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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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Whispers of a Machine
Whispers of a Machine

Adventure 17 April 2019

Whispers of a Machine is a science fiction adventure developed for PCs. The action takes place in the future, at a time when humanity has deliberately retreated in technological development in order to remove the threat of being dominated by advanced artificial intelligences. We play the role of a detective investigating a series of murders in a sleepy city. The game boils down mainly to exploring the location, conducting conversations and solving puzzles.

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Vampire: The Masquerade - We Eat Blood
Vampire: The Masquerade - We Eat Blood

Adventure 16 February 2017

A narrative adventure game from White Wolf Entertainment’s team, based on the popular tabletop game Vampire The Masquerade. It takes place in alternative reality, known as World of Darkness, where many supernatural beings live besides humans. We play as a young vampire, who only recently started to feel the great hunger and noticed changes in his body. Players will help him cope with this new reality and discover the truth about the supernatural world that surrounds him.

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Mage: The Ascension - Refuge
Mage: The Ascension - Refuge

Adventure 16 February 2017

An adventure storytelling game for mobile devices, created by White Wolf Entertainment and Swedish novelist Karin Tidbeck. Mage the Ascension: Refuge is based on a tabletop role-playing game. The production takes place in today's Sweden, and you play as a woman, who recently learned that she's a mage and gradually discovers her powers, which allow her to shape reality. Unfortunately, enemy factions want to use her powers to conquer the magical society.

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Lost Eden
Lost Eden

Adventure 31 March 1995

Set in a fantastic version of prehistoric times adventure game. Faced with the threat from the evil Moorkus Rex and his army of bloodthirsty tyrannosaurs, as the prince of a decadent family of human rulers, we must rebuild the old alliance of humans and dinosaurs and save both species from inevitable extinction.

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Stories Untold
Stories Untold

Adventure 27 February 2017

An unique horror game by No Code, combining four separate stories. In Stories Untold you play as a person sitting in front of a computer, and your task is to acquaint yourself with a series of eerie recordings. In time, the protagonist immerses themselves in the stories so much that they begin to spot inexplicable things in the nooks of the shabby rooms. The game features a first-person view and you are free to look around your surroundings.

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ARK Park
ARK Park

Adventure 22 March 2018

An exploration game designed exclusively for Virtual Reality headgear – ARK Park takes the players to a futuristic Jurassic Park clone. The action of the game includes references to the popular online survival game called ARK: Survival Evolved. In the game, one can observe the natural habitat of dinosaurs, and even ride the gigantic reptiles. The locations one gets to explore are much diversified – there is a tropical jungle, snow-capped mountain peaks, and even vast steppes.

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Black The Fall
Black The Fall

Adventure 11 July 2017

An action-adventure title developed by the independent developer Sand Sailor Studio. The action of Black The Fall takes place in a communist industrial dystopia where the inhabitants are completely subject to the regime. The main hero, named Black, is a obedient worker at one of the many factories. However, when the entrance door gets damaged, he takes the opportunity to break free. Gameplay featuring a side-view focuses on exploration of the mysterious environment.

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Hakuoki: Kyoto Winds
Hakuoki: Kyoto Winds

Adventure 16 May 2017

Hakuoki: Kyoto Winds is an improved and expanded version of a visual novel game initially released on PSP and PlayStation 3. It was developed by Idea Factory. The game takes place in the 19th century Japan and tells the story of a young girl named Chizuru Yukimura, who travels to Kyoto in search for her father, a respected physician and scientist.

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Perfect
Perfect

Adventure 13 December 2016

A virtual exploration game for VR goggles, developed by the British nDreams studio. Perfect offers no plot – the players are given three different environments which can be freely explored. We visit sunny, tropical beach, high peaks of mountains and snowy valley with a scenic aurora above it. We observe the world from first-person perspective and we look around by turning our head. Dedicated controllers let us interact with some objects.

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Her Majesty's Spiffing
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.

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The Artful Escape
The Artful Escape

Adventure 09 September 2021

The Artful Escape of Francis Vendetti is a hybrid of adventure and arcade, enriched with elements of a musical game. While playing, the player explores two-dimensional levels inspired by old music videos (especially David Bowie's music), fights enemies, solves riddles and collects sounds, which he then uses to compose simple songs affecting elements of the environment and enemies.

