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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. more

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Prominence
Prominence

Adventure 06 November 2015

Designed by an independent developer Digital Media Workshop, a first-person point-and-click adventure game set in a science fiction environment. The main hero wakes up one day in a strange place that looks like an advanced research facility with all sorts of specialized medical instruments. As he tries to understand how he got there and what is the purpose of the place, the protagonist finds out that the key to the mystery lies in the vast data base available via local information systems.

Mata Hari
Mata Hari

Adventure 21 November 2008

A classic two-dimensional point & click adventure game in which we take control of the title character. Therefore, we become a spy, joining many risky missions.

Art of Murder: Cards of Destiny
Art of Murder: Cards of Destiny

Adventure 23 February 2010

The adventure in which we play the role of Nicole Bonnet, a FIB agent prosecuting a dangerous criminal. During the game we gather evidence, look for clues, listen to witnesses. Most of these activities are presented in the form of logic-arcade mini-games. Noteworthy is the interesting graphics - 3D characters have been juxtaposed with nice backgrounds.

Hope Springs Eternal: A Carol Reed Mystery
Hope Springs Eternal: A Carol Reed Mystery

Adventure 10 October 2005

Hope Springs Eternal: A Carol Reed Mystery is the second (after Remedy) edition of a series of adventure games with the young lady detective in the lead role.

The Exchange Student
The Exchange Student

Adventure 22 August 2006

The Exchange Student is a humorous, low-budget adventure by Greek studio Mr. Metron Ariston maintained in the style of the popular series of games about Larry Laffer.

Return to Mysterious Island 2
Return to Mysterious Island 2

Adventure 17 July 2009

Return to Mysterious Island 2 is a sequel to an adventure game published in 2004, referring to the novel "Mysterious Island" by Julius Verne. The main character is again Mina, and the player is supposed to help her to restore the barriers protecting the title island before it is destroyed by the approaching catastrophe. Kheops developers have remained true to the classic point & click interface, but have introduced new gameplay elements, including the ability to steer a monkey named Jep.

Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain
Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain

Adventure 12 September 1997

Opening the series Legacy of Cain adventure game in which the camera presents events from the bird's eye view. The main character is an aristocrat turned into a vampire, who is looking for a way to regain his humanity.

Barbie Diaries: High School Mystery
Barbie Diaries: High School Mystery

Adventure 30 October 2006

We play the role of a teenage Barbie, becoming the head of the school music band Charmz and making acquaintances with many interesting characters.

Dracula: Love Kills
Dracula: Love Kills

Adventure 10 June 2011

Dracula: Love Kills is a continuation of the adventure game about the famous vampire from Transylvania. Created by Waterlily Games studio, the story started in Dracula: Origin finale. "Two" is a sub-genre of hidden object adventure games.

Nicolas Eymerich The Inquisitor: Book II - The Village
Nicolas Eymerich The Inquisitor: Book II - The Village

Adventure 22 January 2015

The second episode of a conventional point-and-click adventure game based on the works of an Italian writer Valerio Evangelisti. Developed by Ticon Blu and published by Microids (a French company), the game continues the story of the Spanish inquisitor, Nicolas Eymerich. The second episode is set in a small village known as Calcares, which has been overrun by powerful demons.

Dark Years
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.

Psycho-Pass: Mandatory Happiness
Psycho-Pass: Mandatory Happiness

Adventure 24 April 2017

An adventure game/visual novel developed by 5pb, a Japanese studio known with immense experience with the genre. Psycho-Pass: Mandatory Happiness takes place in the world of Psycho-Pass, a popular science-fiction anime series. We are introduced to a grim version of 2113, in which a complex computer system called Sybil monitors the actions, thoughts, and emotional state of the inhabitants, creating a criminal behavior estimate for every citizen.

Unavowed
Unavowed

Adventure 08 August 2018

A thriller adventure game by Wadjet Eye Games. You play as a person, who for the last six months was possessed by a demon using their body to wreak havoc in New York. The protagonist was exorcised by the eponymous organization, which fights dark forces, and decides to join it, having lost their previous life, including their home, family, and friends. During the game, you explore locations, talk to NPCs, gather useful items and solve puzzles.

