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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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Virginia
Virginia

Adventure 22 September 2016

An adventure game created by an independent studio Variable State. The player assumes the role of a rookie FBI agent, who receives a task of investigating the case of a young boy’s disappearance. The plot is filled with supernatural elements, and science-fiction motifs. The plot of Virginia is completely linear, so the players can focus on experiencing the story.

PCXONEPS4

The Long Reach
The Long Reach

Adventure 13 March 2018

The Long Reach is an unusual adventure with the action set soon after a outbreak of an epidemic that turns people into bloodthirsty psychos. During gameplay, you need to figure out the way of neutralizing or avoiding enemies. Each of them is a separate riddle with a unique way of defeating.

PCXONEPS4SwitchPSV

Ylands
Ylands

Adventure 05 December 2019

A survival-oriented sandbox created by an in-house studio of Bohemia Interactive. Ylands allows the player to create their own interactive world. Building your own worlds is one of the mainstays of the game. They can be placed in a number of settings and conventions: from Wild West, through forests and farms, and up to medieval castles and arenas inspired by Feudal Japan. The player can modify the topography, as well as build objects and items.

PC

Everlasting Summer
Everlasting Summer

Adventure 18 November 2014

Representative of the visual novel genre, created by an independent Russian studio Soviet Games. The player plays the role of Semyon, who in unexplained circumstances ends up in a communist pioneer camp. Its task is to unravel the mystery behind the mysterious incident and to make acquaintances with the residents of the facility.

PCANDiOS

Batman: Arkham VR
Batman: Arkham VR

Adventure 13 October 2016

A detective adventure game with arcade elements, created with PlayStation 4 and virtual reality sets in mind. The title is a spin-off of a popular series of action games created by Rocksteady. The action of Batman: Arkham VR takes place in a famous DC comic book universe, with the players assuming the role of the titular superhero, who takes it upon himself to solve the case of mysterious murders and stop the conspiracy that threatens Dark Knight’s closest allies.

PCPS4

Steins;Gate 0
Steins;Gate 0

Adventure 10 December 2015

A visual novel adventure game developed by Nitroplus and 5pb. Studios. The game is a direct continuation of the original Steins;Gate from 2009. The plot picks off using one of the alternative endings of the predecessor. Okabe Rintaro, a student heartbroken after the tragic death of his friend Kurisu Makise, makes an appointment to a psychiatric health facility.

PCPS4PS3PSV

Conarium
Conarium

Adventure 06 June 2017

A psychological horror adventure game. The developers at Zoetrope Interactive were inspired by the works of Howard Philips Lovecraft, especially the novella entitled At the Mountains of Madness. The action of Conarium takes place in the 30s, and the player find himself in Upuaut.

PCXONEPS4Switch

The Lion's Song
The Lion's Song

Adventure 07 July 2016

A peculiar adventure game created by Mi'pu'mi Games, constituting a fully developed version of the freeware app released in 2014 for the Ludum Dare event. The Lion's Song takes place in Austria, in the early 20th century, and the plot in centered around three creative people at the defining moments of their careers: a young composer preparing to create her greatest work, a middle-aged inventor, and a brilliant mathematician working on a groundbreaking equation.

PCSwitchANDiOS

Unavowed
Unavowed

Adventure 08 August 2018

A thriller adventure game by Wadjet Eye Games. You play as a person, who for the last six months was possessed by a demon using their body to wreak havoc in New York. The protagonist was exorcised by the eponymous organization, which fights dark forces, and decides to join it, having lost their previous life, including their home, family, and friends. During the game, you explore locations, talk to NPCs, gather useful items and solve puzzles.

PCSwitch

Asemblance
Asemblance

Adventure 21 June 2016

An episodic psychological thriller exploration game, the first one by Nilo Studies, founded by Niles Sankey—formerly a member of Bungie for ten years, the creators of e.g. the Halo franchise and Destiny. The game was inspired by American TV series such as The X-Files or The Twilight Zone, as well the British series Black Mirror and video games like The Stanley Parable or P.T. (the playable teaser of the ultimately cancelled Silent Hills).

