Adventure Video Games85
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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Void and Meddler
Adventure 28 October 2015
An episodic cyberpunk point-and-click adventure game; it's prototype came third in the PointClickJam competition. The game is set in a futuristic city, where gender and species differences became blurred, and a new hobby emerged: collecting people's memories. Fyn, a girl tired of her present life, decided to go through somebody else's memories to rediscover her own identity. The story in each episode may take a different turn, depending on your actions.
Tales of Cosmos
Adventure 20 November 2016
A point-n-click adventure game from Red Dwarf Games. The plot revolves around two astronauts – Professor Gagayev and Perseus, a talking dog. Their objective is to neutralize Shuttle’s Bane, a mysterious magnetic anomaly that sucks in any spaceship that comes too close. During the game, you visit a big, open world composed of several planets and moons.
Her Story
Adventure 24 June 2015
A unique detective game by Sam Barlow, the main designer and writer of Silent Hill: Origins and Silent Hill: Shattered Memories. Her Story is a rare example of a FMV adventure game — most of the visuals consists of videos of live-action actors. The plot of Her Story focuses on a British woman named Hannah, whose husband went missing in mysterious circumstances. Based on the recordings of her testimonies from 1994, you have to discover the truth behind those events.
Supreme League of Patriots
Adventure 29 January 2015
Supreme League of Patriots is a full of fussy humor point’n’click adventure game, developed by the British studio No Bull Intentions. The player assumes the role of Kyle Keever, who unexpectedly gets to fulfill his innermost dream – he becomes a superhero. As The Purple Patriot, he fights for justice on the streets of New York and is aided by a sarcastic sidekick – Mel.
ENKI
Adventure 31 July 2015
An FPP survival-horror with elements of logic game, which came out as the second project (after an adventure game NERO) of the Italian developer Storm in a Teacup. The game features the theme of trying to escape from a dangerous serial killer. Taking a desperate attempt to save his life, the player has to face many challenges and logic puzzles.
Time Machine VR
Adventure 19 May 2016
An action-adventure game developed for the Oculus Rift virtual reality set. Time Machine VR was developed by independent studio Minority Media, the creators of Papo & Yo. In the game the player goes back in time to the prehistoric era and is given an opportunity to watch dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals in their natural habitat – large valleys and ocean deeps.
World End Economica
Adventure 13 August 2011
World End Economica is a visual novel PC adventure game. The story takes place in the future and tells the story of a teenager trying to make a fortune by trading in shares on the stock exchange located on the Moon. During the game we follow the narratives and make key decisions.
Dexter: Hidden Darkness
Adventure 16 July 2015
A mobile adventure game from the HOPA genre, based on the popular TV series Dexter. Dexter: Hidden Darkness lets us play as the titular serial murderer, who works for the Miami police as a forensics expert, hunting down people who deserve death to satisfy his own murderous instinct. The campaign provides several cases to solve and we must cooperate with the characters known from the series, such as Debra, Batista and Masuka.
BeMuse
Adventure canceled
BeMuse is an iOS adventure for the Fluttermind team. While playing, the player explores the magical island and his task is to chase away the demons that inhabit it. To this end, we learn their names and history, negotiate with them and perform dangerous rituals.
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.
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.
Perception
Adventure 30 May 2017
A first-person horror adventure game and the debut project of The Deep End Games studio. In Perception, we play as a blind girl named Cassie, who tries to discover the mystery of a certain mansion, whose visions has been haunting her in her dreams for some time. It turns out that the place is haunted by a ghost, which has been terrorizing the inhabitants of the house, and now it targets Cassie. We explore the dark mansions and look for clues to reveal the dark past of the building.
Nancy Drew: Sea of Darkness
Adventure 19 May 2015
32nd installment in the adventure game series by Her Interactive. The game's protagonist is Nancy Drew, a young detective girl known from the detective novel series by Carolyn Keene. This time the story focuses on the disappearance of Magnus, the captain of the famous ship called the Heerlijkheid, also serving as a museum. Drew has to find him and put an end to the rumors, according to which Magnus ran off with a treasure he found or gave himself up to some dark forces.
