Adventure Video Games3
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.
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Layers of Fear
Adventure 15 June 2023
An FPP psychological horror adventure game and the third installment in a series originating from 2016. Layers of Fears runs on the Unreal Engine 5.
Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach
Adventure 16 December 2021
Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach is the new instalment of the Scott Cawthon horror series. The game takes the action to Freddy Fazbear's Mega Pizza Plex and introduces the new antagonist - Vanny.
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.
Stray
Adventure 19 July 2022
TPP action adventure game, in which we play the role of a cat moving around a cyberpunk city, inhabited not by people, but by robots. Stray is a game created by Blue Twelve Studio and published by Annapurna Interactive.
The Wolf Among Us: A Telltale Games Series - Season 1
Adventure 11 October 2013
An episodic adventure game based on the popular Fables comic book series. The Wolf Among Us was developed by Telltale Games, studio that used the same mechanics as in its previous title, The Walking Dead. The protagonists are fairy creatures that were forced to look for a safe haven in the human world where they must hide their true nature. During the game the player can encounter many characters known from the comic books – including the Big Bad Wolf, Snow White or Ichabod Crane.
Resident Evil 2 (1998)
Adventure 21 January 1998
The second installment in the best-selling survival horror action-adventure game series. Similarly to the original installment, the game has been developed by the Japanese studio Capcom. The action of Resident Evil 2 is set after the events shown in the first installment – nearly all citizens of Raccoon City have been infected by a mysterious virus, which changed them into bloodthirsty zombies.
Batman: The Telltale Series
Adventure 02 August 2016
Another episodic adventure game developed by the experienced American studio Telltale Games, who had produced many highly acclaimed video games based on famous films, books, and comic books, such as Back to the Future, The Walking Dead, and Game of Thrones.
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Adventure 30 October 2003
An action adventure game which is a remake of the 1989's Prince of Persia, one of the most popular platformers of all time, originally developed Broberbund Software. The game was created by Ubisoft Motreal and Jordan Mechner – the father of the original game, who worked on The Sands of Time as consultant and lead designer. The game tells a story of the eponymous Prince who accidentally releases the legendary Sands of Time, a mystical artifact that poses a terrible threat to the world.
Sherlock Holmes vs. Jack the Ripper
Adventure 30 April 2009
Sherlock Holmes vs. Jack the Ripper is a classic adventure directed especially to fans of the most famous detective in the world. Extremely intelligent Sherlock Holmes has to face the most famous serial murderer of mankind - Kuba the Ripper.
Dracula: Origin
Adventure 20 May 2008
Dracula: Beginning is an adventure game will keep you in a truly gothic, and therefore dark style. The studio Frogwares is responsible for its preparation, with positions with a well-known nineteenth-century detective in the leading roles (including The Mystery of the Mummy and Sherlock Holmes and the mystery of the silver earring) and games prepared on the canvas of Juliusz Verna's work (Journey to the Interior of the Earth and 80 Days).
Agatha Christie: The ABC Murders
Adventure 04 February 2016
An old-school murder mystery point-and-click adventure game, developed by a veteran of the genre, the French company Microids. Production is based on a novel by Agatha Christie under the same title and is the first installment in a planned game series describing the adventures of a famous sleuth, Hercule Poirot. Plot of the Agatha Christie: The ABC Murders starts when the detective receives a letter from a serial killer, who identifies himself as A.B.C.
Syberia: The World Before
Adventure 18 March 2022
Syberia: The World Before is the fourth part of a popular series of adventure games. Once again we take on the role of Kate Walker, who goes on a new journey through various lands. The game traditionally focuses on exploring and solving puzzles.
Nekopara Vol. 4
Adventure 26 November 2020
Nekopara vol. 4 is a visual novel adventure game. It is a direct continuation of the Nekopara series. The player again takes on the role of a confectionery owner, who is helped by anthropomorphic cats. This time together with the heroes we go to France.
We. the Revolution
Adventure 21 March 2019
Inspired by a popular game Papers, Please, this is an unusual mix of genres by the Polish studio Polyslash. We. The Revolution is set in the 18th-century Paris during the French Revolution. The player takes the role of a judge in the Revolutionary Tribunal, who judges both revolutionists and their enemies, as well as criminals and ordinary citizens.
Resident Evil 3: Nemesis
Adventure 22 September 1999
The third installment of the extremely popular survival horror series, which is supervised by Capcom. Players once again find themselves in the fictional town of Raccoon City, whose residents have been turned into bloodthirsty zombies. Of course, behind these events is once again the Umbrella corporation, from whose laboratory escaped another, deadly virus. We're given two protagonists - at the beginning we control only Jill Valentine from the elite S.T.A.R.S.
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.
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.
Deponia Doomsday
Adventure 01 March 2016
The fourth installment in the comedy adventure game series initially planned as a trilogy. however, under the pressure of fan expectations, the creators from Daedalic Entertainment decided to create one more entry in the franchise. Deponia Doomsday continues the story of Rufus, who had a vision of a disaster striking the idyllic floating city of Elysium and his home, garbage heap-planet Deponia.
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.
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.
Amnesia: The Bunker
Adventure 06 June 2023
The next installment in an iconic FPP survival horror series by Frictional Games. The game is set in a WWI-era bunker, while the player, for the first time in the series, can wield a firearm.
Mad Father
Adventure 10 December 2012
Mad Father is a horror movie adventure game, developed by the independent Japanese artist Sen. Play the eleven-year-old Aya and protect her from the dangers lurking at every step of the way in the picturesque yet gloomy family residence.
Harold Halibut
Adventure 16 April 2024
Harold Halibut is a science fiction adventure game, which stands out from similar games due to its hand-crafted visuals. The developers - members of the German studio Slow Bros - have created all the elements of the in-game world from wood, metal, gum, and other materials. Moreover, they have transferred physical props into the virtual environment with photogrammetry software.
Samorost 3
Adventure 24 March 2016
The third installment in a light-hearted adventure game series created by Czech developer Amanita Design, who also created such titles as Botanicula and Machinarium. Once again, you play as the little space gnome, who does not speak and communicates with the world solely by gestures and strange sounds. In terms of gameplay, Samorost 3 is a typical point-and-click adventure game that focuses on exploration of diversified locations and solving inventive logic puzzles.