Adventure Video Games47
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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The Escapists: The Walking Dead
Adventure 30 September 2015
A spin-off installment of the unique top-down game The Escapist, developed by the publishers of the original, Team 17. The gameplay mechanics are identical to the first installment of the series, but the plot was set in the universe of the popular The Walking Dead comic, having many common plot points. Therefore, in the game, we assume the role of a policeman named Rick Grimes, and our task is not to escape from jail but to get out of a number of locations overrun by bloodthirsty zombies.
Til Morning's Light
Adventure 21 May 2015
Til Morning's Light is an action-adventure game developed by the indie studio Way Forward Technologies. We play as Erika Page, a teenager stuck in a cursed mansion. Our job is to find the residence's many secrets and, first and foremost, a way to escape. We have to do it before the sunrise, or else Erika will be turned into a ghost and join the many supernatural creatures that haunt the place.
Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee HD
Adventure 19 December 2012
Refreshed edition of the third installment of the cult Oddworld series. This time, Abe, known from the previous parts, is accompanied by a wheelchair-driven Munch. Together they try to recover the Gabbits' eggs, which are the last chance for the survival of this dying species.
Detective Grimoire
Adventure 02 January 2014
Detective Grimoire is an Android-based detective adventure by the SFB Games team. While playing, we are investigating death in the marshes, where the main suspect is a legendary monster that is a local tourist attraction.
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.
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.
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.
XBlaze Lost: Memories
Adventure 09 April 2015
XBlaze Lost: Memories is a visual novel adventure game that takes place in the same universe as the BlazBlue fighting game series. In terms of the plot, XBlaze Lost: Memories complements the story from XBlaze Code: Embryo. The game shows the events of Embyro from many different points of view, and at the same time adds new plot threads. A pink-haired mysterious hero known as Me is our new protagonist. She searches for her younger sister who got lost in the Phantom Field.
The 7th Guest: Remastered
Adventure 28 April 2015
A remake of the cult classic adventure game by Trilobyte, created by Israeli studio MojoTouch. You play as a person visiting an eerie mansion. Its owner is Henry Stauf, a former thief, whose life changed when he started to produce unusually beautiful dolls. Unfortunately, the children they were given to succumbed to a mysterious sickness, which drove the dollmaker to shut himself in the mansion.
Demon Hunter: Chronicles from Beyond
Adventure 04 December 2014
Demon Hunter: Chronicles from Beyond is an adventure enriched with elements of the casual hidden object species. The campaign takes place shortly before the Second World War, and the script tells the story of a girl hunting for a demon who entered the world of mortals.
Hidden Runaway
Adventure 18 October 2012
Spin-off version of the popular Runaway series, realized in the form of a casual adventure game with hidden objects. In the game we meet again the two heroes of the series: Brian and Gina, who, despite sincere hatred, decide to meet again to tell a Hollywood producer about how their first meeting took place.
Hollywood Monsters (1997)
Adventure 31 October 1997
A classic adventure game with a point-and-click interface, reminiscent of the cult productions of LucasArts. The action of the game takes place at an event organized by a well-known film producer, where the most popular Hollywood monsters meet. Two competing journalists from The Quill appear at the ball. When Sue Bergman disappears in unexplained circumstances, her competitor Ron Ashman is given the task of clarifying the whole case.
Knee Deep
Adventure 06 July 2015
An episodic noir adventure story developed by Prologue Games. The action takes place in Cypress Knee, a small town located in the swampy region of Southern Florida. The story begins with an alleged suicide of a washed-out Hollywood star whose corpse is found hanging from a tower at a local amusement park. However, some of the evidence contradicts the leading theory, while the case is investigated by three individuals: a private detective, a local journalist, and a popular blogger.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.