Adventure Video Games98
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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Anna: Extended Edition
Adventure 13 April 2013
Improved edition of the 2012 PC Adventure Anna. Developers took care not only of nicer graphics, but also new locations, additional puzzles or a changed interface.
Leaving Lyndow
Adventure 08 February 2017
An exploration adventure game by indie team Eastshade Studios. Leaving Lyndow is set in the universe of the Easthade game. The protagonist is a girl named Clara, who spends the last day on her family island before embarking on a long sea journey. The gameplay in Leaving Lyndow focuses on exploring the surroundings, interacting with the objects you find, and talking to NPCSs — this is how you learn of Clara's past. There are also various minigames, which help you uncover the plot step by step.
Conarium
Adventure 06 June 2017
A psychological horror adventure game. The developers at Zoetrope Interactive were inspired by the works of Howard Philips Lovecraft, especially the novella entitled At the Mountains of Madness. The action of Conarium takes place in the 30s, and the player find himself in Upuaut.
Into the Belly of the Beast
Adventure 22 June 2016
A colorful, two-dimensional action game from the German studio Lucky Brograms, in which the players concentrate on combining DNA of marine animals. We play as a likeable worm named Sploosh, whose children were abducted by a mighty sea monster as they were taking a carefree bath. Desperate, Sploosh chases after the beast and manages to get inside its body.
Outcast 1.1
Adventure 18 December 2014
An action-adventure game created by the French studio Fresh3D. Outcast 1.1 is a refreshed version of an acclaimed game developed by Appeal and released back in 1999. The player is taken to the mysterious planet Adelpha, inhabited by the civilization of Talan. The player assumes the role of a retired soldier sent there to protect three scientists and find a probe that has turned out to be a threat to the entire Earth.
Fe
Adventure 16 February 2018
A third-person perspective action game with platform genre features developed by Swedish studio Zoink Games as part of EA Originals, an initiative created in order to support independent developers. The game takes place in a mysterious realm inhabited by weird animals of which one the players control. The gameplay mechanics of the game combine solving riddles with classic platform-genre exploration.
Pan-Pan
Adventure 25 August 2016
A point ‘n’ click adventure game with logic elements and the debut project of a one-man studio Spelkraft from Sweden. The action of Pan-Pan takes place in an unknown fantasy world, where we assume the role of a heroine whose ship had a failure that forced her to land on an uncharted planet. Traversing the mysterious land, talking to non-player characters and solving puzzles, the protagonist tries to get a hold of technical devices that can help her repair her ship and go back home.
The Journeyman Project: Pegasus Prime
Adventure 28 March 2014
Pegasus Prime is a refreshed version of the first part of The Journeyman Project, offering better graphics and smoother animations. The action of the game is presented from the perspective of the main character and touches on the issue of time travel.
Symmetry
Adventure 20 February 2018
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.
Demon Hunter 2: A New Chapter
Adventure 25 August 2015
A sequel to the casual HOPA game developed cooperatively by the Serbian Brave Giant and the Polish Artifex Mundi. The action of Demon Hunter 2: A New Chapter takes place 20 years after the events of the original. When the foster father of the heroine dies while fighting a demonic opponent that tried to reenter our world, the protagonist becomes the last living member of the ancient Demon Hunter order and the only person that can face the enemy who is now stronger than ever.
ZED
Adventure 04 June 2019
A first-person exploration adventure game developed by Eagre Games led by Chuck Carter, the co-creator of the cult Myst series. The player assumes the role of a Dreamer whose task is to piece together the most important memories and pass them on to his granddaughter before his imminent death.
Blackwood Crossing
Adventure 17 February 2017
An adventure game developed by PaperSeven. The plot was written by Oliver Reid-Smith (the creator of the script for the well-received The Room), and it focuses on the relations of orphaned siblings: Scarlett and her younger brother, Finn. When the girl enters adolescence, their relations worsen. While traveling on a train, the protagonists meet a mysterious creature that lets them look at their past from a different perspective.
Ingress
Adventure 15 November 2012
MMOG (Massively Multiplayer Online location-based Game) in which we support the Enlightened who want to gain power from the recently discovered energy of Exotic Matter or Resistance Movement, which wants to protect humanity from its negative influence.
