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.
Lucas Pope released the seminal Papers, Please in 2013, and in 2014 he announced on Twitter that he had started on his next game, "Return of the Obra Dinn, 3D 1st person mystery, 1-bit rendering." …
September 19, 2018 | 12:20 EDT
First things first. Marvel's Spider-Man has excellent web swinging. Ever since the game's premiere, the only thing people could talk about is whether it would top Spider-Man 2. This is definitely the…
September 17, 2018 | 01:00 EDT
Ever wanted to try and solve your own steampunk murder mystery and expose the darkened, noir underbelly of an illustrious city? Here's your chance! Written and designed by Francisco Gonzalez, the …
September 13, 2018 | 01:41 EDT
Alan Wake, the psychological thriller game by Remedy Entertainment and featuring the titular fictional novelist as a protagonist, is going to be developed into a television series as reported by…
September 12, 2018 | 10:45 EDT
While at PAX West, I had the chance to attend a presentation on the upcoming Life is Strange 2 and play the game's opening minutes. From what I saw, Life is Strange fans should definitely be…
September 11, 2018 | 12:30 EDT
It is better to innovate and fall short than to stagnate and succeed. Every misstep is a small success, a burst of inspiration telling us what can be improved. That’s why it’s so peculiar to see…
September 6, 2018 | 01:00 EDT
The post-release content for Marvel's Spider-Man has been announced. The City That Never Sleeps will be the game's first major piece of DLC and will be broken up into three parts. All three parts of…
September 3, 2018 | 01:57 EDT
Just as Spiderman is settling into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Insomniac Games is taking Spidey out on a new trip in a different continuity (comic book characters are like Schrodinger's Cat - they…
September 3, 2018 | 01:57 EDT
Insomniac's highly-anticipated Spider-Man for PS4 is right around the corner (it's almost with us!) so we thought it'd be fun to look back at the web-slinger's greatest video game outings. Spider-Man…
September 2, 2018 | 01:00 EDT
Insomniac Games' highly-anticipated Spider-Man is almost upon us, and it's set to (probably) be pretty awesome. Spider-Man looks to be the Spidey game that fans of the friendly-neighborhood-hero have…
August 26, 2018 | 01:00 EDT
Lamplight City is a steampunk-styled detective story from Shardlight and A Golden Wake developer Francisco Gonzalez of Grundislav Games. With five cases and an overarching mystery to solve, this…
August 22, 2018 | 12:00 EDT
Supermassive Games has announced and released a trailer of a new game, The Dark Pictures - Man of Medan, the first of an anthology horror series. This release comes from the developers of 2015 title…
August 22, 2018 | 11:58 EDT
The first title in the new The Dark Pictures series, Man of Medan kicks off Supermassive's new horror anthology series to be published by Bandai Namco. Each game in the series will feature its own…
August 22, 2018 | 11:57 EDT
Multiplayer experiences were a hallmark for Play NYC this year. The camaraderie shared between friends is especially intoxicating when in competition with each other. While there was no shortage of…
August 19, 2018 | 01:00 EDT
Tiny Hands Adventure is a platformer adventure game developed and published by Blue Sunset Games. This dinosaur escapade's creation derives from inspiration from old-school classics, such as Crash…
August 10, 2018 | 12:01 EDT
When your arms and hands are awkwardly proportioned compared to the rest of your body, simple tasks are difficult. Borti, the happy-go-lucky T-Rex, decides to take matters into his own hands to find…
August 10, 2018 | 12:00 EDT
Unavowed attempts to balance the urban and the fantastic with the shifting scales of interaction and internal logic in a compelling point-and-click adventure. Some may assume that fantasy has no…
August 8, 2018 | 10:00 EDT
According to a Twitter post by game developer Francisco Gonzalez of Grundislav Games, their latest offering, the steampunk detective story Lamplight City will be released on September 13. The game…
July 29, 2018 | 03:27 EDT
Unavowed is a point-and-click adventure game developed and published by Wadjet Eye Games. The setting is an urban fantasy universe where the player character joins a supernatural secret order in New…
July 27, 2018 | 01:00 EDT
When does pixel art stop being “pixel art” and becomes simply art? How many bits or pixels does it take? How much nuance is possible? Wadjet Eye Games’ latest point-and-click adventure Unavowed is…
July 27, 2018 | 01:00 EDT
Cantaloupe Kids' pop-up puzzle game The Spiral Scouts has added achievements and trading cards in the title's first post-launch patch according to an announcement on the game's Steam Community page.…
July 19, 2018 | 11:11 EDT
I'm not a huge fan of puzzle games. I've played my fair share of match-3s, adventure games, and the like, but it's not a genre that I'm super excited about. There needs to be a little something extra…
July 14, 2018 | 01:00 EDT
The Spiral Scouts, a foul-mouthed puzzle game from Cantaloupe Kids, is now available for purchase on Steam according to a tweet from one of the game's developers. The developer of HuniePop got…
July 12, 2018 | 08:27 EDT
The Spiral Scouts is a new puzzle adventure from Cantaloupe Kids, a team that includes HunieDev, the developer of HuniePop. Here's the description from the game's steam page: Join…
