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interview Lori and Corey Cole: An excerpt from The Art of Point-and-Click Adventure Games

Our four-part exploration of Bitmap's excellent coffee table hardcover continues with a one-on-two interview with the creators of Quest for Glory.

review The Academy: The First Riddle

It's held back somewhat by a limited mechanics and lack of gameplay integration, but otherwise this charming fantasy puzzle-fest passes the fun test with flying colours.

review Shapik: The Moon Quest

This charming Amanita-style sci-fi puzzler is light on story but gets full marks for presentation and entertaining gameplay.

review Boïnihi: The K’i Codex

The latest installment in Simon Mesnard's Black Cube series may change perspectives but still translates into a quality puzzle-centric sci-fi adventure.

feature An overview of genre history, by The Art of Point-and-Click Adventure Games: Part II

Our four-part collaboration with Bitmap Books continues with the second half of the publisher's chronicle of the origins of graphic adventures.

review Old Gods Rising

The challenge level is low, but this rich exploration adventure reaches impressive heights with its gorgeous environments and clever blend of the real and surreal.

review Pendula Swing – The Complete Journey

The complete seven-part series is light on gameplay but provides a timely and uplifting exploration of social issues in a faux-1920s fantasy context.

feature Demo round-up for Summer Steam Game Festival

There's plenty of adventuring on tap this week, but act now as these downloadable samplers are available only until June 22nd.

New and upcoming adventure games

PlayStation 4 will be Where the Heart Is later this year

Dreamlike, choice-driven narrative adventure from team of former AAA developers unveiled.

Quintus and the Absent Truth debut now present on Windows PC.

Free debut installment of five-part thriller starring a man and his mouse available now on itch.io and Game Jolt.

The Unbeatable Path leads through Kickstarter

Demo available for karmic-driven first-person 3D horror adventure coming to PC in 2022.

Demo lets you brush up A Painter’s Tale: Curon, 1950

Exploration of voxel-based titular Italian village coming to Windows and Mac later this year.

For Evelyn to be available to everyone later this year

Demo available for retro RPG-styled fantasy adventure coming to Windows PC.

Seven Doors opened today on Steam

Haunting first-person 3D puzzler available now for download on Windows PC.

First details escape from The Wild Case

Demo available for dark mystery adventure in the Siberian forest from the creators of Angelo and Deemon.

FunnyPizzaLand 2 preparing for delivery in 2021

Comic point-and-click prequel to 2002 experimental art piece unveiled for Windows and Mac.

LOVE – A Puzzle Box Filled with Stories set to open later this year

Demo available for diorama-styled, time-twisting puzzler about loss and letting coming to Windows and Mac.

Indiegogo campaign materializes for Into A Dream

Demo available for side-scrolling ‘atmospheric adventure about love, hopelessness and depression.’

HYPERTURE gunning for Kickstarter funding

Portal-style indie physics puzzler coming to Windows, Mac and Linux in 2021.

Demo offers temporary window to Stargaze

VR exclusive 'magical interstellar journey' unveiled for Steam Game Festival; demo expires June 22nd.

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Game updates

Maquette gameplay video on display with developer commentary
The Wanderer: Frankenstein’s Creature makes way onto Switch
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Sounds like July launch for Creaks in new trailer
Demo detected for Jessika on Steam
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The Last Sky rises out of Steam Early Access
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Saint Kotar giveaway to celebrate their Kickstarter launch
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Beyond a Steel Sky dawns first on Apple Arcade
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The Almost Gone is finally here

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Adventure Gamers started as a humble fan site in 1998 but grew into one of the premier online magazines of its kind and the largest English-language website devoted to the adventure genre. We specialize in covering computer and video games that focus on puzzle solving within a narrative framework, from the oldest text and graphic adventures (such as Zork, King’s Quest, and Monkey Island) up through today’s upcoming releases (such as Creaks, Dustborn, Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One, and Amnesia: Rebirth).

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Popular Adventure Games

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Creaks

The first non-point-and-click adventure from Amanita Design.

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Dustborn

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Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One

A prequel in Frogwares' long-running series starring a young Sherlock Holmes solving his mother's murder.

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Amnesia: Rebirth

A new horror adventure by Frictional Games set in the universe of The Dark Descent.

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Firmament

A new steampunk adventure from the creators of Myst and Obduction.

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Twin Mirror

A three-part story-driven mystery from the creators of Life Is Strange.

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Asylum

A haunting new horror from the creator of Scratches.

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The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope

The second standalone installment in Supermassive's choice-driven horror series.

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Rosewater

A point-and-click Western drama from Grundislav Games set in the world of Lamplight City.

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Impostor Factory

A time-loop tragicomedy murder mystery set in the To the Moon universe.

Creaks

Dustborn

Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One

The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope

Rosewater

Impostor Factory

Based on reader feedback and the staff's assessment of preview material and press demos. Hover titles for details.

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Someday You’ll Return

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The Academy: The First Riddle

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Beyond a Steel Sky

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Old Gods Rising

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Shapik: The Moon Quest

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Boïnihi: The K’i Codex

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Seven Doors

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Leisure Suit Larry: Wet Dreams Don’t Dry

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A Painter’s Tale: Curon, 1950

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Creaks

What are (point and click) adventure games?

Adventure games are all about stories, exploring worlds and solving puzzles. Adventure games focus on puzzle solving within a narrative framework, generally with few or no action elements. Other popular names for this genre are “graphic adventure” or “point and click adventure”, but these represent only part of a much broader, diverse range of games.

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