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PS3 Adventure Video Games

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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Beyond: Two Souls
Beyond: Two Souls

Adventure 08 October 2013

A thriller movie-inspired action adventure game. The game was developed by French studio Quantic Dream, creators of such hits as Heavy Rain and Fahrenheit. The plot of Beyond: Two Souls shows fifteen years of life of Jodie Holmes (who is modeled after and voice acted by Ellen Page, Oscar nominee). Since birth, the woman was connected to Aiden, an incorporeal creature that ventured into our world.

Heavy Rain
Heavy Rain

Adventure 23 February 2010

An interactive thriller adventure game developed by studio Quantic Dream (Fahrenheit, Omikron: The Nomad Soul). The player controls several seemingly unrelated characters, each with their own storylines and motivations. How the story develops depends greatly on the decisions made by the player as all plots intertwine until they meet at the game's finale. What’s characteristic for the game is its focus on matters of morality and ethics.

The Walking Dead: A Telltale Games Series - Season One
The Walking Dead: A Telltale Games Series - Season One

Adventure 25 April 2012

An episodic adventure game from Telltale Games, based on the comic book series by Robert Kirkman. The main theme of The Walking Dead: Season One revolves around a dramatic struggle for survival in a world infested by zombies. The player assumes the role of Lee Everett, one of the few survivors. The gameplay emphasizes exploration, dialogues, collecting items, and puzzle solving.

Minecraft
Minecraft

Adventure 17 December 2013

A sandbox game that defies classification, developed by the independent Mojang AB studio. Minecraft has been developed with the intention of unleashing the creativity of players, who can freely change the game's virtual world made from voxels (cubic blocks). The gameplay concentrates on terrain transformations, building structures, crafting items, and creating your own adventures.

L.A. Noire
L.A. Noire

Adventure 17 May 2011

A noir detective action adventure game developed by the Australian studio Team Bondi in cooperation with the veterans from Rockstar Games. The game invites you into Los Angeles of the 1940’s, a city filled with corruption and drug dealing organizations. You assume the role of Cole Phelps, an ex-soldier who becomes a police officer after the war. The game lets you experience the key moments of Cole’s career, starting from the traffic police all the way through murder and drugs department.

Ratchet & Clank: Into the Nexus
Ratchet & Clank: Into the Nexus

Adventure 12 November 2013

Ratchet & Clank: Into the Nexus is an action adventure game by the Insomniac Games team. The game goes back to the roots of the cycle and focuses on a single player campaign. The fun comes down mainly to eliminating the hordes of enemies, which is helped by a powerful arsenal full of new toys.

Life is Strange
Life is Strange

Adventure 30 January 2015

An episodic adventure game created by the developers of Remember Me, a French studio DONTNOD. The game bears a resemblance to Telltale Games titles. Its protagonist is a 12th grade student named Max Caulfield, who returns to her home town in Oregon after years of absence. Together with her old friend she tries to solve the mysterious disappearance of her schoolmate, which prompts a series of strange events.

Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction

Adventure 23 October 2007

Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction is an arcade game that combines the features of a platformer and shooting. It's an another installment of the series about the adventures of a rat-like friendly creature named Ratchet and his friend - the robot Clank.

Prince of Persia
Prince of Persia

Adventure 02 December 2008

Another installment in the bestselling Prince of Persia series, developed by Ubisoft since 2003. In terms of plot, the game is independent of the previous installments - it tells a completely new story. The protagonist has to face Ahriman - a Persian god of evil and darkness. The prince has to save the mythical Tree of Life by healing subsequent parts of the land poisoned by Ahriman and his allies. The protagonist is accompanied by Elika - daughter of the antagonist.

Silent Hill
Silent Hill

Adventure 10 September 2009

A classic survival horror movie from PlayStation, which started one of the most popular series in its genre. In the game we play the role of Harry Mason, who together with his daughter goes on holiday to the title town of Silent Hill. On the spot, the protagonist undergoes an accident, after which it turns out that his daughter has disappeared and the city is shrouded in dense, mysterious fog.

Deponia
Deponia

Adventure 17 September 2015

A humoristic adventure game with a classic point-and-click interface. It was developed by Daedalic Entertainment, a studio that specializes in this genre. The story of Deponia can be described as one big comedy of errors and, at the same time, the most unbelievable love story ever shown in a video game. Fans of works by Douglas Adams, Terry Pratchett, and of The Simpsons animated TV series, will easily find it interesting.

