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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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Sam & Max Hit the Road
Sam & Max Hit the Road

Adventure 24 September 1993

One of the best and funniest LucasArts adventure games, based on characters created by Steve Purcell. Sam and Max are a pair of detectives, always acting against generally accepted social norms and professing orthodox methods of investigative work.

PC

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Adventure 29 October 1990

The third adventure game, written by LucasArts. Its plot is based on the plot of the last part of the trilogy about the adventures of Indiana Jones, concerning the search for St. Grail.

PC

Agon
Agon

Adventure 03 September 2003

an extensive adventure game, prepared by programmers from the Hungarian development team Private Moon Studios. The full title consists of as many as 14 major episodes, which were made available for download from the Internet for a fee.

PC

Egypt II: The Heliopolis Prophecy
Egypt II: The Heliopolis Prophecy

Adventure 15 September 2000

The second part of the adventures in ancient Egypt takes us to the city of the sun Heliopolis, where as a young priestess Tifet we have to find a cure for a sick father and other inhabitants of the metropolis.

PC

Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned
Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned

Adventure 18 November 1999

Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned is the third part of the adventure series with the title bookseller in the lead role. This time the hero and his partner friend Grace must discover the dark secrets of Rennes-le-Chateau, a town in the French Alps. The title was produced by Jane Jansen and the development team of Sierra.

PC

Police Quest 2: The Vengeance
Police Quest 2: The Vengeance

Adventure 25 October 1988

The second installment of the Police Quest series continues the threads started in the memorable prototype. Jesse "Death Angel" Bains escapes from prison. The player will again play the role of Sonny Bonds, who, after being promoted to the Murder Department, will have to take on a dangerous drug trafficker again.

PC

Police Quest 4: Open Season
Police Quest 4: Open Season

Adventure 28 November 1993

The fourth and last game in a series of famous adventures. This time the action moves to Los Angeles, where the new hero, John Carey, will investigate the brutal murder of his partner.

PC

King's Quest II: Romancing The Throne
King's Quest II: Romancing The Throne

Adventure 03 November 1985

Continuation of the great adventure game King's Quest, which set the course for the further development of adventure games for home computers. We play the role of Graham, king of Daventry. One day, sitting eminently on the royal throne, he saw in the mirror a vision of a beautiful princess trapped in a glass tower. The game tells the story of his expedition to liberate the girlfriend.

PC

Space Quest IV: Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers
Space Quest IV: Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers

Adventure 03 September 1990

The first game in the Space Quest series to reach the VGA era, i.e. 256 colors displayed on the monitor screen (the previous parts had only 16 colors).

PC

Sid Meier’s Pirates! (1987)
Sid Meier’s Pirates! (1987)

Adventure 12 February 1987

One of the first loud productions that came from the hands of the legend Sid Meier and today's almost non-existent company MicroProse. In this title the player has an opportunity to move back to the times of the so-called Golden Age of the Caribbean Piracy and become one of the most famous pirates who then sailed on seas and oceans.

PC

Sanitarium
Sanitarium

Adventure 30 March 1998

Sanitarium is an adventure game, realized in the convention of surrealistic horror. Developers from the DreamForge Entertainment studio were inspired by the literary work of Stephen King and Edgar Allan Poe. The action takes place in several separate worlds, and players have the opportunity to play, among others, the cyclop of Grimwall and the Aztec god Olmec.

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Leisure Suit Larry 6: Shape Up or Slip Out!
Leisure Suit Larry 6: Shape Up or Slip Out!

Adventure 15 June 1993

Another part of Larry Laffer's adventures, the biggest rider of all time. This time the protagonist goes to a luxurious resort, where beautiful women are crowded.

PC

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

Adventure 22 July 2008

Action adventure game based on the film under the very title. We explore Chinese catacombs, solving puzzles and duels with undead emperor's warriors.

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Coraline
Coraline

Adventure 27 January 2009

An adventure game based on the work of Neil Gaiman, a well-known American writer and graphic artist. In the production we play the title character, who moves into a new apartment and encounters a secret door to another world. In this strange land everything seems to be more interesting. However, these are only appearances.

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Atlantis Evolution
Atlantis Evolution

Adventure 16 October 2004

Another part of a successful but underestimated series of adventures under the name "Atlantis". Atlantis Evolution thematically does not differ much from what we saw in the predecessors, because here again we are given the opportunity to visit the areas of forgotten Atlantis.

PC

Atlantis: The Lost Empire – Trial by Fire
Atlantis: The Lost Empire – Trial by Fire

Adventure 15 May 2001

Action adventure game based on the story of an animated film from Disney Entertainment, about the search for a lost Atlantic civilization.

PC

Soltys
Soltys

Adventure 23 May 1995

Soltys is an interesting adventure game set in the realities of the Polish countryside. Our task is to find someone called Leon, who escaped from the altar to his daughter during the wedding ceremony.

PC

Louisiana Adventure
Louisiana Adventure

Adventure 31 January 2011

Louisiana Adventure is an adventure game created by Infinion's development team. The plot takes players to New Orleans from the early 20th century. The main character is a federal agent who is sent to solve macabre and seemingly motivated murders in the city.

PCX360PSP

CSI: Fatal Conspiracy
CSI: Fatal Conspiracy

Adventure 26 October 2010

An adventure game referring to the 10th season of the famous American series CSI: Crime Investigation Scene. As a detective and criminologist, we conduct interrogations of suspects, examine places and evidence of crime, as well as analyze collected materials. One of our allies is Laurence Fishburne, and the game is divided into five issues to be solved. An obligatory item for fans of the series.

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Bionicle: The Game
Bionicle: The Game

Adventure 20 August 2003

Three-dimensional adventure game, containing a large number of fast-paced action and logical elements, referring to the best-selling series of plastic toys by Lego called Bionicle.

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Resident Evil Code: Veronica X
Resident Evil Code: Veronica X

Adventure 21 August 2001

Another installment in the series of action adventure games in the survival horror convention, which in a short time stormed the world's hit lists. Capcom took care of this title and players can learn more about the fate of Claire Redfield - heroine of Resident Evil 2. After destroying one of the Umbrella corporation's laboratories, a woman is kidnapped and imprisoned by its employees.

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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Adventure 25 March 2003

An interesting adventure and detective game licensed under a well-known and appreciated by critics TV series. We play the role of a new member of CSI and solve criminal riddles prepared by producers. We mainly use an arsenal of specialist tools to investigate crime sites, but from time to time we also have to question witnesses.

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Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed

Adventure 03 March 2004

Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed is an adventure film based on a full-length film of the same title (continuation of a cinematic film directed by Raj Gosnell, shown for the first time in 2002).

PCGBA

The Shadow of Zorro
The Shadow of Zorro

Adventure 14 November 2001

The Shadow of Zorro is a studio-produced In Utero action adventure game with a legendary, masked protagonist in the lead role. The plot takes players to 1822, and the theme is the infamous past of Montero, the cruel head of the Californian police. In directing Zorro's actions, the player must stop the former war criminal from implementing his evil plans.

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