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Game Groups > Protagonist: Treasure hunter

This group includes games that feature protagonists who spend a significant portion of their lives treasure hunting, to the point that it can be considered a full-time occupation. Treasure hunters seek valuable historical or prehistorical artifacts without undertaking any kind of scientific research at the place of discovery, as practiced in modern archaeology. Some such characters can have an archaeological background, like Indiana Jones, since that is certified by an academic degree, but no modern self-respecting archaeologist would actually stoop to treasure hunting. Many early archaeologists, such as Heinrich Schliemann, are considered ordinary treasure hunters. Modern treasure hunters may employ costly state-of-the-art equipment, and use science to search for artifacts, but they have little interest in researching their historical meaning in the context of the site, culture or entire civilization.

Limitations

  • Games where seeking treasure is a secondary occupation for the protagonist, for example as a part of a quest or wilderness exploration in medieval fantasy RPGs, should not be included in this group.
  • Pirate protagonists should be included in their own separate group and are not part of this one, since their primary occupation is piracy.

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Title (Year ) Platforms Genres Moby Score
box cover thumbnail Atlantis no Nazo (1986) NES, Wii (+3 more) Action
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box cover thumbnail Aztec (1982) Apple II, Commodore 64 (+4 more) Action
7.0
box cover thumbnail Blade Arts: Tasogare no Miyako R'lyeh (2000) PlayStation Action
n/a
box cover thumbnail Blades of Time (2012) Xbox 360, Windows (+3 more) Action
5.8
box cover thumbnail Chagunitzu (1990) DOS Action
n/a
box cover thumbnail Colossal Adventure (1982) Commodore 64, Atari 8-bit (+9 more) Adventure
7.8
box cover thumbnail Deadfall Adventures (2013) Xbox 360, Windows (+1 more) Action
6.4
box cover thumbnail Digger T. Rock: Legend of the Lost City (1990) NES Action
6.6
box cover thumbnail Digging for Buried Treasure (1994) DOS Educational
n/a
box cover thumbnail Disney DuckTales: Remastered (2013) Windows, Xbox 360 (+9 more) Action
7.6
Disney's DuckTales (1991) Dedicated handheld Action
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box cover thumbnail Disney's DuckTales (1989) NES, Game Boy Action
7.9
box cover thumbnail Disney's DuckTales 2 (1993) Game Boy, NES Action
8.1
box cover thumbnail Hamilton's Great Adventure (2011) Windows, PlayStation 3 (+1 more) Puzzle
7.1
box cover thumbnail Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure (2009) Nintendo DS Action, Puzzle
8.2
box cover thumbnail Indiana Jones and his Desktop Adventures (1996) Windows 3.x, Macintosh Action
5.6
box cover thumbnail Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb (2003) Windows, PlayStation 2 (+4 more) Action
7.2
box cover thumbnail Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis (1992) DOS, Linux (+5 more) Adventure
8.2
box cover thumbnail Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis:... (1992) DOS, Amiga (+4 more) Action
6.5
box cover thumbnail Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine (1999) Windows, Nintendo 64 Action
7.1
box cover thumbnail Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine (2001) Game Boy Color Action
6.9
box cover thumbnail Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) BlackBerry, J2ME Action
n/a
box cover thumbnail Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1991) NES Action, Racing / Driving
6.3
box cover thumbnail Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The... (1989) DOS, Game Boy (+10 more) Action
5.6
box cover thumbnail Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The... (1989) DOS, Linux (+6 more) Adventure
7.9
box cover thumbnail Indiana Jones and the Lost Puzzles (2009) J2ME, Windows Mobile (+3 more) Puzzle
7.5
box cover thumbnail Indiana Jones and the Relic of the Viking (2020) Windows Adventure
n/a
box cover thumbnail Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings (2009) PSP Action
6.8
box cover thumbnail Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings (2009) Nintendo DS Action
n/a
box cover thumbnail Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings (2009) PlayStation 2, Wii Action
6.0
box cover thumbnail Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1985) DOS, Amiga (+8 more) Action
5.4
box cover thumbnail Indiana Jones and the Temple of Spheres (2009) Windows Adventure
n/a
box cover thumbnail Indiana Jones in Revenge of the Ancients (1987) Apple II, DOS (+1 more) Adventure
n/a
box cover thumbnail Indiana Jones in the Lost Kingdom (1984) Commodore 64 Action
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box cover thumbnail Indiana Jones' Greatest Adventures (1994) SNES, Wii (+1 more) Action
7.8
box cover thumbnail Jewel Jones (2003) Windows Action, Puzzle
n/a
box cover thumbnail La-Mulana (2005) Windows Action
7.9
box cover thumbnail La-Mulana (2011) Wii, Windows (+6 more) Action
7.8
box cover thumbnail La-Mulana 2 (2018) Windows, Xbox One (+3 more) Action
7.8
box cover thumbnail Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light (2010) Xbox 360, Windows (+9 more) Action
8.3
box cover thumbnail Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris (2014) Windows, PlayStation 4 (+2 more) Action
7.2
box cover thumbnail Lara Croft GO (2015) Linux, Windows (+10 more) Puzzle
6.9
box cover thumbnail Lara Croft: Relic Run (2015) Android, iPhone (+2 more) Action
n/a
box cover thumbnail Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - Anniversary (2007) Windows, PlayStation 2 (+5 more) Action
8.0
box cover thumbnail Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - Anniversary (2007) J2ME Action
n/a
box cover thumbnail Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - Legend (2006) Game Boy Advance Action
6.3
box cover thumbnail Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - Legend (2006) Windows, PlayStation 2 (+5 more) Action
7.8
box cover thumbnail Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - Legend (2006) Nintendo DS Action, Racing / Driving
6.0
box cover thumbnail LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues (2009) Windows, Xbox 360 (+4 more) Action
7.0
box cover thumbnail LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues (2009) Nintendo DS, PSP Action
n/a

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