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Video Games Encyclopedia by Gamepressure.com
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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Escape the Backrooms
Adventure 11 August 2022
An exploration-focused FPP game based on a popular creepypasta. Escape the Backrooms is set in the titular Backrooms, which we must escape from while avoiding wandering monsters. The game supports singleplayer and co-op.
The Invincible
Adventure 06 November 2023
The Invincible is a first-person, retro-futuristic, thriller adventure game based on a sci-fi novel by Stanislaw Lem. The player must explore an alien planet, Regis III, in search of their crewmates, soon discovering the globe is very, very hostile.
Subnautica
Adventure 23 January 2018
A sandbox game by Unknown Worlds that combines elements of action-adventure productions and RPGs. As the game’s universe draws inspiration from such novels as Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, at the bottom of the ocean you can find bizarre sea monsters, as well as remnants of futuristic buildings and ships. The player assumes the role of a captain of an advanced submarine, and explores the depths of the ocean.
Call of the Sea
Adventure 08 December 2020
Call of the Sea is an adventure game in which we observe the action from the first person perspective. The game tells the story of a woman searching for a missing expedition, in which her husband took part. The game was developed by Raw Fury.
The Long Dark
Adventure 01 August 2017
A first person survival sandbox game, developed by independent Canadian studio Hinterland. The team includes veteran game developers, who previously worked for Relic Entertainment, Volition, and BioWare. The game takes you into a post-apocalyptic world after a massive geomagnetic storm. With all electronic devices disabled and water and food supplies running low, the player has to struggle to survive the incoming winter.
Titanic: Honor and Glory
Adventure 2025
A first-person adventure game from ORM Entertainment, which was initially supposed to be nothing more than modification to the popular shooter Crysis 2. Its story revolves around the disaster of the famous ocean liner, which sunk in 1912 with hundreds of people on board. We play as a man named Robert Morgan, who, due to false accusations, has to hide aboard the liner from the police.
Observer
Adventure 15 August 2017
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.
Astroneer
Adventure 06 February 2019
A sandbox game by System Era Softworks. Astroneer is set in the 25th century, when the civilization on Earth has developed enough for interstellar travel to become an everyday occurrence. It resulted in a certain kind of gold fever — people started to explore other planets on their own, driven by the desire of getting rich quick. The open world of the game is procedurally generated, and the surfaces of planets and moons are made of voxels.
Sky: Children of the Light
Adventure 10 April 2024
Sky is an artistic social adventure game developed by the renowned studio thatgamecompany, the creators of such game as Journey and Flower. The game takes place in the remains of a sky realm. The place was once inhabited by a great civilization that had fallen for unknown reasons. The player is tasked with discovering the mysteries of specific locations. They can complete this task by joining forces with other users. The game was designed with multiplayer in mind.
Subnautica: Below Zero
Adventure 14 May 2021
An expansion for Subnautica, in which we explore the ice-bound areas of the planet 4546B. As we play, we explore the game world and reveal its secrets.
Islands of Insight
Adventure 13 February 2024
Project S is a puzzle adventure game taking players to a fantastic world, where puzzles form the very warp of reality. The game was developed by the creators of Dead by Daylight, and offers quite a few puzzles that can be solved alone or together with friends.
Obduction
Adventure 24 August 2016
A first-person perspective adventure game with logic elements, developed by Cyan - the creators of the cult adventure game series, Myst. Obduction, created as a Myst’s spiritual successor, tells a story of a man who finds a bizarre organic artifact that fell from the sky and is taken by it into a strange world. In the game, our task is to figure out where are we, and then find a way back home.
Botany Manor
Adventure 09 April 2024
A relaxing exploration game with riddles and other puzzle game elements. Botany Manor is set in 19th century England and tells the story of a retired botanist, Arabella Greene, who is trying to develop the best methods of growing rare plants.
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
Adventure 25 September 2014
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.
Journey
Adventure 06 June 2019
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.
Visage
Adventure 30 October 2020
A psychological horror game and the debut work from SadSquare - an independent studio. The story is non-linear and focuses on a gloomy household that has seen many frightening events throughout the years - it has a history of driving entire families insane, leading to numerous killings and suicides. The protagonist is trapped inside the house, and apart from getting out of there, their goal is to solve the mystery behind the place.
The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe
Adventure 27 April 2022
The Stanley Parable, first-person adventure game from 2013, has been extended with new elements. The title is a narrative experiment, in form of a dynamic movie, where player makes important choices. We play the role of the title Stanley - an employee of a large corporation, whose task is to perform the commands that appear on the computer screen.
Windbound
Adventure 28 August 2020
A survival game where we find ourselves in a deserted archipelago. Playing the role of a warrior named Kara, in Windbound we not only fight for survival but also travel between the islands on a self-constructed boat and explore their numerous secrets.
Kona II: Brume
Adventure 18 October 2023
The second part of the series of FPP adventure games with survival elements from Parabole studio. In Kona II: Brume we again find ourselves in northern Canada, where another puzzle awaits Carl Faubert to solve.
Anatomy
Adventure 01 April 2016
Anatomy is a horror adventure game developed by independent author Kitty Horrorshow. Try to control your fear as you explore the desolate recesses of a darkened apartment. Only the voice from the cassettes will keep you company.
Red Sails
Adventure June 2024
Red Sails is an artistic adventure game focused on exploring the endless desert. On the deck of a sailing boat moving on the sand, we help lost strangers while searching for people close to us.
Insurmountable
Adventure 29 April 2021
Roguelike game made in the convention of TPP exploration adventure game with survival elements. In Insurmountable we play the role of one of three climbers and our task is to climb three increasingly higher and more difficult peaks.
Sable
Adventure 23 September 2021
Three-dimensional exploratory adventure game in which we play the role of a young girl named Sable crossing the desert filled with ancient ruins and forgotten wrecks of spacecraft. The production has a large open map, the structure of which encourages players to explore the fictional world by themselves.
The Guest
Adventure 10 March 2016
A first-person adventure game with puzzles, developed by small team at Spanish Team Gotham studio. The Guest takes place in the 80s inside an obscure hotel. The main hero is a Soviet scientist with a mysterious past, who struggles with mental issues due to his medicine addiction. After he wakes up in the middle of the night, he finds the hotel has been completely abandoned, and various obstacles are trying to take his life and prevent him from leaving the building.