PC Adventure Games

1979 Revolution: Black Friday 401.

1979 Revolution: Black Friday

Platform: PC
April 4, 2016
1979 Revolution: Black Friday is choice driven, narrative game that brings players into the brooding world of a nation on the verge of collapse. Play as Reza, an aspiring photojournalist, and make life and death decisions as you survive the gritty streets of Iran in the late 1970’s.
Metascore:
80
User Score:
7.5
Cradle 402.

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
Sherlock Holmes vs. Jack the Ripper 403.

Sherlock Holmes vs. Jack the Ripper

Platform: PC
May 26, 2009
Sherlock Holmes vs. Jack the Ripper allows you to play as the greatest detective of all in the London of 1888. A series of particularly horrible murders creates a real psychosis throughout the country. Atrociously mutilated prostitutes' bodies are found by the police without them being able to find a serious lead. Sherlock Holmes starts looking for clues in the dark and sinister alleys of Whitechapel in order to follow the macabre trail of the one the press now calls Jack the Ripper. During an adventure full of twists, Sherlock Holmes will try to bring out the true identity and the motives of the one who hides behind this scary alias. [Focus Home Interactive]
Metascore:
73
User Score:
7.5
Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow Comes Today 404.

Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow Comes Today

Platform: PC
April 10, 2015
A dying reality, a universe that is fading into the background. A merciless world that gets sick and vanishes. No past, no present, no future; only the impending moment of “dead synchronicity” ahead. Will you be able to stop it? Because, otherwise... what will you do when Time dissolves itself?
Metascore:
70
User Score:
7.5
Dreamfall Chapters Book One: Reborn 405.

Dreamfall Chapters Book One: Reborn

Platform: PC
October 21, 2014
The world of Arcadia exists in parallel and in balance with own own. It is a world of magic and chaos, a counterweight to Stark, the world of science and order. The Balance between the twin worlds is watched over by the Guardian, who channels the energies of Chaos and Order between Arcadia and Stark.
Metascore:
72
User Score:
7.5
Dropsy 406.

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
Kentucky Route Zero - Act II 407.

Kentucky Route Zero - Act II

Platform: PC
May 31, 2013
Kentucky Route Zero is a magical realistic adventure game about a secret highway in the caves beneath Kentucky, and the mysterious folks who travel it.
Metascore:
82
User Score:
7.5
The Haunted: Hell's Reach 408.

The Haunted: Hell's Reach

Platform: PC
October 24, 2011
Battle your way through the depths of hell in The Haunted: Hells Reach.
Metascore:
51
User Score:
7.5
Sam & Max Episode 104: Abe Lincoln Must Die! 409.

Sam & Max Episode 104: Abe Lincoln Must Die!

Platform: PC
February 22, 2007
The president's lost it. Federally mandated group hugs, a pudding embargo...what's next, gun control? Sam & Max are off to Washington to take care of this bozo, but the political climate will only get stormier...and a new power will rise. [TellTale Games]
Metascore:
80
User Score:
7.5
Blade Kitten 410.

Blade Kitten

Platform: PC
September 22, 2010
Blade Kitten the game begins with Kit tracking a local troublemaker named Terra-Li on the mysterious artificial planetoid Hollow Wish. But on her way to doing so Kit uncovers a dark secret about Hollow Wish and its inhabitants, little does she realize that her actions will affect the destiny of an entire planet. Her tale is one of liberation. Her tail is pink.
Metascore:
52
User Score:
7.5
Tales of Monkey Island Chapter 2: The Siege of Spinner Cay 411.

Tales of Monkey Island Chapter 2: The Siege of Spinner Cay

Platform: PC
August 20, 2009
When we left Guybrush Threepwood, he'd just escaped the mysterious winds of Flotsam Island aboard the well-meaning sailing ship The Screaming Narwhal. However, his hand is still cursed, and LeChuck--now in human form--seems, from a distance, to be courting fair Elaine's favor. To top it all, he's been intercepted by a mysterious figure, yet unrevealed. I wonder what happens next. [Telltale Games]
Metascore:
77
User Score:
7.5
Gray Dawn 412.

Gray Dawn

Platform: PC
June 7, 2018
Gray Dawn is a psychological thriller infused with religious elements seen through beautiful and terrifying worlds. You play as Father Abraham, a priest trying to find the missing altar boy.
Metascore:
71
User Score:
7.5
Lost Horizon 413.

