Adventure
Description
In adventure games, the emphasis is placed on experiencing a story as seen by one or more user-controlled characters, often by manipulating said character(s) and the environment they exist in. Adventure games are characterized by general lack of reflex-based gameplay (action), though they may feature such segments sporadically.Adventure games initially featured text input and little to no graphics (interactive fiction). Afterwards, graphical adventures became more prominent and text input was replaced by a limited amount of icons/menus with verb commands.
Two distinct sub-genres of adventure games are Western-style adventures (also referred to as puzzle-solving adventure) and Japanese adventures, which typically have no puzzles and minimal interaction. Visual novels are traditionally also considered a sub-genre of adventure games.
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 Commodore 64 (1985) and ZX Spectrum (1986) Thelric the Wizard has kidnapped you by beaming you into his world, and will only set you free if you... |
Browser (2012) Following the player's triumph in Battle Castle, they are brought to the heart of European civilization, Constantinople, where the Black... |
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 Windows (2004) Masters of Sound is a point-and-click adventure set in a distant period of our future where music controls the universe.In... |
 Windows (1997), Windows 3.x (1997) and Macintosh (1999) In the castle of infinity live the eccentric masters of the elements who control time, gravity, electricity, warmth, light and... |
 Commodore 64 (1986) and ZX Spectrum (1987) This interactive fiction title (one of three licensed Masters of the Universe titles released in the mid 1980s) might suit... |
 Windows (2008) The famous exotic dancer and femme fatale Mata Hari is brought to life in this adventure game which builds its... |
 Browser (2003) In this sequel to the original Mata Nui Online Game, the player controls Hahli, a Ga-Matoran of Ga-Koro, who lives... |
Commodore 64 (1988) After all your training you now face your final test to receive the title of Matchmaker and it involves getting... |
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PC-98 (1993) The tribe of demons dwells above the Himalaya mountains. The demon king Zenon is harboring a plan to occupy the... |
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DOS (1994), Windows (1995) and Windows 3.x (1994) Blasternaut, Galactic Commander, and Spot, are out searching space for The Lost City in their violet magenta cruiser. Galactic Commander... |
Browser (2011) An exercise in time-shifted narrative in the vein of a spontaneously-generated bedtime story (and filling the backstory blanks thereof), this... |
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DOS (1994) Mavlin Malner from Earth was kidnapped by alien in flying saucer to the planet of moguns! The mogun, who looks... |
Windows (2001), Windows 3.x (2001) and Macintosh (2001) Max and the Magician comes from the team of Tivola and BVM, who are responsible for the Oscar the Balloonist... |
 Game Boy Color (2000) This game uses the license from the famous German TV series Biene Maja. Maja's best friend Willi is kidnapped by... |
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PC-98 (1992) and Sharp X68000 (1992) A Japanese high-school student receives a letter from his sweetheart Mayumi, who has gone to study in a remote school... |
Atari 8-bit (2014) Maze is a game created for the "NOMAM Basic Ten-Liners 2014" competition. The entire code, written in the Turbo Basic... |
Windows (1995), Windows 3.x (1995) and Macintosh (1995) This adventure game, the first ever released by Her Interactive, lets you take on the life of a teenage co-ed... |
Windows (1996) This is an expansion for McKenzie & Co., the game about the trials and tribulations of a teenage girl in... |
MobyRank
Top games by as rated by the press:
- 94 Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge - Special Edition
- 94 Maniac Mansion: Day of the Tentacle
- 93 Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge
- 93 Marsport
- 93 The Cat Lady
- 92 The Stanley Parable
- 92 Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP
- 92 Shenmue II
- 92 Sakura Taisen 2: Kimi, Shinitamou koto Nakare
- 92 Pajama Sam: No Need to Hide When It's Dark Outside
Games must have at least a MobyRank of 80 to be considered.
MobyScore
Top games by as rated by our users:
- 3.65 1912: Titanic Mystery (2010)
- 5.00 A Case of the Crabs! (2004)
- 5.00 The Adventure Collection (1995)
- 5.00 The Adventure Collection (1995)
- 5.00 Alabama Smith in Escape from Pompeii (2011)
- 5.00 Alabama Smith in Escape from Pompeii (2011)
- 5.00 Alabama Smith in Escape from Pompeii (2011)
- 5.00 Alabama Smith in Escape from Pompeii (2011)
- 5.00 Alabama Smith in Escape from Pompeii (2008)
- 5.00 Ankh: Edition Collector (2006)
Games must have at least 1 votes and a MobyScore of 4.0 to be considered.
Basic Genres
Adventure is part of Basic Genres. This group of genres contain:
