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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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Haunted House
Haunted House

Adventure 12 October 2023

A remake of an Atari 2600 horror game, originally released in 2982. Haunted House was developed by Orbit. It's set in the titular mansion, tasking us with avoiding monsters and rescuing our friends.

Heal
Heal

Adventure 16 April 2021

An atmospheric adventure game themed around aging and dementia. Heal has us playing as an elderly man, solving puzzles which hide his memories.

Reveil
Reveil

Adventure 06 March 2024

A first-person psychological horror adventure game. Reveil stars Walter Thompson, looking for his missing wife and daughter, traversing a surreal world inspired by 1960s circuses.

Return to Grace
Return to Grace

Adventure 20 February 2024

A first-person perspective retro-futuristic adventure game, inspired by the 1960s and projects such as The Invincible. Return to Grace has us play a cosmic archeologist. The protagonist discovers an ancient, potentially dangerous AI imprisoned thousands of years ago.

Smile For Me
Smile For Me

Adventure 24 April 2023

An FPP adventure game mixing humor with rather distrubing content. Smile for Me is set in a place called the Habitat, with the player being tasked to help its inhabitants and bring smiles back onto their faces.

Melon Journey: Bittersweet Memories
Melon Journey: Bittersweet Memories

Adventure 06 April 2023

Melon Journey: Bittersweet Memories is a retro narrative adventure game inspired by Game Boy titles. The gameplay revolves around exploration, simple puzzles and stealth sections.

Dolphin Spirit: Ocean Mission
Dolphin Spirit: Ocean Mission

Adventure 28 September 2023

An educational third-person adventure game themed around ecology. Dolphin Spirit: Ocean Mission tasks the player with saving a tropical island from coming disaster.

Desolatium
Desolatium

Adventure 27 October 2023

A first-person point & click adventure game inspired by the works of H.P. Lovecraft. Desolatium has us playing as four different characters, gradually delving into madness as they attempt to find their missing friend.

Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy
Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy

Adventure 25 January 2024

A remastered compilation of three lawyer adventure games. Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy has us playing as attorneys trying to prove our clients' innocence, investigating the scene of the crime and defending them in a trial.

Lake: Season's Greetings
Lake: Season's Greetings

Adventure 15 November 2023

A large expansion to Lake, an open-world third person adventure game. Lake: Season's Greetings stars Thomas Weiss, the father of Meredith, the protagonist of the base game. Working as a courier, he traverses Providence Oaks during winter, delivering Christmas packages.

The Myth Seekers 2: The Sunken City
The Myth Seekers 2: The Sunken City

Adventure 17 November 2023

The second installment in a series of HOPA ganes published by Artifex Mundi. The Myth Seekers 2: The Sunken City stars Amelia, an agent tasked with preventing a disaster caused by the emergence of the legendary sunken city of Ys.

While the Iron's Hot
While the Iron's Hot

Adventure 05 December 2023

An adventure game with RPG elements and an extensive crafting system. While the Iron's Hot has us playing as a blacksmith, traversing the world in search of resources and using them to forge various items.

Watch Over Christmas
Watch Over Christmas

Adventure 30 November 2022

A Christmas-themed point-and-click adventure game. Watch Over Christmas has us playing as Cisco, a young boy on a journey to save Santa and Christmas.

The Rise of the Golden Idol
The Rise of the Golden Idol

Adventure 2024

A point-and-click detective adventure game and a sequel to The Case of the Golden Idol. The Rise of the Golden Idol has us solving fifteen investigations and trying to figure out how they're related to the titular Golden Idol.

Bahnsen Knights
Bahnsen Knights

Adventure 18 January 2024

Bahnsen Knights is a visual novel adventure game, telling the story of a cult, searching for hell within the heavens. The gameplay revolves around making choices and solving puzzles.

Aery: Calm Mind 4
Aery: Calm Mind 4

Adventure 20 December 2023

A relaxing third-person arcade game. Aery: Calm Mind 4 has us playing as a bird, traversing fantasy areas, collecting crystals. The game was designed to be tranquil and not stressful whatsoever.

Harmonium: The Musical
Harmonium: The Musical

Adventure 2025

A musical-adventure game starring a deaf girl, trying to create music one can see and feel. Harmonium The Musical lets us witness her symphony come to life. The game makes use of American Sign Language, other kinds of non-verbal communication and features many accessibility options.

Eastshade
Eastshade

Adventure 21 October 2019

Eastshade is an adventure exploration game, in which, apart from visiting locations and absorbing the plot, you can also craft items and paint pictures of the locations you visit, which is an important aspect of the gameplay.

Pinstripe
Pinstripe

Adventure 07 February 2018

A two-dimensional action adventure game created by Thomas Brush (who worked for Atmos Games), the creator of such free games as Coma! and Skinny!. Pinstripe focuses on two important topics: faith and fatherhood. The player assumes the role of a former pastor, named Teddy, whose daughter was kidnapped by a mysterious creature which calls itself God. The player starts chasing the creature and soon reaches the hell – surprisingly covered with ice.

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

Adventure 28 May 2015

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.

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.

The Song of Seven
The Song of Seven

Adventure canceled

An episodic, fairytale-like point-and-click adventure game by an American developer Enlightened Games. The plot of The Song of Seven is set in a fantasy world of Pria, inhabited by fantastic races and original creatures. The main character is a boy named Kiba. When a mythical evil starts growing in strength, and slowly casts its shadow upon the land, the adolescent protagonist has to leave the village and find a way to deal with the danger.

The Works of Mercy
The Works of Mercy

Adventure canceled

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.

Asemblance
Asemblance

Adventure 30 January 2018

An episodic psychological thriller exploration game, the first one by Nilo Studies, founded by Niles Sankey—formerly a member of Bungie for ten years, the creators of e.g. the Halo franchise and Destiny. The game was inspired by American TV series such as The X-Files or The Twilight Zone, as well the British series Black Mirror and video games like The Stanley Parable or P.T. (the playable teaser of the ultimately cancelled Silent Hills).