Adventure Video Games86
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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Professor Layton and the Lost Future
Adventure 27 November 2008
The third part of the popular adventure game, in which, in addition to conversations with the characters and typical adventure elements, we will also find dozens of puzzles that need to be solved in order to learn more about the rest of the story.
Nancy Drew: Trail of the Twister
Adventure 29 June 2010
Nancy Drew: Trail of the Twister is the next installment of Her Interactive adventure games, allowing players to test their detective skills. This time we face not only riddles, but also all kinds of cyclones and hurricanes.
The Island of Dr. Frankenstein
Adventure 20 October 2009
The Island of Dr. Frankenstein is an adventure game set on a fantastic island levitating in the air. Players take on the role of Frankie, Dr. Frankenstein's nephew, who tries to help the island's inhabitants - people and monsters - in various ways. Developers from Visual Impact studio took care of a visually pleasing setting and a collection of simple mini-games that add variety to the game.
Theresia
Adventure 11 September 2008
Theresia is an adventure game produced by WorkJam studio in the convention of first person horror. Players have the opportunity to get to know two dark stories, directing separately the actions of a man and a woman. Both heroes suffer from amnesia and try to escape through labyrinths of rooms filled with riddles and traps. The game takes advantage of the technical capabilities of the Nintendo DS console, including the touch screen of the device.
Dear Esther
Adventure 14 February 2012
Dear Esther is an adventure game with a first person perspective, with a rather heavy and dark climate. Here we are only exploring the surroundings and listening to the scraps of stories, which we have to put together into a coherent story.
Unlikely Suspects
Adventure 23 September 2010
Unlikely Suspects is a logic and adventure game that allows us to embody the dedective character of a tracking murderer in different corners of the world.
The Rockin' Dead
Adventure 13 April 2011
The Rockin' Dead is a classic adventure game created by Grasland Production. The player directs the actions of Alyssa, a young vocalist of a heavy metal band, who follows in the footsteps of her lost friends from the band. The plot of the game has been enriched with a large dose of black humour, and the visual setting is stylized on B-class films.
Mystery Case Files: 13th Skull
Adventure 25 November 2010
The game is a part of the famous Mystery Case Files series, which combines elements of the "hidden object" genre with adventure elements. This time we have to go to Louisiana to investigate the mysterious disappearance. The game is based on solving a variety of puzzles, consisting both in searching for objects indicated in the list, as well as those in which the essence of the game is the proper use of objects.
Martian Memorandum
Adventure 15 June 1991
A detective adventure film set in the near future, which belongs to the popular "Tex Murphy" series. This time we are hired to find the lost daughter of a rich corporate boss. The game consists mainly in collecting evidence, interrogating witnesses and solving puzzles.
Under a Killing Moon
Adventure 31 October 1994
The third part of the series of detective adventures, in which Tex Murphy plays the main role. This time, looking for the lost statue, our hero is entangled in the matter of a mysterious cult. Unlike the previous parts of the game takes place in a fully three-dimensional environment, which allows you to freely explore each location.
Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP
Adventure 23 March 2011
A climatic adventure game originally released for iPad in 2011. The mechanics of the game is based on the point-n-click interface, so the game is mainly about searching the locations in order to find clues to help solve puzzles. From time to time, simple combat sequences also occur to add variety to the gameplay.
The Pandora Directive
Adventure 31 July 1996
The fourth installment of the popular series of detective adventures in which the main role is played by Tex Murphy. This time we are looking for a scientist lost in mysterious circumstances and discover the secrets of the government conspiracy connected with the catastrophe of the flying saucer in Roswell.
Surge Concerto: Ciel Nosurge
Adventure 26 April 2012
An adventure game with elements of a dating simulator, which will allow us to help a mysterious girl named Ionsol to regain her lost memory and memories.
Time Mysteries: The Ancient Spectres
Adventure 04 November 2011
The second installment of the series of logical and adventure games by the Polish developer studio Artifex Mundi. The plot of the game depicts the fate of a young London governess who, while travelling in time, has to explain the secret of her origin and face a cunning witch.
Moebius: Empire Rising
Adventure 15 April 2014
Classic, two-dimensional point'n'click adventure game created by Jane Jensen - the legendary author of such bestsellers as King's Kuest VI, Gray Matter and Gabriel Knight series. In the game, we play as a simple antiques dealer who finds valuable items on commission from well-paying clients. When his shop is consumed by fire, the protagonist receives a highly lucrative commission to investigate a series of seemingly unrelated events.
Cherry Tree High Comedy Club
Adventure 20 June 2010
A Japanese cartoon-style game about setting up a school comedy club. Our task is to wander the virtual city in search of peers with whom we can make friends. To make new acquaintances, there is an extensive mechanics of conducting dialogues, where various topics of conversation are separate skills that we need to develop.
Project Zero 2: Wii Edition
Adventure 29 June 2012
Project Zero 2: Wii Edition is the technical capability of Nintendo Wii remake of the loud hit from PlayStation 2 and Xbox. The plot of the game depicts the fate of twins - Mio and Mayu Amakura, who accidentally end up in a village shrouded in eternal darkness. Soon it turns out that its immaterial inhabitants want to sacrifice the girls in a ritual sacrifice. The sisters, armed only with a camera, have to face terrifying creatures from the hereafter and get out of a deadly trap.
Gone Home
Adventure 15 August 2013
An original exploration adventure drama with first-person perspective. Gone Home is a debut project of an indie developer The Fullbright Company, whose members previously worked on a successful DLC for BioShock 2, Minerva’s Den. Gone Home is set in the United States of 1990s. You play as a young woman named Katy, who returns home after spending a year away in Europe. When she gets home, instead of her family she is welcomed by an empty house.
Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure
Adventure 07 May 2014
An adventure from the detective franchise focusing on Tex Murphy. Similarly to its three previous installments, the game offers 3D locations featuring recorded actors. Gameplay comes down to collecting evidence, interrogating witnesses, and solving puzzles.
Mean Streets
Adventure 11 November 1989
A detective adventure maintained in the climates of science fiction, which is the first part of the "Tex Murphy" series. The game consists mainly in searching locations, conducting conversations and solving puzzles. The game is made more attractive by occasional dexterity sequences, during which we pilot a flying car.
Chronicles of Mystery: Secrets of the Lost Kingdom
Adventure 28 January 2011
Chronicles of Mystery: The Mystery of the Lost Kingdom is the fourth installment of a series of adventures developed by City Interactive's development studio. The player's task is to help the main heroine solve the mystery of her father's disappearance and face the powerful forces that will stand in the way. The game is based on puzzles such as hidden objects.
999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors
Adventure 10 December 2009
999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors is a thriller-like adventure game produced by Japanese studio Chunsoft for the Nintendo DS console. The player directs the actions of the participant in a bizarre game in which the stake is to get out of a sinking ship. By solving subsequent riddles and making moral choices, the protagonist tries to discover the truth about other members of the group in which he found himself, and to explain the motives behind the mysterious Zero.
Balko
Adventure 06 October 2005
Balko: A risky investigation is a classic adventure game, based on the motives of a popular crime series. Players are helping Commissioners Stefan Balkowski and Klaus Krapp to solve the murder of a young man. The title was produced by a German development studio Silver Style Entertainment.
The Count of Monte Cristo
Adventure 07 February 2008
Count Monte Christo is an adventure game of the kind of "hidden objects", produced by FindHiddenObjects.com development studio. The plot is based on the famous novel by Alexander Dumas. The player takes on the role of Edmond Dantes, who, as the title count of Monte Christo, returns to his homeland to take revenge for betrayal and unjust imprisonment.