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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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Return to Mysterious Island
Return to Mysterious Island

Adventure 28 October 2004

Return to Mysterious Island: Return to Mysterious Island is a classic genre adventure, created by the Kheops development team. The plot of the game is a continuation of the themes of Juliusz Verne's famous novel. The main character is a young girl named Mina, who accidentally finds herself on the title island full of riddles. Captain Nemo's spirit helps her to find a way back home.

PC

Lure of the Temptress
Lure of the Temptress

Adventure 12 April 1992

Lure of the Temptress is an adventure game signed by Revolution Software, a company known to most players mainly thanks to the Broken Sword series. The main character of the game is Diermot, a royal servant who, together with his master and his army, comes to the village of Turnvale in order to nip a supposed rebellion in the bud.

PC

Escape of Bipeds
Escape of Bipeds

Adventure canceled

Quite an innovative FPP shooter. Escape of Bipeds has an expanded singleleplayer and an equally interesting multiplayer. The advanced graphical engine is also worth mentioning.

PC

24: The Game
24: The Game

Adventure 28 February 2006

Action game with strongly marked elements typical for classic adventures. This title is based on the famous sensational series. During the game we meet many famous characters. The gameplay itself has a quite varied course.

PS2

Simsala Grimm: The Frog King
Simsala Grimm: The Frog King

Adventure 20 November 2002

Simsala Grimm: The Frog King is an interactive animation based on the famous fairy tale of the Grimm brothers. As in other scenes of the Simsala Grimm series, the game features popular cartoon characters - Jojo and Doc Croc, and the player has to face mini-games woven into the story. Developers from Tivoli Productions studio took care of a visually pleasing setting, which should appeal to young audiences.

PC

Scooby-Doo: Showdown in Ghost Town
Scooby-Doo: Showdown in Ghost Town

Adventure 30 November 2002

Scooby Doo and the City of Ghosts is an adventure and adventure game, created by The Learning Company development studio with fans of the popular animated series in mind. The title, cowardly dog and his friends must solve the mystery of the "Faceless Rider" haunting the town of Los Burritos. The game is based on simple logical puzzles and skill tests.

PC

Skaut Kwatermaster
Skaut Kwatermaster

Adventure 31 July 1995

During the scout camp in Olobok Zdrój, a terrible accident happened. Here's Luiza, as a result of inattentive exploration of an old, rusty tank, got stuck inside and can't get out. Our hero's task is to hurry up a friendly girl to the rescue and find a way to get her out of this cruel trap.

PC

Horror Zombies from the Crypt
Horror Zombies from the Crypt

Adventure 06 April 1991

The main character of the game is Count Frederick Valdemar, whose magnificent residence was suddenly attacked by hordes of undead monsters. A player who plays the role of the would-be vampire and ghostly conqueror has to wade through several huge boards and curb the evil that desires only one - his death.

PC

Gobliiins
Gobliiins

Adventure 06 April 1991

A nice adventure game about the adventures of the three title creatures, whose task is to find the culprit of the king's mental illness.

PCiOS

The Dig
The Dig

Adventure 06 March 1995

Probably the most underestimated adventure game LucasArts, written by Steven Spielberg himself. The player takes control of a group of astronauts who are trapped on a planet inhabited by an alien civilization in order to explore the asteroid, which rushes at an enormous speed towards the Earth.

PC

Fenimore Fillmore's Revenge
Fenimore Fillmore's Revenge

Adventure 19 September 2008

Fenimore Fillmore's Revenge is the third part of the Wild West adventure game series. It was initiated by 3 Skulls of the Toltecs already in 1996, and eight years later Fenimore Fillmore: The Westerner continued his adventure (we remembered him mainly from the bad polonization).

PC

Nancy Drew: Treasure in the Royal Tower
Nancy Drew: Treasure in the Royal Tower

Adventure 20 August 2001

Treasure in the Royal Tower is the fourth story about the adventures of Nancy Drew - a young and ambitious detective whose matters are always connected with the action of supernatural forces (at least apparently).

