Adventure Games

Minecraft: Story Mode - Episode 1: The Order of the Stone

Minecraft: Story Mode - Episode 1: The Order of the Stone

Platform: PlayStation 4
October 13, 2015
Minecraft: Story Mode is an adventure game set in a Minecraft world. It is a 5-part episodic series that will take you to the Nether, the Farlands, the End, and beyond. You will determine how the story flows through the decisions you make: what you say to people (and how you say it), and what you choose to do in moments of action.
Metascore:
71
User Score:
4.5
Minecraft: Story Mode - Episode 1: The Order of the Stone

Minecraft: Story Mode - Episode 1: The Order of the Stone

Platform: Xbox One
October 13, 2015
Minecraft: Story Mode is an adventure game set in a Minecraft world. It is a 5-part episodic series that will take you to the Nether, the Farlands, the End, and beyond. You will determine how the story flows through the decisions you make: what you say to people (and how you say it), and what you choose to do in moments of action.
Metascore:
77
User Score:
6.0
Minecraft: Story Mode - Episode 1: The Order of the Stone

Minecraft: Story Mode - Episode 1: The Order of the Stone

Platform: PC
October 13, 2015
Minecraft: Story Mode is an adventure game set in a Minecraft world. It is a 5-part episodic series that will take you to the Nether, the Farlands, the End, and beyond. You will determine how the story flows through the decisions you make: what you say to people (and how you say it), and what you choose to do in moments of action.
Metascore:
71
User Score:
4.6
Christopher Brookmyre's Bedlam

Christopher Brookmyre's Bedlam

Platform: PC
October 13, 2015
A fast-paced FPS with a storyline written by cult Scottish author Christopher Brookmyre. You play Heather Quinn aka “Athena” trapped in a world of video games, desperate to find a way back home. Will you make it? Or will you be trapped here forever?
Metascore:
54
User Score:
6.6
Three Fourths Home: Extended Edition

Three Fourths Home: Extended Edition

Platform: PlayStation Vita
October 13, 2015
In her mid-20's, Kelly has been forced to move back to Nebraska. Back to that flat expanse, that seemingly endless sea of rustling cornstalks peppered by rusty silos and rustier towns. A typically intense Midwestern storm is approaching while Kelly is out; she has to get home. In the 20 miles between her grandparents' crumbling barn and her parents' house, she receives a phone call from her mother. Assume the role of Kelly during her drive through the storm in Three Fourths Home: Extended Edition. While driving through a stylized representation of rural Nebraska, players navigate an extended conversation between Kelly and her parents and younger brother. Through dialogue choice and simple driving mechanics, this critically-acclaimed visual short story explores a specific moment of these characters' lives and their relationships with one another. The Extended Edition of Three Fourths Home includes an epilogue that expands on the story of the main game. Set at a bus stop in snowy Minnesota, this epilogue examines Kelly's past as well as the effects that the events of the main story have had on her.
Metascore:
84
User Score:
7.5
Masochisia

Masochisia

Platform: PC
October 9, 2015
A young man discovers through a series of hallucinations that he will grow up to become a violent psychopath. How will he respond to these revelations? Can he change his fate? Can you even... change fate?
Metascore:
68
User Score:
7.3
Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes

Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes

Platform: PC
October 8, 2015
You're trapped alone in a room with a ticking time bomb. Your friends have the manual to defuse it, but they can't see the bomb, so you're going to have to talk it out – fast.
Metascore:
71
User Score:
8.1
Whispering Willows

Whispering Willows

Platform: Wii U
October 8, 2015
In Whispering Willows, the player takes on the role of Elena, a determined young girl with the extraordinary ability to project her spirit outside of her body. In her spectral form, Elena can interact with the benevolent spirits and wicked wraiths that used to dwell within the walls of the sinister Willows Mansion - lost souls, stuck in time and space, who hold the secrets that Elena will need to traverse the terrifying old manor. Players need to make use of Elenas corporeal and ethereal forms to overcome obstacles, solve the riddles of the mansions enigmatic specters, and find Elenas lost father.
Metascore:
58
User Score:
7.9
2064: Read Only Memories

2064: Read Only Memories

Platform: PC
October 6, 2015
The time December, 2064AD. Your life as a struggling journalist is interrupted by the world’s first sapient robot, a ROM named Turing. Explore the world of Neo-San Francisco, befriend the locals, and decide how to approach your encounters.
Metascore:
80
User Score:
4.4
The Beginner's Guide

The Beginner's Guide

Platform: PC
October 1, 2015
The Beginner's Guide is a narrative video game from Davey Wreden, the creator of The Stanley Parable. It lasts about an hour and a half and has no traditional mechanics, no goals or objectives. Instead, it tells the story of a person struggling to deal with something they do not understand.
Metascore:
76
User Score:
7.5
Lost Horizon 2

Lost Horizon 2

Platform: PC
October 1, 2015
Lost Horizon 2 continues the story its prequel’s hero, Fenton Paddock, from the 1940s and 50s onwards, where he will face the hardest fight of his life: the fight for his family.
Metascore:
58
User Score:
5.1
The Rivers of Alice (Extended Version)

The Rivers of Alice (Extended Version)

Platform: Wii U
October 1, 2015
The Rivers of Alice is a graphic adventure that takes place in a world of riddles and characters inspired by the music and lyrics of vetusta morla.
Metascore:
69
User Score:
6.6
Armikrog

Armikrog

Platform: PC
September 30, 2015
From the creators of the Earthworm Jim and The Neverhood games, comes a stop motion clay animated adventure game called Armikrog.
Metascore:
57
User Score:
5.2
80 Days (2015)

80 Days (2015)

Platform: PC
September 29, 2015
1872, with a steampunk twist. Phileas Fogg has wagered he can circumnavigate the world in just eighty days. Choose your own route around a 3D globe, travelling by airship, submarine, mechanical camel, steam-train and more, racing other players and a clock that never stops.
Metascore:
84
User Score:
7.3
Stairs