Lost Horizon

Platform: PC
September 24, 2010
1936: Soldiers of the Third Reich roam the world seeking occult weapons for their insane plans of conquest. When Fenton Paddock, a former British soldier and hapless smuggler, is asked to look for his friend Richard, who went missing in Tibet, he has no idea that this search will lead him across three continents to a secret that could turn the whole world upside down. Enough mystery? Not in the mood for another crime story? "Lost Horizon" brings the classic adventure back to its roots: the 1930s, exotic settings all over the world, and the dangerous quest for one of the greatest secrets of mankind makes adventurers' hearts beat faster. The Makers of the award-winning Secret Files series invite you to experience a technically outstanding, carefully designed game featuring an absolutely thrilling story at the side of Kim and Fenton.
Metascore:
77
User Score:
7.5
Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None 414.

Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None

Platform: PC
October 30, 2005
In the classic story And Then There Were None, 10 people, each with something to hide and something to fear, are invited to a lonely mansion on Shipwreck Island by a host who, surprisingly, fails to appear. On the island, they are cut off from everything but each other and the inescapable shadows of their own past lives. One by one, the guests share the darkest secrets of their wicked pasts. And one by one, they die... Agatha Christie fans, and newcomers to the genre, can look forward to a series of unexpected turns; although the storyline stays true to the original concept, players will encounter new plot twists. The first comes in the form of an 11th character, the player, a boatman who brings the others to the island and then is trapped there himself. To save the lives of the intended victims, the player must unravel the motives behind the murders and uncover the identity of the killer. If successful, he will spare not only the lives of the remaining guests, but also his own. [The Adventure Company]
Metascore:
68
User Score:
7.5
Tokyo Dark 415.

Tokyo Dark

Platform: PC
September 7, 2017
Legend tells of a door deep below Tokyo's sewers. All who enter are lost forever. Detective Ito's partner is missing. Explore Tokyo & uncover the darkness that lays beneath the streets in this Point & Click - meets Visual Novel - narrative adventure that questions the very core of Ito's sanity.
Metascore:
70
User Score:
7.5
Pilgrims 416.

Pilgrims

Platform: PC
October 7, 2019
Pilgrims is a playful adventure game, created by the team behind Machinarium and Samorost. Roam the land as you please and make new friends, share a laugh with your fellow travelers and help them complete their little stories, your way. How many different solutions can you find?
Metascore:
78
User Score:
7.5
The Lost Crown: A Ghost-hunting Adventure 417.

The Lost Crown: A Ghost-hunting Adventure

Platform: PC
March 3, 2008
Nigel Danvers is on the run! Two shadowy agents are on his tail, pursuing him across London to the grand train station at Liverpool Street. Nigel suspects that afternoon’s activities may be to blame...Travel with Nigel Danvers to an eerie seaside town on England's east coast. Learn to use advanced techniques used by real paranormal investigators, and uncover an ancient mystery and treasure. But, beware, not all of the towns residents will help in your mission, whether they are alive or dead. Inspiration from the haunting works of Charles Dickens, M.R. James, Arthur Conan Doyle, and E.F. Benson combines with real ghost-hunting gadgets to bring this frightening story to bone-chilling life. Success or failure in locating wandering spirits depends on your skill as an investigator. Placing motion detectors, night vision cameras, and temperature gauges correctly will reveal a location’s haunted past, and expose terrifying apparitions. With nerves of steel, and wits to match, you will soon discover long lost secrets, previously known only to the dead. [Got Game Entertainment]
Metascore:
71
User Score:
7.5
Minecraft: Story Mode Season Two - Episode 3: Jailhouse Block 418.

Minecraft: Story Mode Season Two - Episode 3: Jailhouse Block

Platform: PC
September 19, 2017
Jesse and the gang must brave a dangerous prison and its even more dangerous inmates to reach the secret at the prison's heart... But when the enemy tries to recruit Jesse's friends, will they be able to resist the call?
Metascore:
71
User Score:
7.5
The Lion's Song 419.

The Lion's Song

Platform: PC
July 7, 2016
The Lion’s Song is a narrative adventure game. It is set against the backdrop of early 20th century Austria with every episode following a different character. The Lion's Song is a series of four self-contained point & click stories connected into an overarching narrative, where player choices will affect the way in which the story unfolds. Set against the backdrop of early 20th century Austria, every episode follows a different character, each blessed with an exceptional creative mind. The game pulls players into a story of personal struggle for creativity, human connections and inspiration.
Metascore:
77
User Score:
7.5
Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse - Episode 2: The Tomb of Sammun-Mak 420.

Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse - Episode 2: The Tomb of Sammun-Mak

Platform: PC
May 18, 2010
The new season Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse is the biggest, strangest and most epic to date. As the saga begins, an otherworldy power for controlling matter and space calls to the strongest and strangest who might wield it - intergalactic warlords and eldritch gods, under-dwellers and scholars of the arcane. Gaming's greatest dog and rabbit sleuths Sam & Max seek the power's ancient secrets, as Max gains shape shifting, teleportation, mind reading and future vision abilities for battling these foes. The saga plays out in a surreal 5 month-long symphony of mayhem that gets deeper and more twisted with each episode. [Telltale Games]
Metascore:
83
User Score:
7.5
Card Shark 421.

Card Shark

Platform: PC
June 2, 2022
Card Shark is an adventure game full of cunning, intrigue, and delectable deceit. "Our adversaries tonight? An unscrupulous group of scoundrels and rogues, rumoured to possess an unlimited fund between them. If we stick to the strategies you’ve learnt, this will be a walkover." - Comte de Saint-Germain LEARN AND MASTER NEW TRICKS Cheat your way to the top of 18th-century French society. Master deceptions using card marking, false shuffles, deck switching, false deals, and more! Use your ill-gotten gains to buy your way into the closed world of high-stakes tables. UNCOVER A CONSPIRACY ... as you climb from local card parlors to the King's table. A word of advice: Don't get caught. Your fellow gamblers do not take kindly to cheats… TRAVEL THROUGH 18TH CENTURY FRANCE Discover small towns, remote mansions, and luxurious lounges imagined by Nerial team (Reigns), game creator Arnaud De Bock (Pikuniku). Immerse yourself in the ornate visual artwork of Nicolai Troshinsky. Have your every move accompanied by an original score from Andrea Boccadoro as interpreted by an orchestra.
Metascore:
80
User Score:
7.5
Neversong 422.

Neversong

Platform: PC
May 20, 2020
Once upon a time there was a little boy named Peet who slept peacefully in a coma. When he opened his eyes, he found himself in a nightmare.
Metascore:
74
User Score:
7.5
Sam & Max Episode 105: Reality 2.0 423.

Sam & Max Episode 105: Reality 2.0

Platform: PC
March 29, 2007
With an internet crisis looming and a viral video game holding its players hostage, in this episode Sam and Max need to slip into a new reality to set things right. Can our heroes crack this virtual case in time to avoid a worldwide system failure? [Telltale Games]
Metascore:
82
User Score:
7.5
Orwell: Ignorance is Strength 424.

Orwell: Ignorance is Strength

Platform: PC
February 22, 2018
Step into the shoes of a government official in a top-secret department of the Orwell surveillance program. Given the power to both uncover and fabricate "the truth", how far will you go in the service of your country? Season 2 of Orwell, the award-winning surveillance thriller.
Metascore:
74
User Score:
7.5
The Entropy Centre 425.

The Entropy Centre

Platform: PC
November 3, 2022
An extinction level event has set the world ablaze. You appear to be the last remaining person alive. Mankind's only hope lies at the core of the Entropy Centre. The Entropy Centre is a mind-bending puzzle adventure where you reverse objects through time to overcome seemingly impossible obstacles and conundrums. Manipulate time to your will and solve ingeniously challenging puzzle rooms, each one taking you closer to the heart of a colossal space station in orbit of Earth. Deviously challenging with razor-sharp witty writing and outstanding voice acting performances, The Entropy Centre merges a brilliant puzzle game with an epic adventure.
Metascore:
80
User Score:
7.5
Sam & Max Episode 103: The Mole, the Mob and the Meatball 426.

Sam & Max Episode 103: The Mole, the Mob and the Meatball

Platform: PC
January 25, 2007
The commissioner is looking into an underground operation at the Ted E. Bear Mafia-Free Playland and Casino, but the mole he sent in has suddenly gone quiet. To find the mole, Sam & Max must infiltrate the operation and become members of the Toy Mafia themselves. [Telltale Games]
Metascore:
74
User Score:
7.5
Sam & Max Episode 102: Situation: Comedy 427.

