Adventure Video Games41
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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House of Caravan
Adventure 16 April 2015
House of Caravan is an exploration adventure game created by the experienced developers from the indie studio Rosebud Games. The game takes place at the beginning of the 20th century in a town called Candlewood, located in the northern part of the United States. We play as a boy who was kidnapped by strangers on his way home from school. We end up in a grim household and we have to find our way out while facing the dark secrets hidden in the mansion.
Clock Tower II: The Struggle Within
Adventure 12 March 1998
The third installment of the series of adventure horrors using point & click mechanics. The production does not relate to the previous parts and introduces a few new features, such as the option to switch between the two personalities of the main character.
Octave
Adventure 18 October 2016
A point-and-click adventure game with action elements, developed by one-man indie developer Anate Studio. You play as an unfortunate man taken to a forest by a murderer. In the last moment, the protagonist is rescued by a mysterious force, but as he looks for a way to escape, he quickly learns that he hasn't been saved yet and still needs to fight for his life. Octave utilizes a side view perspective.
Minecraft: Story Mode - A Telltale Games Series - Season 2
Adventure 11 July 2017
Minecraft: Story Mode - A Telltale Games Series - Season 2 is the second season of the episodic adventure game developed by Telltale Games and set in the Minecraft universe. After the events of the first game, the crew begins to fall out as a result of too many duties and lack of time for new adventures. One day, Jesse gets into trouble. Not only he finds a mysterious cursed glove, but also gets his hand stuck in it.
Antioch: Scarlet Bay
Adventure 25 November 2022
A text adventure game focusing on co-op experience and investigation-related aspects. It was created by Mi-Clos - a French developer. The year is 1983 and the plot is set in the titular Antioch - a fictional town surrounded by sea and mountains. The game follows the adventures of two detectives working on an exceptionally complicated case.
Dark Years
Adventure 17 October 2015
An action-adventure game developed by RSK Entertainment, based on authentic events from Iran’s history. The plot of Dark Years takes us to 1950s, where, as a result of a secret pact between Great Britain and USA, a democratically chosen government led by Mohammad Mosaddegh is overthrown, resulting in a serious political crisis as well as destabilization and violence among local communities.
Bohemian Killing
Adventure 21 July 2016
A three-dimensional adventure game in the form of a courtroom drama, inspired by the popular Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney series. It was created by The Moonwalls studio's sole member - a lawyer and a game enthusiast who developed the game almost entirely on his own. The story is set in a steampunk alternative vision of the 19th century Paris. The protagonist faces the court, being accused of a brutal murder of a young woman. The player's task is to convince the court of his innocence.
Gibbous: A Cthulhu Adventure
Adventure 07 August 2019
Balancing on the edge of comedy and horror adventure point-and-click, inspired by classic productions of LucasArts studio, the work of H.P. Lovecraft and films of Alfred Hitchcock. During the game we follow the fate of three characters: a private detective, a young librarian and his cats, who want to recover the legendary Book of the Dead - Necronomicon.
Phantaruk
Adventure 16 August 2016
A sci-fi survival horror adventure FPP game and the first production of the Polish studio Polyslash. Phantaruk takes place in the distant future, when the idea of transhumanism is about to become reality, as humanity is striving to create a person with no biological limitations. You find yourself aboard a spaceship, which is also a secret research facility.
Mosaic
Adventure 01 November 2019
A point-n-click adventure from the creators of Among the Sleep, a first-person perspective horror in which you control a two-year-old child. The title concentrates on the themes of weariness of life and the feeling of alienation. In Mosaic, you assume the role of an office employee working in a soulless corporation. Day after day, following a monotonous routine, the hero realizes that he does not belong to this artificial and heartless world.
Yomawari: Night Alone
Adventure 29 October 2015
A cartoonish survival horror stealth game with an isometric view. The production was developed by Japanese studio Nippon Ichi Software, known mostly for the Disgaea series. In Yomawari: Night Alone you play as a little girl, who embarks on a search for her missing sister and dog, on her own, after dark. It quickly turns out that the town streets are full of wraiths, from which the girl has to hide. To survive, you have to sneak past the ghosts, divert their attention, and try to outsmart them.
Outcast 1.1
Adventure 18 December 2014
An action-adventure game created by the French studio Fresh3D. Outcast 1.1 is a refreshed version of an acclaimed game developed by Appeal and released back in 1999. The player is taken to the mysterious planet Adelpha, inhabited by the civilization of Talan. The player assumes the role of a retired soldier sent there to protect three scientists and find a probe that has turned out to be a threat to the entire Earth.
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.
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.
The Secret Society: Hidden Mystery
Adventure 21 November 2012
A casual adventure game of the hidden object genre. In the game we follow in the footsteps of a lost uncle who belonged to a secret association known as the Order of Explorers, bringing together people who can travel among the worlds.
Tsioque
Adventure 07 November 2018
A 2D point-and-click adventure game inspired by such titles as Dragon’s Lair and the Pajama Sam series. The game was developed by OhNoo Studio (responsible for e.g. Tormentum: Dark Sorrow and Amelia and Terror of the Night) from Poland. You assume the role of a young girl named Tsioque. She is imprisoned in her family’s castle by the Evil Wizard, who cast a powerful spell on it, turning the whole castle into a deadly trap.
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.
Sorcery! 2
Adventure 07 November 2013
A sequel to a unique adventure RPG by inkle studio, and an adaptation of a popular gamebook by Steve Jackson and John Blanche. The story of Sorcery! 2 continues the tale of its predecessor and takes us to Khare, town of outlaws, where The Festival of Thieves is celebrated. Players have to discover the mysteries of the town, overthrow the council ruling it, and stop an incoming invasion.
Without Escape
Adventure 24 April 2018
A combination of a point-and-click and a HOPA game, in which you have to escape a hellish alternative reality. In Without Escape, you search locations for useful objects, and solve various logic puzzles.
Tail of the Sun
Adventure 26 April 1996
Production, which can be described in the shortest possible way as a cave simulator. The task of the players is to create a civilization of prehistoric people. To this end, as one of the first representatives of homo sapiens, they must ensure the survival and development of their tribe.
Night Call
Adventure 17 July 2019
An adventure game in which we play the role of a Parisian taxi driver. The hero has to make ends meet and at the same time help the police in the investigation of serial murders. During the game, our task is to get as much information as possible from our clients, which is useful for law enforcement officers, as well as to take care of the wallet's condition.
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.
Behind the Screen
Adventure 04 April 2018
An adventure game with elements of stealth and action, in which we follow the fate of a hero accused of murdering his father in Taiwan in the 1970s. In Behind the Screen, we do not only solve logical and environmental riddles, but also hide, escape, and confront enemies from time to time.
