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.![]() |
Windows (1998) Beware of the Aliens is a point-and-click adventure game. A meeting is held by an alien race to come up... |
PC-98 (1996) Monstrous aliens are attacking a skyscraper area in a modern city on the Earth. A special battleship, navigated by captain... |
Windows (2001), PlayStation 2 (2001), iPhone (2012), Android (2013) and iPad (2012) Beyond Atlantis II is the third adventure game in the Atlantis series.This fantasy game takes place in the year 2020... |
ZX Spectrum (1995) Beyond Eldorado is a single player text adventure from the prolific Lawrence CreightonThe game has a simple storyline, the player... |
Linux (2015), Windows (2015), Macintosh (2015), PlayStation 4 (2015) and Xbox One (2015) Beyond Eyes is a game about the 10 year-old girl Rae who lost her eyesight in a fireworks accident when... |
Windows (2015) Beyond Horizon is a free 2D point-and-click adventure game. It features an inventory. The game can be controlled via mouse.In... |
TurboGrafx CD (1993) This is a sequel to the adventure game Shadowgate. You control Prince Eric, the descendant of the hero of the... |
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Windows (2006) You play the role of fictional Lovecraftian occultist and paranormal scholar Friedrich Wilhelm von Junzt, celebrated author of Unaussprechlichen Kulten,... |
DOS (1986) In this mid-'80s text adventure, the player finds themselves a passenger on the doomed Titanic and must find some way... |
Windows 3.x (1992) and Macintosh (1992) The planet Caladon is in trouble and needs help. In this story, you will become part of the expedition team... |
Windows (1997) and Windows 3.x (1997) Beyond Time is an inventory-based, mouse-driven adventure game based on the novel Obelisk by Dr. Judith Kaye Jones. "Obelisk" was... |
PlayStation 3 (2013) The story focuses on the life of a young girl, Jodie, who has a special ability to see or feel... |
PlayStation 4 (2015) Beyond: Two Souls for PlayStation 4 is an enhanced port of the PlayStation 3 game release which includes the base... |
DOS (1987), Amiga (1987), Atari ST (1987), Apple II (1987), Apple IIgs (1988), Commodore 128 (1987) and Macintosh (1987) Aimlessly wandering through the Southlands of Quendor, the hero of the game encounters the Implementors, powerful beings who warn him... |
Windows (2006) Everything is not as it seems in the school grounds, rumors run amok about students practicing black magic, and a... |
Commodore 64 (1992), ZX Spectrum (1992) and Amstrad CPC (1992) Biff isn't a nice chimp as he keeps being rude to his Mother, but his Mother has had enough and... |
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)
- 4.54 Thimbleweed Park (2017)
- 4.51 Biosys (1999)
- 4.50 Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers - 20th Anniversary Edition (2014)
- 4.50 The Book of Unwritten Tales: The Critter Chronicles (2011)
- 4.44 Roberta Williams' Mixed-Up Mother Goose (1991)
- 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: