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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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Syberia: The World Before
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.

The Council
The Council

Adventure 13 March 2018

The Council is an adventure game comprising of five separate episodes. The action of the game is set on an island, on which members of a secret society of influential people from the second half of 18th century arrive to hold their meetings. During their adventure, the players have to explore various locations, talk to NPCs, make difficult decisions, and solve puzzles using the system of fifteen skills that can be developed throughout the game.

The Forgotten City
The Forgotten City

Adventure 28 July 2021

Forgotten City is a FPP adventure game developed for PCs. The action takes place in a lost Roman city, where one of the contemporary researchers committed a serious sin, for which supernatural powers punished the whole group with death. The player must go back in time and change the course of events to discover a sequence that will save all victims.

Muv-Luv Alternative
Muv-Luv Alternative

Adventure 19 September 2017

A visual novel adventure taking place in a world where humanity has been fighting unsuccessfully for decades against the invasion of the cosmic alien race called BETA. The production is a direct continuation of Muv-Luv Extra and Muv-Luv Unlimited and is the epic culmination of the trilogy he creates with these titles.

Maitetsu: Pure Station
Maitetsu: Pure Station

Adventure 21 September 2018

A classic visual novel adventure game in which we try to help a small Japanese town rebuild its economy by using a closed railway line, among other things. The title offers a relaxing story full of friendly characters, as well as a lot of technical curiosities and information related to steam railways and industry.

The Inquisitor
The Inquisitor

Adventure 08 February 2024

The production is based on The Inquisitor Cycle, a series of novels by Jacek Piekara. In I, the Inquisitor we become the Inquisitor on behalf of Jesus Christ, who takes revenge on his tormentors and spreads the Gospel.

Paradise Lost
Paradise Lost

Adventure 24 March 2021

Paradise Lost is a first-person adventure game with puzzle elements, in which we have the opportunity to influence the future and present of the world, where World War II is not over and the Nazis carry out a nuclear attack destroying Poland.

Lifeless Moon
Lifeless Moon

Adventure 10 August 2023

The second part of the science fiction action adventure game series. In Lifeless Moon we play as one of the astronauts who, after arriving on the Moon, discover an Earth city on its surface, thus beginning a strange and mysterious journey.

American Arcadia
American Arcadia

Adventure 15 November 2023

A cross between a first-person adventure game and an action platformer. American Arcadia is set in the titular metropolis, its people unknowingly participating in a reality show, where losing popularity among the audience gets them killed.

Blues And Bullets
Blues And Bullets

Adventure 23 July 2015

A noir mix of an action and adventure game developed by the team at A Crowd of Monsters. We play as a former detective, Patton, who wants to face the wave of crime that plagues the city of Santa Esperanza, as well as the demons from his past. He must solve the case of a series of brutal murders, either by interrogating and speaking with key characters or through scenes straight from an action movie. Interestingly, the plot changes depending on our decisions.

Mask of the Rose
Mask of the Rose

Adventure 08 June 2023

Mask of the Rose: A Fallen London Romance is a steampunk visual novel adventure game. During the game player explores the underground version of the city of London, learns about the love stories of its inhabitants and solves conflicts between them.

Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse
Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse

Adventure 14 September 2014

A classic visual novel adventure, a prelude to Muv-Luv Alternative, which presents a completely new story and characters. Players take on the role of the test pilot of a new generation of experimental models of mosses built to repel invasions of aliens, who have been effectively taking control of the Earth for several decades.

Muv-Luv
Muv-Luv

Adventure 15 July 2016

A visual novel adventure game, the first installment of the popular Japanese series. Production consists of two separate parts. The first is a classic school romance, while the second moves the characters to an alternative version of the Earth, whose inhabitants struggle to survive in the face of invasion by cosmic invaders.

Close to the Sun
Close to the Sun

Adventure 02 May 2019

Close to the Sun is a horror adventure game developed by Storm in a Teacup. The production takes us to an alternative version of the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, where thanks to Nikola Tesla's inventions the development of civilization has significantly accelerated. The player takes on the role of a journalist who, while searching for her missing sister, finds himself on board a giant seagoing ship designed by Tesla for research and experimentation.

Aviary Attorney
Aviary Attorney

Adventure 21 December 2015

A legal adventure game inspired by the works of J.J. Grandville, a French caricaturist. It was developed by the independent studio Sketchy Logic Games. The action of Aviary Attorney is set in an alternative version of the 19th-century Paris inhabited by humanoid animals. It tells the story of two characters: a falcon lawyer named Jayjay Falcon and his assistant, a sparrow by the name of Sparrowson, who try to clear their clients of charges during subsequent trials.

Herald
Herald

Adventure 16 February 2017

A narrative-focused point-and-click adventure game and the debut project from the independent Dutch studio, Wispfire. Inspired by real events, the game is set in alternative version of the 19th century in which all western countries have been united under the banner of an empire known as the Protectorate. Players take the role a man named Devan Rensburgh, who seeks the truth of his origins while on his journey to Western Colonies of the empire.

Bohemian Killing
Bohemian Killing

Adventure 21 July 2016

A three-dimensional adventure game in the form of a courtroom drama, inspired by the popular Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney series. It was created by The Moonwalls studio's sole member - a lawyer and a game enthusiast who developed the game almost entirely on his own. The story is set in a steampunk alternative vision of the 19th century Paris. The protagonist faces the court, being accused of a brutal murder of a young woman. The player's task is to convince the court of his innocence.

Sine Requie: Anno XIII
Sine Requie: Anno XIII

Adventure canceled

Sine Requie: Anno XIII is an action adventure game with RPG elements produced by Dreampainters studio. The title is based on a feature system (pen & pencil RPG) created by Leonardo Moretti and Matteo Cortini. The plot of the game presents a vision of an alternative world history from the middle of the 20th century, in which mankind is threatened by a zombie epidemic.

Charon's Staircase
Charon's Staircase

Adventure 28 October 2022

Horror FPP adventure game. In Charon's Staircase we find ourselves in Oak Grove mansion where years ago so called Ministry was conducting macabre experiments. Our task is to survive and destroy the evidence of crime.