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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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Anderson & The Legacy of Cthulhu
Anderson & The Legacy of Cthulhu

Adventure 21 July 2007

Anderson & The Legacy of Cthulhu is an action adventure game with elements of horror, realized by programmers from Homegrown Games group. Due to the fact that the studio consists partly of fantasy literature experts, masters of the paper RPG Call of Cthulhu and the authors of the campaign for this system, the game draws full bits from the prose of H.P. Lovecraft, guaranteeing the recipients a solid dose of blood-chilling experiences.

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

Ghost Whisperer
Ghost Whisperer

Adventure 23 March 2011

Adventure based on the CBS TV series. We follow the fate of Melissa Gordon, who is able to communicate with the spirits of the dead. The game has been divided into several separate episodes.

PC

Nancy Drew: Warnings at Waverly Academy
Nancy Drew: Warnings at Waverly Academy

Adventure 09 October 2009

The next installment of Nancy Drew adventures. This time a young lady detective goes to a female boarding house to find a person threatening the students.

PC

Sam & Max: Season 2 - Night of the Raving Dead
Sam & Max: Season 2 - Night of the Raving Dead

Adventure 13 February 2008

Sam & Max Episode 203: Night of the Raving Dead is the third episode of the second season released as an episodic adventure game created by Telltale Games. Its characters are a pair of crazy detectives, the dog Sam and Max, a rabbit with sadistic inclinations, who are well known to readers of Steve Purcell's comic books.

PC

Agatha Christie: The ABC Murders (2009)
Agatha Christie: The ABC Murders (2009)

Adventure 13 October 2009

Adventure based on Agatha Christie's work. We try to track down a dangerous murderer by taking on the role of the famous detective Hercules Poirot.

NDS

Destination: Treasure Island
Destination: Treasure Island

Adventure 17 November 2006

Destination: Treasure Island by French studio Kheops Studio (creators of The Secret of the Lost Cavern and The Secrets of da Vinci, among others), is another adventure made in the style of point & click.

PC

Diamonds in the Rough
Diamonds in the Rough

Adventure 18 March 2008

Diamonds in the Rough is a debut project of Greek development studio Atropos Studios, founded by Alkis Polyrakis, the creator of Other Worlds adventure game. This production is an adventure game genre and we play the role of Jason Hart, a 20-year-old American, an ordinary boy who lives with his mother and works as a chaser in a nearby company. Soon, however, the carefree life of a boy from a provincial town changes.

PC

Goin' Downtown
Goin' Downtown

Adventure 23 May 2008

A classic adventure, thanks to which we move into a rather distant future. We play the role of a New York police officer trying to solve the case of the mysterious disappearance of prostitutes.

PC

Limbo of the Lost
Limbo of the Lost

Adventure 29 February 2008

The Limbo of the Lost is an adventure that a group of three designers have been preparing for more than ten years. Our role in virtual fun is to be the Destiny of Captain Benjamin Briggs, who explores the nooks and crannies of the Lost Souls Fortress.

PC

Emerald City Confidential
Emerald City Confidential

Adventure 19 February 2009

A classic two-dimensional point and click adventure. The action takes place on the streets of the eponymous Emerald City, a city that is a kind of reflection of the magical land of Oz from Frank Baum's novel transferred to the atmosphere of noir films from the forties of the last century.

PC

Star Heritage 1: The Black Cobra
Star Heritage 1: The Black Cobra

Adventure 02 December 2005

New incarnation of the 1995 adventure game (mainly) with the same title, which debuted on the memorable ZX Spectrum. The authors of the prototype decided to meet the expectations of the players and give in their hands the old, good gameplay surprised with the modern graphic design.

PC

Inquisition
Inquisition

Adventure 29 November 2002

An action adventure game set in the realities of 14th century France. The player becomes a young thief named Matthew looking for the legendary Templar treasure. Before he reaches his destination, he faces numerous enemies, city guards and the spitzes of the Great Inquisitor. He will also have to break through labyrinths full of traps.