Syberia
Syberia

Adventure 02 December 2014

An adventure game designed by Benoit Sokal, the famous Belgian comic writer, in cooperation with studio Microids. Syberia is the first chapter of the adventures of Kate Walker, an American lawyer hired by the company that produces automatons – mechanical toys. She is tasked with finishing the formalities related to taking over a factory located in a small city in Europe. The game begins when the protagonist arrives at the factory and learns that its owner, Anna Voralberg, is dead.

Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time
Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time

Adventure 27 October 2009

Insomniac Games continues the story told in Tools of Destruction and Quest for Booty. Clank is once again in trouble, from which the clever Ratchet will once again draw him out. The protagonists are faced with important existential questions.

Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty
Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty

Adventure 21 August 2008

Ratchet & Clank: Quest for Booty is the second part of the trilogy initiated by Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction, part of the Insomniac Games platforming cycle. The title is a combination of arcade and logical game elements. Players direct Ratchet's actions to rescue Clank, kidnapped by invisible robots from Hoolefar Island.

Journey
Journey

Adventure 13 March 2012

Developed by the thatgamecompany studio, Journey is a remarkably unique exploration game, in which we embark on a journey through the desert sands. Our goal is to reach the summit of a great mountain, constantly visible on the horizon.

Alone in the Dark: Inferno
Alone in the Dark: Inferno

Adventure 14 November 2008

Alone in the Dark is another part of the popular cycle, launched in 1992. Edward Carnby, a private investigator specializing in investigations of paranormal issues, plays the role of the main character again.

Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments
Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments

Adventure 30 September 2014

Another installment in the popular series of adventure games developed by Frogwares. A few years age the series became available for console players as well. Once again, the player takes on the role of the most famous detective of all times, Sherlock Holmes, and together they will solve various criminal riddles. The story takes place in the Victorian London well known from previous installments of the series.

Saw: The Video Game
Saw: The Video Game

Adventure 06 October 2009

Action/TPP game based on a well-known horror series of the same title. We play the role of a lonely daredevil who tries to get through the traps set by a psychopathic murderer.

Leisure Suit Larry: Reloaded
Leisure Suit Larry: Reloaded

Adventure canceled

Re-edition of the first part of Larry Laffer's adventures, released in Poland under the title Leisure Suit Larry 1: In the land of vanity. Project was realized by Replay Games studio in cooperation with the original creator Al Low. The main character of the game is a 40-year-old, balding low-life, who has had enough of loneliness and decides to look for hot feelings in the city of Lost Wages.

Lost: Via Domus
Lost: Via Domus

Adventure 26 February 2008

Action adventure game based on the license of a popular TV series. We play the role of one of the 815 flight survivors, trying to solve the riddles of the island. The game is divided into seven basic chapters, and the gameplay is linear in nature. In order to move the story forward, you have to deal with the solution of the quests assigned by the game.

Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time
Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time

Adventure 05 February 2013

Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time is the fourth installment of a series of action adventure games with a nice shed in the lead role. Developed by Sanzaru Games with PlayStation 3 users in mind, Sly and his gang set off on a journey into the past to get to know the hero's ancestors and prevent changes in the Thievius Raccoonus book.

Syberia II
Syberia II

Adventure 01 April 2015

A sequel to the excellent adventure game created by Benoit Sokal and studio Microids. Syberia II continues the plot of the first installment - it presents the further adventures of Kate Walker, an American lawyer. Her intention of finalizing a contract led her to the adventure of her life. The game starts in the same place where the first Syberia ended – in the Russian city Romansburg.

The Testament of Sherlock Holmes
The Testament of Sherlock Holmes

Adventure 20 September 2012

Another chapter of the popular detective series, developed by the Ukrainian studio Frogwares continuously since 2002. The action of the game takes place in 1898 in London, where the legendary detective Sherlock Holmes is trying to solve a case in which the main suspect is himself. Unable to prove his innocence, the hero loses the trust of the citizens and is forced to flee from the police. This time, Holmes' reputation depends on the outcome of the investigation.

Dead Space Extraction
Dead Space Extraction

Adventure 25 January 2011

An arcade first-person rail shooter and a spin-off installment of the bestselling survival horror series by Visceral Games, Dead Space. The game’s plot is a sort of a prequel to the events presented in the original Dead Space and explains the reasons why its protagonist, Isaac Clarke, went to USG Ishimura which was infected by a mysterious alien race, the Necromorph.