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Video interview: Mat Van Rhoon, Big Finish Games

interview Video interview: Mat Van Rhoon, Big Finish Games

Tex Murphy's past, present and future are all explored in depth with the creative director of the upcoming 25th Anniversary remaster of The Pandora Directive.

Mark & Lara: Partners In Justice

review Mark & Lara: Partners In Justice

This visual novel-styled murder mystery shows promise in its two-player co-op conceit, but will leave you questioning why more wasn't done with it.

Sanity of Morris

review Sanity of Morris

Its relative ease and a few rough edges may threaten to drive you crazy, but this conspiracy-tinged thriller is an otherwise enjoyable stealth-adventure hybrid.

Backbone

review Backbone

This gorgeous neo-noir animal mystery leaves plenty to chew on as it transforms into a genre-breaking art house adventure.

Demo round-up for Steam Next Fest

feature Demo round-up for Steam Next Fest

Feast your eyes on this latest collection of upcoming adventure game samplers, available only until June 22nd in the summer Steam festival.

Video interview: Al Lowe

interview Video interview: Al Lowe

The Sierra legend talks sex, sax, and other saucy subjects in a fun half-hour chat with Weird Adventure Gaming's Joshua Cleveland.

The World After

review The World After

First came the pandemic lockdown, followed by this modest little FMV sci-fi mystery whose scenic French village is the one thing you're sure to look back on fondly.

Papetura

review Papetura

Though playtime is cut understandably short, this lovely hand-designed papercraft adventure unfolds with abundant charm.

The Long Gate

review The Long Gate

Though filled with challenging science-based puzzles, this beautiful but methodical edutainment adventure is a bit too laborious to unlock its full potential.

Scarlet Hood and the Wicked Wood

review Scarlet Hood and the Wicked Wood

What a big review we have of this lovely fairy tale adventure, all the better to fill you in on this charming Groundhog Day-style reimagining of The Wizard of Oz.

Overboard!

review Overboard!

Casting aside the traditional whodunit formula, inkle's splashy new adventure is a delightfully fun and highly replayable shipboard murder blame game.

New and upcoming adventure games

The Prophecy partly fulfilled on Steam Early Access - Game Announcement

The Prophecy partly fulfilled on Steam Early Access

Point-and-click fantasy pixel art adventure expected to be completed sometime before the end of the year.

Silt forming for 2022 release - Game Announcement

Silt forming for 2022 release

Surreal black-and-white underwater adventure coming to Windows PC early next year.

Somerville coming together for 2022 release - Game Announcement

Somerville coming together for 2022 release

New indie studio featuring co-founder of Playdead unveils upcoming sci-fi thriller.

EDEN.schemata(); set to bear fruit later this year or early 2022 - Game Announcement

EDEN.schemata(); set to bear fruit later this year or early 2022

Replayable sci-fi murder mystery with evolving interface and game design unveiled for Windows PC.

Word leaks out that Avolteha coming to mobile devices - Game Announcement

Word leaks out that Avolteha coming to mobile devices

Wordless alien-world point-and-tap adventure 'coming soon' to the App Store for iOS.

The first episode of N1NE: The Splintered Mind unveiled - Game Announcement

The first episode of N1NE: The Splintered Mind unveiled

Debut of three-part narrative-driven cyberpunk mystery 'coming soon' to Oculus and Steam VR.

Unknown Number preparing to ring in 2022 - Game Announcement

Unknown Number preparing to ring in 2022

Voice-controlled thriller about fighting climate change coming to PC and mobile devices.

Detective from the Crypt emerges on Steam - Game Announcement

Detective from the Crypt emerges on Steam

Supernatural point-and-click mystery from the creator of Cat and Ghostly Road available now for Windows and Linux.

Sketchy Fables has designs on 2022 release - Game Announcement

Sketchy Fables has designs on 2022 release

Hand-drawn 3D 'interactive cartoon / artgame / comicbook' by artist Alle Jong unveiled for Windows PC.

The Good Life conceived for fall 2021 release - Game Announcement

The Good Life conceived for fall 2021 release

Open-world adventure in which you can transform between human, cat and dog coming to PC, Playstation 4, Xbox One and Switch.

Summertime Madness descends on Steam - Game Announcement

Summertime Madness descends on Steam

Demo also available for surreal 3D puzzle-adventure set within an artist's painting, newly launched on Windows and Mac.

Sam Barlow seeking IMMORTALITY in upcoming mystery - Game Announcement

Sam Barlow seeking IMMORTALITY in upcoming mystery

First details unveiled for the previously teased 'Project Ambrosio' from the creator of Her Story and Telling Lies.


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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 Happy Game, STASIS: BONE TOTEM, Life Is Strange: True Colors, and The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles).

Popular Adventure Games

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Happy Game

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Happy Game

A psychedelic horror adventure that represents a radical departure from Amanita’s usual charming, family-friendly style.
STASIS: BONE TOTEM

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STASIS: BONE TOTEM

An all-new story from The Brotherhood in the same universe as STASIS and CAYNE.
Life Is Strange: True Colors

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Life Is Strange: True Colors

An all-new, non-episodic installment in DONTNOD's popular narrative adventures series developed by Deck Nine Games.
The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles

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The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles

A collection of ten cases starring the ancestor of Phoenix Wright in the late nineteenth century.
IMMORTALITY

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IMMORTALITY

The new game from Sam Barlow, creator of Her Story.
FAR: Changing Tides

6

FAR: Changing Tides

Sequel to the 2018 postapocalyptic side-scrolling vehicle adventure FAR: Lone Sails.
Vertigo

7

Vertigo

An original story loosely based on the Alfred Hitchcock masterpiece.
Oxenfree II: Lost Signals

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Oxenfree II: Lost Signals

An all-new story about mysterious radio signals set five years after the original.
The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes

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The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes

Third standalone installment in Supermassive's horror series.
Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One

10

Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One

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

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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We provide the latest Adventure Game reviews, an overview of the very best Adventure Games to date, more then 10 years coverage of our yearly re-occuring Adventure Game Awards (Aggie Awards), as well as covering new Adventure Games as they are announced. Looking for the very best all-time adventure games? Be sure to checkout our Top 100 All-Time Adventure Games list!

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Review of Beneath a Steel Sky

Rating - 30

Rating by Antrax (Jul 24, 2012)



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Recommendations For Adventure Games?

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Which adventure game character’s line is it anyway?

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Baron Blubba’s Crossword Quiz *Now Playing: Sierra Online*

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The adventure game discount thread

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STASIS: BONE TOTEM

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FAR: Changing Tides

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Oxenfree II: Lost Signals

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Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One

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Sally Face: Episode Four – The Trial

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Backbone

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Sally Face: Episode Three – The Bologna Incident

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Sanity of Morris

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Sally Face: Episode Five – Memories and Dreams

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Leisure Suit Larry: Wet Dreams Don’t Dry

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Sally Face: Episode Two – The Wretched

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Detective from the Crypt

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Mark & Lara: Partners In Justice

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