Distortions
Adventure 02 March 2018
An episodic adventure game with music game features, developed by Among Giants. Distortions tells the story of a woman who wakes up in a hospital bed in an unknown location after an accident. She notices that the time had stopped and all objects become alive only if she touches them. While traveling through the surrealistic realm with a giant, chained creature on the horizon, the protagonist is trying to discover how she got to this weird place and how to get back to the real world.
Kelvin and the Infamous Machine
Adventure 21 July 2016
A two-dimensional, point-and-click adventure game created by Blyts - an independent Argentinean developer. The player takes on the role of a crazy scientist's assistant. As a revenge for laughing at the invention of his life, dr. Edwin Lupin decides to travel back in time and take all the credit for the works of the most famous artists and inventors in the world's history.
Detective Hayseed: Hollywood
Adventure 07 October 2016
A humorous classic adventure game full of pop-culture references, developed by the experienced Czech studio Zima Software. The story of Detective Hayseed: Hollywood takes place in the eponymous city of movie-making. Just one day before the Oscars ceremony, the list of winners is stolen. To make things worse, an anonymous perpetrator threatens to detonate a bomb during the show. This is where the eponymous Detective Hayseed steps in, his task being to thwart the blackmailers' evil plan.
Here They Lie
Adventure 13 October 2016
A horror adventure game developed for virtual reality sets by a small developer Tangentleman in cooperation with Sony Santa Monica. Here They Lie is a dark, psychedelic experience that takes the player to a terrifying and slightly surrealistic world filled with various dangers. In contrast to other classic survival horrors, the game focuses on dark atmosphere and on fueling player's fear.
Lifeline: Whiteout
Adventure 24 May 2016
Another installment in a series of mobile adventure titles developed by 3 Minute Games. The plot is centered around a man called V. Adams, who wakes up in a distant corner of the Earth one day, right in the middle of a raging snow storm. Without remembering how he got there, he realizes he has no chances of survival just on his own. However, a special text message system allowing him to contact the player becomes helpful in his attempt to make his way out of that dangerous place.
Valley
Adventure 24 August 2016
An FPP action-adventure game featuring sci-fi elements and focusing on exploration. It was developed by Blue Isle Games - a Canadian team popular for Slender: The Arrival. The player is taken to the titular valley, which is a mysterious place located somewhere in the Rocky Mountains. Assuming the role of an unspecified character, the player traverses a set of diversified locations, trying to discover the secrets hidden in the area. The protagonist makes use of the L.E.A.F.
Dropsy
Adventure 10 September 2015
A two-dimensional point ‘n’ click adventure game developed by the independent studio Tendershoot in cooperation with A Jolly Corpse. The title’s plot follows a clown named Dropsy who got lost after a fire in his circus and tries to find a new place for himself in the world. The gameplay is based on exploration of subsequent locations and solving the encountered problems and puzzles.
Maize
Adventure 01 December 2016
A light-hearted adventure game, inspired by Monty Python’s surreal sense if humour, and the weirdest cases from the X-Files TV series. Maize was developed by Finish Line Games – an independent studio, which debuted in 2014 with Cel Damage HD. The action of the game takes place on an abandoned American farm, which is located above an underground research facility. The player assumes the role of a corncob that gained self-conciousness and human feelings as a result of a crazy experiment.
Fatigue
Adventure canceled
Fatigue is a PC-based adventure in which we play the role of a former policeman trying to solve a mysterious murder case. The game is maintained in a climate of horror and offers complex puzzles logic. The game, observed in isometric view, is enriched by survival elements.
The Works of Mercy
Adventure 26 September 2018
A first-person perspective adventure game exploiting the psychological thriller genre. The plot in The Works of Mercy draws inspiration from such films as The Tenant by Roman Polanski and Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining. The title was developed by Polish studio Pentacle, whose team members have worked on titles such as The Witcher or Call of Juarez. The player is in control of a man whose family got kidnapped by a psychopath.
Husk
Adventure 03 February 2017
A first-person perspective survival horror inspired by such classic titles as Alan Wake, Silent Hill, and Alone in the Dark. Husk is produced by Polish studio UndeadScout, supported by IMGN.PRO – the creators of the successful horror Kholat. The title takes you to a mysterious town of Shivercliff, the destination of the game's main hero – Matthew Palmer. After a train wreck, he tries to find his family, which requires delving into the town’s dark secrets.