Adventure Video Games22
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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Batman: Arkham VR
Adventure 13 October 2016
A detective adventure game with arcade elements, created with PlayStation 4 and virtual reality sets in mind. The title is a spin-off of a popular series of action games created by Rocksteady. The action of Batman: Arkham VR takes place in a famous DC comic book universe, with the players assuming the role of the titular superhero, who takes it upon himself to solve the case of mysterious murders and stop the conspiracy that threatens Dark Knight’s closest allies.
Higurashi When They Cry
Adventure 10 August 2002
Higurashi When They Cry is a Japanese adventure in the visual novel category. The production is kept in a horror atmosphere and tells the story of a small village of Hinamizawa, which in June 1983 became the scene of a series of brutal murders. The game boils down primarily to passive tracking of the plot presented in text form enriched with simple pictures.
Yomawari: Night Alone
Adventure 29 October 2015
A cartoonish survival horror stealth game with an isometric view. The production was developed by Japanese studio Nippon Ichi Software, known mostly for the Disgaea series. In Yomawari: Night Alone you play as a little girl, who embarks on a search for her missing sister and dog, on her own, after dark. It quickly turns out that the town streets are full of wraiths, from which the girl has to hide. To survive, you have to sneak past the ghosts, divert their attention, and try to outsmart them.
Deliver Us the Moon
Adventure 10 October 2019
A science-fiction action-adventure game featuring survival elements. It is the first major project of KeokeN – an independent Dutch developer. The player is taken to the year 2069, when humanity has to face total depletion of natural resources. Established by governments of world powers, the Worldwide Space Agency decides to resume the exploration of the Moon's surface and the player is cast in the role of an astronaut sent there among others.
Occultic;Nine
Adventure 09 November 2017
Classic visual novel adventure game, which was created by producers of the popular Steins;Gate. During the game, which was set in contemporary Japan, we play the role of a seventeen-year-old blogger dealing with paranormal phenomena and urban legends.
Outer Wilds
Adventure 30 May 2019
An exploration adventure game, in which you play as a recruit of the new space program called Outer Wilds Ventures. Your task is to study a mysterious solar system functioning in a time loop.
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.
Creeping Terror
Adventure 18 January 2017
Creeping Terror is a 2D survival horror where we play as Arisa, a Japanese high school student, who, together with her friends, ends up in a haunted mansion in order to verify the stories told about it. After entering the residence, the entire group passes out and later wakes up in a sinister cave. Our job is to find a way out and survive. Action in Creeping Terror is presented from a side-scrolling perspective.
Cloudpunk
Adventure 23 April 2020
An adventure game with simulation elements that takes us to the futuristic metropolis of Nivalis. Playing the role of Naria, a newly baked courier, we travel the city, completing tasks, making acquaintances with the residents and learning more about its secrets.
Without Escape
Adventure 24 April 2018
A combination of a point-and-click and a HOPA game, in which you have to escape a hellish alternative reality. In Without Escape, you search locations for useful objects, and solve various logic puzzles.
The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit
Adventure 25 June 2018
The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit is an adventure title. This free production tells a story set in the universe of the Life is Strange series. The player assumes the role of an imaginative 10-years old boy who finally gets to experience an adventure.
Clock Tower (1996)
Adventure 13 December 1996
Clock Tower is the sequel to 1995's Japan-only survival horror. One of the game's most important features is its dark, depressing story, widely considered one of the scariest narratives in the history of video games.
Detective Pikachu Returns
Adventure 06 October 2023
Detective Pikachu Returns is a sequel to a detective adventure game starring the titular mascot of the Pokemon series. Playing as Tim Goodman, once again we investigate mysteries across Ryme City.
White Album: Memories like Falling Snow
Adventure 04 August 2023
White Album: Memories like Falling Snow is the remake of a popular visual novel from the 1990s. It tells the story of a young man dating a popular singer, showing how her developing career affects their relationship.
Forgotlings
Adventure June 2024
An action adventure platforming metroidvania with adventure game elements. Forgotlings is set in a land inhabited by the titular beings born from forgotten objects, facing a deadly looming threat.
Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express
Adventure 19 October 2023
A TPP adventure game based on the novel of the same name. The main characters of Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express, Hercule Poirot and Joanna Locke, must solve the mystery of a murder aboard the titular train.
Stray Gods
Adventure 10 August 2023
Stray Gods is a cross between an interactive musical, a narrative adventure game and an RPG. The developers were inspired by such works as Buffy the Vampire Slayer (the episode Once More With Feeling), the Broadway musical Dear Evan Hansen and Life is Strange.
Telltale Batman: Shadows Edition
Adventure 17 December 2019
Telltale Batman Shadows Edition is a compilation containing two Batman games from The Telltale Series, as well as DLC introducing new noir style colors and refreshed textures.
Peace Island
Adventure TBA (early access since July 2024)
Peace Island is a charming exploratory game showing the adventures of a gang of nine cats that are trying to solve the mystery of disappearing people from the title island. The production was developed by independent developer Erich Blumrich.
Bramble: The Mountain King
Adventure 27 April 2023
An action adventure game, in which we play as a young boy traversing a disturbing land inhabited by monsters from Nordic legends, in order to rescue his sister abducted by a troll. The game was developed by an independent Dimfrost Studio.
Dustborn
Adventure 20 August 2024
Dustborn is an action adventure game set in a dystopian future. The story focuses on Pax, a woman with supernatural abilities who, together with a group of people like her, travels through the devastated and disinformation-ridden United States.
Pearl's Peril
Adventure 05 March 2013
Free hidden object adventure game produced by German studio Wooga. Play as the main character Pearl and together with her go to her home island Artemis Island to investigate the mystery of her father's death.
Tchia
Adventure 21 March 2023
An adventure game with an open world, in which we play the role of a girl exploring an archipelago inspired by the landscapes of New Caledonia. Tchia is the creation of the independent studio Awaceb.
