Games Encyclopedia Top Games PC PS5 XSX PS4 PS3 Xbox One Xbox 360 Switch Android iOS Rankings Images Companies

Adventure Video Games14

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.

PC
PC / Windows2748 WWW24
PlayStation
Sony PlayStation 5228 Sony PlayStation 4773 Sony PlayStation 3160 Sony PlayStation 2112 Sony PlayStation 131 PlayStation Portable54 PlayStation Vita114
Xbox
Microsoft Xbox Series X/S206 Microsoft XBOX ONE638 Microsoft Xbox 360124 Microsoft Xbox59
Mobile
Android OS363 Apple iOS470 Windows Phone55
Nintendo
Nintendo Switch709 Nintendo Wii99 Nintendo DS138 Nintendo Wii U37 Nintendo 3DS52 Game Boy Advance23 Nintendo GameCube40
MORE
LESS

Browse genres/themes ?

Browse the Encyclopedia by genre and tags. Each game has one main genre: Action, Fighting, Puzzle, Adventure, RPG, Sports, Strategy, Simulation, Party, Racing, Arcade. You can search multiple tags and filter games by platforms, scores, or release dates.

Filters:

adventure games
Project Eden
Project Eden

Adventure 15 October 2001

Move into a world of the future full of amazing mega metropolises, command a group of technician warriors and lead them through slums full of criminals and mutants.

PCPS2

The Great Escape
The Great Escape

Adventure 23 July 2003

An adventure game with arcade elements based on the famous film "The Great Escape" from 1963. The player takes control of four Allied soldiers whose task is to escape from the German POW camp Stalag Luft III.

PCPS2XBOX

Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust
Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust

Adventure 26 March 2009

The next, eighth installment of the popular adventure game series, which is a direct continuation of the program called Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude, released in 2004. We play the role of Larry Lovage, who goes on holiday to his uncle, the producer of the Hollywood blockbuster.

PCX360PS3

Bionicle Heroes
Bionicle Heroes

Adventure 14 November 2006

A dynamic action adventure game set in the world of Bionicle, which is one of the series of thematic blocks of Lego concern. The developers from Traveller's Tales studio are responsible for its development, thanks to whom we owe both parts of the excellent LEGO Star Wars series.

PCX360PS2WiiNDSGCN

Runaway: The Dream of the Turtle
Runaway: The Dream of the Turtle

Adventure 17 November 2006

The second part of an excellent adventure game prepared by Spanish Pendulo Studios. Just like in the previous one, here we meet two main characters: the extremely sexy Gina and the student Brian.

PCiOSWiiNDS

So Blonde: Back to the Island
So Blonde: Back to the Island

Adventure 14 March 2008

So Blonde is an adventure game released by Anaconda, for which the script was written by Steve Ince, the author of stories for such games as Broken Sword or Beneath a Steel Sky. This guarantees good fun, an interesting story and, above all, an extraordinary sense of humour.

PCWiiNDS

The Hobbit
The Hobbit

Adventure 07 November 2003

The Hobbit is an action adventure game based on the famous novel by J. R. R. R. Tolkien, created by the development team of Amaze Entertainment studio. The player plays the hobbit Bilbo Baggins and together with Gandalf and a team of dwarves sets off on a dangerous journey. The gameplay combines elements characteristic of action, adventure, cRPG, arcade, logic and even "sneaking" games.

PCPS2XBOXGBAGCN

The Golden Compass
The Golden Compass

Adventure 30 November 2007

The Golden Compass is an adventure action game with a third person's perspective (TPP) based on Philip Pulman's book trilogy "The Dark Materials" and Chris Weitz's film. The player directs Lyra Belaqua, a 12-year-old inhabitant of a parallel, fantastic universe, who sets out to save her friend, kidnapped by The Gobblers, a mysterious organisation. The game was produced by Shiny Entertainment development studio.

PCX360PS3PS2PSPWiiNDS

Myst III: Exile
Myst III: Exile

Adventure 08 May 2001

Myst III: Exile is the third part of the highly acclaimed adventure game series, which dates back to 1995. This time the axis of the plot is the revenge Saavedro wants to make on Atrus and his sons. The player takes on the role of an unnamed hero who tries to thwart the villain's plans. Developers from Presto studio took care of properly complicated riddles and implemented a new graphical engine allowing to generate 3D image.

