Adventure
Description
Adventure games emphasize experiencing a story through dialogue and puzzle solving. Gameplay mechanics emphasize decision over action. Puzzle solving usually revolves around combining or manipulating items to advance the story. Some sub-genres like visual novels often skip on the puzzle solving and focus fully on interactive narrative. The name Adventure stems from the game Adventure (a.k.a. Colossal Cave), and not to the unrelated film/book genre Adventure. Game Title |
Windows (1996) Happy and Indigo: Love Star is an Israeli educational game for kids and the fifth game in the Happy and... |
Windows (1996) Happy and Indigo: The Journey to Iris is an Israeli educational game for kids and the first game in the... |
Windows (1996) Happy and Indigo: The Journey to Space is an Israeli educational game for kids and the fourth game in the... |
DOS (1995) Inspired by Winnie the Pooh, Happy Birthday! is an educational adventure that tells the story about a birthday of a... |
PlayStation 2 (2003) and Dreamcast (2003) Happy Breeding (DC) also known as Happy Breeding: Cheerful Party (PS2) is a non-adult console port of a Happy Breeding... |
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Wii (2011) |
 Windows (2007) and Nintendo DS (2007) The Happy Hippos - characters based on the collection figure series known from Ferrero's Kinder Surprise - want to explore... |
Commodore 64 (1990) Harboro, Lost in the Amazon and St. Jives is a compilation of three text adventures written by Dorothy Millard: Harboro... |
 Windows 3.x (1995) The death of blonde bombshell Marilyn Monroe remains a mystery, with many conspiracy theories doubting the official line that she... |
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Nintendo DS (2009) |
PC-98 (1995) The story of Harenochi Munasawagi does not start in a very original way: the protagonist is a high-school boy named... |
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DOS (1993) Harp is a young fairy of the Butterfly tribe. One day she and her friends meet an old man from... |
DOS (1995) Harp Vol. I is a remake of Harp: A Fantasy Adventure Book. This version has VGA graphics as opposed to... |
 Windows 3.x (1994), Macintosh (1994), iPhone (2012), Android (2013) and iPad (2012) This is an "electronic book", a game designed for kids which consists of a linearly-told story through still screens filled... |
Nintendo DS (2011) |
 PlayStation 2 (2008) and Wii (2008) Chihiro Ashihara is a high school girl with no memory of her past, who lives together with her classmate Nagi... |
 PlayStation 2 (2006) Haru no Ashioto for PlayStation 2 is a port from the Windows game with the same name, with removed adult... |
 Dreamcast (2001) It's March, and Yuu Nakagaki (中垣 祐) just graduated from junior high-school and is heading to a remote countryside to... |
Critic Score
Top games by as rated by the press:
- 94 Maniac Mansion: Day of the Tentacle
- 93 Shadowfire
- 93 The Pawn
- 93 Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge - Special Edition
- 93 Leather Goddesses of Phobos
- 92 Shenmue II
- 92 Sakura Taisen 2: Kimi, Shinitamou Koto Nakare
- 92 The Journeyman Project: Pegasus Prime
- 92 Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
- 92 Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
Games must have at least a Critic Score of 80 to be considered.
MobyScore
Top games as rated by our users:
- 4.71 Anchorhead (1998)
- 4.67 The Longest Journey: Special Edition (2006)
- 4.61 Museum Madness (1994)
- 4.60 Sakura Taisen 3: Pari wa Moete iru ka? (2001)
- 4.51 Biosys (1999)
- 4.50 The Book of Unwritten Tales: The Critter Chronicles (2011)
- 4.45 Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers - 20th Anniversary Edition (2014)
- 4.44 Roberta Williams' Mixed-Up Mother Goose (1991)
- 4.44 Lost Horizon (2010)
- 4.42 The Majesty of Colors (2008)
Games must have at least 5 votes and a User Score of 4.0 to be considered.
Basic Genres
Adventure is part of Basic Genres. This group of genres contain:
