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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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Black Feather Forest
Black Feather Forest

Adventure TBA

A classic investigation point-and-click adventure game developed by Dutch artist and developer Tim Hengeveld. The story of the game was inspired by actual events that occurred in British Columbia, a province of Canada, where several young women disappeared along a remote highway. The player assumes the role of a woman named Sofia who, accompanied by camera operator Caleb, travels to Augier’s Peak city in order to solve the mystery and find either the three missing girls or their corpses.

PC

Zombie Lane
Zombie Lane

Adventure 01 April 2011

A humorous social game about zombies. We face undead invasions and try to survive at all costs by repairing the house, gathering supplies and gaining better and better weapons. We also use the support of our Facebook friends.

WWW

Stray Souls: Dollhouse Story
Stray Souls: Dollhouse Story

Adventure 01 March 2011

Stray Souls: Dollhouse Story is a horror-style casual adventure. The title was produced by Alawar Entertainment, a company specializing in this type of games. The player directs the actions of a woman who sets off to rescue her husband kidnapped by a psychopathic murderer. The game combines puzzles such as "hidden objects" and puzzles in the form of logical mini-games.

PC

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.

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Dexter: The Game 2
Dexter: The Game 2

Adventure canceled

Dexter: The Game 2 is a continuation of the action adventure game from 2009. Similarly to the original, the production of Ecko|Code is based on the license of a popular TV series. The player directs the actions of Dexter Morgan, a Miami criminologist who murders various types of gallows outside working hours.

PC

SpaceVenture
SpaceVenture

Adventure 16 September 2022

SpaceVenture is a point-and-click adventure game developed by Two Guys From Andromeda. The studio is lead by Scott Murphy and Mark Crowe, creators of the first four installments of the fan-favourite Space Quest series. The game's scenario is filled with comedy and a specific sense of humor. SpaceVenture takes place in a distant future when the colonization of space is very common and not problematic at all.

PC

Valiant Hearts: The Great War
Valiant Hearts: The Great War

Adventure 25 June 2014

Valiant Hears: The Great War is an original action-adventure game that takes place during the World War I. It was developed by Ubisoft Montpellier, creators of best-selling platform games Rayman Origins and Rayman Legends. The game's plot is based on authentic letters from the WW1 period and tells the story of five heroes who were were brought together by the war and... a good-willed dog that can influence the fate of people.

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Memoria
Memoria

Adventure 30 August 2013

Memoria is a classic point and click adventure created by Daedalic Entertainment studio. The game is the spiritual successor to The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav and tells the story of a young boy Geron, who tries to solve the mystery of the disappearance of Princess Sadji.

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9 Clues: The Secret of Serpent Creek
9 Clues: The Secret of Serpent Creek

Adventure 18 July 2013

A casual adventure with hidden objects and logical puzzles. The action of the title takes place in the 1950s. The player takes on the role of a detective specializing in paranormal investigations, who, at the request of a friend, comes to Serpent Creek, a town hiding dark secrets. The title was produced by Tap It Games studio.

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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

Her Majesty's Spiffing
Her Majesty's Spiffing

Adventure 07 December 2016

A three-dimensional adventure game funded via Kickstarter, and a debut production from the Irish studio BillyGoat Entertainment. Her Majesty’s Spiffing is a humorous story taking place in modern times. The Queen of Great Britain has decided to add new lands to the empire, but the modern times don’t allow a simple conquest of the neighboring countries anymore.

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FAR: Lone Sails
FAR: Lone Sails

Adventure 17 May 2018

The debut game by indie studio Mr. Whale's Game Service, designed with the single player mode in mind. The production is set in a ruined world, which you traverse in an unusual vehicle resembling a combination of a boat and a train. The gameplay in Far: Lone Sails focuses on exploring locations in search of items, which allow you to survive. However, instead of seeking food or building shelters, you have to take care of your vessel.

PCXONEPS4SwitchANDiOS

Tokyo Dark: Remembrance
Tokyo Dark: Remembrance

Adventure 07 September 2017

Developed by Cherrymochi from Japan, a horror adventure title with strong visual novel elements. The main heroine of the game is Ayami Ito, who carries out an investigation into the mysterious disappearance of her partner. In order to find the truth, she needs to take matters in her own hands. Things become complicated as she also has to face the demons of her own past, nightmares, and hallucinations. The non-linear plot leads to one of eleven endings, depending on the player’s in-game choices.