Stairs

Platform: PC
September 28, 2015
STAIRS is a first-person atmospheric psychological horror game, inspired by actual events, that guides players through the stories of three missing people as seen through the eyes of journalist Christopher Adams.
Metascore:
65
User Score:
5.8
Euclidean

Euclidean

Platform: PC
September 25, 2015
Euclidean; a game of geometric horror; a slow descent into the dark, into madness, futility, and despair, where Things greater than you watch and wait and dream. Struggle for every second of life you have left.
Metascore:
62
User Score:
3.0
Else Heart.Break()

Else Heart.Break()

Platform: PC
September 24, 2015
A game about friendship, love and technology in a place where bits have replaced atoms.
Metascore:
79
User Score:
7.2
The Book of Unwritten Tales 2

The Book of Unwritten Tales 2

Platform: Xbox One
September 18, 2015
Join Wilbur, Ivo, Nate and Critter in another classic point-and-click adventure in the wicked world of Aventasia.
Metascore:
79
User Score:
7.5
The Book of Unwritten Tales 2

The Book of Unwritten Tales 2

Platform: PlayStation 4
September 18, 2015
Join Wilbur, Ivo, Nate and Critter in another classic point-and-click adventure in the wicked world of Aventasia.
Metascore:
63
User Score:
6.8
I Can't Escape: Darkness

I Can't Escape: Darkness

Platform: PC
September 17, 2015
I Can't Escape: Darkness is a quicksand trap for the senses - the more you listen and look for clues, the deeper you fall into a damp, living dungeon.
Metascore:
43
User Score:
tbd
Year Walk

Year Walk

Platform: Wii U
September 17, 2015
In the old days man tried to catch a glimpse of the future in the strangest of ways. Experience the ancient Swedish phenomena of year walking through a different kind of first person adventure that blurs the line between two and three dimensions as well as reality and the supernatural.
Metascore:
82
User Score:
7.6
Dropsy

Dropsy

Platform: PC
September 10, 2015
Dropsy is a non-traditional take on the classic point and click adventure formula starring the game’s perpetually carefree namesake clown as he explores a richly detailed world full of colorful characters and sinister secrets, doling out hugs along the way.
Metascore:
80
User Score:
7.5
Knock-knock

Knock-knock

Platform: PlayStation 4
September 10, 2015
There is a wooden house standing in the thick of the forest. A single man resides there. As of late the house is visited by unusual Guests which knock on the window shutters inviting the hermit to take part in a game of hide-and-seek. The winning condition is simple, you have to remain alive and to retain your sanity till sunrise. This means that approaching the Visitors head-on might be a terrible idea. [Playstation.com]
Metascore:
51
User Score:
7.3
Tearaway Unfolded

Tearaway Unfolded

Platform: PlayStation 4
September 8, 2015
The Tearaway Unfolded Crafted Edition includes a shiny Gold Leaf and a shining Gold Stamp to wear on your messenger, and an exclusive God of War and Journey costumes, allowing you to ‘journey’ through the world of Tearaway Unfolded in style. [Playstation.com]
Metascore:
81
User Score:
8.0
Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's Curse

Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's Curse

Platform: PlayStation 4
September 8, 2015
Paris in the spring. Shots ring out from a gallery… A robbery… a murder… and the beginning of another epic, original Broken Sword adventure. From Revolution Software comes the latest explosive episode in this classic series.
Metascore:
72
User Score:
7.2
Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's Curse

Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's Curse

Platform: Xbox One
September 4, 2015
Paris in the spring. Shots ring out from a gallery… A robbery… a murder… and the beginning of another epic, original Broken Sword adventure. From Revolution Software comes the latest explosive episode in this classic series.
Metascore:
77
User Score:
6.7
Red Goddess: Inner World

Red Goddess: Inner World

Platform: PC
September 1, 2015
Red Goddess is a 2.5D nonlinear side-scroller platformer with combat situations in an adventure to explore the inner-mind of a Young Goddess with the objective of remembering and recovering her own powers. -Explore the mind of a young goddess. -Fight against the dark thoughts and an invisible enemy The Narrator.
Metascore:
53
User Score:
6.0
Rememoried

Rememoried

Platform: PC
August 31, 2015
Rememoried is an independent video game, a virtual place where memories change to dreams and the only possible way is forgetting, which becomes a mechanism for proceeding to the next layer of dreams. The Surrealist explorative first-person adventure game.
Metascore:
65
User Score:
6.1
STASIS

STASIS

Platform: PC
August 31, 2015
Disoriented, drowsy and in pain, John Maracheck opens his eyes. There is nothing to greet him but the static of a nearby monitor and a cold steel floor. Thick, green liquid covers the floor and then his body, leading to trail to a nearby, steaming stasis-pod. He slowly gets to his feet, trying to take in his surroundings. Where is his wife? His daughter? What the hell is going on...? Stasis is an adventure game that puts you in control of John Maracheck, a man searching for his family in a seemingly abandoned research facility. Going back to classic adventure game mechanics, you are required to solve puzzles and use objects around you to progress and to find Maracheck's family.
Metascore:
79
User Score:
7.5
Whispering Willows

Whispering Willows

Platform: Xbox One
August 28, 2015
In Whispering Willows, the player takes on the role of Elena, a determined young girl with the extraordinary ability to project her spirit outside of her body. In her spectral form, Elena can interact with the benevolent spirits and wicked wraiths that used to dwell within the walls of the sinister Willows Mansion - lost souls, stuck in time and space, who hold the secrets that Elena will need to traverse the terrifying old manor. Players need to make use of Elenas corporeal and ethereal forms to overcome obstacles, solve the riddles of the mansions enigmatic specters, and find Elenas lost father.
Metascore:
57
User Score:
7.1
Magnetic: Cage Closed

Magnetic: Cage Closed

Platform: Xbox One
August 28, 2015
Magnetic is a first person puzzle game that lets you manipulate and master magnetic forces. The mechanics are focused around a single tool: The Magnet Gun. This device is the only thing that helps you navigate the vast and deadly prison-maze youve been cast into.
Metascore:
55
User Score:
tbd
Fran Bow

Fran Bow

Platform: PC
August 27, 2015
Fran Bow is a creepy adventure game that tells the story of Fran, a young girl struggling with a mental disorder and an unfair destiny.
Metascore:
70
User Score:
8.2
Amnesia: Memories

Amnesia: Memories

Platform: PlayStation Vita
August 25, 2015
On the 1st of August, you awake as the Heroine, with previous memories of who you are somehow snatched away from you. In your confusion, a mysterious spirit named Orion appears to help you regain your memories. Youll explore your own world as a complete stranger, trying to understand what was once familiar all while hiding your condition from the five men close to you. Because, as Orion warns, you may jeopardize any chance of recovering your memories if anyone finds out. Its now up to you recover the past to rewrite your future love story!
Metascore:
72
User Score:
7.2
Corpse of Discovery

Corpse of Discovery

Platform: PC
August 25, 2015
Corpse of Discovery is a first-person surreal exploration game located on a myriad of planetary landscapes. As the astronaut searching for answers while completing missions on uncharted worlds, players will work to uncover the truth about what happened and why they're there.
Metascore:
49
User Score:
1.9
Evoland 2: A Slight Case of Spacetime Continuum Disorder

Evoland 2: A Slight Case of Spacetime Continuum Disorder

Platform: PC
August 25, 2015
Evoland 2 is a very unique RPG, with its graphic style and gameplay changing as you progress through a deep storyline based on time travel.
Metascore:
74
User Score:
7.3
Steins;Gate

Steins;Gate

Platform: PlayStation 3
August 25, 2015
Okabe Rintaro -- aka Okarin -- is an eccentric college student who dreams of conspiracy and chaos. Adopting the persona of a mad scientist, he spends his time developing oddball gadgets with his friends in their makeshift laboratory. One day, they accidentally discover that one of their inventions can send emails into the past. In other words, they have created a time machine. SERN, John Titor, the IBN 5100, the Butterfly Effect, and the 11 theories of time travel -- when chance brings these elements together in Akihabara, Japan, the fate of the world hangs in the balance. What will Okarin choose when he holds the future in his hands?
Metascore:
83
User Score:
8.6
Steins;Gate

Steins;Gate

Platform: PlayStation Vita
August 25, 2015
Okabe Rintaro -- aka Okarin -- is an eccentric college student who dreams of conspiracy and chaos. Adopting the persona of a mad scientist, he spends his time developing oddball gadgets with his friends in their makeshift laboratory. One day, they accidentally discover that one of their inventions can send emails into the past. In other words, they have created a time machine. SERN, John Titor, the IBN 5100, the Butterfly Effect, and the 11 theories of time travel -- when chance brings these elements together in Akihabara, Japan, the fate of the world hangs in the balance. What will Okarin choose when he holds the future in his hands?
Metascore:
83
User Score:
9.0
Until Dawn

Until Dawn

Platform: PlayStation 4
August 25, 2015
When 8 friends become trapped on a remote mountain getaway gone wrong, things quickly turn sinister and they start to suspect they aren’t alone. Gripped by fear and with tensions in the group running high, you’ll be forced to make snap decisions that could mean life or death for everyone involved. Every choice you make while playing as each of the eight friends – even the seemingly trivial ones – will carve out your own unique story.
Metascore:
79
User Score:
8.3
Amnesia: Memories

Amnesia: Memories

Platform: PC
August 25, 2015
Can love transcend time, space, and lost memories? Delve into this question with Amnesia: Memories, which will be exclusively digital for the PlayStation Vita system in August, with a Steam release following soon after! It will also be compatible with PlayStation TV. In this visual novel, your life depends on hiding your recent loss of memory while you navigate complex relationships with five men. Will you be able to piece together that which was forgotten and rewrite the lasting love story you deserve, or will your love story come to an end?
Metascore:
72
User Score:
6.1
Tales From The Borderlands: Episode 4 - Escape Plan Bravo

Tales From The Borderlands: Episode 4 - Escape Plan Bravo

Platform: PC
August 18, 2015
Captured by Vallory and her thugs, Rhys and Fiona are forced to keep searching for the Vault beacon - at gunpoint. The beacon is on the Hyperion moon base - Helios - while our heroes are on Pandora... so there's the annoying cold void of death known as 'space' to overcome. Even with the help of a familiar face, and with a worryingly helpful Handsome Jack hitching a ride in Rhys’ head, getting on board the ominous ‘H’ is going to take every drop of guile, and quite possibly all the spunk you’ve got. Sacrifices will be made – can you make the tough choices needed to succeed?
Metascore:
79
User Score:
7.9
Tales From The Borderlands: Episode 4 - Escape Plan Bravo

Tales From The Borderlands: Episode 4 - Escape Plan Bravo

Platform: PlayStation 4
August 18, 2015
Captured by Vallory and her thugs, Rhys and Fiona are forced to keep searching for the Vault beacon - at gunpoint. The beacon is on the Hyperion moon base - Helios - while our heroes are on Pandora... so there's the annoying cold void of death known as 'space' to overcome. Even with the help of a familiar face, and with a worryingly helpful Handsome Jack hitching a ride in Rhys’ head, getting on board the ominous ‘H’ is going to take every drop of guile, and quite possibly all the spunk you’ve got. Sacrifices will be made – can you make the tough choices needed to succeed?
Metascore:
78
User Score:
7.7
Hacknet

