Adventure Video Games51
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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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.
Werewolves Within
Adventure 06 December 2016
A party game that uses VR headsets. It was developed by Ubisoft Red Storm, a studio founded by Tom Clancy, a well-known writer. The action of Werewolves Within takes place in a fictional medieval village of Gallowston whose inhabitants are terrorized by a werewolf that stalks the area. The gameplay mechanics are based on the rules of Mafia, a popular party game.
The Last Guardian
Adventure 06 December 2016
Third-person action adventure game created by the ex-members of Team Ico, led by Fumito Ueda. Previously, the studio had made their name known by giving us two of the most original and highest ranking titles ever to be released on PlayStation 2: Shadow of the Colossus and Ico. Their new game retains similar artwork style and equally unique atmosphere. You play as a young boy trying to escape the guards pursuing him.
Maize
Adventure 01 December 2016
A light-hearted adventure game, inspired by Monty Python’s surreal sense if humour, and the weirdest cases from the X-Files TV series. Maize was developed by Finish Line Games – an independent studio, which debuted in 2014 with Cel Damage HD. The action of the game takes place on an abandoned American farm, which is located above an underground research facility. The player assumes the role of a corncob that gained self-conciousness and human feelings as a result of a crazy experiment.
Quern: Undying Thoughts
Adventure 28 November 2016
First-person adventure with elements of a logical game, which draws on the achievements of the cult series Myst. The player ends up on a mysterious island with the ultimate goal of discovering the truth about its past and discovering its secrets. The above mentioned goals translate into a gameplay whose pillars are exploration of a vast world and solving more or less complex puzzles. The whole was maintained in a characteristic, surrealist style, inspired by the work of Julius Verne.
Amnesia: Collection
Adventure 22 November 2016
Set of two survival horror games, Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs. While originally the titles were PC exclusives, Amnesia: Collection has been released only for PlayStation 4 console. First of those games is set in a grim castle, with players controlling Daniel, an amnesiac who must find and defeat the mad owner of the building. Its add-on, Justine, puts us in a role of a woman who is part of a psychological experiment.
Tales of Cosmos
Adventure 20 November 2016
A point-n-click adventure game from Red Dwarf Games. The plot revolves around two astronauts – Professor Gagayev and Perseus, a talking dog. Their objective is to neutralize Shuttle’s Bane, a mysterious magnetic anomaly that sucks in any spaceship that comes too close. During the game, you visit a big, open world composed of several planets and moons.
Renoir
Adventure 16 November 2016
An atmospheric platformer game with logic elements, referencing classic noir movies in terms of style. Renoir is the debut project of the independent studio Souldbound Games that secured necessary funding thanks to a crowdfunding campaign at Kickstarter. In the game, we assume the role of an experienced detective, James Renoir, who is to solve his last case.
Demon Hunter 3: Revelation
Adventure 16 November 2016
A HOPA adventure co-developed by Brave Giant from Serbia and Artifex Mundi from Poland. Just like its two previous parts, Dawn Harlock is the protagonist. She conducts an investigation into a homicide of a woman and a mysterious disappearance of her daughter. The heroine soon learns that there is a new and evil force involved in the case and the unusual events may have something to do with her own vague origin.
Lantern
Adventure 15 November 2016
An unusual exploration game developed by Italian studio Storm in a Teacup. The plot of the game focuses on an Asian princess whose tears caused the world around her to lose its colors and start dying. The player assumes the role of a small lantern and is tasked with returning the life and colors to the realm by making everyone remember about the power of love. There are four areas to visit, each with different architecture and environment.
Silence
Adventure 15 November 2016
A sequel to a critically acclaimed 2009's adventure game developed by Daedalic Entertainment. The player assumes the role of a sixteen-year-old boy called Noah, who has been searching for the sister he lost during a war. Following her, the protagonist enters the world of dreams known as Silence, where he puts on the costume of a clown by the name of Sadwick - the protagonist of the original game. It turns out that even the magical land is being torn apart by a war.
Candle: The Power of the Flame
Adventure 11 November 2016
The debut project from the independent Spanish studio, Teku, combining elements of a classic platformer with a dynamic action-adventure games. Its plot takes after classic movie and gaming stories, putting us in the shoes of a young shaman student, who has to save the people from his village who were assaulted by the hostile Atipax tribe. We also discover a hidden, dark truth from the past.
