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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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Kelvin and the Infamous Machine
Kelvin and the Infamous Machine

7.2 Game Score

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.

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Emily is Away
Emily is Away

7.2 Game Score

A nostalgic text-based adventure game developed by the independent developer Kyle Seeley. The game calls back to the beginnings of the internet boom and the first instant messengers that made it possible to befriend people online. The objective of the game is to develop an internet friendship with a student named Emily. The gameplay consists of typing commands and selecting dialogue sequences using interface that looks like classic communicators such as AOL Instant Messenger.

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Doorways: The Underworld
Doorways: The Underworld

7.2 Game Score

An episodic adventure modelled on Amnesia, maintained in the convention of survival horror. As an intrepid detective, we follow in the footsteps of psychopaths into strange psychedelic worlds hidden behind the title door. The game focuses on thinking, exploring and solving puzzles, frightening us - instead of fighting monsters - with dark history, suggestive climate and the sense of threat surrounding us.

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Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair
Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair

7.2 Game Score

A sequel to the detective adventure visual novel released in 2010 by Spike Chunsoft. In Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair the player assumes the role of a completely new protagonist named Hajime Hinata. He is accepted to an elite high school despite the fact that he cannot remember what he did to earn that honor. During one of the school trips the class of the protagonist is imprisoned on a tropical island.

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Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark

7.2 Game Score

A combination of adventure and classic cRPG, inspired by the cult character of Elvira created by actress Cassandra Petterson. As a hired daredevil, we move to the medieval Killbragant Castle, where we try to free the title Elvira from the hands of the evil queen's spirit, who wants to take revenge on her torturers.

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1953: KGB  Unleashed
1953: KGB Unleashed

7.2 Game Score

1953: KGB Unleashed is an adventure game developed by the Phantomery Interactive team, which takes place in an abandoned Soviet laboratory. The game consists mainly in exploring the location, searching for and collecting objects and solving riddles.

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Dilemma
Dilemma

7.2 Game Score

Dilemma is a debut project of a Russian development studio, 4Reign. The title represents an adventure game genre with the addition of RPG elements.

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Simon the Sorcerer 4: Chaos Happens
Simon the Sorcerer 4: Chaos Happens

7.2 Game Score

The next installment of a series of adventure games with Szymek in the leading role. When creating the fourth part of the series, the artists decided to go back to their roots - they gave up completely three-dimensional graphic design in favour of classic solutions, known from the first two episodes of a series about a novice wizard.

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Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs
Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs

7.2 Game Score

A second entry in the adventure horror game series Amnesia. It has been created by the dev team at The Chinese Room and supervised by Frictional Games studio (creators of the original Amnesia: The Dark Descent). The Story of Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs focuses on the eponymous device; set in 1899, it puts players in the role of Oswald Mandus, a businessman who fell in a coma for a few months and lost his memories due to mysterious illness.

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Beyond: Two Souls
Beyond: Two Souls

7.2 Game Score

A thriller movie-inspired action adventure game. The game was developed by French studio Quantic Dream, creators of such hits as Heavy Rain and Fahrenheit. The plot of Beyond: Two Souls shows fifteen years of life of Jodie Holmes (who is modeled after and voice acted by Ellen Page, Oscar nominee). Since birth, the woman was connected to Aiden, an incorporeal creature that ventured into our world.

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Sam & Max: Season 1 – The Mole, the Mob, and the Meatball
Sam & Max: Season 1 – The Mole, the Mob, and the Meatball

7.2 Game Score

The third episode of the new adventures (launched in October 2006) of the popular dog Sam and his rabbit companion Max is entitled The Mole, the Mob, and the Meatball. This time, two crazy detectives, known from Steve Purcell's comic books, have to infiltrate a criminal organization called the Toy Mafia.

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Flight of the Amazon Queen
Flight of the Amazon Queen

7.2 Game Score

Classic adventure game, reminiscent of the achievements of LucasArts from Indiana Jones' sign. We play the role of Joe King, the pilot of the "Queen of Amazon" airplane, who has to stop the plans of a crazy doctor who wants to conquer the world.