Hacknet

Platform: PC
August 12, 2015
Hacknet is a terminal-driven hacking game with competitive multiplayer, a fully internally-consistent network simulation and a realistic interface. It follows the story of recently deceased hacker "Bit", whose death may not be the 'accident' the media reports. You stand in for no one, as most games have you do - play for yourself, make your own decisions, and see the world react - if you're leaving a trace that is. Hacknet has no protagonist, other than the person using it. Don't be reckless though - it's more real than you think.
Metascore:
82
User Score:
7.8
XBLAZE Lost: Memories

XBLAZE Lost: Memories

Platform: PlayStation 3
August 11, 2015
XBlaze Lost: Memories, is a visual-novel game based in the BlazBlue universe and the sequel to XBlaze Code: Embryo. Play as the enigmatic pink-haired protagonist as she navigates through a weird and wondrous alternate reality with the help of the mysterious Nobody in order to save her sister, who disappeared into this unknown world!
Metascore:
63
User Score:
7.0
Actual Sunlight

Actual Sunlight

Platform: PlayStation Vita
August 11, 2015
Actual Sunlight is a short interactive story about love, depression and the corporation. The game puts you in the role of Evan Winter, a young professional in Toronto, as he moves through three distinct periods of his life. The story is linear, unavoidable and (hopefully) thought-provoking. You experience his perceptions, fall under the consequences of his decisions, and meet everyone who didn't change him.
Metascore:
75
User Score:
6.3
Everybody's Gone to the Rapture

Everybody's Gone to the Rapture

Platform: PlayStation 4
August 11, 2015
Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture transports the player back to the brief moments leading up to the apocalypse to explore the choices people make when they’re faced with world-shattering events beyond their control.
Metascore:
78
User Score:
6.5
Dream (2013)

Dream (2013)

Platform: PC
July 31, 2015
Dream is an exploration game that takes place within the subconscious mind of Howard Phillips, a young man whose waking hours are tedious and dull, but whose dreams are lucid and powerful.
Metascore:
59
User Score:
5.9
Enki

Enki

Platform: PC
July 31, 2015
ENKI is a repeatable horror experience about escape. With multiple endings and an extensive randomization system that promises that every playthrough will always be different from the previous one, whether you as a player succeeded in escaping or not.
Metascore:
43
User Score:
4.4
King's Quest Chapter 1: A Knight to Remember

King's Quest Chapter 1: A Knight to Remember

Platform: Xbox One
July 29, 2015
King’s Quest is a collection of 5 different chapter releases, each focusing on an untold tale in Graham’s past. In each installment, an aging King Graham reflects on his life of adventure with his granddaughter, Gwendolyn, while players are thrust back to influence first-hand the decisions and events that shaped a kingdom. Embark on an extraordinary journey across the world of Daventry. [Sierra]
Metascore:
80
User Score:
7.9
King's Quest Chapter 1: A Knight to Remember

King's Quest Chapter 1: A Knight to Remember

Platform: PC
July 28, 2015
King’s Quest is a collection of 5 different chapter releases, each focusing on an untold tale in Graham’s past. In each installment, an aging King Graham reflects on his life of adventure with his granddaughter, Gwendolyn, while players are thrust back to influence first-hand the decisions and events that shaped a kingdom. Embark on an extraordinary journey across the world of Daventry. [Sierra]
Metascore:
82
User Score:
7.4
King's Quest Chapter 1: A Knight to Remember

King's Quest Chapter 1: A Knight to Remember

Platform: PlayStation 4
July 28, 2015
King’s Quest is a collection of 5 different chapter releases, each focusing on an untold tale in Graham’s past. In each installment, an aging King Graham reflects on his life of adventure with his granddaughter, Gwendolyn, while players are thrust back to influence first-hand the decisions and events that shaped a kingdom. Embark on an extraordinary journey across the world of Daventry. [Sierra]
Metascore:
77
User Score:
7.3
Life is Strange: Episode 4 - Dark Room

Life is Strange: Episode 4 - Dark Room

Platform: PC
July 28, 2015
Darkroom follows the antics of series protagonist, Max, as she attempts to uncover the mystery behind the disappearance of Rachel Amber and get to the bottom of the bizarre happenings in Arcadia Bay. With the ‘End of the World’ party on the horizon, time is running out for Max to become the saviour of the town.
Metascore:
76
User Score:
8.6
Life is Strange: Episode 4 - Dark Room

Life is Strange: Episode 4 - Dark Room

Platform: PlayStation 4
July 28, 2015
Darkroom follows the antics of series protagonist, Max, as she attempts to uncover the mystery behind the disappearance of Rachel Amber and get to the bottom of the bizarre happenings in Arcadia Bay. With the ‘End of the World’ party on the horizon, time is running out for Max to become the saviour of the town.
Metascore:
81
User Score:
8.4
Life is Strange: Episode 4 - Dark Room

Life is Strange: Episode 4 - Dark Room

Platform: Xbox One
July 28, 2015
Darkroom follows the antics of series protagonist, Max, as she attempts to uncover the mystery behind the disappearance of Rachel Amber and get to the bottom of the bizarre happenings in Arcadia Bay. With the ‘End of the World’ party on the horizon, time is running out for Max to become the saviour of the town.
Metascore:
74
User Score:
8.4
Lost Dimension

Lost Dimension

Platform: PlayStation Vita
July 28, 2015
Find the traitor who hides among your members!
Metascore:
72
User Score:
7.8
Lost Dimension

Lost Dimension

Platform: PlayStation 3
July 28, 2015
Find the traitor who hides among your members!
Metascore:
71
User Score:
7.2
Cradle

Cradle

Platform: PC
July 24, 2015
Cradle is a sci-fi first-person-view quest designed for the player to explore the surrounding world. The story is built around the relations of the protagonist and a mechanical girl who by quirk of fate found themselves amidst the desert.
Metascore:
65
User Score:
7.5
The Talos Principle: Road To Gehenna

