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Deus Ex: The Fall
RPG 10 July 2013
Spin-off of the popular cyberpunk action RPG series, referring in its climate to the last full-fledged part of the series. The game was originally created for mobile devices, but it was also converted for PC. Its action takes place parallel to the events from the predecessor, but presents the whole story from the point of view of a completely different character. We play as a former member of SAS, who is a mercenary in service of a private military corporation.
Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls
Action 24 September 2014
Action game enriched with elements of survival horror, which is a spin-off of the Danganronpa cycle. The player plays the role of a teenage Naegi mosquito, whose task is to stop a childish gang murdering adult inhabitants of Towa City in order to create their own utopia. The game focuses on solving a variety of environmental riddles and fighting against hostile enemies with the help of the original arsenal.
Hatoful Boyfriend
Adventure 04 September 2014
Original Japanese visual novel game. The main character moves to a secondary school for intelligent and speaking birds. On the spot she can make friends with her students and find true love.
Yesterday
Adventure 22 March 2012
A point-and-click adventure psychological thriller game by Spanish studio Pendulo Studios, known for the Runaway series. Yesterday is set in New York and its story focuses on a mysterious series of murders of homeless people. What links the individual cases are the characteristic Y-shaped scars. You play as John Yesterday, a man with no memory, who is trying to find out the truth about his past and ends up involved in a serious plot associated with the murders.
Mind Snares: Alice's Journey
Adventure 11 March 2014
An adventure game of the genre HOPA, realized in the convention of psychological thriller. We play the role of a young, ambitious Alice Dahl, who, tired of her work, suffers an accident and ends up in a strange place, reminiscent of a hospital. To get out of the trap, a woman has to find four mysterious totems and face her own fears and demons trapped in her mind.
Steins;Gate 0
Adventure 10 December 2015
A visual novel adventure game developed by Nitroplus and 5pb. Studios. The game is a direct continuation of the original Steins;Gate from 2009. The plot picks off using one of the alternative endings of the predecessor. Okabe Rintaro, a student heartbroken after the tragic death of his friend Kurisu Makise, makes an appointment to a psychiatric health facility.
Outreach
Adventure canceled
A first person adventure game featuring some exploration elements, developed by British Pixel Spill. The game takes players to an alternative version of the 1980s - the main protagonist is an astronaut tasked with a peculiar investigation. He is to discover the secret behind the lost communications with a Soviet space station. Upon reaching the place, our character quickly discovers that the crew have vanished.
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.
Mountain Crime: Requital
Adventure 08 December 2011
Mountain Crime: Requital is a casual adventure with puzzles like "hidden objects". (Hidden Objects Game) and puzzles in the form of mini-games. The player plays the role of Dr. Phillip White, who one rainy evening is summoned to a patient in the remote White Wolf Hotel. Soon it turns out that this is not just a medical visit, and the place and its guests hide dark secrets.
Stonewall Penitentiary
Adventure 14 May 2018
Stonewall Penitentiary is a thriller/horror adventure game. It was developed by Christopher M. Brendel, the creator of titles like Lifestream and Shady Brook.
Still Life
Adventure 14 April 2005
A classic adventure game produced by Microids, which is responsible for the creation of the "Siberia" series. "Still Life" presents a script that could be successfully used to produce a classic action film.
Oxenfree
Adventure 15 January 2016
A 2D adventure game inspired by supernatural horrors, developed by Night School Studio, a debuting team founded by the former workers of Telltale Games. We take on the role of a girl named Alex, who is about to graduate middle school and to celebrate that, she travels with a group of friends to an island that has been the students’ customary place to say their farewells.
Hidden Agenda
Adventure 24 October 2017
An cooperative adventure detective thriller game developed by Supermassive Games. Hidden Agenda is based on popular movies and TV series of this genre. It tells the story of two female protagonists: a policewoman and a district attorney who are on the track of a serial killer. Up to five players can participate in the game, although it is also possible to play the title alone. All players are using a special phone app called PlayLink.
428: Shibuya Scramble
Adventure 12 April 2008
428: Shibuya Scramble is a PC-based adventure in the visual novel category. The story is about the kidnapping of a young woman; we follow the story from the perspective of five different characters, and decisions taken in the body of one of them affect the situation of the others.
The Works of Mercy
Adventure 26 September 2018
A first-person perspective adventure game exploiting the psychological thriller genre. The plot in The Works of Mercy draws inspiration from such films as The Tenant by Roman Polanski and Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining. The title was developed by Polish studio Pentacle, whose team members have worked on titles such as The Witcher or Call of Juarez. The player is in control of a man whose family got kidnapped by a psychopath.
Cyber Danganronpa VR
Adventure 13 October 2016
This is the first installment of a popular investigation-themed game series Danganronpa, recreated specifically for owners of the PlayStation VR sets; the franchise has been developed by Spike Chunsoft - a Japanese team. The player is taken to a mysterious school for the most outstanding students, which is governed by an electric teddybear called Monokuma. At the very beginning, the students find out that they've been imprisoned inside the school building.
Weeping Doll
Adventure 27 October 2016
A horror with logical game elements, created by Chinese studio TianShe Media. The player assumes the role of a housemaid, who decides to solve the mystery behind the mysterious disappearance of the Victorian residence’s inhabitants. The gameplay in Weeping Doll is presented from a first person perspective, and focuses on exploration, searching for story clues and keys, and finally solving various riddles which involve object manipulation.
Dry Drowning
Adventure 02 August 2019
Detective visual novel game with noir and cyberpunk atmosphere. As a private investigator, Mordred Foley, we move to a futuristic metropolis to solve the mystery of murders based on Greek myths.
Blind
Adventure 18 September 2018
Developed for Virtual Reality tech, Blind is an unusual adventure game, in which the players assume the role of a blind woman using echolocation to learn more about her surroundings. The game was developed by Tiny Bull.
Twin Mirror
Adventure 01 December 2020
Twin Mirror is a non-linear adventure game set in a mysterious American town. The game’s protagonist loses his memories after brutal events of a single night and tries to learn what happened. This requires an investigation both in a real world and the character’s own mind.
AI: The Somnium Files
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.
We Happy Few: They Came from Below
Action 04 April 2019
Roger & James in: They Came from Below! is the first addition to the We Happy Few action adventure game by Compulsion Games studio. It focuses on the adventures of two twisted characters known from the "stand": Roger and James.
Alfred Hitchcock: Vertigo
Adventure 16 December 2021
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.