Adventure games are video games that have the player taking control of a protagonist in an interactive story, typically with exploration and puzzle or problem-solving elements as part of the gameplay.
The vast majority of adventure games are designed for single player, and encompass a wide variety of subgenres such as point-and-click adventures (The Secret of Monkey Island), episodic adventure games (The Walking Dead), and walking simulators (The Stanley Parable), with one of the most notable adventure games of all time being Zork, a text-based adventure game.
Today marks the newest content update that Crema, the developers of Temtem, have released for their title. It includes Ranked Matchmaking, readability fixes, a new status condition, and more. Crema…
April 8, 2020 | 11:27 EDT
Hello Games has given us a first good look at The Last Campfire, a tiny side project that the studio has been working on in the midst of its continual development on No Man's Sky. Let's get right to…
April 7, 2020 | 05:51 EDT
A new showcase of Inside Xbox has shown that players should get ready for more laughs as Journey to the Savage Planet launches their first set of new DLC. Humorously called "Hot Garbage," the extra…
April 7, 2020 | 05:35 EDT
Inkle Studios, known for their work on 80 Days and Heaven's Vault, reveals their latest creation. A medieval narrative-driven strategic title under the name Pendragon. Players will get to experience…
April 2, 2020 | 01:15 EDT
CBE Software has shifted their release date of Someday You'll Return due to the COVID-19 pandemic and social distancing. The title was originally supposed to release on April 14, but it's now…
April 2, 2020 | 10:34 EDT
Sit back, relax. It's time to regale you the wondrous tale of Valve's most iconic Gnome. Chompski is a recurring garden gnome in some of Valve's games. In Half-Life 2: Episode 2, he can be brought…
April 4, 2020 | 11:00 EDT
When faced with your inner demons, how far will you go for the sake of a loved one? In Someday You'll Return you play as Daniel, a skilled survivalist who's looking for his daughter that ran away.…
March 31, 2020 | 04:10 EDT
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March 31, 2020 | 04:11 EDT
Don't you just hate that? Having to walk around and whack some round silly thing with a piece of metal. Then you gotta hop in some silly golf kart, chase after it, and whack it again! What is this,…
March 31, 2020 | 04:12 EDT
You ever feel lost, yet know exactly where you're going? Ever follow a trusted road, yet oblivious to its end? Sometimes the conclusion we seek is not ours to grasp, but for others to reach for us. …
March 31, 2020 | 05:05 EDT
Half-Life: Alyx, the first official Valve Half-Life game in thirteen years, is upon us, and it's a VR-only game. Even so, dataminers have managed to unearth a slightly broken non-VR mode that appears…
March 26, 2020 | 09:22 EDT
If you like haunted houses as much as I do, Luigi's Mansion 3 likely holds an extra pull for you. Though the series is dispersed by release dates, they all share a common core: the timid character of…
March 30, 2020 | 11:00 EDT
Half-Life 2: Episode Two left us on an agonizing cliffhanger with Eli Vance's sudden death. Now, thirteen years later, the next chapter in Valve's signature franchise is finally here. In Half-Life:…
March 28, 2020 | 12:00 EDT
Developer Rock Pocket Games, known for their work on colorful puzzle platformer Shiftlings, alongside publisher Funcom released first-person horror adventure title, Moons of Madness. The studio draws…
April 6, 2020 | 11:00 EDT
Deliver Us The Moon and Those Who Remain are facing delays in various areas thanks in part to the coronavirus' effect on the world on large. "Due to several offices, including our main HQ, and those…
March 23, 2020 | 02:20 EDT
There are many subjects that games don't usually touch, and suicide tends to be a bigger one. There are obvious reasons for this, but it's a subject matter that has quite a few negative correlations…
March 27, 2020 | 12:00 EDT
Explore the afterlife as a ghost (a cool one, not the spooky kind) later this year in the timed exclusive game I Am Dead from developers Hollow Ponds and Richard Hogg. In I Am Dead you play as the…
March 17, 2020 | 01:47 EDT
Hello Games, best known for No Man's Sky, has showed off a brand new trailer for their upcoming indie title, The Last Campfire. This intimate adventure stars Ember, a character who is lost in a…
March 17, 2020 | 01:21 EDT
Sometimes I just want a good story. I also want to pay the price of "absolutely nothing." That seems reasonable, right? Well, no, but that doesn't mean I can't come away pleased at finding something…
March 13, 2020 | 04:00 EDT