Fallen London
Adventure 28 September 2009
Fallen London is an adventure game with RPG elements that focuses on the narrative aspect. While having fun, we explore the bizarre London from an alternative version of the Victorian era and take part in stories whose course is shaped by our own decisions.
Shape of the World
Adventure 05 June 2018
An experimental, first-person adventure game created by Hollow Tree Games – an independent, Canadian developer. Shape of the World does not offer a plot as such; rather, it focuses on delivering a certain visual experience. The player takes on the role of a nameless traveler who introduces different changes to the world around along his way. The changes made are divided into two kinds: the passive (as the player follows the designated path) and the active.
Nubs' Adventure
Adventure 27 May 2015
A pixel-art two-dimensional platform game developed and released by IMakeGames, an independent Austrian game developer. Nubs' Adventure enables us to assume the role of an inconspicuous pixelated being living in a small hut upon the hill. One day, his home is visited by two red monsters that ransack his home and throw him into the abyss.
RymdResa
Adventure 20 August 2015
A sandbox game developed by Morgondag, a Spanish studio. The player assumes the role of a lone astronaut who searches for a new home in the unwelcoming interplanetary space. At the core of the gameplay lies exploration of space, gathering new materials and technologies, and devising new parts for eight modifiable ships. The protagonist can also be developed — the experience points we gather while playing can be spent on enhancing skills from the extensive skill tree.
Gravity Falls: Legend of the Gnome Gemulets
Adventure 20 October 2015
A two-dimensional arcade-adventure game based on the popular animated series Gravity Falls. The game was created by Ubisoft and Alex Hirsch, the creator of the said cartoon series. The player assumes the roles of two main characters from the original series - an inquisitive boy called Dipper and his eccentric sister by the name of Mabel.
Bonded
Adventure canceled
A post-apocalyptic adventure game developed by Portugal studio Arkavi. The story of Bonded starts many years after the events during which humanity had fallen prey to the machine rebellion. The main character of the game is Mira, a little girl that spent her whole life in a bunker which protected her from the mechanical enemies. When the bunker inhabitants start dying due to a mysterious illness, girl’s parents go looking for a cure. As one can guess, they don’t return in the appointed time.
Empathy: Path of Whispers
Adventure 16 May 2016
A somewhat surrealistic FPP adventure game and a debut of Pixel Night studios, focusing on exploration and plot. The story of Empathy takes place in a collapsing world, where the few remaining cities were reduced to shelters for small human populations, and where life seems to be dying out. We explore the setting through the eyes of a child led by a mysterious spirit on their journey to return the order to this world.
Niko: Through The Dream
Adventure 10 July 2015
A minimalistic adventure game from the independent studio of Paint. In this FPP title, we try to help the main heroine in returning to the real world. The gameplay emphasizes traveling, solving logical puzzles and avoiding traps. Puzzles revolve around colors, shapes and sounds, meaning that the game requires almost ceaseless concentration from player.
Red Ash
Adventure TBA
An action-adventure game and a spiritual successor to Mega Man Legends, developed by the creators of the original. Red Ash is set on an Earth-like planet, where a long war with intelligent machines pushed the humanity to the brink of extinction. The player assumes the role of an adventurer, who specializes in salvaging remains of an ancient civilization, which can help rebuild human society.
Corpse of Discovery
Adventure 26 August 2015
A science fiction action adventure game enriched with survival elements. It was developed by Phosphor Games which is mainly known for Nether. While playing, we assume the role of an astronaut who is a member of an organization that explores uncharted regions of space. The protagonist awakens in a base on an alien planet and discovers that his ship was destroyed and his entire equipment scattered around the surrounding areas.
Allison Road
Adventure canceled
A first-person perspective action-adventure game stylized as a survival horror. Allison Road had a somewhat complicated development cycle, with previous developers (Lilith) abandoning the project. However, a new studio, Far From Home, decided to pick-up the project and lead it to a stable release. The player assumes the role of an unidentified hero, who wakes up one night in a suburban home without having any recollection of the events of the last few days.