July 12, 2018 | 08:25 EDT
The Lion's Song is a point-and-click episodic adventure game first released for PC on July 7, 2016. It was later released on Android and iOS on August 10, 2017. It was also released on Nintendo…
July 10, 2018 | 09:05 EDT
Like the CRPG, the classic point-and-click adventure is going through a revival. Story-driven and humorous, these games are often dismissed as casual and lacking in compelling gameplay or innovation…
July 10, 2018 | 09:00 EDT
Unavowed, a point-and-click adventure game from the developers of the Blackwell series and Gemini Rue, launches for PC and Mac August 8th. The game was originally announced to be in development back…
June 22, 2018 | 09:45 EDT
Spider-Man! Spider-Man! Does whatever a spider can! Well, besides star in a ton of good games. It's no secret that there hasn't been much in the way of notable Spider-Man video games since Spider-Man…
June 12, 2018 | 12:30 EDT
We were treated to a gameplay demo of the new Spider-Man game. We see Spider-Man crash landing onto a prison, The RAFT, on an island in a storm where all of his greatest enemies are on the loose and…
June 11, 2018 | 11:14 EDT
A new indie game takes the stage in the form of Sable, an open-world exploration game by developer Shedworks. The game stars Sable, who will explore a vast desert and discover for herself the secrets…
June 11, 2018 | 08:08 EDT
The first big game shown at Ubisoft's E3 conference this year was another trailer for Beyond Good and Evil 2. It was mostly another cinematic trailer, this time showcasing the crew of the ship, the…
June 11, 2018 | 05:18 EDT
Update: Bandai Namco has shared new information about Twin Mirror in a press release. In it, they state that Twin Mirror will be released for Xbox One and PC in addition to PlayStation 4, and shared…
June 8, 2018 | 12:33 EDT
Day 2 of Sony's pre E3 2018 celebration shined a light on Days Gone, the open-world post-apocalyptic game set in a zombie holocaust. The new trailer right off the bat showed off the games release…
June 7, 2018 | 12:52 EDT
Pretty much ever since the first Pocket Monsters games hit Game Boy, kids have wanted to play them online, as I can attest from first-hand experience. We went from link cables to Wi-Fi Connections to…
May 29, 2018 | 03:11 EDT
Most games are developed as an attempt to emulate the most successful games of their respective niche. At best, developers try to distinguish their games cosmetically. Such games can still be very…
May 23, 2018 | 12:00 EDT
FAR: Lone Sails is an exploration adventure video game developed by Swiss studio Okomotive. It is the studio's first game. It released on Microsoft Windows and OS X on 17 May 2018, with Xbox One and…
May 23, 2018 | 12:00 EDT
Sekai Project announced at Anime Central 2018 that they would be publishing Nekoneko Soft's VR-focused visual novel Sumire. The 15th-anniversary project for the well-loved studio, Sumire will be…
May 22, 2018 | 09:14 EDT
The Spiral Scouts will be delayed until July 12, 2018, and a new HuniePop 2 character has been revealed by the developer of both games in a video on YouTube. Originally, The Spiral Scouts was all set…
May 16, 2018 | 11:13 EDT
The Beyond Good & Evil 2 developers released a video blog that shows off new ships & staff combat in the game according to a news post from Ubisoft. The staff combat in the game is regarded…
May 3, 2018 | 08:15 EDT
The Good Life, SWERY's latest project currently being funded via Kickstarter, has received a free demo. The demo was released after a poll undertaken by SWERY via Twitter. In the poll, which was…
April 26, 2018 | 11:30 EDT
Enchanted is easily the first word that comes to mind when I think about delving into the exquisite world of Light Fall. Frustration, however, follows suit for the sake of its ruthless gameplay. A…
April 26, 2018 | 10:00 EDT
The Spiral Scouts is just over a month from release, and fans of HuniePotDev might be curious about what we can expect to see from the game. I fired off a few questions to the developer and he was…
April 23, 2018 | 01:00 EDT
An "auteur" is commonly defined as someone whose aesthetic, style, and degree of control makes each of their projects utterly unique and unquestionably "theirs." Readers might think of Hideo Kojima,…
April 20, 2018 | 12:23 EDT
The last episode of Batman: The Enemy Within ended with John Doe making an important choice. Either he took after Harley Quinn's teachings and became a villain, or he took after Batman and became a…
April 16, 2018 | 01:00 EDT
The Adventure Pals provides a quirky action-packed escapade for players of all ages. Twas Wilton's birthday when his Papa was abducted by the evil Mr. B. Not only did the madman ruin Wilton's special…
April 14, 2018 | 01:00 EDT
The Adventure Pals embarks with an optimistic boy accompanied by a giraffe and a whimsical pet rock. ‘Twas Wilton’s birthday when out of the blue, his Papa was abducted by Mr. B – a madman who…
April 14, 2018 | 01:00 EDT
The Spiral Scouts, a new game from the developer of HuniePop, will be releasing on PC on May 31, 2018, according to a tweet from the game's developer. Fans of HuniePop were treated to some good news…
April 10, 2018 | 09:50 EDT
Insomniac's Spider-Man finally has a release date. The PlayStation 4 exclusive will launch September 7th, and along with the announcement a Digital Deluxe edition and Collector's Edition was detailed…
April 4, 2018 | 01:47 EDT