The Talos Principle: Road To Gehenna

Platform: PC
July 23, 2015
The Talos Principle: Road to Gehenna follows the narrative of Uriel, Elohim's messenger, as he explores a strange, hidden part of the simulation on a mission of mercy and redemption in an attempt to free the souls of the damned at all costs. This substantial expansion consists of four episodes that take experienced players through some of the most advanced and challenging puzzles yet. The Talos Principle writers Tom Jubert and Jonas Kyratzes have returned to pen the expansion and show players an entirely different side of Elohim's world through a journey to Gehenna filled with new characters and a new society with its own history and philosophy.
Metascore:
82
User Score:
8.1
Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers 20th Anniversary Edition

Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers 20th Anniversary Edition

Platform: iOS
July 23, 2015
Gabriel Knight fans have been waiting for this day for a long, long time: Jane Jensen, the original creator of the acclaimed Gabriel Knight adventure series, has licensed the IP from Activision and is working on a Gabriel Knight game for the first time since leaving Sierra Online in 1999! The 20th anniversary remake of Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers will release on computers and tablets in mid-2014.
Metascore:
73
User Score:
tbd
Game of Thrones: Episode Five - A Nest of Vipers

Game of Thrones: Episode Five - A Nest of Vipers

Platform: Xbox One
July 22, 2015
In this penultimate episode, the actions of every Forrester are vital to the survival of the house. Rodrik's alliance with House Glenmore, and his defiance of the Whitehills, has drawn the ire of an even greater threat: Ramsay Snow. Far across the Narrow Sea in Essos, with Meereen now a free city, Asher is close to securing the army he desperately needs to return home, and save his family. In King's Landing, Mira's activities at Tommen's coronation have not escaped the attention of Margaery Tyrell, and Cersei has realized that the handmaiden may prove useful in her political games. Finally, beyond the Wall, Gared's unlikely allies are reluctant to help in the search for the North Grove... but this far into the frozen wilds, Crows and Free Folk have a common enemy; and winter is coming.
Metascore:
72
User Score:
7.1
Hatoful Boyfriend

Hatoful Boyfriend

Platform: PlayStation 4
July 21, 2015
Congratulations! You’ve been accepted as the only human student at the prestigious St. PigeoNation’s Institute, a school for talented birds. Roam the halls and find love in between classes as a sophomore student at the world’s greatest pigeon high school.
Metascore:
72
User Score:
6.4
Game of Thrones: Episode Five - A Nest of Vipers

Game of Thrones: Episode Five - A Nest of Vipers

Platform: PC
July 21, 2015
In this penultimate episode, the actions of every Forrester are vital to the survival of the house. Rodrik's alliance with House Glenmore, and his defiance of the Whitehills, has drawn the ire of an even greater threat: Ramsay Snow. Far across the Narrow Sea in Essos, with Meereen now a free city, Asher is close to securing the army he desperately needs to return home, and save his family. In King's Landing, Mira's activities at Tommen's coronation have not escaped the attention of Margaery Tyrell, and Cersei has realized that the handmaiden may prove useful in her political games. Finally, beyond the Wall, Gared's unlikely allies are reluctant to help in the search for the North Grove... but this far into the frozen wilds, Crows and Free Folk have a common enemy; and winter is coming.
Metascore:
74
User Score:
6.5
Game of Thrones: Episode Five - A Nest of Vipers

Game of Thrones: Episode Five - A Nest of Vipers

Platform: PlayStation 4
July 21, 2015
In this penultimate episode, the actions of every Forrester are vital to the survival of the house. Rodrik's alliance with House Glenmore, and his defiance of the Whitehills, has drawn the ire of an even greater threat: Ramsay Snow. Far across the Narrow Sea in Essos, with Meereen now a free city, Asher is close to securing the army he desperately needs to return home, and save his family. In King's Landing, Mira's activities at Tommen's coronation have not escaped the attention of Margaery Tyrell, and Cersei has realized that the handmaiden may prove useful in her political games. Finally, beyond the Wall, Gared's unlikely allies are reluctant to help in the search for the North Grove... but this far into the frozen wilds, Crows and Free Folk have a common enemy; and winter is coming.
Metascore:
77
User Score:
6.8
Niko: Through The Dream

Niko: Through The Dream

Platform: PC
July 17, 2015
A spiritual journey through dreams, where adventure, puzzles and mysteries come together in an oneiric and minimalist world.
Metascore:
74
User Score:
7.9
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter

Platform: PlayStation 4
July 14, 2015
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is a first-person story-driven mystery focused on exploration and discovery. As occult-minded private detective Paul Prospero communicates with the dead to discover the fate of a missing boy and the mystery behind a dark ancient force inhabiting Red Creek Valley.
Metascore:
81
User Score:
7.5
AR-K Episode 3: The Great Escape

AR-K Episode 3: The Great Escape

Platform: PC
July 14, 2015
AR-K: The Great Escape is the third episode in the classic point and click saga of AR-K. Help Alicia Van Volish to escape from District 8 and discover the source of the mysterious Golden Sphere through a great story, written by the 3 times Eisner award-winning writer Greg Rucka.
Metascore:
78
User Score:
7.6
Contradiction - Spot The Liar!

Contradiction - Spot The Liar!

