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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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Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water
Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water

Adventure 27 September 2014

The fifth fully-fledged installment of the survival horror series started on PlayStation 2. In the game we play the role of three heroes who come to the area of the mysterious Hikayama Mountain, guided by various personal motives. The game is divided into episodes during which we search for missing persons. An inseparable element of the characters' equipment is a special camera that allows them to exorcise ghosts by taking pictures of them.

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Robinson: The Journey
Robinson: The Journey

Adventure 08 November 2016

A first-person adventure game focused on exploration. The game was developed by the German team at Crytek (famous for the best-selling Crysis series) and designed to support virtual reality technology. The story is set on an unknown distant planet combining tropical flora with prehistoric fauna embodied by powerful dinosaurs. The surface of the planet is littered with remnants of technologically advanced but now extinct civilization.

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Kona
Kona

Adventure 17 March 2017

A first-person adventure game featuring survival elements. It is the first major project of the Canadian Parabole studio. The story is set in the northern regions of the Quebec province, in the 1970s. The game tells the story of a conflict between the owner of the most profitable copper mine in the region - a rich man called W. Hamilton, and the native local community accusing him of devastating sacred sites in search for more profit.

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Hakuoki: Stories of Shinsengumi
Hakuoki: Stories of Shinsengumi

Adventure 17 June 2010

Hakuoki: Stories of Shinsengumi is a 2D visual novel adventure game set in 19th century Japan at the dawn of the Meiji Restoration. Players take on the role of a young woman named Chizuru, who is searching for her missing father in Kyoto.

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Depth Hunter 2: Deep Dive
Depth Hunter 2: Deep Dive

Adventure 24 August 2014

The sequel to Depth Hunter, a diving simulator developed by the Russian studio Biart. The action of the game takes us once again to the faithfully reproduced depths of the ocean, located in six different locations around the world. As a professional diver we undertake a number of different missions, such as photography, hunting or treasure hunting. The money we earn in this way we invest in better equipment, allowing us to take on more difficult challenges.

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Dunamis15
Dunamis15

Adventure 15 September 2011

A visual novel adventure game, set in the near future and focusing on the theme of the time loop that the player needs to complete. In this way, the title refers to several extremely popular productions, such as The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask.

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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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Outcast
Outcast

Adventure 31 July 1999

Action adventure game set in a parallel world called Adelpha. We play the role of the American commander, Cutter Slade, who, together with three scientists and the Talan race, tries to save the world from extinction.

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Secret Files: Sam Peters
Secret Files: Sam Peters

Adventure 18 October 2013

Another installment in the Secret Files series of adventure games developed by Animation Arts. The title is not a direct continuation of its predecessors but a spin-off in which the player controls a completely new female protagonist. In Secret Files: Sam Peters the player assumes the role of the titular reporter who appeared in the second installment of the series.

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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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Beautiful Desolation
Beautiful Desolation

Adventure 26 February 2020

Beautiful Desolation is a post-apocalyptic adventure game developed by The Brotherhood Games. Game's story begins in 1980 when a mysterious monolith appears in the sky. Thanks to the technology gathered there, mankind made a colossal civilization leap. Initially, the nations of the Earth were united by the amazing discovery, but it was only a matter of time before old feuds reemerged. This lead to a global conflict. Many years have passed since that time.

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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.

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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.

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H. P. Lovecraft's The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
H. P. Lovecraft's The Case of Charles Dexter Ward

Adventure TBA

A horror adventure based on H.P. Lovecraft's famous prose 'The case of Charles Dexter Ward'. We play the role of a mad character who discovers that he is in a straight line a descendant of the infamous Joseph Curven - an alchemist and cabbalist who came with Salem and made a pact with unclean forces.

PC

Fear Effect
Fear Effect

Adventure 24 February 2000

An unusual combination of adventure game and survival horror. The production is maintained in the style of science fiction and is distinguished by its original visual setting, combining rendered backgrounds and target-shade character models.

PS1

The Inpatient
The Inpatient

Adventure 23 January 2018

First-person perspective horror game designed for virtual reality headsets and a prequel to the other work of Supermassive Games studio, Until Dawn. We play as a patient of the Blackwood Pines Sanatorium mental hospital, 60 years before the events of the previous game. The protagonist is tormented by nightmares and can’t remember how he got here.

PS4

Hiveswap
Hiveswap

Adventure 14 September 2017

Hiveswap is an adventure game based on the popular webcomic Homestuck. It was financed though a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter, gathering almost 2.5 million dollars. Initially, the game was to be developed by two studios: What Pumpkin, founded by Andrew Hussie, the creator of the original comic, and Odd Gentlemen. The latter, however, abandoned the production to work on the episodic reboot of the King's Quest series together with Activision. Hussie calls Hiveswap an adventure game parody.

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.

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Code: Realize - Wintertide Miracles
Code: Realize - Wintertide Miracles

Adventure 14 February 2019

Code: Realize - Wintertide Miracles is a fan disco (a kind of addition) to the graphic novel Code: Realize, collecting additional scripts and scenes. The action of this production takes place in a fantastic world inspired by 19th century Europe.

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Catherine
Catherine

Adventure 10 February 2011

An intriguing combination of a puzzle game with an adventure of light erotic colour. In production we play the role of a young man, who struggles with many social problems. At night, the daredevil also experiences real nightmares.

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Runaway: The Dream of the Turtle
Runaway: The Dream of the Turtle

Adventure 17 November 2006

The second part of an excellent adventure game prepared by Spanish Pendulo Studios. Just like in the previous one, here we meet two main characters: the extremely sexy Gina and the student Brian.

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KAO the Kangaroo: Round 2
KAO the Kangaroo: Round 2

Adventure 04 November 2003

A continuation of a three-dimensional platformer developed by the Polish studio Tate Multimedia (previously known as X-Ray Interactive). Kao the Kangaroo: Round 2 returns to the titular hero, who once again embarks on a demanding journey all around the world to save hundreds of animals that have been abducted by an evil poacher and his band of thugs. The game sees us travel through 20 varied levels in five different worlds filled with difficult obstacles as well as numerous vehicles and objects.

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Syberia
Syberia

Adventure 18 June 2002

An adventure game designed by Benoit Sokal, the famous Belgian comic writer, in cooperation with studio Microids. Syberia is the first chapter of the adventures of Kate Walker, an American lawyer hired by the company that produces automatons – mechanical toys. She is tasked with finishing the formalities related to taking over a factory located in a small city in Europe. The game begins when the protagonist arrives at the factory and learns that its owner, Anna Voralberg, is dead.

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The Watchmaker (2001)
The Watchmaker (2001)

Adventure 23 October 2001

An adventure game in which the two heroes set off to a mysterious castle in order to find a machine dangerous for the existence of the world, which accumulates the energy released during the solar eclipse.

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