PC

Space Quest VI: Roger Wilco in the Spinal Frontier
Space Quest VI: Roger Wilco in the Spinal Frontier

Adventure 27 November 1995

Space Quest VI: The Spinal Frontier is the last part of Sierra's great Space Quest series (which later ceased to develop) and also the first to be released only on CD-ROM media. SQ6 is the most amazing, best-looking, funniest and most challenging position in this saga for the player.

PC

King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella
King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella

Adventure 30 January 1988

The fourth part of the King's Quest adventure series. This time we play the role of Princess Rosella, daughter of King Graham and his wife Valanice, looking for a magic cure for her dying father.

PC

I Have No Mouth, And I Must Scream
I Have No Mouth, And I Must Scream

Adventure 23 May 1995

A point-and-click adventure based on Harlan Ellison's best-selling novella, based on the science fiction thriller convention. The story of I Have No Mouth, And I Must Scream is set in a world where a powerful supercomputer called AM has taken control of the nuclear resources of the most powerful nations and led to the annihilation of almost all humanity.

PCANDiOS

Barbie Diaries: High School Mystery
Barbie Diaries: High School Mystery

Adventure 30 October 2006

We play the role of a teenage Barbie, becoming the head of the school music band Charmz and making acquaintances with many interesting characters.

PC

Five Nights at Freddy's 4
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.

PCXONEPS4SwitchANDiOSWP

Steins;Gate: Hiyoku Renri no Darling
Steins;Gate: Hiyoku Renri no Darling

Adventure 16 June 2011

A sci-fi adventure that belongs to the visual novel sub-genre. Players follow the fate of a first year student at Tokyo University and a novice inventor. The game is a side title published in 2010 by Steins;Gate. Unlike him, he is not a science-fiction thriller, but a typical romantic comedy in which the protagonists of the original play the main roles.

PCPS4SwitchX360PS3PSPPSV

Slender: The Eight Pages
Slender: The Eight Pages

Adventure 03 July 2012

A free horror film in which we travel through a dark forest and run away from a terrifying creature - Slender Man. The task is to collect 8 pages of the manuscript before the monster reaches us. Not too complicated technically, the game has gained great popularity thanks to its suggestive gameplay.

PC

Dexter: The Game 2
Dexter: The Game 2

Adventure canceled

Dexter: The Game 2 is a continuation of the action adventure game from 2009. Similarly to the original, the production of Ecko|Code is based on the license of a popular TV series. The player directs the actions of Dexter Morgan, a Miami criminologist who murders various types of gallows outside working hours.

PC

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.

PCPS5XSXXONEPS4SwitchANDiOS

Zero Escape: The Nonary Games
Zero Escape: The Nonary Games

Adventure 24 March 2017

A compilation of remastered editions of two adventure games developed by Spike Chunsoft - a Japanese studio. The Nonary Games includes 2009's 999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors and Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward - a game which came out three years later. Since the plots of the two games are strongly connected, it is recommended to play through them in chronological order.

PCXONEPS4PSV

Signalis
Signalis

Adventure 27 October 2022

Signalis is a surival horror inspired by the science fiction genre and games such as Resident Evil or Silent Hill. The game was developed by independent rose-engine studio.

PCXONEPS4Switch

The Shore
The Shore

Adventure 19 February 2021

First-person action adventure game with elements of survival horror. In The Shore, we play the role of father, who gets to the coast. In order to save his lost daughter, the hero has to explore the secrets of the place and face the creatures from the nightmare.

PC

Martha Is Dead
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.

PCPS5XSXXONEPS4

Backrooms
Backrooms

Adventure June 2024

An FPP adventure game, prepared as a psychological horror and inspired by the titular creepypasta. We observe the world through a bodycam, trying to escape from a maze of rooms and avoid monsters. The game can be played alone or in online coop with voice chat.

PC

The Rise of the Golden Idol
The Rise of the Golden Idol

Adventure October 2024

A point-and-click detective adventure game and a sequel to The Case of the Golden Idol. The Rise of the Golden Idol has us solving fifteen investigations and trying to figure out how they're related to the titular Golden Idol.

PCPS5XSXXONEPS4SwitchANDiOS