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Dear Esther
Adventure 14 February 2012
Dear Esther is an adventure game with a first person perspective, with a rather heavy and dark climate. Here we are only exploring the surroundings and listening to the scraps of stories, which we have to put together into a coherent story.
Among The Sleep
Adventure 29 May 2014
A first-person horror adventure game. Our hero is a two years old child, with all the physical and mental traits of this age. He gets woken up from sleep by a mysterious sounds and realizes that his mother is missing, so he decides to search for her together with his teddy bear. The gameplay focuses on exploring the gloomy household distorted by the child's imagination, while solving simple puzzles and searching for a way to reach subsequent locations.
Submerged
Adventure 04 August 2015
A third person action adventure game that combines a post-apocalyptic setting with fantasy elements. The game was created by Uppercut Games, a developer studio founded by industry veterans who previously worked on such classics as Fallout Tactics and the BioShock franchise. You take on the role of a young girl, who brings her wounded brother into a submerged city. Gameplay is based on exploration (on foot or by boat) in search of any items that could give the boy some relief.
Those Who Remain
Adventure 28 May 2020
Those Who Remain is a psychological thriller taking place in a small town in the USA, where the action is observed from a first person perspective. The game puts a lot of emphasis on the heavy, disturbing atmosphere and can evoke associations with titles such as Alan Wake, as well as Polish The Vanishing of Ethan Carter and Kholat.
Outer Wilds
Adventure 30 May 2019
An exploration adventure game, in which you play as a recruit of the new space program called Outer Wilds Ventures. Your task is to study a mysterious solar system functioning in a time loop.
The Last Campfire
Adventure 27 August 2020
An exploratory adventure game by Hello Games studio (creators of No Man's Sky). Players take on the role of Ember who travels through a mysterious land in search of the way home and the sense of existence.
The Muller-Powell Principle
Adventure 29 November 2023
First person adventure game with elements of psychological horror. While playing, we play as a scientist working for a secret organization that proved the existence of parallel worlds.
Vane
Adventure 15 January 2019
An indie adventure game by Friend & Foe, a studio founded by the co-creators of such productions as The Last Guardian, Bionic Commando, Battlefield 3, and Killzone. You play as a boy, who has special abilities, as he explores an extraordinary world and discovers its secrets.
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.
What Remains of Edith Finch
Adventure 25 April 2017
What Remains of Edith Finch is a unique adventure game developed by Giant Sparrow, which focuses on the evanescence of life. The game tells a set of short stories about the fate of the members of a certain American family that has been cursed. The history told in those episodes takes place over a span of one hundred years in Washington state, a place filled with forests and mountains, a location that resembles a little the cult TV show Twin Peaks.
Aporia: Beyond The Valley
Adventure 19 July 2017
Aporia: Beyond The Valley is a first-person exploration adventure game developed by the Dutch studio Investigate North. The game takes place in a mysterious Ez'rat Qin valley that once was the home of a great civilization. Now, only ruins remain there. Our hero wakes up after hundreds of years of slumber, suffering from amnesia. His task is to find out the truth about himself and his old world's past. We observe the game from a first-person perspective.
The Beginner's Guide
Adventure 01 October 2015
An original narrative-driver production developed by the independent studio Everything Unlimited. It is another creation of Davey Wreden, the designer of the popular The Stanley Parable. The game focuses on the story of a complicated relation with a friend known as Coda. He is also a video game developer, and we get to browse the rich library of 134 titles he created.
Chernobyl VR Project
Simulation 27 September 2016
Chernobyl VR Project is an extraordinary exploration game, which utilizes virtual reality to take the players into the ruins of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, as well as the city of Pripyat. Chernobyl VR Project has been developed by The Farm 51 – the studio known for such games as Get Even, Deadfall Adventures, Painkiller: Hell & Damnation or the NecroVision series.
The Gallery
Adventure 05 April 2016
An exploration game, designed with virtual reality devices in mind. The Gallery – Episode 1: Call of the Starseed is the first episode in a series called The Gallery: Six Elements. The protagonist enters a fantastic world brimming with secrets in order to find his sister. The action is presented from a first-person perspective, and the player can look freely around the game world.
Infliction
Adventure 18 October 2018
Infliction is a horror focusing on family drama, the consequences of which we learn with the development of the plot. This is done by exploring an abandoned suburban home.
Yumenikki -Dream Diary-
Adventure 23 February 2018
YUMENIKKI -DREAM DIARY- is a narrative surreal horror adventure game. The title is a commercial remake of the cult free game from 2004. The new version abandons two-dimensional graphics and features fully three-dimensional visuals. It also expands the story with new features.
Abzu
Adventure 02 August 2016
The first project by Giant Squids, an independent studio founded by Matt Nova – the artistic director of the extremely successful game called Journey, created for PlayStation consoles. Abzu is an interactive exploration production in which you reveal secrets of a lively underworld. The player assumes the role of a cat-like diver who delves into the ocean and meets schools of fish, groups of aquatic mammals, as well as some other truly majestic creatures and remnants of an ancient civilization.
Jupiter & Mars
Adventure 23 April 2019
Jupiter & Mars is an underwater exploration game for PlayStation VR, developed by indie studio Tigertron. The game is set in the near future and you play as a Dolphin named Jupiter, traversing the ocean that has been devastated by the actions of man.
The Station
Adventure 20 February 2018
An exploration-focused adventure game with FPP view, developed by The Station studio – an experienced team consisting of people who worked on titles like Crash Bandicoot, League of Legends, Destiny and the Prototype series. Its story has been set in a distant future and focuses on the activities of Axiom corporation, which finds the first alien civilization after years of searching.
11-11: Memories Retold
Adventure 09 November 2018
An adventure game, the action of which was set during World War I. During the game we play the roles of Harry and Kurt, i.e. soldiers standing on opposite sides of the barricade, whose fates are interwoven with each other.
Worlds Adrift
Action canceled
An MMORPG by Bossa Studios, the creators of crazy simulation games that base on playing with physics, for example I Am Bread and Surgeon Simulator. Worlds Adrift takes us to a land filled with islands that float in the air, and we move between them on board various flying vessels. Taking care of the ship’s state and enhancing it is a key element of the gameplay, while you have to remember that the bigger the ship, the more players it needs to be properly staffed.
Caffeine
Adventure 05 October 2015
A science fiction horror adventure game by an independent one-man studio, Incandescent Imaging. The action takes place in the future in which the eponymous caffeine is a valuable resource obtained in space with special mining ships. Aboard one of them, a young boy awakens and discovers that for some unknown reason the vessel is completely deserted. Exploring the dark interior of the ship, the protagonist learns new facts and clues that lead him to the solution of the mystery.
Master Reboot
Adventure 29 October 2013
Master Reboot is an adventure-logical game in which memories play a key role. The game consists of exploring 30 different locations, such as an amusement park, a dark cemetery or a board reminiscent of the computer world in games from the Tron series. The production created by Wales Interactive captivates with its unique graphic style and interestingly rendered atmosphere.
Iron Fish
Action 25 October 2016
An original psychological horror co-developed by Beefjack studio and Dean Edwards. The player assumes the role of Cerys Harley – an oceanographer commissioned by the Royal Navy to explore the bottom of the ocean at the depth of 7 miles. Using special equipment, the protagonist discovers and documents not only yet-unknown creatures, but also remains of old civilizations. Gameplay of Iron Fish concentrates on exploring the captivating and atmospheric locations, like coral reefs and dark caves.