3D platformersPC Adventure Video Games
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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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Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands
Adventure 08 June 2010
Another major installment in the famous action adventure game series. In terms of story, Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands is set between The Sands of Time and Warrior Within, and focuses on the events that caused the drastic, dark change within the Prince. Upon reaching his brother’s realm, the Prince finds the capital city about to fall, besieged by an enemy army.
Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones
Adventure 01 December 2005
Another installment in the highly-rated action adventure game franchise following on the eponymous Prince, who in the past carelessly unsealed the mythical sands of time. After events of the previous part of the game, the protagonist return to his home – Babylon – plunged in the chaos of war. Soon it turns out that the previous actions of the hero led to the birth of his dark alter ego, whose spirit gradually takes over control over the protagonist's will.
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within
Adventure 30 November 2004
Sequel to the 2003’s Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, rebooting the story of the hero from the classic 2D platformer from Broderbund Software studio. This time the prince has to deal with consequences of his reckless actions. He managed to turn back time and prevent releasing The Sands of Time, but he did not change his destiny, resulting in Guardian of Time chasing him to seal his fate.
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Adventure 02 December 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.
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.
Prince of Persia
Adventure 09 December 2008
Another installment in the bestselling Prince of Persia series, developed by Ubisoft since 2003. In terms of plot, the game is independent of the previous installments - it tells a completely new story. The protagonist has to face Ahriman - a Persian god of evil and darkness. The prince has to save the mythical Tree of Life by healing subsequent parts of the land poisoned by Ahriman and his allies. The protagonist is accompanied by Elika - daughter of the antagonist.
Mini Ninjas
Adventure 08 September 2009
An action fighting game. The players assume the role of a young ninja named Hiro who together with his friends is tasked with banishing evil from the virtual world. The game features simple RPG mechanics. During the adventure, the protagonist and his friends are constantly improving their skills.
American McGee's Alice
Adventure 22 November 2000
A bloody and dark adaptation of Alice's fairy tale in Wonderland, in which Alice has to deal with the evil Queen of the Dark with a whole arsenal of deadly weapons. Fun mechanics combines the typical platform exploration of large three-dimensional levels with a combat system realized as in the best shooters.
Arabian Nights
Adventure 22 August 2001
Adventure action game based on the classic fairy tales of a thousand and one nights. Players move to the mystical kingdom of Akabha, where they have to find the five missing daughters of the sultan.
Ode
Adventure 27 November 2017
Ode is an experimental third-person perspective platform game. The player assumes control of Joy – a light-threading star which explores fantasy worlds and meets various beings, plants and lifeforms that emit their unique sounds and visual effects.
Tasomachi: Behind the Twilight
Adventure 14 April 2021
Game from the borderline of 3D platform games and TPP adventure games. In Tasomachi: Behind the Twilight we play as Yukumo, who finds herself in the far eastern town of To-en. The girl explores the town and its surroundings, studying its secrets and looking for parts to repair her ship.
Pode
Adventure 03 April 2020
An adventure game with platformer elements, in which we take control of Glo and Bulder – a shooting star trying to head back to its celestial home and a stone being that helps the former achieve its mission. Gameplay in Pode consists of traveling through underground labyrinths and solving puzzles based on cooperation.
Scarf
Adventure 23 December 2021
A 3D platform game, enriched with elements of adventure, in which we play as Hyke - a humanoid spirit which travels through three different lands. The protagonist uses the eponymous shapeshifting scarf to provide him with additional abilities while exploring locations and solving puzzles.
Omno
Adventure 29 July 2021
A production combining the features of a platformer and an adventure game that takes us on a journey to a fantasy land. In Omno we play the role of a man equipped with a magical staff, and we visit various locations, facing the riddles and obstacles waiting for him there.
The Way of Life: Definitive Edition
Adventure 15 March 2018
An adventure game, in which we assume control of three heroes – an old person, an adult, and a child who face various problems. In The Way of Life: Definitive Edition, the action is seen from a first person perspective – the game makes use of mechanics seen in walking simulators and platform games, but the currently utilized mechanics are determined by the individual capabilities and limitations of the controlled character.
Candleman: The Complete Journey
Adventure 01 February 2018
A unique action-adventure game developed by an independent Chinese studio Spotlightor Interactive. The player assumes the role of the titular candle that can burn for only ten seconds. This flame is the only weapon of the protagonist during the long and dangerous journey to find the far away light. The gameplay mechanics of Candleman are based on principles of three-dimensional platform games.
Giraffe and Annika
Adventure 18 February 2020
A three-dimensional adventure game in which players play Annika, a girl with cat ears who explores the mysterious island of Spika.
Adventure Time: Magic Man's Head Games
Adventure 05 April 2016
A three-dimensional platformer based on the popular TV series Adventure Time and requiring virtual reality goggles. Players take ion the role of the series’ protagonist, Finn, who along with shape-shifting dog Jake traverse a fantasy land of Ooo, trying to lift the curse of the titular Magic Man. Gameplay focuses on classical features, like jumping on platforms, avoiding traps and obstacles, and lastly – fighting with enemies, all of which is shown from third-person perspective.
Fe
Adventure 16 February 2018
A third-person perspective action game with platform genre features developed by Swedish studio Zoink Games as part of EA Originals, an initiative created in order to support independent developers. The game takes place in a mysterious realm inhabited by weird animals of which one the players control. The gameplay mechanics of the game combine solving riddles with classic platform-genre exploration.
The Last Tinker: City of Colors
Adventure 12 May 2014
A colourful 3D platformer, in which we play the role of the boy named Kuru, brought up in the slums of the title City of Colours. Our task will be to oppose the mysterious forces sucking out colours and to restore the gray metropolis to its former colour.
Vane
Adventure 23 July 2019
An indie adventure game by Friend & Foe, a studio founded by the co-creators of such productions as The Last Guardian, Bionic Commando, Battlefield 3, and Killzone. You play as a boy, who has special abilities, as he explores an extraordinary world and discovers its secrets.
The Girl and the Robot
Adventure 18 August 2016
This is the debut of Flying Carpet Games - members of the studio that formerly co-created many popular mobile games. The game offers a third-person action-adventure experience offering a story about a girl imprisoned in a castle, built using ancient technology, by an evil queen. However, the protagonist manages to cast off the invisible shackles with the help of a multipurpose robot.
Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee
Adventure 20 December 2010
The third installment of the Oddworld series for the first time takes the player into a three-dimensional world. This time, Abe, known from the previous parts, is accompanied by a wheelchair-driven Munch.
Papo & Yo
Adventure 18 April 2013
Papo & Yo is a three-dimensional adventure-logical game in which we play as a teenage inhabitant of South American slums. The hero and his faithful robot try to find a way to get the best friend out of his addiction.