Sam & Max Episode 102: Situation: Comedy

Platform: PC
December 20, 2006
Talk show host Myra Stump has gone berzerk! Sam & Max head down to the WARP TV studio to find out why she's holding her audience hostage. But getting onto Myra's state isn't going to be easy. First the Freelance Police will have to prove they're worthy of fifteen minutes of fame. [Telltale Games]
Metascore:
79
User Score:
7.5
Happy Game 428.

Happy Game

Platform: PC
October 28, 2021
A little boy falls asleep to a horrible nightmare. Can you make him happy again? Brand new psychedelic horror adventure from the creators of Botanicula and CHUCHEL. Endure and escape three unforgettable nightmares. Solve deeply disturbing puzzles in (not so) charming environments. Deal with suspicious smiley faces and pink bunnies. Creepy songs and screeches from the Czech freakfolk band DVA.
Metascore:
81
User Score:
7.5
Lost in Play 429.

Lost in Play

Platform: PC
August 10, 2022
Go on a feel-good adventure with a brother and sister as they explore dreamscapes and befriend magical creatures. Lost in their imagination, Toto and Gal must stick together and solve puzzles to journey back home. This whimsical puzzle adventure game will make you feel like you're playing a cartoon!
Metascore:
82
User Score:
7.5
Demetrios - The BIG Cynical Adventure 430.

Demetrios - The BIG Cynical Adventure

Platform: PC
May 31, 2016
Demetrios is a quirky point and click adventure game inspired by classics like Broken Sword. Bjorn Thonen, a slob of an antique dealer living in Paris, is robbed one night after coming home drunk. Forced to conduct his own investigation with the help of his neighbor Sandra, he ends up involved in a murky, mysterious affair. Will these unlikely heroes be able to rise up and discover ancient secrets? The game offers situations and puzzles for beginners and experts alike. Explore ridiculous item combinations, just to see what happens.
Metascore:
72
User Score:
7.5
Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People Episode 1: Homestar Ruiner 431.

Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People Episode 1: Homestar Ruiner

Platform: PC
August 11, 2008
When Strong Bad's plans to beat the snot out of Homestar backfire, he ends up with an unwanted houseguest cramping his style. Now he needs to get life back to normal, by any means possible. [TellTale Games]
Metascore:
73
User Score:
7.5
80 Days (2005) 432.

80 Days (2005)

Platform: PC
December 12, 2005
In 1899, Oliver Lavisheart, young adventurous Englishman, accepts to help his uncle Mathew to win a bet: going around the world in 80 days or less to collect proof that the wacky uncle has created 4 major inventions in 4 different cities all around the world. Oliver follows Phileas Fogg's tracks through Egypt, India, Japan, and finally to America. He has only 80 days, or his uncle will lose his bet and will be ruined. For this trip you will become Oliver, discover your uncle's fantastic talents, his adventurous life and his secrets. You will also learn a lot about yourself, the truth about your family and the true nature of this incredible bet. As the game progresses you will help a strange German Archeologist, rescue a distressed - not overly bright actress from Bollywood, organize a SM contest, win an elephant race, drive the biggest airship ever, find a way to make the Scottish tartan the coolest street wear worldwide, fool a shogun's samurai, burn your own boat to go faster, avoid the traps of inspector Fix's nasty son, get into disguise, bribe, steal. [Tri Synergy]
Metascore:
58
User Score:
7.5
Tales of the Neon Sea 433.

Tales of the Neon Sea

Platform: PC
April 29, 2019
Welcome to a world of intrigue and suspicion. Where humans and robots contend with escalating tensions and mutual distrust. And where gangster felines scheme their way to the top of the food chain. Welcome to the Tales of the Neon Sea.
Metascore:
62
User Score:
7.5
Nancy Drew: Secret of the Old Clock 434.

Nancy Drew: Secret of the Old Clock

Platform: PC
July 26, 2005
It’s 1930 and Nancy Drew is asked to visit Emily Crandall in Titusville, a girl whom Nancy knows only through a mutual friend. She and her mother had been counting on the generosity of their kindly but strange neighbor, Josiah Crowley, to leave them part of his estate to support the inn they own. But in his will, everything was left to Richard Topham, his ESP teacher. A contested will, a suffering girl, suspicious psychics – can Nancy solve the mystery before time runs out? [Her Interactive]
Metascore:
80
User Score:
7.5
Law & Order: Dead on the Money 435.