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Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles
Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles

Adventure 18 July 2017

Yonder: The Cloud Catcher is a fantasy action game developed by a novice Australian studio Prideful Sloth. The game takes place on a magical island Gamea and we play as a kid that was sent there by his, or hers, parents. We soon realize that our new home is not the paradise we thought it was and was overtaken by dark forces. Our task is to save Gamea. As we play, we will explore the open world of Gamea, collect various items, solve riddles, and fight with the encountered enemies.

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Of Light and Darkness: The Prophecy
Of Light and Darkness: The Prophecy

Adventure 13 April 1998

A surrealistic point-and-click adventure realized from the perspective of the first person. Transferred in time, Mike is considered to be the chosen one to save the world from the apocalypse announced by the prophets. To defeat the dark Mr. Seventh Millennium, our hero has to deal with souls known from the history of sinners.

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Detention
Detention

Adventure 12 January 2017

A side-scrolling horror/adventure game. Detention is a debut project of Taiwanese studio Red Candle Games. The action of the game takes place in Taiwan during the 1960s, in the middle of martial law that lasted 37 years. We are taken to Greenwood, a high-school placed in a mountainous area. The players assume the role of two students who discover that the school became inhabited by wicked monsters known from local legends.

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Antek
Antek

Adventure 06 September 2012

Antek is an educational program combining elements of an e-book, audiobook and computer game. The production of Orange Labs is based on the classic novel by Boleslaw Prus. Users learn about the fate of a teenage boy living in a 19th century village in the Russian partition.

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Ether One
Ether One

Adventure 25 March 2014

Ether is a FPP adventure developed by the White Paper Games team, in which we play the role of a man able to explore other people's minds. The game consists mainly in exploring the location and solving riddles. The strong point of production is an unusual atmosphere and graphic design.

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The Raven: Legacy of a Master Thief
The Raven: Legacy of a Master Thief

Adventure 23 July 2013

The Raven: Legacy of a Master Thief is a classic point and click adventure game created by the German KING Art studio. During the game we play as a mysterious burglar named Kruk and a detective chasing him. The action takes place in Europe in the middle of the last century.

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Routine
Routine

Adventure TBA

A science-fiction survival horror game developed by the independent studio Lunar Software. The story focuses on discovering the causes behind the staff disappearance at the Lunar Research Station. In the game, the player travels through dark and claustrophobic chambers of the facility, gradually uncovering its secrets. The main item the player uses throughout the game is a special fixing tool which resembles a pistol.

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Ripper
Ripper

Adventure 29 February 1996

A point-and-click adventure prepared in the form of an interactive film. We play the role of a reporter on the trail of a serial murderer of women called the Ripper. We explore the dark, cybernetic New York by talking to people we meet and solving puzzles. Famous actors, headed by Christopher Walken, played the roles of the protagonists.

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1953: KGB  Unleashed
1953: KGB Unleashed

Adventure 04 March 2010

1953: KGB Unleashed is an adventure game developed by the Phantomery Interactive team, which takes place in an abandoned Soviet laboratory. The game consists mainly in exploring the location, searching for and collecting objects and solving riddles.

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Judge Dee: The City God Case
Judge Dee: The City God Case

Adventure 11 July 2012

Judge Dee: The City God Case is an adventure puzzle game by BiP Media. We play the role of Dee's judge investigating the mysterious curse over the town of Wu Ling. A number of puzzles and logical challenges await a solution.

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Cabela's Survival: Shadows of Katmai
Cabela's Survival: Shadows of Katmai

Adventure 01 November 2011

Cabela's Survival: Shadows of Katmai is a third person perspective adventure game (TPS) that will be developed by Fun Labs, a Romanian development studio. The player plays the role of the pilot Logan James, whose plane crashes in Alaska. In order to survive, the hero has to face the inhospitable environment and the wild animals that live there.

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AR-K
AR-K

Adventure 21 July 2014

A point-and-click adventure game created by the Spanish studio Gato Salvaje. The production is divided into episodes, presenting subsequent fragments of the plot. All episodes are linked by an intrigue showing the lining of an apparently utopian world and the protagonist of Alice, a former policeman and now a journalism student, conducting a private investigation into the mysterious Golden Ball that turned her life upside down.

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BioForge
BioForge

Adventure 01 April 1995

A futuristic survival horror with elements of an interactive film. In the distant future, a group of fanatics who profess the cult of machines and mechanical improvements of people comes into possession of a representative of a foreign race. As a result of experiments, the monster is reborn and begins to sow destruction in the research unit. We play the role of a cyborg, who tries to get free and get to know his own identity.

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