PC

Nancy Drew: The Secret of the Scarlet Hand
Nancy Drew: The Secret of the Scarlet Hand

Adventure 22 August 2002

An opportunity for those who have already completed all the remaining parts of the Nancy Drew series and have already missed the adventures of their favorite heroine. This time, a friendly detective decided to take a break from her profession and became the deputy director of the Beech Hill Museum.

PC

Blade Warrior
Blade Warrior

Adventure 11 April 1991

Blade Warrior is an arcade game with a strongly emphasized adventure theme, prepared in 1991 by Image Works. Its main character is a battle-experienced warrior, who is sent on a mission to find seven fragments of a magical statue.

PC

The Pink Panther Hocus Pocus
The Pink Panther Hocus Pocus

Adventure 15 April 2000

An adventure game in which you play the role of a well-known cartoon hero - Pink Panther. Our pink hero, making money as a pedlar, accidentally ends up in a beautiful estate, inhabited by the family of a newly-enriched dentist....

PC

Nancy Drew: Last Train to Blue Moon Canyon
Nancy Drew: Last Train to Blue Moon Canyon

Adventure 15 September 2005

The thirteenth part of a series of adventures, very popular in America, telling the story of the investigation of the title lady detective - Nancy Drew. This time our heroine has to solve the mystery of the "haunted" train.

PC

Nancy Drew: Danger on Deception Island
Nancy Drew: Danger on Deception Island

Adventure 30 September 2003

A proposition for adventure game fans who have already familiarized themselves with the Nancy Drew series and hungry for new adventures with the popular heroine in the lead role.

PC

Plan 9 from Outer Space
Plan 9 from Outer Space

Adventure 12 June 1992

"The Worst Film in the History of Cinema" is the name of Plan 9 from Outer Space from 1959, directed by Ed Wood. In 1992, Gremlin Graphics decided to reach for the cult title in its own way and prepared an adventure game, loosely referring to the story told in the original.

PC

Kong: The 8th Wonder of the World
Kong: The 8th Wonder of the World

Adventure 22 November 2005

Kong: The 8th Wonder of the World is an action adventure game with an emphasis on solving riddles, based on a film under the same title, directed by the creator of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Peter Jackson. This item was created in UbiSoft studios.

GBA

The Lost Crown: A Ghosthunting Adventure
The Lost Crown: A Ghosthunting Adventure

Adventure 04 March 2008

Adventure game by Darkling Studios. It was inspired by the works of authors of classic detective novels and horror novels, such as Charles Dickens, M.R.James, Arthur Conan Doyle and E.F.Benson.

PC

Lost Island
Lost Island

Adventure 01 May 2002

An adventure game by Mayhem Studios, created in the spirit of the Monkey Island saga. It offers an old school interface point & click, a lot of fun in solving a wide range of logical puzzles and over 100 locations filled with the already mentioned, hand drawn graphics.

PC

Metroid Prime: Hunters
Metroid Prime: Hunters

Adventure 20 March 2006

Metroid Prime: Hunters is the second (after Metroid Prime: Pinball) product from the popular series, which was released on the Nintendo DS console. At one time, the demo of this game also promoted the premiere of the platform, being part of the sold set.

NDS

Al Emmo and Lost Dutchman's Mine
Al Emmo and Lost Dutchman's Mine

Adventure 05 September 2006

An adventure game created by Himalaya studio, whose employees dipped their fingers at two remakes of the King's Quest series. It was created in the classic point & click convention and offers a proven interface straight from the production of Sierra, so it should satisfy the most passionate fans of the genre.

PC

Fred & Jeff: A Movie Adventure
Fred & Jeff: A Movie Adventure

Adventure 28 October 2003

A classic point-and-click adventure. Her story is based on a comic book whose protagonists are Fred and Jeff. The game consists mainly in talking to independent characters, exploring the location and searching for objects necessary to solve the riddles.

PC