What game started the wonderful wave of indie games we've seemingly had since 2010? There are a few candidates, but one of the most likely is 2D platformer LIMBO. That game combined a beautiful art…
March 12, 2020 | 11:00 EDT
The Flower Collectors is a detective murder mystery from the same studio that brought you The Lion's Song. You play as Jorge, a retired police officer in a wheelchair. Jorge watches his city from his…
May 4, 2020 | 09:08 EDT
Embody the Ace of Spade and make your foes shovel off. Shovel Knight is the legendary indie title that did quite the opposite of sitting on its laurels. Embodying a charming and lovingly crafted 8-…
May 4, 2020 | 08:40 EDT
In Stela you are a woman placed in an ancient world that's seeing its final days, while its decaying terrain is marred with warfare and vicious beasts. Set to an original soundtrack, traverse these…
April 7, 2020 | 08:37 EDT
What if you built a whole game around a Tamagotchi, except instead of choosing to feed and care for it, you can choose to interact with the world through it - or not? From the moment you start The…
September 5, 2020 | 11:25 EDT
Created during the 2020 Global Game Jam, Stories and Smoke revolves around you and another, entering a shrine. A ritual must occur to restore peace to your people, yet only one of the two of you will…
May 4, 2020 | 08:28 EDT
Flipping a Hotel business has never been this scary. Your father's adultery urged you and your mother to leave while you were but a teenager. Years later, you return to the hotel after the death of…
March 9, 2020 | 10:12 EDT
Mipumi Games, creator of the narrative adventure The Lion's Song, has announced its next project. The Flower Collectors is a noir-style detective mystery set in post-Franco Spain. In The Flower…
March 5, 2020 | 09:25 EST
If you've been hoping for a Valve Index restock before Half-Life: Alyx drops, there's good news and bad news. The good news is that a restock is coming within the week. The bad news is that Valve…
March 4, 2020 | 04:38 EST
Valve has released not one, not two, but three (!) Half-Life: Alyx gameplay trailers — and there's a wealth of information contained within. While all of these trailers reveal multiple new things…
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February 28, 2020 | 10:00 EST
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The first part of the Temtem roadmap has been released and it reveals what we can expect for the future of this Pokemon-like MMO. If you haven't yet played Temtem, you can think of it as a game that…
February 25, 2020 | 02:07 EST
Life isn't always sunshine and roses in medieval times. In Stoneshard you are a mercenary, looking to scrape by living in these harsh times. Being a mercenary means more than take part in a glorious…
May 4, 2020 | 08:22 EDT
There's some good news for the Temtem fans out there in the world — the developers have announced that it's crossed the 500,000 sales milestone. What's more, the Temtem 0.5.13 update has arrived and…
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A Kunai review bomb appears to have been the result of one dedicated user exploiting a flaw in Metacritic's registration and voting process. If you're unfamiliar with Kunai, it's a recently-released…
February 19, 2020 | 03:52 EST
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February 18, 2020 | 03:30 EST
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Everything about Kentucky Route Zero really sounds like it should appeal to me. Like, really, every part. It's an episodic adventure game about a small town that is going through a particularly awful…
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Arrrrrre ya ready, kids? ...No? Oh, okay. Well, either way, Spongebob's back with a remake of a fan favorite! SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom - Rehydrated may very well rival the…
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Before PAX South I had never heard of The Artful Escape. I'm sort of wondering how it could escape my notice because it is totally my jam. Literally. The Artful Escape centers around an up and coming…
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After a small alpha stint in a Free-to-Play MMO alpha, Torchlight Frontiers renames itself to Torchlight III and brings back that beloved and classic ARPG combat style akin to the Diablo series.…
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Has your addiction to caffeine gotten you down? Do you long for the immeasurable pleasure of getting others hooked on it too? Then the job for Barista is made for you! Step in the world of Coffee…
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