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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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Apocalipsis
Apocalipsis

Adventure 28 February 2018

A point-and-click adventure game, in which the players follow a man called Harry while he travels through a hostile world searching for his beloved one. Punch Punk Games’ work stands out from similar games thanks to its style, inspired by medieval codes and art of Hans Holbein and Albrecht Dürer.

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The Charming Empire
The Charming Empire

Adventure 19 April 2017

Dating simulator, whose action was set in Japan from the Taisho period. During the game we play Amane Kosaka, who goes to the royal court by order of her brother - Soshi Amazaka. During the struggle, the girl learns not only the secrets of the palace, but also the men who live in it, in order to fall in love with one of them after some time.

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Rakuen
Rakuen

Adventure 10 May 2017

An adventure game with RPG elements, in which we play the role of a boy exploring the fairy-tale land; the protagonist must submit to a series of attempts to help the inhabitants in order to meet with the Watchman of the Forest, who fulfils their wishes. Rakuen is non-violent - instead, the game is enriched with logical and environmental riddles.

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Rite of Ilk
Rite of Ilk

Adventure TBA

An adventure game with elements of the arcade, designed for fun in cooperation. At Rite of Ilk, we take control of two children heading to the top of the Ceremonial Tower to devote ourselves there to serve the gods. The cooperation is forced on them by the presence of a rope, which they are connected with - they can use it both during the exploration of exotic places, as well as in order to solve puzzles.

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STAY
STAY

Adventure 16 May 2018

An adventure/text game hybrid, in which you help the amnesiac Quinn. The protagonist has been most likely kidnapped and your task is to help him escape.

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Gray Dawn
Gray Dawn

Adventure 07 June 2018

A psychological thriller adventure game, in which the players assume the role of a priest charged with murdering an altar boy during an exorcism. In Gray Dawn, the players observe the action from the first-person perspective, and the gameplay revolves around solving environmental puzzles. The main protagonist is haunted by dark visions that make for the grim atmosphere of the game.

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Paranoid
Paranoid

Adventure 15 December 2023

Paranoid is the second production of Madmind studio in Bydgoszcz, known from Agony. The title is a survival horror and offers a brutal gameplay, suitable only for an adult audience. We play the role of a mentally ill man who receives a message from his missing sister.

PC

Root Letter: Last Answer
Root Letter: Last Answer

Adventure 20 December 2018

A detective visual novel adventure game by Kadokawa Games, set in contemporary Japan. The production is extended by a new content of the original remake, which was released in 2016. The re-edition replaced the original two-dimensional illustrations with photographs and films of actors characterized as heroes of the title.

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Not Tonight
Not Tonight

Adventure 17 August 2018

An adventure game set in the grim vision of post-Brexit Great Britain. We play as a European who waits for deportation from The British Islands while trying to earn for living as a bouncer in clubs and on festivals.

PCXONEPS4Switch

Rainswept
Rainswept

Adventure 01 February 2019

An adventure game in which we play detective Michael Stone, trying to explain the mystery of the death of a couple. While playing in Rainswept, we travel through the sleepy town of Pineview, talk to its inhabitants and solve riddles.

PCXONEPS4Switch

Technobabylon: Birthright
Technobabylon: Birthright

Adventure canceled

Technobabylon: Birthright is a cyberpunk adventure with a point-n-click interface. Unlike the previous installment of the cycle, the continuation offers full 3D graphics, but the gameplay is still focused on exploring and solving puzzles.

PC

Contradiction: Spot The Liar!
Contradiction: Spot The Liar!

Adventure 14 January 2015

A detective adventure game based on the Full Motion Video (FMV) technology. In Contradiction: Spot the Liar! developed by Baggy Cat, the player gets to follow the adventures of detective Jenks, who is tasked with investigating the Atlas training center, where a number of mysterious events have occurred recently. In terms of gameplay mechanics, the game is a combination of adventure games similar to Myst and classic FMV productions.

PCiOS

Crossbow Warrior: The Legend of William Tell
Crossbow Warrior: The Legend of William Tell

Adventure 01 December 2014

An action adventure game in the convention of a 2.5D platformer, presenting the fate of one of the most famous, realistically existing medieval characters - the title Wilhelm Tell. The plot of the game faithfully reflects the legendary history of the Swiss national hero, and the fun - apart from the classic platforming stages - is diversified by bonus levels, in which we can test our sniper skills or steer the boat that flies along the turbulent current of the river.

