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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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The Park
The Park

Adventure 27 October 2015

A first-person horror adventure game set in The Secret World’s, a popular MMO title, setting. It was developed by Funcom the studio that, apart from the aforementioned production, created Age of Conan and Dreamfall: The Longest Journey, among other things. The plot of The Park takes us to a theme park surrounded with a dense forest, which brings to mind The Secret World's Atlantic Island Park.

The Deer God
The Deer God

Adventure 27 February 2015

The Deer God is an original platform game with roguelike and RPG elements, developed by the independent studio Cinopt Studios in cooperation with Crescent Moon Games. We observe the action from a side-scrolling perspective and play as a hunter who was reborn as a deer. From now on, his most important goal is to survive in a hostile environment. He will also have to do some quests, like growing old, achieving a godlike karma balance, or finding every statuette of knowledge.

Steamburg
Steamburg

Adventure 02 November 2017

A mobile point-and-click adventure game with logic puzzle and arcade elements, and a sequel to the well-received Steampunker by Polish studio Telehorse. In contrast to its predecessor, payable in full, Steamburg is a freemium app. The game is set in a steampunk universe, in which the Earth has been invaded by an army of robots from outer space. The only hope to defeat them lies in the electrical machines created by a genius scientist, who's also the protagonist.

HeadLander
HeadLander

Adventure 26 July 2016

A science-fiction side-scrolling platform game developed by studio Double Fine Productions led by Tim Schafer. HeadLander combines the features of the classic video game series Metroid with a few completely new features. During the game, the player assumes the role of a character who wakes up in a trashy world of the future, inhabited only by robots. The protagonist discovers that he consists only of… a head placed in a special helmet equipped with a rocket propulsion system.

Shadowhand
Shadowhand

Adventure 07 December 2017

A puzzle-adventure game by Grey Alien Games, creators of many browser and puzzle games, which combine visual novel mechanics with CCG elements. It’s set in 18th century England, with players acting as a young aristocrat, one Lady Cornelia Darkmoor, who in her spare time transforms into a masked robber, the titular Shadowhand. The game is a narrative adventure game, so we move between locations and learn the story of the heroine.

Reflections
Reflections

Adventure TBA (early access since 26 June 2015)

Reflections is a PC adventure game by Broken Window. The game focuses on the narrative aspect and tells the story of a young woman spending the last day in her hometown before going to college. The production allows you to freely shape the plot.

Dome City
Dome City

Adventure canceled

A first-person adventure game taking place in a science-fiction universe. The plot of Dome City depicts an undefined future, where humans started to settle alien planets. However, one of the cities on Mars, encased by a gigantic dome, has been abandoned by humans hundred years ago. The player, leading a trio of characters, has to discover the reasons why the colonists have deserted the settlement, and find a way to escape the Red Planet.

Syndrome
Syndrome

Adventure 06 October 2016

A first-person science fiction survival horror game developed by the independent studio Camel 101. The action of Syndrome is set on board of a vast space station where the protagonist wakes up from a cryogenic sleep and discovers that, as a result of unexplained events, part of the crew is dead and the rest have turned into bloodthirsty monsters. The hero’s goal is naturally to solve the mystery behind this situation while being hindered by numerous enemies and a myriad of other dangers.

Fragments of Him
Fragments of Him

Adventure 03 May 2016

A unique adventure game from the Dutch studio of Sassybot. Fragments of Him tells a story of Will – a young man who died in a car accident, leaving his mourning partner Harry and their friend Sarah. Game uses first-person perspective with players as observers, having them not only recreate past events with the protagonist, but also make decisions that affect the plot and fate of the characters. Unlike other games from the genre, Fragments of Him has almost no puzzles.

Her Story
Her Story

Adventure 24 June 2015

A unique detective game by Sam Barlow, the main designer and writer of Silent Hill: Origins and Silent Hill: Shattered Memories. Her Story is a rare example of a FMV adventure game — most of the visuals consists of videos of live-action actors. The plot of Her Story focuses on a British woman named Hannah, whose husband went missing in mysterious circumstances. Based on the recordings of her testimonies from 1994, you have to discover the truth behind those events.

Supreme League of Patriots
Supreme League of Patriots

Adventure 29 January 2015

Supreme League of Patriots is a full of fussy humor point’n’click adventure game, developed by the British studio No Bull Intentions. The player assumes the role of Kyle Keever, who unexpectedly gets to fulfill his innermost dream – he becomes a superhero. As The Purple Patriot, he fights for justice on the streets of New York and is aided by a sarcastic sidekick – Mel.

The Endless Cylinder
The Endless Cylinder

Adventure TBA

The Endless Cylinder is an independent project of Carlos Bordeu, one of the founders of the ACE Team. In this surreal adventure game we play the role of a small and helpless creature who travels through a dangerous planet.

