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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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Silent Hill: The Short Message
Silent Hill: The Short Message

Adventure 01 February 2024

A psychological horror and a new installment of Konami's classic franchise. Silent Hill: The Short Message is a game about Anita, a girl trapped in a mysterious abandoned building, who needs to face her fears in order to escape.

PS5

Until Dawn
Until Dawn

Adventure 2024

Refreshed and content-enhanced version of the "cinematic" PS4 horror from 2015. The new version of Until Dawn expands on the story, introduces a TPP camera, as well as improves the graphics quality thanks to using Unreal Engine 5.

PCPS5

Digested
Digested

Adventure June 2024

A first-person survival horror displayed from a bodycam perspective. Digested tasks us with finding an extraction capsule and escaping a massive, hungry snake.

PC

Starshine Legacy 1: Mystery of the Soulriders
Starshine Legacy 1: Mystery of the Soulriders

Adventure 25 September 2008

Product designed for younger players, in which we control the character of a girl named Lisa. We follow the fate of the main character, her faithful steed and other people living in the small seaside town of Jorvik.

PC

Discworld II: Mortality Bytes!
Discworld II: Mortality Bytes!

Adventure 11 June 1996

The second part of the adventures of the wizard Rincewind, one of the main characters of the famous book saga World of Drive by Terry Pratchett.

PCPS1

Ace Ventura
Ace Ventura

Adventure 21 April 1997

Ace Ventura is a crazy adventure game in which players have the opportunity to play the title detective and deal with four hated animals raiders. The work of the 7th Level studio's development team is distinguished by its cartoon-like visual setting and a large dose of unsophisticated humour. The native distributor - CD Projekt - also took care of the full Polish language version of the game.

PC

Atlantis: The Lost Tales
Atlantis: The Lost Tales

Adventure 21 May 1997

Set in a fascinating world of technologically advanced civilization, FPP adventure game, in which the aim is to find the lost queen. Many puzzles await players during the exploration.

PCPS1

Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Mystery of the Mummy
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Mystery of the Mummy

Adventure 02 November 2002

Adventure of the Ukrainian band Frogwares. We play the role of the most famous detective of all time, Holmes, who this time was asked by Elisabeth Montcalfe to explain the mysterious disappearance of her father. The game is about exploring the location, collecting evidence and solving riddles.

PCNDS

Conan: The Dark Axe
Conan: The Dark Axe

Adventure 08 April 2004

Conan: The Dark Axe is a third person perspective adventure game (TPP), whose plot is set in a fantastic universe invented by Robert E. Howard. The player directs the actions of the title barbarian, who has to face a dangerous cult after returning to his native Cymeria. Developers at Cauldron studio have taken care of a large enough arsenal of weapons that Conan can wreak havoc on enemies.

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The Golden Compass
The Golden Compass

Adventure 30 November 2007

The Golden Compass is an adventure action game with a third person's perspective (TPP) based on Philip Pulman's book trilogy "The Dark Materials" and Chris Weitz's film. The player directs Lyra Belaqua, a 12-year-old inhabitant of a parallel, fantastic universe, who sets out to save her friend, kidnapped by The Gobblers, a mysterious organisation. The game was produced by Shiny Entertainment development studio.

PCX360PS3PS2PSPWiiNDS

Discworld Noir
Discworld Noir

Adventure 15 July 1999

An adventure game set in the reality of the fantastic Disc World created by writer Terry Pratchett. The title tells the story of the first detective of this universe, Levton, who is entangled in a mysterious intrigue.

PCPS1

The Pink Panther Passport to Peril
The Pink Panther Passport to Peril

Adventure 15 August 2000

The second part of the adventures of the Pink Panther, whose voice was once again lent by Cezary Pazura in the Polish version. This time she has to solve the case of the mysterious events in the Chili Wa-Wa camp.

PC

Sons of Anarchy: The Prospect
Sons of Anarchy: The Prospect

Adventure 29 January 2015

A first-person action-adventure title released in episodic form. It is a mobile game adaptation of the Sons of Anarchy TV series, which tells the story of the titular biker gang. It is the work of Orpheus Interactive studio, which cooperated with Kurt Sutter, one of the creators of the original.