PCANDiOSWiiU

Rusty Lake Hotel
Rusty Lake Hotel

Adventure 14 December 2015

A surrealistic point-and-click adventure game developed by the Dutch Rusty Lake studio. In the game we are taken to a mysterious animal hotel which is visited by five guests. Our task is to “take care” of them properly — kill them, that is. We have to tend separately to each of the five unfortunate guests, shortening their life by various means, for example poisoning.

PCANDiOS

Paws: A Shelter 2 Game
Paws: A Shelter 2 Game

Adventure 24 March 2016

An action adventure game from Might and Delight studio, set in world created for the sandbox simulator, Shelter 2. It is a story of a young lynx and his bear companion, who venture through the vast and dangerous world searching for home. As far as game mechanics go, Paws: A Shelter 2 Game combines the unique features of the Shelter simulation series with adventure and platformer elements.

PC

Goosebumps: The Game
Goosebumps: The Game

Adventure 13 October 2015

A point-and-click adventure game created by WayForward Technologies - a team known mainly for DuckTales Remastered. Goosebumps: The Game was based on the license of popular books written by R.L. Stine. The player takes on the role of a kid that on their way home from school, discovers that the neighborhood has been taken over by monsters - werewolfs are lurking in the forest nearby, gnomes are running along sidewalks and scarecrows walk the streets at night.

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Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony Anniversary Edition
Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony Anniversary Edition

Adventure 12 January 2017

The third full-fledged installment in the series of mystery thriller adventure visual novels developed by Spike Chunsoft. The plot of Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony tells the story of a kidnapped high school student named Kaede Akamatsu. Together with other students, he is taken to a school called Gifted Inmates Academy. The academy’s director is a teddy bear named Monokuma.

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The Guest
The Guest

Adventure 10 March 2016

A first-person adventure game with puzzles, developed by small team at Spanish Team Gotham studio. The Guest takes place in the 80s inside an obscure hotel. The main hero is a Soviet scientist with a mysterious past, who struggles with mental issues due to his medicine addiction. After he wakes up in the middle of the night, he finds the hotel has been completely abandoned, and various obstacles are trying to take his life and prevent him from leaving the building.

PC

Summer Lesson: Miyamoto Hikari Seven Days Room
Summer Lesson: Miyamoto Hikari Seven Days Room

Adventure 13 October 2016

A simple adventure game by Bandai Namco Entertainment, developed for PlayStation VR, at first as a technology demo. In Summer Lesson you play as a teacher, who's tutoring two independent heroines. One of them is a Japanese high-schooler who needs help with her English. The other one is an American exchange student, who came to Japan and wants to learn Japanese. You meet her at the porch of a country house.

PS4

Higurashi When They Cry
Higurashi When They Cry

Adventure 10 August 2002

Higurashi When They Cry is a Japanese adventure in the visual novel category. The production is kept in a horror atmosphere and tells the story of a small village of Hinamizawa, which in June 1983 became the scene of a series of brutal murders. The game boils down primarily to passive tracking of the plot presented in text form enriched with simple pictures.

PCPS3ANDiOSPS2NDSPSV

The Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time
The Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time

Adventure 15 January 1998

The Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time is the last part of Gage Blackwood's adventures and Time Protection Agency. We observe the game again in the first person, and it focuses on exploring the location and solving riddles. In this part of the cycle we find ourselves in Atlantis and El Dorado.

PC

Grim Legends 3: The Dark City
Grim Legends 3: The Dark City

Adventure 31 May 2016

The third installment in the casual hidden-objects adventure game series, developed by Polish studio Artifex Mundi. You play as Sylwia, an amnesiac acolyte of the monster-hunting Order. When a powerful artifact, containing a malevolent being known as the Nightmare, is stolen from the Order's headquarters, Sylwia and her mentor embark on a quest to find it.

PCXONEPS4ANDiOSWP

Fran Bow
Fran Bow

Adventure 27 August 2015

A two-dimensional point ‘n’ click adventure game that tells a terrifying story of a young girl that suffers from serious mental disorders. Fran Bow is the debut project of the two-people studio Killmonday Games and was funded thanks to a crowdfunding campaign at Indiegogo. In the game, we assume the role of the eponymous Fran who witnesses the brutal murder of her own parents.

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White Noise: A Tale of Horror
White Noise: A Tale of Horror

Adventure 14 December 2012

Developed by the Spanish Milkstone studio, a simple first person horror inspired by the cult Slender. Our task is to find eight tapes in a dark forest, haunted by a dangerous supernatural being.

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