Platform: PC
July 10, 2015
Spot the lie and beat the liars in 'Contradiction' - the all-video murder mystery adventure.
Metascore:
72
User Score:
8.1
Pneuma: Breath of Life

Pneuma: Breath of Life

Platform: PlayStation 4
July 7, 2015
Pneuma: Breath of Life is an enthralling first person puzzler putting gamers minds to the test in a visually stunning world using Unreal Engine 4 and Physically Based Rendering. Pneuma provides players with a sense of awe and a relentless determination to solve every puzzle and progress through a narrated story of self-discovery, exploring the fundamental nature of being. This is the first person puzzler of 2015 which is designed to force players think outside the box and explore beyond what they know as reality. Play as a god, Pneuma, and listen to his comical self-obsessed inner monologue whilst he takes you on a journey exploring and traversing his puzzling world. Rack your brain and progress through a series of environmental challenges that require perception, observation, and lateral thinking skills to succeed. Lift bridges, rotate platforms and move entire buildings all with the power of your mind. This game isn't about your skill with a controller, it's about how you perceive and analyse situations. Push your brain to its limits in this exciting new first person puzzler as Pneuma contemplates the nature of reality and you explore the ontological mystery of the Breath of Life.
Metascore:
69
User Score:
6.4
Knee Deep, Act 1: Wonderland

Knee Deep, Act 1: Wonderland

Platform: PC
July 6, 2015
When a washed-up actor hangs himself on location, a spotlight is cast on the backwater Florida town of Cypress Knee. Your screen becomes a stage on which you investigate this mysterious suicide as three distinct characters: cheeky blogger Romana Teague, down-and-out local reporter Jack Bellet, and cynical private investigator K.C. Gaddis. Experience a magical reality where characters are transported among scenes, set pieces moved into place, and music wafts from the orchestra pit. Knee Deep is about characters, storytelling, and the melodrama of swampland Florida.
Metascore:
66
User Score:
6.8
Anna's Quest

Anna's Quest

Platform: PC
July 2, 2015
In a land far, far away lives a brave young girl called Anna. She lives a peaceful life in the forest with her grandfather, until a mysterious illness befalls him. And so Anna ventures forth to find a cure for him, but this world is a much more dangerous and bizarre place than she'd thought: putting her journey to a sudden end, the witch Winfriede kidnaps Anna to use her for an experiment.
Metascore:
74
User Score:
7.0
Whispering Willows

Whispering Willows

Platform: PlayStation 4
June 30, 2015
In Whispering Willows, the player takes on the role of Elena, a determined young girl with the extraordinary ability to project her spirit outside of her body. In her spectral form, Elena can interact with the benevolent spirits and wicked wraiths that used to dwell within the walls of the sinister Willows Mansion - lost souls, stuck in time and space, who hold the secrets that Elena will need to traverse the terrifying old manor. Players need to make use of Elenas corporeal and ethereal forms to overcome obstacles, solve the riddles of the mansions enigmatic specters, and find Elenas lost father.
Metascore:
63
User Score:
6.1
Her Story

Her Story

Platform: PC
June 24, 2015
Her Story is the new game from Sam Barlow, creator of Silent Hill: Shattered Memories and Aisle. A crime fiction game with non-linear storytelling, Her Story revolves around a police database full of live action video footage. It stars Viva Seifert, actress and one half of the band Joe Gideon and the Shark.
Metascore:
86
User Score:
6.2
Tales From The Borderlands: Episode 3 - Catch A Ride

Tales From The Borderlands: Episode 3 - Catch A Ride

Platform: Xbox One
June 24, 2015
After a dizzying escape from a near-almost-certain-death scenario (involving statuesque buttocks), Rhys and Fiona are in search of another piece of the puzzle that will lead them to the vast riches of Vault key ownership. Lost in the mysterious jungle of an Atlas terraforming facility, Fiona finds help from an unexpected mentor, Rhys continues to share brain-space with the disembodied mind of a dead dictator, and love is in the air. Pursued by the ruthless criminal 'Queenpin' Vallory, and with very little help from Vaughn's accountancy skills (or stellar abs), getting anywhere near the Vault is entirely on you.
Metascore:
65
User Score:
7.4
Her Story

Her Story

Platform: iOS
June 23, 2015
A woman is interviewed seven times by the police. Search the video database and explore hundreds of authentic clips to discover her story in this groundbreaking narrative game.
Metascore:
91
User Score:
6.2
Tales From The Borderlands: Episode 3 - Catch A Ride

Tales From The Borderlands: Episode 3 - Catch A Ride

Platform: PlayStation 4
June 23, 2015
After a dizzying escape from a near-almost-certain-death scenario (involving statuesque buttocks), Rhys and Fiona are in search of another piece of the puzzle that will lead them to the vast riches of Vault key ownership. Lost in the mysterious jungle of an Atlas terraforming facility, Fiona finds help from an unexpected mentor, Rhys continues to share brain-space with the disembodied mind of a dead dictator, and love is in the air. Pursued by the ruthless criminal 'Queenpin' Vallory, and with very little help from Vaughn's accountancy skills (or stellar abs), getting anywhere near the Vault is entirely on you.
Metascore:
83
User Score:
7.4
Tales From The Borderlands: Episode 3 - Catch A Ride

Tales From The Borderlands: Episode 3 - Catch A Ride

Platform: PC
June 23, 2015
After a dizzying escape from a near-almost-certain-death scenario (involving statuesque buttocks), Rhys and Fiona are in search of another piece of the puzzle that will lead them to the vast riches of Vault key ownership. Lost in the mysterious jungle of an Atlas terraforming facility, Fiona finds help from an unexpected mentor, Rhys continues to share brain-space with the disembodied mind of a dead dictator, and love is in the air. Pursued by the ruthless criminal 'Queenpin' Vallory, and with very little help from Vaughn's accountancy skills (or stellar abs), getting anywhere near the Vault is entirely on you.
Metascore:
81
User Score:
7.9
Kholat

Kholat

Platform: PC
June 9, 2015
The game is inspired by true event known as Dyatlov Pass Incident.
Metascore:
64
User Score:
6.8
Sylvio

