

The Stanley Parable
The Stanley Parable

Adventure 17 October 2013

Original adventure game, which is an improved commercial version of Half-Life 2 modification released in 2011. Responsible for its creation is Galactic Cafe independent studio, founded by the creators of the original mod. We play as title Stanley - employee of big corporation whose task is to execute commands that appear on the computer screen.

PC

Attentat 1942
Attentat 1942

Adventure 31 October 2017

A text-based adventure game with interface-based minigames taking place in occupied Czechoslovakia during World War II. The grandfather of the main hero has been arrested by Gestapo following a successful assassination attempt on Reinhardt Heydrich. Our task is to find him and learn the truth about his role in the whole operation. Attentat 1942 offers a complete adventure game experience, consisting of conversations with encountered characters and demanding minigames.

PCSwitch

Yomawari: Midnight Shadows
Yomawari: Midnight Shadows

Adventure 24 October 2017

Yomawari: Midnight Shadows is a horror action-adventure game developed by the Japanese studio Nippon Ichi Software and a sequel to Yomawari: Night Alone. The game takes place in modern-day Japan and tells the story of two girls, Yui and Haru, who can't find the way back home from their trip to the mountains. To make matters worse, they get separated after a short while. In terms of gameplay mechanics, Yomawari: Midnight Shadows will test our dexterity and wit.

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Ark of Time
Ark of Time

Adventure 28 February 1997

A point-and-click adventure. We direct the actions of Richard Kendall, a journalist who unexpectedly gets a chance to report on his life. He is to find the British researcher and archaeologist Caldwell, whose expedition has disappeared in the vicinity of the Bermuda Triangle. Travellers supposedly tried to find the ruins of the mysterious Atlantis.

PCPS1

AI: The Somnium Files
AI: The Somnium Files

Adventure 17 September 2019

Detective adventure game with visual novel elements, in which we try to solve the mystery of murders taking place in technologically advanced, modern Tokyo. The game was created by the authors of the Zero Escape series.

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Cultist Simulator
Cultist Simulator

Adventure 31 May 2018

A digital card game, in which the players become leaders of different cults. The action of the game is set in the 1920s and is inspired by the works of none other than H.P. Lovecraft.

PCSwitchANDiOS

Wytchwood
Wytchwood

Adventure 09 December 2021

Wytchwood is an adventure game focused on gathering and crafting, set in a fairy-tale world. It was developed by indie studio Alientrap. You play as a mysterious witch living in an ancient forest.

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Tormentum II
Tormentum II

Adventure 2024

A point and click adventure set in a dark, surreal world filled with monsters from a nightmare. Tormentum II was inspired by the works of H.R. Giger and Zdzislaw Beksinski. Polish developer OhNoo Studio is responsible for the game.

PC

Nemezis: Mysterious Journey III
Nemezis: Mysterious Journey III

Adventure 08 July 2021

A classic adventure game with logical elements, which was created by a Polish development team led by Roland Pantola, a veteran of the Polish industry and the head of the reactivated Detalion studio. The title is a continuation of the series Schizm, the previous part of which was published in 2004.

PC

Nekopara Extra
Nekopara Extra

Adventure 27 July 2018

A visual novel adventure game. It is the second (after Nekopara Vol. 0) prequel to the Nekopara series. The game takes place one and a half year before the events depicted in the main entry in the series.

PC

The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series
The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series

Adventure 10 September 2019

The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series is the complete edition of all The Walking Dead branded adventures created by Telltale studio. In addition to the games themselves, the collection also includes behind the scenes materials.

PCXONEPS4

Date A Live: Arusu Install
Date A Live: Arusu Install

Adventure 26 June 2014

A classic Japanese visual novel adventure that is a sequel to Date A Live: Rinne Utopia, released in 2013. In Arusu Install, the main character is trapped in a virtual space where he meets the mysterious Maria Arusu while testing a new VR game.

PS3