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Don't Knock Twice
Don't Knock Twice

Adventure 05 September 2017

A horror game developed by the independent studio Wales Interactive, which was inspired by an urban legend of a demonic witch. The protagonist, searching for her lost daughter, is led to a grim mansion that hides a dark secret. In Don’t Knock Twice, the action is presented from the first-person perspective, while the gameplay is focused on exploration of the vast house in search of carefully hidden hints as well as fighting encountered opponents with the use of various items.

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NCIS: Hidden Crimes
NCIS: Hidden Crimes

Adventure 10 May 2016

A casual detective game with hidden objects, based on the license of a popular police procedural TV series, NCIS. The game has a similar feel to CSI: Hidden Crimes, a title of the same genre released two years earlier. We are thrown into various investigations, led by the titular agents in many different locations. We visit crime scenes, interrogate the witnesses, cataloguing and analyzing the evidence and clues we find.

ANDiOS

Ghost Giant
Ghost Giant

Adventure 16 April 2019

An adventure game in which we play the title giant spirit. While playing at Ghost Giant, we take care of the lonely Louis and also help the inhabitants of Sancourt to solve their troubles. The production was created with the goggles of virtual reality in mind.

PCPS4

Yomawari: Midnight Shadows
Yomawari: Midnight Shadows

Adventure 24 October 2017

Yomawari: Midnight Shadows is a horror action-adventure game developed by the Japanese studio Nippon Ichi Software and a sequel to Yomawari: Night Alone. The game takes place in modern-day Japan and tells the story of two girls, Yui and Haru, who can't find the way back home from their trip to the mountains. To make matters worse, they get separated after a short while. In terms of gameplay mechanics, Yomawari: Midnight Shadows will test our dexterity and wit.

PCPS4PSV

Nancy Drew: The Haunting of Castle Malloy
Nancy Drew: The Haunting of Castle Malloy

Adventure 06 October 2008

Nancy Drew: The Haunting of Castle Malloy is the nineteenth installment of a well-known series of adventure games with the title character in the lead role. Production of the title is the responsibility of Her Interactive, a company specializing in the transfer of the heroine's book adventures to the virtual world since 1998.

PC

The Legend of Crystal Valley
The Legend of Crystal Valley

Adventure 13 March 2009

A classic point'n'click adventure game. The plot takes advantage of the often encountered pattern of interweaving the real world with a fantastic land inhabited by unknown species of creatures.

PC

A Vampyre Story
A Vampyre Story

Adventure 17 November 2008

A Vampyre Story is a classic adventure game (point & click) realized by a team of professionals who in the 90s created a number of the greatest adventure hits of all time, including Monkey Island and Day of the Tentacle.

PC

Alcatraz: Prison Escape
Alcatraz: Prison Escape

Adventure 04 November 2001

A low-budget adventure with elements of an action game, in which we observe the events from the first person's perspective. We are also dealing here with the so-called "stealthy" game, in which an important role is played by remaining in hiding.

PC

Gobliiins 4
Gobliiins 4

Adventure 13 March 2009

Sequel of famous adventures, published in the first half of the 1990s. Again, the main characters are three crazy goblins, and the plot is filled with absurd humour. The game consists mainly in solving puzzles. To do this you need to use the special talents of each goblin.

PC

Gilbert Goodmate and the Mushroom of Phungoria
Gilbert Goodmate and the Mushroom of Phungoria

Adventure 11 June 2001

Beautifully crafted cartoon adventure game, offering a captivating story full of high humour. The game consists mainly of talking to independent characters, exploring the location and searching for objects necessary to solve the riddles.

PC

Cleopatra: A Queen's Destiny
Cleopatra: A Queen's Destiny

Adventure 15 June 2007

Cleopatra: A Queen's Destiny is a historical adventure game created by Kheops Studio, known for such productions as Safecracker or The Secrets of Da Vinci: Prohibited manuscript of a developer specializing in games of this genre. The production was published by the French company Nobilis.

PC