Sylvio

Platform: PC
June 5, 2015
Sylvio is a psychological horror game set in a tranquil, disturbing atmosphere. Ghost recorder Juliette Waters trespasses into an abandoned family park, shut down since a landslide in 1971. The voices of the deceased captured on her reel-to-reel recorder reveals a tale of an evil curse and a wicked family cult, currently living in the park.
Metascore:
60
User Score:
6.1
D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die

D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die

Platform: PC
June 5, 2015
Follow the story of Detective David Young, who has the curious ability to dive back in time, and use the power of Kinect or your controller to help David solve the mystery of his murdered wife and prevent it from ever occurring.
Metascore:
67
User Score:
7.0
Homesick

Homesick

Platform: PC
May 28, 2015
Explore an abandoned building, encountering puzzles and clues to discover what happened, as you try to escape in both your nightmares and the waking world. Be immersed in the 3D atmosphere in this puzzle exploration mystery game.
Metascore:
72
User Score:
7.4
Subject 13

Subject 13

Platform: PC
May 28, 2015
Assume the role of Franklin Fargo, an unassuming physics professor who has led a bitter existence ever since his fiancée died in a holdup in which he was intended to be the victim. One morning, he wakes up in the middle of an abandoned scientific facility. His only link with the outside world is a voice that calls him "Subject 13".
Metascore:
59
User Score:
6.5
The Detail Episode 2 - From The Ashes

The Detail Episode 2 - From The Ashes

Platform: PC
May 28, 2015
From the Ashes is the second episode of The Detail, a critically acclaimed neo-noir crime adventure from Rival Games. It continues the story of detective Reggie Moore, informant Joe Miller and officer Katelyn Hayes as they seek to find out what is truly happening to their city.
Metascore:
66
User Score:
tbd
Magnetic: Cage Closed

Magnetic: Cage Closed

Platform: PC
May 26, 2015
Magnetic: Cage Closed is a first person puzzle game in which the player manipulates magnetic forces to accomplish their goals. The mechanics are focused around a single tool: The Magnet Gun which allows you to create electromagnetic fields with either positive or negative charges.
Metascore:
61
User Score:
7.2
Game of Thrones: Episode Four - Sons of Winter

Game of Thrones: Episode Four - Sons of Winter

Platform: PC
May 26, 2015
In this fourth episode, the fate of the scattered Forresters hangs in the balance, and no one allied with the family is considered to be safe. An unexpected meeting offers Rodrik a new opportunity to free Ironrath from its Whitehill stranglehold, but with young Ryon Forrester still imprisoned, his next moves are critical. Gared must abandon Castle Black and venture beyond the Wall in search of the mysterious North Grove, risking encounters with Wildlings and worse. In King's Landing, the population is reeling from a recent royal death, and Mira must step carefully in an increasingly complex game of politics where secrets are traded as currency. Far away in Essos, Asher infiltrates the slave city of Meereen at the behest of Daenerys Targaryen, but will the friendship he holds dear break under the strain of a mission that raises memories best forgotten? [Telltale Games]
Metascore:
77
User Score:
7.6
Game of Thrones: Episode Four - Sons of Winter

Game of Thrones: Episode Four - Sons of Winter

Platform: PlayStation 4
May 26, 2015
In this fourth episode, the fate of the scattered Forresters hangs in the balance, and no one allied with the family is considered to be safe. An unexpected meeting offers Rodrik a new opportunity to free Ironrath from its Whitehill stranglehold, but with young Ryon Forrester still imprisoned, his next moves are critical. Gared must abandon Castle Black and venture beyond the Wall in search of the mysterious North Grove, risking encounters with Wildlings and worse. In King's Landing, the population is reeling from a recent royal death, and Mira must step carefully in an increasingly complex game of politics where secrets are traded as currency. Far away in Essos, Asher infiltrates the slave city of Meereen at the behest of Daenerys Targaryen, but will the friendship he holds dear break under the strain of a mission that raises memories best forgotten? [Telltale Games]
Metascore:
73
User Score:
7.0
Game of Thrones: Episode Four - Sons of Winter

Game of Thrones: Episode Four - Sons of Winter

Platform: Xbox One
May 26, 2015
In this fourth episode, the fate of the scattered Forresters hangs in the balance, and no one allied with the family is considered to be safe. An unexpected meeting offers Rodrik a new opportunity to free Ironrath from its Whitehill stranglehold, but with young Ryon Forrester still imprisoned, his next moves are critical. Gared must abandon Castle Black and venture beyond the Wall in search of the mysterious North Grove, risking encounters with Wildlings and worse. In King's Landing, the population is reeling from a recent royal death, and Mira must step carefully in an increasingly complex game of politics where secrets are traded as currency. Far away in Essos, Asher infiltrates the slave city of Meereen at the behest of Daenerys Targaryen, but will the friendship he holds dear break under the strain of a mission that raises memories best forgotten? [Telltale Games]
Metascore:
80
User Score:
7.2
MISSING: An Interactive Thriller - Episode One

MISSING: An Interactive Thriller - Episode One

Platform: PC
May 25, 2015
MISSING is an episodic series bringing the 90's FMV games and classic adventure together in a unique experience. Use your brain to solve puzzles, find items and use reflexes in action sequences to help the characters progress in the story.
Metascore:
63
User Score:
6.6
Technobabylon

Technobabylon

Platform: PC
May 21, 2015
Technobabylon takes place in a dystopian cyberpunk future where genetic engineering is the norm, the addictive Trance has replaced almost any need for human interaction, and an omnipresent AI named Central powers the city. Its all-seeing CEL police force keeps tabs on everyone... including three people who are about to meet their maker.
Metascore:
82
User Score:
7.7
Epanalepsis

Epanalepsis

Platform: PC
May 21, 2015
Epanalepsis is a narrative-focused point and click adventure that tells a story about those connections across 60 years and beyond that pays equal homage to New Wave science fiction, cyberpunk dystopian stories, and the art cinema of the early 90s.
Metascore:
48
User Score:
tbd
Bunker - The Underground Game

