Adventure Video Games89
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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Perception
Adventure 30 May 2017
A first-person horror adventure game and the debut project of The Deep End Games studio. In Perception, we play as a blind girl named Cassie, who tries to discover the mystery of a certain mansion, whose visions has been haunting her in her dreams for some time. It turns out that the place is haunted by a ghost, which has been terrorizing the inhabitants of the house, and now it targets Cassie. We explore the dark mansions and look for clues to reveal the dark past of the building.
Detective Dixie: The Revenge of Wishteria
Adventure 13 June 2015
A mobile adventure game by Indonesian studio Giant Leap. Detective Dixie: The Revenge of Wishteria is set in a fantasy steampunk world, the streets of which are populated by both humans and being from legends and fables. When a series of mysterious crimes plagues the eponymous city of Wishteria, young detective Dixie takes action. Although at first the cases seem not to be related to each other, the protagonist soon gathers clues hinting that all the crimes were committed by the same person.
Perils of Man
Adventure 11 March 2014
Perils of Man is a PC adventure game. The player takes on the role of a teenager looking for the lost father of a scientist. The game is about exploring the location, talking to characters and solving riddles, which is helped by numerous inventions of the heroine's parent.
Nancy Drew: Sea of Darkness
Adventure 19 May 2015
32nd installment in the adventure game series by Her Interactive. The game's protagonist is Nancy Drew, a young detective girl known from the detective novel series by Carolyn Keene. This time the story focuses on the disappearance of Magnus, the captain of the famous ship called the Heerlijkheid, also serving as a museum. Drew has to find him and put an end to the rumors, according to which Magnus ran off with a treasure he found or gave himself up to some dark forces.
Her Story
Adventure 24 June 2015
A unique detective game by Sam Barlow, the main designer and writer of Silent Hill: Origins and Silent Hill: Shattered Memories. Her Story is a rare example of a FMV adventure game — most of the visuals consists of videos of live-action actors. The plot of Her Story focuses on a British woman named Hannah, whose husband went missing in mysterious circumstances. Based on the recordings of her testimonies from 1994, you have to discover the truth behind those events.
Supreme League of Patriots
Adventure 29 January 2015
Supreme League of Patriots is a full of fussy humor point’n’click adventure game, developed by the British studio No Bull Intentions. The player assumes the role of Kyle Keever, who unexpectedly gets to fulfill his innermost dream – he becomes a superhero. As The Purple Patriot, he fights for justice on the streets of New York and is aided by a sarcastic sidekick – Mel.
The Assembly
Adventure 19 July 2016
A first-person action-adventure game created by nDreams (a British developer), specifically for VR sets. The game is set in a secret research laboratory located somewhere in the deserts of Nevada. Here, far away from civilization, incredible government experiments are conducted by the titular organization that gathers scientists who tend to choose progress over ethics. However, when the scientists lose control of a deadly virus, the future of the Assembly becomes problematic.
ENKI
Adventure 31 July 2015
An FPP survival-horror with elements of logic game, which came out as the second project (after an adventure game NERO) of the Italian developer Storm in a Teacup. The game features the theme of trying to escape from a dangerous serial killer. Taking a desperate attempt to save his life, the player has to face many challenges and logic puzzles.
Time Machine VR
Adventure 19 May 2016
An action-adventure game developed for the Oculus Rift virtual reality set. Time Machine VR was developed by independent studio Minority Media, the creators of Papo & Yo. In the game the player goes back in time to the prehistoric era and is given an opportunity to watch dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals in their natural habitat – large valleys and ocean deeps.
Papa Sangre II
Adventure 31 October 2013
Papa Sangre II is an iOS horror audio system. In the game we play the corpse. Fortunately, our death is recent and we still have a chance to return to the living world. A mysterious ally, given the floor by Sean Bean himself, helps us to do this. Production is almost completely devoid of graphics and instead we have to rely mainly on hearing.
Malebolgia
Adventure 06 May 2015
A scary adventure title created by Jochen Mistiaen – an independent developer from Belgium. In Malebolgia, you assume the role of Leopold who, in unclear circumstances, finds himself in a mansion built in the heart of hell. His objective is to get out of this horrid residence, which requires not only exploring the ominous palace, but also solving various puzzles and fighting bloodthirsty demons. Luckily, the hero is not defenseless – he battles his way through hell with a halberd.
Layton Brothers Mystery Room
Adventure 27 June 2013
Layton Brothers Mystery Room is a mobile adventure game available for Android. It tells the story of Scotland Yard detectives dealing with the strangest cases. While playing, we look for evidence and circumstantial evidence, collect testimonies and question suspects.