Yesterday Origins
Adventure 10 November 2016
A typical point-and-click adventure game and a continuation to 2012's Yesterday. Yesterday Origins was developed by the creators of the original game - the Spanish Pendulo Studios. Again, the player takes on the role of John Yesterday; as for the plot, it was divided into two timelines. Thus the player, familiar with present-day events, is taken back to the era of the Spanish Inquisition. In terms of game mechanics, the game follows the pattern of its predecessor.
Beholder
Adventure 09 November 2016
Beholder is an indie adventure game, inspired by the works of George Orwell, Aldous Huxley, and Ray Bradbury. The game takes place in a dystopian world, where the lives of its citizens are fully controlled by the regime, and privacy and freedom of speech are relics of the past. The players take on the role of the manager of an apartment complex. His job is to - under the guise of care - surveil and report any signs of opposition against the government.
Small Radios Big Televisions
Adventure 08 November 2016
An experimental logic exploration game developed by the independent developer Fire Face Corporation. In it, our task is to find thirty cassettes that take us to other worlds. They are hidden in abandoned industrial buildings that we observe from the third-person perspective, similarly to typical 2.5D platformer productions. In Small Radios Big Televisions, we do not control any protagonist, only the camera and the cursor, with which we interact with various objects.
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.
Lost Grimoires: Stolen Kingdom
Adventure 07 November 2016
An adventure game with hidden object puzzle elements, created by indie studio World-LooM. Lost Grimoires: Stolen Kingdom is set in a fantasy world. The protagonist is a young alchemy adept, who returns home and tries to find her lost parents. The search leads her towards a dark secret, which threatens the whole kingdom. The gameplay in Lost Grimoires: Stolen Kingdom consists of solving various puzzles and finding various hidden objects.
Minecraft: Education Edition
Adventure 01 November 2016
A special edition of the world-famous game, Minecraft, aimed at providing educational values, created by Mojang AB and owned by Microsoft. Mechanically it does not differ from the original title. It still offers an open world waiting to be explored, where we can collect materials, create various tools and constructions – all of this being tinged with survival elements.
ALICE VR
Adventure 27 October 2016
A first-person adventure game developed for VR goggles. Its prototype has been prepared for the VR Jam contest by the Polish Carbon Studio, established by the former employees of Farm51. Inspired by the famous novel by Lewis Carroll, Alice VR is set in a science-fiction world, where we play as a hero whose ship has been forced to land on an unknown planet.
Weeping Doll
Adventure 27 October 2016
A horror with logical game elements, created by Chinese studio TianShe Media. The player assumes the role of a housemaid, who decides to solve the mystery behind the mysterious disappearance of the Victorian residence’s inhabitants. The gameplay in Weeping Doll is presented from a first person perspective, and focuses on exploration, searching for story clues and keys, and finally solving various riddles which involve object manipulation.
Through the Woods
Adventure 27 October 2016
A horror adventure game and the debut production of Antagonist, a Norwegian studio. The action of Through the Woods takes place in modern times in a dark forest somewhere on the western shore of Norway. While playing, we assume the role of a desperate woman named Karen who tries to find her lost son. She is constantly interrupted by various evil creatures inspired by Nordic mythology and Scandinavian folklore.
Meadow
Adventure 26 October 2016
An adventure online game in which the player takes on the role of an animal - a forest inhabitant. This is a spin-off of the Shelter series, telling the story of an animal caring for its offspring. The main aim of the game is the interaction between the players, who do not communicate with words, but only specially prepared emoticons, symbols and sounds.
Sara is Missing
Adventure 25 October 2016
An original adventure game developed by Monsoon Lab. In Sara is Missing the player becomes a finder of a smartphone, whose owner has mysteriously gone missing. The task ahead of you is to discover the secret behind these events. Sara is Missing features unique gameplay mechanics – the User Interface looks like a mobile operating system and what you do is solve puzzles and talk to people from the phone’s contact list.
Rusty Lake: Roots
Adventure 20 October 2016
A point ‘n’ click adventure game developed by Rusty Lake, the creators of the well-received Rusty Lake Hotel. In Rusty Lake: Roots, we assume the role of James Vanderboom who inherited a house and a special seed, which, if sown, will enable him to start his own family. The action is set in the 19th and 20th century, and the player controls three generations of Vanderbooms.