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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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Windstorm: The Game
Windstorm: The Game

Adventure 27 July 2017

A TPP adventure game based on the license of a book series written by Carol Wimmer, as well as on their screen adaptation. In the saddle of the titular horse, the player explores the locations first presented in the said series. One is required to care for the health of the horse and completes various quests.

PC

Quern: Undying Thoughts
Quern: Undying Thoughts

Adventure 28 November 2016

First-person adventure with elements of a logical game, which draws on the achievements of the cult series Myst. The player ends up on a mysterious island with the ultimate goal of discovering the truth about its past and discovering its secrets. The above mentioned goals translate into a gameplay whose pillars are exploration of a vast world and solving more or less complex puzzles. The whole was maintained in a characteristic, surrealist style, inspired by the work of Julius Verne.

PCXONE

Erica
Erica

Adventure 19 August 2019

An interactive video for PlayStation 4 and the PlayLink mobile app. During the game we get to know the fate of the title woman, who can help to catch the murderer.

PCPS4iOS

Harry Potter: Wizards Unite
Harry Potter: Wizards Unite

Adventure 21 June 2019

A new game by Niantic, known for the popular Pokemon GO app. This time the production is based on the Harry Potter franchise. The game utilizes the augmented reality technology, bringing magic into the real world.

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The World Next Door
The World Next Door

Adventure 28 March 2019

An action adventure game with logical elements, in which the story plays an important role. The player takes on the role of Jun, a rebellious girl who is imprisoned in a dangerous world parallel to our world (the title "world right next door"). The production was prepared in cooperation with Rose City Games studio and VIZ Media.

PCSwitch

Far Peak
Far Peak

Adventure canceled

A Polish adventure game with elements of strategy and survival. Players get to know the history of a group of Himalayan mountaineers who have to face the dangers lurking in the course of climbing the highest mountains in the world.

PC

Once Upon a Time in Roswell
Once Upon a Time in Roswell

Adventure canceled

Survival horror inspired by an incident in Roswell. Players take on the role of a detective who has to solve the mystery of the disappearance of a family living in a house near the spacecraft's break-up site.

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Detective Gallo
Detective Gallo

Adventure 30 May 2018

A point-and-click adventure game, in which we assume control of the eponymous Detective Gallo – an anthropomorphic bird that attempts to solve the mystery behind the murder of five exotic plants. During the game, we often solve puzzles and conduct conversations with neutral characters in order to shed new light on the case. When it comes to visuals, we are dealing with hand-drawn 2D graphics.

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Deiland
Deiland

Adventure 01 March 2018

An adventure game with RPG and survival elements developed by Chibig. In Deiland, the players get to follow the adventures of a boy named Arco, who lives on a small planet that hides a magic crystal.

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Catherine: Full Body
Catherine: Full Body

Adventure 14 February 2019

A remastered and expanded version of Catherine, a game that debuted in 2011. This unique game that combines traits of an adventure game and a logic game was developed by Atlus, a Japanese studio known for the Shin Megami Tensei and Persona series. During the game, the players assume the role of Vincent, a thirty-year-old man who must face his worst nightmares – both metaphorically and literally.

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The City of Lost Children
The City of Lost Children

Adventure 31 March 1997

Based on French film production, this is an adventure game in which players play the role of a child looking for their abducted friends. In the title there are no elements of the fight - the game is limited to exploring the city, solving riddles and searching for necessary items.

PS1

Wandersong
Wandersong

Adventure 27 September 2018

An unusual game that combines traits of a side-scrolling platform game, a music game, and an adventure game.

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Candleman
Candleman

Adventure 20 October 2017

A unique action-adventure game developed by an independent Chinese studio Spotlightor Interactive. The player assumes the role of the titular candle that can burn for only ten seconds. This flame is the only weapon of the protagonist during the long and dangerous journey to find the far away light. The gameplay mechanics of Candleman are based on principles of three-dimensional platform games.

