Adventure Video Games35
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 Book of Unwritten Tales 2
Adventure 08 February 2015
A continuation of the 2009 hilarious adventure game developed by KING Art Games that tells a story of the search for a powerful magical artifact. The story of the second installment picks up one year after the events shown by its predecessor, allowing the players to control the team of heroes aided by an amiable creature named Critter – one might remember all these characters from the first game.
The Old City: Leviathan
Adventure 03 December 2014
An independent adventure game focused on exploration and plot. The title, developed by American studio PostMod, takes the player to an abandoned city, where they are tasked with discovering the reasons why the place became desolated. During the journey the player is looking for answers to philosophical questions related to humans and the choices they make. The action is slow-paced and the gameplay focuses on traveling through half-open levels and interacting with items and witnessed events.
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 - Revelations
Adventure 25 March 2014
An extensive DLC for Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 - a third-person hack and slash game. The expansion enriches the plot of the core game with a new thread. Interestingly, the Revelations DLC puts the player in the shoes of a different character, which is the main feature here. The player assumes the role of Alucard - a vampire son of Count Dracula, known under the name Trevor Belmont before turning into a bloodsucker.
Adr1ft
Adventure 28 March 2016
An action adventure game set in a science-fiction world created by Three One Zero - a studio led by former Microsoft employee, Adam Orth. The hero of the game is an astronaut trying to survive in space after a disaster destroyed his mother station. Core of the gameplay is exploring and solving logical puzzles, which mainly consist of repairing various equipment which allows us to keep ourselves alive in space.
Star Trek: Generations
Adventure 21 May 1997
Action adventure game with strategic elements, based on the seventh full-length part of the Star Trek saga. In the game, we join the team of the Enterprise ship and set off to chase the mad scientist Soran, trying to predict the next movement of the enemy and stop its destructive tendencies.
City of Fools
Adventure 25 July 2012
Casual adventure game of the genre "hidden object", told with a great sense of humor. As a journalist of a popular magazine, we find ourselves in a dilapidated city, which the mayor is trying to hide from the world the fact of UFO landing.
The Solus Project
Adventure 07 June 2016
A science fiction survival sandbox game that combines arcade elements with numerous logic puzzles. It was developed by Teotl, a Swedish studio known for such productions as Unmechanical or The Ball. The story of The Souls Project is set in the world of the latter game, although the action takes place in the distant future where the Earth is at the verge of an ecological disaster. In the game, we assume the role of a space colonist, a member of an expedition to find new inhabitable worlds.
Forest Legends: The Call of Love
Adventure 03 August 2013
An adventure game of the "hidden objects" type, telling the story of the forbidden love of Eveline and Aurelio, who belongs to the mysterious breed of kettledrums. When her beloved is captured by her brethren, our heroine embarks on a dangerous and mysterious journey to save the chosen one.
Assassin's Creed: Unity - Dead Kings
Adventure 13 January 2015
The first DLC expansion for Assassin’s Creed: Unity. The add-on is included in the season pass for the game. It takes place after the events presented in the base version of the game and takes the player from the streets of Paris into the dark catacombs of Saint-Denis. There Arno becomes part of a new intrigue related to the tomb raiders who are profaning the tombs of French kings in order to find valuable treasures.
Uncanny Valley
Adventure 23 April 2015
A two-dimensional pixel art survival horror. It is a debut title of the independent Slovenian studio Cowardly Creations. In the game the player assumes the role of a night watchman who guards a mysterious factory in shifts with his friend. To kill some time, the protagonist decides to explore the building. He discovers things he would rather not know. As the story progresses, he learns new dark secrets about his working place.
Alone With You
Adventure 23 August 2016
An SF adventure game developed by Benjamin Rivers – the creators of the horror game Home. In Alone With You the player assumes the role of a colonist who is a lone survivor of a catastrophe that befell his base on an alien planet that will be completely destroyed in the span of a single month. You cannot leave the planet as the only spaceship available is broken and the hero has neither knowledge nor abilities to make it work again.
Silent Hills
Adventure canceled
Another fully-fledged installment of the cult survival cycle of Silent Hill horrors. Norman Reedus and Guillermo del Toro, led by Hideo Kojima, were involved in the production. As a result of a conflict with the publisher Konami, the project was cancelled shortly after the release of its famous demo version, called P.T.
A Golden Wake
Adventure 09 October 2014
A classic point-and-click adventure, Grundislav Games' first serious project. The action of the game takes place in the twenties in a small town in Florida. We play as a real estate salesman, Alfie Banks, who, driven by the desire to get rich quickly, gets involved in shady deals and various suspicious acquaintances. The plot refers to the famous Prohibition era and during the adventure we meet corrupt politicians, small-time smugglers and real-life mafia bosses.
Secret Diaries: Florence Ashford
Adventure 02 November 2010
A romance-like adventure "hidden object" in which we play the role of Countess Ashford, forced to marry. After arriving at the estate, the chosen awning Henry Buckleberr, our heroine discovers that she and her family have fallen victim to planned fraud. Therefore, she decides to reveal the truth and understand the real motives behind her husband's actions.
N.E.R.O: Nothing Ever Remains Obscure
Adventure 15 May 2015
Developed by the debuting independent studio Storm in a Teacup, an unusual first-person adventure game, the visuals of which are strongly connected with the plot and mechanics. The action of N.E.R.O. takes place in a surreal world that is projected in a little boy’s mind. The uniqueness of the title comes from omnipresent bioluminescence – dark sceneries are lighted up by bright, phosphorescent objects that at the same time serve as a kind of road signs.
Adam's Venture Chronicles
Adventure 05 February 2013
A classic adventure game set in the 1920s, in which we try to solve the mystery of a mysterious manuscript located in the garden of Eden, playing the role of the traveller Adam Venture. The compilation consists of three episodes previously released on computers and provides about 10 hours of gameplay in the main plot.
Richard & Alice
Adventure 21 February 2013
Richard & Alice is a classic point'n'click adventure where the creators did not want to create complex puzzles, but a thought-provoking story about survival, despair and family. The plot presents the fate of the title characters in difficult, postapocalyptic conditions prevailing on Earth. The game was shown in atmospheric retro graphics, reminiscent of 16-bit productions from the last century.
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.
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.
Simon the Sorcerer: Between Worlds
Adventure canceled
The next installment of a series of adventure games, in which we play the sorcerer Simon. This time he has to combine his forces with a double from the parallel world, from which magic has leaked, thus disturbing the balance of both dimensions. The production was created in the StoryBeasts studio, which received the blessing of Adventure Soft, the creators of the original.
Hatoful Boyfriend
Adventure 04 September 2014
Original Japanese visual novel game. The main character moves to a secondary school for intelligent and speaking birds. On the spot she can make friends with her students and find true love.
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.
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.
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.