Bunker - The Underground Game

Platform: PC
May 21, 2015
Bunker is a classic point and click adventure that you probably enjoy even if you don't usually play adventure games! Use your wits to solve anything from logical to demented puzzles. Witness as the mysterious Soviet story line unravels. Finally experience your darkest desire and be a hipster.
Metascore:
70
User Score:
tbd
Sunset (2015)

Sunset (2015)

Platform: PC
May 21, 2015
Assume the role of Angela Burnes, a US immigrant in a small Latin American country ruled by a military dictatorship. The year is 1972. You take care of the luxurious penthouse of Gabriel Ortega, once a week, an hour before sunset. And then a violent uprising breaks out in the metropolis below.
Metascore:
66
User Score:
3.0
Life is Strange: Episode 3 - Chaos Theory

Life is Strange: Episode 3 - Chaos Theory

Platform: PC
May 19, 2015
In the third installment of Life is Strange, Max & Chloe ramp up their investigation to find out what exactly is going on at Blackwell Academy and the whereabouts of Rachel Amber. Secrets will be uncovered and Max will find another use for her power.
Metascore:
80
User Score:
8.7
Life is Strange: Episode 3 - Chaos Theory

Life is Strange: Episode 3 - Chaos Theory

Platform: PlayStation 4
May 19, 2015
In the third installment of Life is Strange, Max & Chloe ramp up their investigation to find out what exactly is going on at Blackwell Academy and the whereabouts of Rachel Amber. Secrets will be uncovered and Max will find another use for her power.
Metascore:
81
User Score:
8.1
Life is Strange: Episode 3 - Chaos Theory

Life is Strange: Episode 3 - Chaos Theory

Platform: Xbox One
May 19, 2015
In the third installment of Life is Strange, Max & Chloe ramp up their investigation to find out what exactly is going on at Blackwell Academy and the whereabouts of Rachel Amber. Secrets will be uncovered and Max will find another use for her power.
Metascore:
80
User Score:
8.4
N.E.R.O.: Nothing Ever Remains Obscure

N.E.R.O.: Nothing Ever Remains Obscure

Platform: Xbox One
May 15, 2015
NERO is a fully story driven first person game filled with puzzles that are heavily connected with the environments and with the past of the main characters. The more the player is going to explore, the better he will be rewarded with pieces of narration that will help him to understand the truth behind this next-gen visual novel. [Storm in a Teacup]
Metascore:
64
User Score:
7.6
Nihilumbra

Nihilumbra

Platform: Wii U
May 14, 2015
Nihilumbra is a dark, atmospheric 2D puzzle platform game boasting hand painted dark environments, nightmarish monsters, and a hauntingly beautiful soundtrack. It tells a story that really panders to the existential dread lurking within us all.
Metascore:
76
User Score:
6.8
The Magic Circle

The Magic Circle

Platform: PC
May 13, 2015
In this darkly comedic story, you are the hero of an unfinished fantasy game - and your designers have failed you. Trap their creations. Swap behaviors and body parts, crafting your own unique solutions to free-form puzzles. Steal the power of creation, to either ship the game from the inside ... or cancel it.
Metascore:
79
User Score:
8.0
High Strangeness

High Strangeness

Platform: Wii U
May 6, 2015
High Strangeness is a hybrid of 8 and 16 bit games - a 12 bit adventure. The inspiration of the game comes from many Action-Adventure and RPG games of yesteryear. The game's core ability is to switch between 8 and 16 bit worlds and the player uses their generational differences to solve puzzles and explore the universe. Throughout the game your pixel art perspective of the world will be infused with visions of watercolor illustrations that shed some light on your mysterious surroundings. The chiptune soundtrack by Dino Lionetti and Rich Vreeland backs up the aesthetic of the world and sets the mood for strange happenings.
Metascore:
58
User Score:
tbd
ETHER One

ETHER One

Platform: PlayStation 4
May 5, 2015
What if someone had the power to keep your loved ones memories alive? Fix memories, restore life. The fragility of the human mind is the subject of Ether One, a moving first-person adventure that subtly experiments with your feelings. Choose one of two paths through the world. One lets you play through the game at your own pace, unfolding a story free from puzzles or challenges. The other is a deeper, more involving route, on which you'll encounter complex problems that must be solved to help rebuild a clients memory.
Metascore:
75
User Score:
4.8
Grim Fandango Remastered

Grim Fandango Remastered

Platform: iOS
May 5, 2015
Something's rotten in the land of the dead, and you're being played for a sucker. Meet Manny Calavera, travel agent at the Department of Death. He sells luxury packages to souls on their four-year journey to eternal rest. But there's trouble in paradise. Help Manny untangle himself from a conspiracy that threatens his very salvation. One of the most acclaimed adventure games of all time is now back, better than ever. Grim Fandango's epic story of four years in the life (or death) of Manny Calavera, travel agent to the dead, has been remastered to look, sound, and control even better than when it won GameSpot's Game of the Year award upon its original launch. Grim Fandango still stands as a classic of the genre, with unforgettable characters and unique combination of film noir and Mexican folklore. Remastered version includes: -Repainted, hi-res character textures -New, dynamic lighting -Classic score re-recorded with a full live orchestra -Over 2 hours of exclusive developer commentary -Concept art browser
Metascore:
78
User Score:
6.0
Broken Age

Broken Age

Platform: PlayStation 4
April 28, 2015
Broken Age is a point-and-click adventure telling the stories of a young boy and girl leading parallel lives. The girl has been chosen by her village to be sacrificed to a terrible monster--but she decides to fight back. Meanwhile, a boy on a spaceship is living a solitary life under the care of a motherly computer, but he wants to break free to lead adventures and do good in the world. Adventures ensue.
Metascore:
81
User Score:
7.2
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