ANDiOS

Kursk
Kursk

Adventure 07 November 2018

A first-person perspective adventure game that combines elements of spy movies and horror. It is the first large game developed by the Polish studio Jujubee known mostly for its futuristic racing series Flashout. The story of the game focuses on the mysterious disaster of the Russian submarine K-141 Kursk which sank during the summer of 2000 on the Barents Sea. It was never determined what caused the incident.

PCXONEPS4Switch

Kodoku
Kodoku

Adventure canceled

Inspired by Japanese horrors and the rich culture of the Land of the Cherry Blossom, this is an adventure game with strong sneaky accents. As a book collector, we find ourselves on the gloomy island of Kodok, where, as the trail indicates, a rare bibliophile specimen has been hidden. The deserted place turns out to be the habitat of demons, and our task will be to survive and find an escape route from the island.

PS4PSV

The Cave
The Cave

Adventure 22 January 2013

A humorous adventure with elements of an arcade platformer and a puzzle game. The title was produced by Ron Gilbert and the development team from Double Fine studio (Psychonauts, Brutal Legend, Stacking and others). The action of The Cave takes place in the title cave, full of secrets and traps. The player directs the actions of a group of three heroes who roam the corridors of the cave in search of an enigmatic "something". (the goals vary depending on the chosen team composition).

PCX360PS3ANDiOSWiiU

Chaos;Head Noah
Chaos;Head Noah

Adventure 25 April 2008

A Japanese adventure game that belongs to the visual novel genre. Players have the opportunity to play the role of a private high school student from Tokyo, who gets involved in the case of brutal serial murders. Events taking place before his eyes affect his perception of reality and push him onto the path of madness and paranoia.

PCX360PS3PSP

Steins;Gate: Hiyoku Renri no Darling
Steins;Gate: Hiyoku Renri no Darling

Adventure 16 June 2011

A sci-fi adventure that belongs to the visual novel sub-genre. Players follow the fate of a first year student at Tokyo University and a novice inventor. The game is a side title published in 2010 by Steins;Gate. Unlike him, he is not a science-fiction thriller, but a typical romantic comedy in which the protagonists of the original play the main roles.

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DreadOut
DreadOut

Adventure 15 May 2014

An action adventure game in the survival horror convention, inspired by the once popular console series Project Zer/Fatal Frame and Asian horror stories. The debut project of the independent Indonesian studio Digital Happiness tells the story of a group of high school students who, during one of their trips, go off the trail and find themselves in a dark, abandoned town inhabited by mysterious forces.

PC

Muv-Luv
Muv-Luv

Adventure 27 October 2011

A visual novel adventure game, the first installment of the popular Japanese series. Production consists of two separate parts. The first is a classic school romance, while the second moves the characters to an alternative version of the Earth, whose inhabitants struggle to survive in the face of invasion by cosmic invaders.

PCX360PS3PSV

World End Syndrome
World End Syndrome

Adventure 30 August 2018

A visual novel with dating simulator features. During the game, the player assumes the role of the protagonist who arrives at the seaside city of Mihate. There, he meets two girls. His fate depends on the actions and decisions made by the players.

PS4SwitchPSV

Catherine: Full Body
Catherine: Full Body

Adventure 14 February 2019

A remastered and expanded version of Catherine, a game that debuted in 2011. This unique game that combines traits of an adventure game and a logic game was developed by Atlus, a Japanese studio known for the Shin Megami Tensei and Persona series. During the game, the players assume the role of Vincent, a thirty-year-old man who must face his worst nightmares – both metaphorically and literally.

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428: Shibuya Scramble
428: Shibuya Scramble

Adventure 12 April 2008

428: Shibuya Scramble is a PC-based adventure in the visual novel category. The story is about the kidnapping of a young woman; we follow the story from the perspective of five different characters, and decisions taken in the body of one of them affect the situation of the others.

PCPS4PS3ANDiOSPSPWii

Fe
Fe

Adventure 16 February 2018

A third-person perspective action game with platform genre features developed by Swedish studio Zoink Games as part of EA Originals, an initiative created in order to support independent developers. The game takes place in a mysterious realm inhabited by weird animals of which one the players control. The gameplay mechanics of the game combine solving riddles with classic platform-genre exploration.

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