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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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Kona II: Brume
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.

Return of the Obra Dinn
Return of the Obra Dinn

Adventure 18 October 2019

Return of the Obra Dinn is an FPP adventure game by Lucas Pope, in which you play as an investigator working for the East India Company in the 19th century and your task is to discover the truth behind the disappearance of the entire crew of a trading ship.

Detective Pikachu Returns
Detective Pikachu Returns

Adventure 06 October 2023

Detective Pikachu Returns is a sequel to a detective adventure game starring the titular mascot of the Pokemon series. Playing as Tim Goodman, once again we investigate mysteries across Ryme City.

Minecraft
Minecraft

Adventure 11 May 2017

A sandbox game that defies classification, developed by the independent Mojang AB studio. Minecraft has been developed with the intention of unleashing the creativity of players, who can freely change the game's virtual world made from voxels (cubic blocks). The gameplay concentrates on terrain transformations, building structures, crafting items, and creating your own adventures.

Sludge Life
Sludge Life

Adventure 02 June 2021

Sludge Life is a first-person adventure game that allows you to play the role of one of the graffiti artists who is trying to gain respect and fame in a city full of pollution and corruption.

Dave the Diver
Dave the Diver

Adventure 26 October 2023

A pixel art adventure game with economic and RPG elements. Dave the Diver has us playing as the titular diver, exploring ocean depths during the day and running a sushi restaurant during the night.

L.A. Noire
L.A. Noire

Adventure 14 November 2017

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.

Palia
Palia

Adventure March 2024

Palia is a multiplayer life simulator set in a colorful fantasy world. Players must explore, get to know its inhabitants, complete quests, farm, fish and expand their home.

Syberia: The World Before
Syberia: The World Before

Adventure 2024

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.

Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express
Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express

Adventure 19 October 2023

A TPP adventure game based on the novel of the same name. The main characters of Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express, Hercule Poirot and Joanna Locke, must solve the mystery of a murder aboard the titular train.

Subnautica
Subnautica

Adventure 14 May 2021

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.

The Dark Pictures: Little Hope
The Dark Pictures: Little Hope

Adventure 05 October 2023

The Dark Pictures: Little Hope is an adventure horror by Supermassive Games. The game tells the story of several characters trying to survive the confrontation with the forces of evil, and the game is mainly about exploration and decision making.

Syberia 3
Syberia 3

Adventure 18 October 2018

A sequel to a popular adventure game series created by the Belgian comic artist Benoit Sokal and Microids Studio, released over a decade after the second part. The story focuses on adventures of Kate Walker, a young lawyer, whose profession, in-born curiosity, and adventurousness get her entangled in a new mystery.

Life is Strange: True Colors
Life is Strange: True Colors

Adventure 07 December 2021

The third main part of the popular episodic adventure games series. Life is Strange: True Colors was developed by Deck Nine, authors of Life is Strange: Before the Storm, and published by Square Enix.

Frog Detective: The Entire Mystery
Frog Detective: The Entire Mystery

Adventure 26 October 2023

A compilation of three FPP adventure games, in which we play as the titular Frog Detective. Frog Detective: The Entire Mystery consists of The Haunted Island, a Frog Detective Game, Frog Detective 2: The Case of the Invisible Wizard and Frog Detective 3: Corruption at Cowboy County.

Bluey: The Videogame
Bluey: The Videogame

Adventure 17 November 2023

A licensed adventure game based on a popular animated TV show. Bluey: The Videogame stars the titular character and her family, experiencing various adventures in singleplayer or local co-op.

The Sinking City
The Sinking City

Adventure 12 September 2019

A detective adventure game inspired by the works of H.P. Lovecraft. The production is set in the 1920s, in the fictional city of New England, suffering from a supernatural flood. You play as a private investigator, whose task is to resist the mass hysteria and discover the cause of the mysterious events.

Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened
Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened

Adventure 11 April 2023

An adventure game developed by Frogwares studio, set in the convention of Lovecraftian horror. The project's codename, Palianytsia, is an insult to Russian speakers, who often can't pronounce the Ukrainian word correctly.

Call of Cthulhu
Call of Cthulhu

Adventure 08 October 2019

Call of Cthulhu is a dark adventure game in a horror setting, based on the works of an American writer, H.P. Lovecraft. The game’s story is based on Lovecraft's fictional universe, first popularized by the, written in 1926 and published 2 years later, short story “Call of Cthulhu”.

Signalis
Signalis

Adventure 27 October 2022

Signalis is a surival horror inspired by the science fiction genre and games such as Resident Evil or Silent Hill. The game was developed by independent rose-engine studio.

Moonstone Island
Moonstone Island

Adventure 2024

An adventure game with RPG and life sim elements. Moonstone Island is set in a fantasy world of floating islands, which the player explores, learns its secrets and faces threats hidden within.

The Pillars of the Earth
The Pillars of the Earth

Adventure 01 March 2023

An adventure game from Daedalic Entertainment, based on a popular history novel written by Ken Follet, entitled The Pillars of the Earth. The game of the same title is set in the 12th-century, in the tumultuous period known as the Anarchy. After the sudden death of king Henry I and the only heir to the throne having been killed in the crash of the White Ship, England gets consumed in a violent war of succession.

A Plague Tale: Innocence - Cloud Version
A Plague Tale: Innocence - Cloud Version

Adventure 06 July 2021

An action-adventure stealth game that takes place in the 14th-century France, consumed by the Black Death. The main protagonists, Amicia and her five years old brother, are trying to find their mother. They must travel through the ruined city while avoiding the members of Inquisition and the groups of hungry rats lurking in the shadows.

We. the Revolution
We. the Revolution

Adventure 25 June 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.