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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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Cyanide & Happiness: Freakpocalypse
Cyanide & Happiness: Freakpocalypse

Adventure 11 March 2021

Point-and-click adventure based on Cyanide & Happiness network comic. We play as a boy known from the original who has to survive until the last day of the school year. It's not easy, because the world around him is getting closer to the apocalypse every day. Mechanisms of the game remain faithful to the traditions of the genre. During the game we have to explore locations, collect items, talk to encountered characters and solve puzzles.

PCXONEPS4Switch

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.

PCXONEPS4Switch

JCB Pioneer: Mars
JCB Pioneer: Mars

Adventure 01 September 2017

A survival game in which players take on the role of the first colonizers of the Red Planet. Their tasks include not only the struggle for survival (with the need to replenish oxygen, food and water supplies), but also the extraction of raw materials and the development of new technologies. The title allows you to have fun both alone and in the company of other people.

PCXONESwitch

Eventide 3: Legacy of Legends
Eventide 3: Legacy of Legends

Adventure 28 September 2017

Developed by The House of Fables and Artifex Mundi, Eventide 3: Legacy of Legends is a HOPA game. Players follow the adventures of a botanist Mary Gilbert, who has to rescue her brother kidnapped by an evil sorcerer. Unfortunately, the antagonist not only poses a threat to the main protagonist's brother but also to the entire world, and the only chance of stopping him lies in Mary and her companion Aitwara – a house spirit.

PCXONEPS4SwitchANDiOS

Fear Effect 2: Retro Helix
Fear Effect 2: Retro Helix

Adventure 21 February 2001

An extraordinary mix of many different species, which is a prequel to the 2000 release of the Fear Effect. The production combines elements of survival horror and action games, successfully weaving into them the mechanics known from RPGs and logical games.

PS1

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

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

Roki
Roki

Adventure 23 July 2020

A point-and-click adventure that takes players on a journey into a world inspired by Scandinavian mythology. The main character's task is to save her family, which is difficult as the titular antagonist, Röki, who is the personification of the evil powers, is always hot on her heels.

PCPS5XSXSwitch

The Walking Dead: The Telltale Series Collection
The Walking Dead: The Telltale Series Collection

Adventure 05 December 2017

A compilation of episodic adventure games from The Walking Dead series. It consists of three first seasons in the series; The Walking Dead: 400 Days and The Walking Dead: Michonne – A Telltale Games Miniseries. The compilation was released before the debut of the fourth, final season of the series.

XONEPS4

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.

ANDiOS

Sons of Uruzime
Sons of Uruzime

Adventure 13 May 2015

An adventure gamebook with RPG elements for mobile devices. Sons of Uruzime was inspired by stories by Howard Philips Lovecraft and utilizes many motives from the Cthulhu Mythos. You play as a University of Miskatonic professor, who receives a letter from a missing student. The student warns the professor against a dark cult involving much of the university's staff. The story is shown mostly via text with occasional pictures.

ANDiOS

Heroes Reborn: Enigma
Heroes Reborn: Enigma

Adventure 09 October 2015

A first-person adventure logic game based on the license of Heroes Reborn, a science fiction TV series and continuing its storyline. The plot is connected to the TV series as well as Heroes Reborn: Gemini. In the game, we assume the role of a 14-year-old girl named Dahlia who, having discovered her supernatural powers, is abducted and imprisoned in a secret government research facility. Our task is to help the protagonist escape.

ANDiOS

The Deer God
The Deer God

Adventure 27 February 2015

The Deer God is an original platform game with roguelike and RPG elements, developed by the independent studio Cinopt Studios in cooperation with Crescent Moon Games. We observe the action from a side-scrolling perspective and play as a hunter who was reborn as a deer. From now on, his most important goal is to survive in a hostile environment. He will also have to do some quests, like growing old, achieving a godlike karma balance, or finding every statuette of knowledge.

PCXONEPS4SwitchANDiOSPSV

Forest of Sleep
Forest of Sleep

Adventure canceled

An adventure game from Eda Keya and Twisted Tree Games studio, taking by the handful from Russian fairy tales and legends. Forest of Sleep tells a story of three children on a journey through a land filled with magical creatures. Our heroes must traverse enchanted forests, visit bizarre kingdoms, fulfill unusual requests from NPCs and sing many songs during campfire nights.

PCiOS

Corpse of Discovery
Corpse of Discovery

Adventure 26 August 2015

A science fiction action adventure game enriched with survival elements. It was developed by Phosphor Games which is mainly known for Nether. While playing, we assume the role of an astronaut who is a member of an organization that explores uncharted regions of space. The protagonist awakens in a base on an alien planet and discovers that his ship was destroyed and his entire equipment scattered around the surrounding areas.

PC

Tsioque
Tsioque

Adventure 07 November 2018

A 2D point-and-click adventure game inspired by such titles as Dragon’s Lair and the Pajama Sam series. The game was developed by OhNoo Studio (responsible for e.g. Tormentum: Dark Sorrow and Amelia and Terror of the Night) from Poland. You assume the role of a young girl named Tsioque. She is imprisoned in her family’s castle by the Evil Wizard, who cast a powerful spell on it, turning the whole castle into a deadly trap.

PC

Syberia Collection
Syberia Collection

Adventure 25 June 2015

A set of the first two installments in the popular Syberia series — point-and-click adventure games by Benoit Sokal, originally released in 2002 and 2003. The games' console port, created over 10 years after the original release, does not change the gameplay or visuals much, but it introduces gamepad support. In Siberia, you play as a young lawyer named Kate Walker, who was hired by a toymaking company to finalize formalities regarding a takeover of a factory in a small European town.

PS3

Niko: Through The Dream
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.

PC

RymdResa
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.

PCXONEiOSWiiU

Hollywood Monsters (1997)
Hollywood Monsters (1997)

Adventure 31 October 1997

A classic adventure game with a point-and-click interface, reminiscent of the cult productions of LucasArts. The action of the game takes place at an event organized by a well-known film producer, where the most popular Hollywood monsters meet. Two competing journalists from The Quill appear at the ball. When Sue Bergman disappears in unexplained circumstances, her competitor Ron Ashman is given the task of clarifying the whole case.

PC

Perception
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.

PCXONEPS4Switch

Nancy Drew: Sea of Darkness
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.

PC