Valley
Valley

Adventure 24 August 2016

An FPP action-adventure game featuring sci-fi elements and focusing on exploration. It was developed by Blue Isle Games - a Canadian team popular for Slender: The Arrival. The player is taken to the titular valley, which is a mysterious place located somewhere in the Rocky Mountains. Assuming the role of an unspecified character, the player traverses a set of diversified locations, trying to discover the secrets hidden in the area. The protagonist makes use of the L.E.A.F.

Grim Legends 3: The Dark City
Grim Legends 3: The Dark City

Adventure 02 June 2016

The third installment in the casual hidden-objects adventure game series, developed by Polish studio Artifex Mundi. You play as Sylwia, an amnesiac acolyte of the monster-hunting Order. When a powerful artifact, containing a malevolent being known as the Nightmare, is stolen from the Order's headquarters, Sylwia and her mentor embark on a quest to find it.

The Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time
The Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time

Adventure 15 January 1998

The Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time is the last part of Gage Blackwood's adventures and Time Protection Agency. We observe the game again in the first person, and it focuses on exploring the location and solving riddles. In this part of the cycle we find ourselves in Atlantis and El Dorado.

Husk
Husk

Adventure 03 February 2017

A first-person perspective survival horror inspired by such classic titles as Alan Wake, Silent Hill, and Alone in the Dark. Husk is produced by Polish studio UndeadScout, supported by IMGN.PRO – the creators of the successful horror Kholat. The title takes you to a mysterious town of Shivercliff, the destination of the game's main hero – Matthew Palmer. After a train wreck, he tries to find his family, which requires delving into the town’s dark secrets.

Conarium
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.

Higurashi When They Cry
Higurashi When They Cry

Adventure 10 August 2002

Higurashi When They Cry is a Japanese adventure in the visual novel category. The production is kept in a horror atmosphere and tells the story of a small village of Hinamizawa, which in June 1983 became the scene of a series of brutal murders. The game boils down primarily to passive tracking of the plot presented in text form enriched with simple pictures.

Kelvin and the Infamous Machine
Kelvin and the Infamous Machine

Adventure 21 July 2016

A two-dimensional, point-and-click adventure game created by Blyts - an independent Argentinean developer. The player takes on the role of a crazy scientist's assistant. As a revenge for laughing at the invention of his life, dr. Edwin Lupin decides to travel back in time and take all the credit for the works of the most famous artists and inventors in the world's history.

Home is Where One Starts...
Home is Where One Starts...

Adventure 13 May 2015

A short first-person exploration game designed for VR headsets. The title of the game, Home is Where One Starts… comes from the poem Four Quartets by Thomas S. Eliot. The game is a sort of poetic visual story with such themes as childhood, memories, and hope. Interestingly, this is a work of basically one man, who only used the help of his closest family. Home is Where One Starts… tells a story of a teenage girl who leaves her home for school early in the morning, but misses her bus.

Layers of Fear: Inheritance
Layers of Fear: Inheritance

Adventure 02 August 2016

Layers of Fear: Inheritance is a full-scope story-driven DLC for the first-person horror game, Layers of Fear, by Blooper Team. The expansion, called Inheritance, does not introduce any changes in the game’s mechanics, offering instead a brand new story, whose action takes place many years after the story of the original. Players don’t control the painter himself, but his daughter – she learns that after the death of her father, the house now belongs to her.

Virginia
Virginia

Adventure 22 September 2016

An adventure game created by an independent studio Variable State. The player assumes the role of a rookie FBI agent, who receives a task of investigating the case of a young boy’s disappearance. The plot is filled with supernatural elements, and science-fiction motifs. The plot of Virginia is completely linear, so the players can focus on experiencing the story.

Pathologic Classic HD
Pathologic Classic HD

Adventure 29 October 2015

A refreshed version of the classic action adventure game that was released in 2005. The new version was prepared by the creators of the original title, Icepick Lodge, as a side project to a complete remake of the game. The plot of Pathologic Classic HD is same as in the original game and it focuses on a mysterious virus that spreads across a small city, causing many casualties.