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Adventure 15 August 2019

A dark, first-person adventure game developed by The Astronauts - a Polish team led by Adrian Chmielarz, the co-founder of People Can Fly. The player is put in the shoes of Paul Prospero - a detective who has developed certain paranormal abilities. The protagonist tries to solve the mystery behind the vanishing of a young boy. The player traverses an extensive, open world - the game is non-linear and the player is free to explore and look for subsequent clues.

Adventure 17 December 2018

An indie FPP adventure game and the debut production of the American Campo Santo studio. The team comprises of veteran developers, previously working on such titles as The Walking Dead, Mark of the Ninja, BioShock 2, and Brutal Legend. The story of Firewatch takes place in an enormous forest in the American state of Wyoming, where our hero is trying to escape his day-to-day problems by becoming a ranger.

Adventure 07 February 2019

A psychological first-person horror from the Polish developer studio Bloober Team, known best for another horror game, entitled Layers of Fear. Observer is set in a cyberpunk universe, in Cracow of 2048. In the game you play as Daniel Lazarski (starred by Rutger Hauer, known from the film Blade Runner), a detective able to hack into people’s minds.

Adventure 07 July 2020

A remastered and expanded version of Catherine, a game that debuted in 2011. This unique game that combines traits of an adventure game and a logic game was developed by Atlus, a Japanese studio known for the Shin Megami Tensei and Persona series. During the game, the players assume the role of Vincent, a thirty-year-old man who must face his worst nightmares – both metaphorically and literally.

Adventure 07 December 2021

12 Minutes is an interactive adventure thriller. The player takes on the role of a man trapped in a time loop lasting twelve minutes. He must try different sequences of events and activities to find the one that will allow him to save his life and that of his wife.

Adventure 07 July 2021

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.

Adventure 14 July 2022

A first-person perspective adventure game that combines elements of spy movies and horror. It is the first large game developed by the Polish studio Jujubee known mostly for its futuristic racing series Flashout. The story of the game focuses on the mysterious disaster of the Russian submarine K-141 Kursk which sank during the summer of 2000 on the Barents Sea. It was never determined what caused the incident.

Adventure 03 December 2021

Danganronpa Decadence is a collection of four games from Spike Chunsoft - Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc, Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair, Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony in Anniversary Edition versions, and the new Danganronpa S: Ultimate Summer Camp.

Adventure 17 September 2019

Detective adventure game with visual novel elements, in which we try to solve the mystery of murders taking place in technologically advanced, modern Tokyo. The game was created by the authors of the Zero Escape series.

Adventure 31 May 2018

A typical point-and-click adventure game and a continuation to 2012's Yesterday. Yesterday Origins was developed by the creators of the original game - the Spanish Pendulo Studios. Again, the player takes on the role of John Yesterday; as for the plot, it was divided into two timelines. Thus the player, familiar with present-day events, is taken back to the era of the Spanish Inquisition. In terms of game mechanics, the game follows the pattern of its predecessor.

Adventure 12 July 2023

A sequel to an indie adventure game about paranormal activity by Night School Studio. Oxenfree 2: Lost Signals stars a new protagonist, returning to her hometown to uncover the secrets of mysterious radio signals.

Adventure 2024

A psychological thriller adventure game. In Loretta we play as a woman named Lora who decides to kill her husband in order to get compensation and start her life anew.

Adventure 03 December 2021

A detective adventure game from the visual novel genre. It was developed by Japan studio Spike Chunsoft. The main protagonist of Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc, Naegi Makoto, is a teenager who starts his education in an elite high school. In contrast to his colleagues, he has no remarkable achievements and he was accepted to the school by winning a lottery.

Adventure 22 November 2022

Saint Kotar is a 2.5D point and click adventure game created by Red Martyr Entertainment. From the perspective of the two characters we discover the mystery of the old town, where a series of strange phenomena and murders take place.

Adventure 27 September 2022

Narrative adventure game in the style of a psychological thriller. The main character of Alfred Hitchcock: Vertigo is a writer who tries to solve the mystery of a tragic accident.

Adventure 31 October 2021

The Suicide of Rachel Foster is a narrative thriller adventure game. During the game, the players take on the role of Nicole, who returns to a hotel belonging to her family, burdened with tragedy. The heroine is trapped in a mansion and starts to discover its dark secrets.

Adventure 03 December 2021

The third full-fledged installment in the series of mystery thriller adventure visual novels developed by Spike Chunsoft. The plot of Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony tells the story of a kidnapped high school student named Kaede Akamatsu. Together with other students, he is taken to a school called Gifted Inmates Academy. The academy’s director is a teddy bear named Monokuma.

Adventure December 2023

Paper Ghost Stories: Third Eye Open is the second part of a series of grim adventure games straight from Malaysia. In the first full-length game of the series we lead a girl who has to face not only the torments of growing up in an unpleasant environment, but also ghosts.

Adventure canceled

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.

Adventure 31 March 2020

Adventure game created using FMV technology and maintained in the convention of a science fiction thriller. In The Complex we follow Dr. Amy Tenant, a nanotechnology specialist who is trapped in the title complex after the biological attack on London.

Adventure 19 February 2019

Steins;Gate Elite is a classic visual novel adventure game. It is a complex remake of the original Steins;Gate, a game that debuted in 2009.

Adventure 30 August 2019

A detective visual novel adventure game by Kadokawa Games, set in contemporary Japan. The production is extended by a new content of the original remake, which was released in 2016. The re-edition replaced the original two-dimensional illustrations with photographs and films of actors characterized as heroes of the title.

Action 22 February 2023

Stealth game, in which we play the role of a ten-year-old boy trying to save his parents who are hostages of three mysterious attackers. Although Intruders: Hide and Seek uses virtual reality sets, it does not require them to work.

Adventure February 2024

Commander '85 is a sci-fi thriller in a retro style. Player impersonates a teenager, who for his birthday receives Commander, a computer with artificial intelligence. With his help, he gets to know a conspiracy that could endanger the existence of the world.