PCXONEPS4ANDiOS

Vaccine
Vaccine

Adventure 21 February 2017

Survival horror inspired by the classic scenes of the Resident Evil cycle. The player takes on the role of one of the members of a bio-hazard department, in whose skin he traverses a ghastly residence, looking for a vaccine for a companion infected with a deadly virus. He has only thirty minutes to complete his task - if he does not manage to return to the sick person with medicine and discover the mystery of his home, the struggle will start anew.

PCXONEPS4WiiU

Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse
Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse

Adventure 16 May 2013

A classic visual novel adventure, a prelude to Muv-Luv Alternative, which presents a completely new story and characters. Players take on the role of the test pilot of a new generation of experimental models of mosses built to repel invasions of aliens, who have been effectively taking control of the Earth for several decades.

PCX360PS3

Overboard!
Overboard!

Adventure 02 June 2021

Visual novel, in which we play the heroine trying to cover the traces of a murder she committed. Overboard! has a non-linear plot formed by our decisions.

PCSwitchANDiOS

Hiveswap
Hiveswap

Adventure 14 September 2017

Hiveswap is an adventure game based on the popular webcomic Homestuck. It was financed though a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter, gathering almost 2.5 million dollars. Initially, the game was to be developed by two studios: What Pumpkin, founded by Andrew Hussie, the creator of the original comic, and Odd Gentlemen. The latter, however, abandoned the production to work on the episodic reboot of the King's Quest series together with Activision. Hussie calls Hiveswap an adventure game parody.

PC

The Inner World: The Last Wind Monk
The Inner World: The Last Wind Monk

Adventure 20 October 2017

A continuation to a well-received point-and-click adventure game, developed by the independent Studio Fizbin. The Last Wind Monk is set three years after the events depicted in the original game. Robert, the protagonist, had been turned into a stone and has remained in this form during these three years. As a result, his dynasty lost its influences to the evil Emil. Along with his companions, Robert has to stop the wrongdoer, through finding the titular, Last Wind Monk.

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White Day 2: Swan Song
White Day 2: Swan Song

Adventure canceled

Second part of White Day series initiated in 2001 with survival horror of the same name. After several years, the title received a remake entitled White Day: A Labyrinth Named School, and just before its debut on PC and PlayStation 4, White Day 2: Swan Song was revealed. The game is not a direct continuation, but a prequel, the action of which takes place six years before the events shown in the original. Players learn the fate of students trapped in a haunted school at night.

PS4

DreamBreak
DreamBreak

Adventure 21 July 2016

DreamBreak is an independent adventure game developed by the Russian studio Aist. The game is set in an alternate cyberpunk version of USSR. The player is tasked with solving a criminal case linked to a conspiracy.

PCXONE

Senran Kagura Reflexions
Senran Kagura Reflexions

Adventure 13 September 2018

A spin-off of the Senran Kagura series. It is an adventure game, in which the players are spending time with one of the main female protagonists of the series. The game was designed to take advantage of the unique functions of Nintendo Switch.

PCSwitch

Inner Voices
Inner Voices

Adventure 10 May 2017

An exploration/adventure horror by the independent studio Sigma Games from Poland. The main hero of Inner Voices is John Blake who is trapped in a dimension resembling purgatory. The protagonist suffers from amnesia and the only way to reveal his mysterious past is to follow a strange voice. The hints it drops lead the hero to eerie places which reflect his own memories distorted by an unknown, evil force. The action is presented from the first-person perspective.

PCSwitch

Late Shift
Late Shift

Adventure 09 March 2016

An adventure game in the form of an interactive FMV thriller, developed by the Swiss team at CtrlMovie and directed by Tobias Weber; the script on the other hand, was written by Michael Robert Johnson. Though the game debuted on mobile devices, it also came out for PC and consoles a year later. Matt, the protagonist, is a young student of mathematics, who tries to make some money as a car park guard. He gets charged with stealing Chinese porcelain from an auction house in London.

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Dear Esther: Landmark Edition
Dear Esther: Landmark Edition

Adventure 20 September 2016

A remake of Dear Esther, a popular narrative exploration game from 2012 that started a whole new genre – the so-called walking simulators. It was developed by the independent studio The Chinese Room. Contrary to the base version of the game that was powered by the Source engine and released only on personal computers, this edition is powered by the Unity technology. This enabled the developers to release their game on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One as well.

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