PCXONEPS4

Spycraft: The Great Game
Spycraft: The Great Game

Adventure 29 February 1996

An adventure spy game, created partly in the convention of an interactive film. We play the role of a novice CIA agent who, trying to solve the mystery of a candidate for a Russian president, discovers a conspiracy that reaches the very heights of power in Russia and the USA. The production combines solving puzzles based on operational intelligence techniques with interactive FMV sequences recorded with the participation of live actors.

PC

Deliver Us the Moon
Deliver Us the Moon

Adventure 10 October 2019

A science-fiction action-adventure game featuring survival elements. It is the first major project of KeokeN – an independent Dutch developer. The player is taken to the year 2069, when humanity has to face total depletion of natural resources. Established by governments of world powers, the Worldwide Space Agency decides to resume the exploration of the Moon's surface and the player is cast in the role of an astronaut sent there among others.

PCPS5XSXXONEPS4Switch

Eastshade
Eastshade

Adventure 13 February 2019

Eastshade is an adventure exploration game, in which, apart from visiting locations and absorbing the plot, you can also craft items and paint pictures of the locations you visit, which is an important aspect of the gameplay.

PCXONEPS4

Telling Lies
Telling Lies

Adventure 23 August 2019

Continuation of Her Story adventure from 2015 created by Sam Barlow. Telling Lies is a psychological thriller in which we immerse ourselves in the lives of four strangers by playing back recordings in a laptop we have found, which belongs to the intelligence services.

PCXONEPS4SwitchiOS

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

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.

PCXONEPS4SwitchANDiOSPSV

Psycho-Pass: Mandatory Happiness
Psycho-Pass: Mandatory Happiness

Adventure 28 May 2015

An adventure game/visual novel developed by 5pb, a Japanese studio known with immense experience with the genre. Psycho-Pass: Mandatory Happiness takes place in the world of Psycho-Pass, a popular science-fiction anime series. We are introduced to a grim version of 2113, in which a complex computer system called Sybil monitors the actions, thoughts, and emotional state of the inhabitants, creating a criminal behavior estimate for every citizen.

PCXONEPS4PSV

2064: Read Only Memories
2064: Read Only Memories

Adventure 06 October 2015

A classic adventure game developed by independent studio MidBoss. Assuming the role of a journalist, the player finds himself in cyberpunk Neo-San Francisco of 2064 and conducts an investigation so as to find the creator of the machine called Turing – the world’s first Artificial Intelligence with self-consciousness and an ability to think independently. The setting is retrofuturistic – the creators have drawn inspirations from the 1980s’ vision of the future.

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

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

Kathy Rain
Kathy Rain

Adventure 05 May 2016

An old-school point-and-click detective adventure game, and also a debut project of Swedish Clifftop Games studio. The game is set in mid 90s, where we play as the titular girl, whose main interest include rock music, motorcycles and playing detective. When she receives the sad message of her grandfather’s death, our protagonist decides to visit her hometown, Conwell Springs, for the first time in years.

PCANDiOS

Zombie Vikings
Zombie Vikings

Adventure 01 September 2015

A 2D arcade platformer game with hack’n’slash elements, developed by the indie studio Zoink Games, best known for its highly-absurd production Stick it to the Man!. The action of Zombie Vikings begins in the moment when the mischievous god Loki decides to steal the last, magical eye of Odin, who in turn resurrects four disgusting zombie-Vikings and tasks them with reclaiming the stolen item.

PCXONEPS4

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.

PCXONEPS4SwitchX360PS33DS

Summer Lesson: Allison Snow Seven Days Garden
Summer Lesson: Allison Snow Seven Days Garden

Adventure 22 June 2017

A simple adventure game developed by Bandai Namco Entertainment for PlayStation VR. The title was at first developed as a technological demo. In Summer Lesson the player assumes the role of a teacher who provides summer Japanese lessons to an American exchange student. He meets with the girl on the porch of a traditional country house. The gameplay is very simple and player’s interactions with the virtual world are limited to performing a few gestures.

PS4