PC

Ankh: Heart of Osiris
Ankh: Heart of Osiris

Adventure 17 November 2006

Ankh: Heart of Osiris is a continuation of Ankh's adventure published in 2005: The Tales of Mystery, for which Deck13 Interactive studio is responsible. The plot of the game depicts the fate of Assil and Thara, and the player's task is to help the main characters find an extremely powerful artifact - the title Osiris' Heart.

PC

Scooby-Doo: Phantom of the Knight
Scooby-Doo: Phantom of the Knight

Adventure 12 March 2001

Scooby-Doo: Phantom of the Knight (Polish title Scooby-Doo and Fear of Lachy) is an adventure with the characters of a popular cartoon in the leading roles created by The Learning Company. The title dog together with the Mysterious Company visit the Scottish castle, in which the spirit of the black knight spreads. Players must help Cooby and his friends to solve the case of kidnapping the princess by solving a whole series of logical puzzles and performing a number of arcade tasks.

PC

Evil Dead: Hail to the King
Evil Dead: Hail to the King

Adventure 05 December 2000

A production based on the soot "Dead Evil", which depicts the further fate of the heroic Asha. The title is a survival horror film that uses proven mechanisms and motifs characteristic for the whole genre.

PCPS1

Aztec: The Curse in the Heart of the City of Gold
Aztec: The Curse in the Heart of the City of Gold

Adventure 01 December 1999

A young hunter, the Little Snake, gets entangled in a dangerous game about the fate of the Aztec empire, full of intrigue. As a witness to the murder, he must prove his innocence and prevent the danger that has hung over the entire ancient civilisation.

PC

Riven: The Sequel to Myst
Riven: The Sequel to Myst

Adventure 23 March 1997

Riven: The Sequel to Myst is a direct continuation of the well-known adventure game. Atrus, the central character of the first installment of the program, asks the player to find his wife Catherina, who has been imprisoned in the foreign world, the title Riven.

PCiOS

Rhiannon: Beyond the Mabinogion
Rhiannon: Beyond the Mabinogion

Adventure 05 October 2008

Rhiannon: Beyond the Mabinogion is an adventure game developed by Arberth Studios. Her story is strongly based on Welsh tales and legends, which were included in the collection entitled Mabinogion - with particular emphasis on the stories from the series Four Branches. The production will surely be of interest to lovers of Celtic culture.

PC

Space Quest: The Sarien Encounter
Space Quest: The Sarien Encounter

Adventure 19 November 1987

The first part of a great series started by Sierra in 1987. It was established in the first phase of the formation of the company and is an old school adventure in the full sense of the word.

PC

Nancy Drew: Legend of the Crystal Skull
Nancy Drew: Legend of the Crystal Skull

Adventure 12 October 2007

Nancy Drew: Legend of the Crystal Scull is another part of the popular and extremely "prolific" series (with 17 scenes) of adventures of the young lady detective, Nancy Drew.

PC

Carte Blanche
Carte Blanche

Adventure 24 November 2006

Carte Blanche is another adventure game prepared by the creators of Eye of the Kraken. Together with a young man named Edgar Delacroix, we land in Montreal from the middle of the third decade of the twentieth century in order to get to know from the proverbial lining the city, which is in fact a habitat for crime and one of the main points on the alcohol smuggling route.

PC

Nostradamus: The Last Prophecy
Nostradamus: The Last Prophecy

Adventure 08 November 2007

Nostradamus: The Last Prophecy is a point&click adventure with an extensive detective story. It was prepared by Kheops studio, which put its hand to a game called The Secrets of Da Vinci: the Forbidden Manuscript.

PC

Full Pipe
Full Pipe

Adventure 28 November 2003

Atmospheric adventure with point-n-click interface, where our task is to find a lost slipper. The game is characterized by minimalism - the main character does not even have a name and cannot speak. The game consists mainly in exploring the location and solving riddles. The game is enriched by simple arcade mini games appearing from time to time.

PC