Devastated Dreams
Adventure canceled
An action adventure horror game by Infinitap Games. You play as Angel, a young woman, who suspects she may be pregnant. Angel has to face demons from the Filipino mythology, full of creatures eating babies, both born and unborn. The gameplay of Devastated Dreams focuses on exploring eerie locations, such as Tacloban, a port town destroyed by a hurricane, or the Kabayan caves. Another important aspect includes solving puzzles, managing your equipment, and avoiding enemies.
Fallen London
Adventure 28 September 2009
Fallen London is an adventure game with RPG elements that focuses on the narrative aspect. While having fun, we explore the bizarre London from an alternative version of the Victorian era and take part in stories whose course is shaped by our own decisions.
The Endless Cylinder
Adventure TBA
The Endless Cylinder is an independent project of Carlos Bordeu, one of the founders of the ACE Team. In this surreal adventure game we play the role of a small and helpless creature who travels through a dangerous planet.
Void and Meddler
Adventure 28 October 2015
An episodic cyberpunk point-and-click adventure game; it's prototype came third in the PointClickJam competition. The game is set in a futuristic city, where gender and species differences became blurred, and a new hobby emerged: collecting people's memories. Fyn, a girl tired of her present life, decided to go through somebody else's memories to rediscover her own identity. The story in each episode may take a different turn, depending on your actions.
Fragments of Him
Adventure 03 May 2016
A unique adventure game from the Dutch studio of Sassybot. Fragments of Him tells a story of Will – a young man who died in a car accident, leaving his mourning partner Harry and their friend Sarah. Game uses first-person perspective with players as observers, having them not only recreate past events with the protagonist, but also make decisions that affect the plot and fate of the characters. Unlike other games from the genre, Fragments of Him has almost no puzzles.
Shape of the World
Adventure 05 June 2018
An experimental, first-person adventure game created by Hollow Tree Games – an independent, Canadian developer. Shape of the World does not offer a plot as such; rather, it focuses on delivering a certain visual experience. The player takes on the role of a nameless traveler who introduces different changes to the world around along his way. The changes made are divided into two kinds: the passive (as the player follows the designated path) and the active.
Nubs' Adventure
Adventure 27 May 2015
A pixel-art two-dimensional platform game developed and released by IMakeGames, an independent Austrian game developer. Nubs' Adventure enables us to assume the role of an inconspicuous pixelated being living in a small hut upon the hill. One day, his home is visited by two red monsters that ransack his home and throw him into the abyss.
RymdResa
Adventure 20 August 2015
A sandbox game developed by Morgondag, a Spanish studio. The player assumes the role of a lone astronaut who searches for a new home in the unwelcoming interplanetary space. At the core of the gameplay lies exploration of space, gathering new materials and technologies, and devising new parts for eight modifiable ships. The protagonist can also be developed — the experience points we gather while playing can be spent on enhancing skills from the extensive skill tree.
Gravity Falls: Legend of the Gnome Gemulets
Adventure 20 October 2015
A two-dimensional arcade-adventure game based on the popular animated series Gravity Falls. The game was created by Ubisoft and Alex Hirsch, the creator of the said cartoon series. The player assumes the roles of two main characters from the original series - an inquisitive boy called Dipper and his eccentric sister by the name of Mabel.
Bonded
Adventure canceled
A post-apocalyptic adventure game developed by Portugal studio Arkavi. The story of Bonded starts many years after the events during which humanity had fallen prey to the machine rebellion. The main character of the game is Mira, a little girl that spent her whole life in a bunker which protected her from the mechanical enemies. When the bunker inhabitants start dying due to a mysterious illness, girl’s parents go looking for a cure. As one can guess, they don’t return in the appointed time.
Empathy: Path of Whispers
Adventure 16 May 2016
A somewhat surrealistic FPP adventure game and a debut of Pixel Night studios, focusing on exploration and plot. The story of Empathy takes place in a collapsing world, where the few remaining cities were reduced to shelters for small human populations, and where life seems to be dying out. We explore the setting through the eyes of a child led by a mysterious spirit on their journey to return the order to this world.
Niko: Through The Dream
Adventure 10 July 2015
A minimalistic adventure game from the independent studio of Paint. In this FPP title, we try to help the main heroine in returning to the real world. The gameplay emphasizes traveling, solving logical puzzles and avoiding traps. Puzzles revolve around colors, shapes and sounds, meaning that the game requires almost ceaseless concentration from player.