The Escapists: The Walking Dead
The Escapists: The Walking Dead

Adventure 30 September 2015

A spin-off installment of the unique top-down game The Escapist, developed by the publishers of the original, Team 17. The gameplay mechanics are identical to the first installment of the series, but the plot was set in the universe of the popular The Walking Dead comic, having many common plot points. Therefore, in the game, we assume the role of a policeman named Rick Grimes, and our task is not to escape from jail but to get out of a number of locations overrun by bloodthirsty zombies.

Finding Teddy
Finding Teddy

Adventure 03 December 2013

An old-school point-and-click adventure game developed as a joint project by two French developers. The players assume the role of a small girl that embarks on a rescue mission to save her favorite teddy bear, who has been kidnapped by a mysterious monster and taken to a magical world filled with mysterious beings and creatures. The game is characteristic for its lack of dialogue, while the visuals employ retro Pixel Art style and are suitable for both PC and all major mobile platforms.

Finding Teddy 2
Finding Teddy 2

Adventure 02 April 2015

A continuation of an independent point-and-click adventure game developed by Storybird Games. Chronicles of Teddy: Harmony of Exidus (also known as Finding Teddy 2) sees us assume control of a new protagonist – a girl named Tarant, whose hobby leads to an unexpected event that allows her to enter the world of video games. Armed with a small sword and a shield, the heroine embarks on a dangerous journey supported by her favorite teddy bear.

Nova-111
Nova-111

Adventure 25 August 2015

An unusual adventure game by Funkatronic Labs, combining elements of platformer and turn-based strategy productions. The plot of Nova-111 revolves around the effects of an experiment conducted by 111 ingenious scientists from an alternate world, where time flows in turns. The result of their actions is an anomaly that merged both worlds. As a pilot of the research vessel Nova, we have to find and rescue the scientists and to remove the anomaly to separate the dimensions.

Shape of the World
Shape of the World

Adventure 05 June 2018

An experimental, first-person adventure game created by Hollow Tree Games – an independent, Canadian developer. Shape of the World does not offer a plot as such; rather, it focuses on delivering a certain visual experience. The player takes on the role of a nameless traveler who introduces different changes to the world around along his way. The changes made are divided into two kinds: the passive (as the player follows the designated path) and the active.

Nubs' Adventure
Nubs' Adventure

Adventure 12 October 2015

A pixel-art two-dimensional platform game developed and released by IMakeGames, an independent Austrian game developer. Nubs' Adventure enables us to assume the role of an inconspicuous pixelated being living in a small hut upon the hill. One day, his home is visited by two red monsters that ransack his home and throw him into the abyss.

RymdResa
RymdResa

Adventure 20 August 2015

A sandbox game developed by Morgondag, a Spanish studio. The player assumes the role of a lone astronaut who searches for a new home in the unwelcoming interplanetary space. At the core of the gameplay lies exploration of space, gathering new materials and technologies, and devising new parts for eight modifiable ships. The protagonist can also be developed — the experience points we gather while playing can be spent on enhancing skills from the extensive skill tree.

Bonded
Bonded

Adventure canceled

A post-apocalyptic adventure game developed by Portugal studio Arkavi. The story of Bonded starts many years after the events during which humanity had fallen prey to the machine rebellion. The main character of the game is Mira, a little girl that spent her whole life in a bunker which protected her from the mechanical enemies. When the bunker inhabitants start dying due to a mysterious illness, girl’s parents go looking for a cure. As one can guess, they don’t return in the appointed time.

Empathy: Path of Whispers
Empathy: Path of Whispers

Adventure 16 May 2016

A somewhat surrealistic FPP adventure game and a debut of Pixel Night studios, focusing on exploration and plot. The story of Empathy takes place in a collapsing world, where the few remaining cities were reduced to shelters for small human populations, and where life seems to be dying out. We explore the setting through the eyes of a child led by a mysterious spirit on their journey to return the order to this world.

The Assembly
The Assembly

Adventure 19 July 2016

A first-person action-adventure game created by nDreams (a British developer), specifically for VR sets. The game is set in a secret research laboratory located somewhere in the deserts of Nevada. Here, far away from civilization, incredible government experiments are conducted by the titular organization that gathers scientists who tend to choose progress over ethics. However, when the scientists lose control of a deadly virus, the future of the Assembly becomes problematic.

Time Machine VR
Time Machine VR

Adventure 19 May 2016

An action-adventure game developed for the Oculus Rift virtual reality set. Time Machine VR was developed by independent studio Minority Media, the creators of Papo & Yo. In the game the player goes back in time to the prehistoric era and is given an opportunity to watch dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals in their natural habitat – large valleys and ocean deeps.

Lara Croft GO
Lara Croft GO

Adventure 27 August 2015

A spin-off to the adventures of the beautiful archaeologist Lara Croft, created for mobile platforms users by one of Square Enix’s studios, which also created a mobile game featuring Agent 47. Gameplay combines elements characteristic for the Tomb Raider series – e.g. exploring ruins and tombs filled with traps – with turn-based logic game mechanics borrowed from Hitman GO.