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Druuna: Morbus Gravis
Druuna: Morbus Gravis

7.2 Game Score

Adventure based on a series of comics created by Paolo Eleuteri Serpier. The game consists mainly of talking to independent characters, exploring the location and searching for objects necessary to solve the riddles. The game is very extensive and takes up to six CDs.

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Dracula 3: The Path of the Dragon
Dracula 3: The Path of the Dragon

7.2 Game Score

A point and click adventure game maintained in a horror-like atmosphere, a loose continuation of the cycle initiated by Wanadoo studio at the beginning of the 21st century. In the game we play the role of a bishop, who goes to Transylvania to examine whether the scars of one of the inhabitants are divine stigmata, or the remains of vampire bites.

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Murder in the Abbey
Murder in the Abbey

7.2 Game Score

A point & click adventure, the action of which is related to a certain abbey. The medieval intrigue with monks in the leading roles is reminiscent of the famous novel Umberto Eco, the Name of the Rose.

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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Hard Evidence
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Hard Evidence

7.2 Game Score

Crime Scene Investigation: Hard Evidence is the fifth installment of a series of adventures based on the popular, award-winning TV series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. The game was produced by Telltale Games studio and released by Ubisoft.

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Necronomicon: The Dawning of Darkness
Necronomicon: The Dawning of Darkness

7.2 Game Score

Necronomicon: The Dawning of Darkness is an adventure game inspired by the literary work of H.P. Lovecraft, created by Wanadoo studio. The action was set in the 1920s in a small American town. The player takes on the role of William H. Stanton, who tries to discover the dark secret of his friend.

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Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine
Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine

7.2 Game Score

An action game based on a popular film license. Of course, we play the Jones Indians themselves, this time looking for the remains of the tower of Babel. The Soviets are trying to prevent him from doing so. In addition to arcade platform elements and battles, there are also adventure sections in the form of ingenious puzzles.

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Phantasmagoria 2: A Puzzle of Flesh
Phantasmagoria 2: A Puzzle of Flesh

7.2 Game Score

An adventure game whose plot is a psychological horror full of unexplained murders and madness. The player takes on the role of Curtis Craig, a young man who left the hospital for the insane a year ago. The graphics use video sequences with live actors.

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The X Files: Resist or Serve
The X Files: Resist or Serve

7.2 Game Score

X-Files returns in the second installment on consoles. This time, the adventures of federal agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully have been set in the realities of the seventh season of episodes.

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LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues
LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues

7.2 Game Score

A continuation of one of the entries in the LEGO series developed by Traveller’s Tales. The players once again assume the role of Indiana Jones, a famous archeologist/adventurer, and lead him through a number of events that took place in the original trilogy and the newest entry in the series – Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

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ZAX: The Alien Hunter
ZAX: The Alien Hunter

7.2 Game Score

ZAX: The Alien Hunter is an action/adventure game. Players take on the role of Zax, a soldier who crashed on a foreign planet, and now has to quickly repair his ship and escape from it before it is swallowed up by a supernova explosion.

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Cold Zero: The Last Stand
Cold Zero: The Last Stand

7.2 Game Score

An action adventure game created using an advanced three-dimensional graphic engine. As a private investigator, John McAffrey has to complete 16 difficult missions, including the Italian Mafia.

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Leisure Suit Larry 7: Love for Sail
Leisure Suit Larry 7: Love for Sail

7.2 Game Score

Leisure Suit Larry 7: Love for Sail is the sixth part of a series of humorous adventures by Al Lowe and the development team of Sierra. This time the faulty amateur Larry Laffer sets off on a cruise in the company of beautiful women. The player must help the main character conquer the hearts of the ladies and eventually seduce the charming captain Kasia. Due to the erotic references, the game is recommended for people over 16 years of age.

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