Law & Order: Dead on the Money

Platform: PC
September 24, 2002
Join the Law & Order team in this exciting 3-D mystery game based on an original, complex murder case. Partner with Detective Lennie Briscoe to collect evidence and interview witnesses. Once you've arrested the killer, work with Serena Southerlyn to build a compelling case that will convince the jury to return a guilty verdict. [Legacy Interactive]
Metascore:
70
User Score:
7.5
Re:Turn - One Way Trip 436.

Re:Turn - One Way Trip

Platform: PC
October 14, 2020
Re:Turn - One Way Trip is a 2D side-scrolling puzzle-adventure horror game. Trapped in a ghostly train, Saki must search the past and present to find and save her friends. More importantly, Saki must use her wits if she is to survive against an unspeakable evil hellbent on avenging unrequited love.
Metascore:
67
User Score:
7.5
Out There: Omega Edition 437.

Out There: Omega Edition

Platform: PC
April 1, 2015
Exiled at the ends of an unknown galaxy, an astronaut must survive to find his way back to Earth. You are this astronaut.
Metascore:
75
User Score:
7.5
Lydia 438.

Lydia

Platform: PC
June 2, 2017
Lydia is a story-driven indie adventure game about substance abuse from a perspective of a small child. The story focuses on how a child processes adult’s problems through her imagination.
Metascore:
78
User Score:
7.5
Freud's Bones-the game 439.

Freud's Bones-the game

Platform: PC
May 25, 2022
Freud's Bones is an adventure that wants to pay homage to the birth of psychoanalysis and its founder Sigmund Freud. Dig deep into Freud's bones to solve the mystery behind disturbing Egyptian artifacts, philosophical puzzles, and perverse sexual disorders in this unprecedented indie adventure game.
Metascore:
77
User Score:
7.5
The Mage's Tale 440.

The Mage's Tale

Platform: PC
June 20, 2017
Welcome, apprentice of the mystic arts! The corrupt wizard Gaufroi has kidnapped your master, Mage Alguin, and only you have any hope of saving him. You may be an apprentice now, but to save your master, you will need to explore ten deadly dungeons, decipher mind-bending puzzles, avoid terrifying traps, and vanquish hordes of vicious monsters. Until you are able to wield every elemental power in the palm of your hand, evil remains ascendant. It is your turn now to sling gouts of flame, javelins of ice, arcs of lightning, and swirling tempests. Don your wizard’s robe and begin your Mage’s Tale. [Oculus]
Metascore:
72
User Score:
7.5
Umurangi Generation 441.

Umurangi Generation

Platform: PC
May 19, 2020
Umurangi Generation is a first person photography game in the shitty future. Set in Tauranga Aotearoa off the back of an impending crisis you are a courier for the Tauranga Express. Throughout the game you will unlock a variety of lenses and equipment.
Metascore:
84
User Score:
7.5
MacGuffin's Curse 442.

MacGuffin's Curse

Platform: PC
April 19, 2012
MacGuffin’s Curse is a puzzle adventure game, from the team that developed Jolly Rover.
Metascore:
73
User Score:
7.5
The Wanderer: Frankenstein's Creature 443.

The Wanderer: Frankenstein's Creature

Platform: PC
October 31, 2019
Write your own version of Mary Shelley's classic novel in a narrative adventure game with a captivating beauty.
Metascore:
69
User Score:
7.5
Four Last Things 444.

Four Last Things

Platform: PC
February 23, 2017
Four Last Things is a point-and-click adventure game made from Renaissance-era paintings and public domain recordings of classical music. It is about sin, and the Four Last Things – Death, Judgement, Heaven and Hell – and strives to be intelligent and ridiculous in equal measures.
Metascore:
83
User Score:
7.5
Attentat 1942 445.

Attentat 1942

Platform: PC
October 31, 2017
Attentat 1942 tells the story of Nazi occupation from the perspective of those who experienced it firsthand. The game is built on dialogues, interactive comics, and authentic footage. Speak to eyewitnesses, live their memories, and discover the untold story of your family.
Metascore:
76
User Score:
7.5
Chronicle of Innsmouth: Mountains of Madness 446.

Chronicle of Innsmouth: Mountains of Madness

Platform: PC
March 23, 2021
The second chapter in the "Chronicle of Innsmouth" saga. A team of scientists are attempting to be the first to reach a previously unknown chain of mountains higher than the Himalayas. Within a huge cavern they discover the alien bodies of hithertofore unknown creatures frozen in the ice walls.
Metascore:
68
User Score:
7.5
Conway: Disappearance at Dahlia View 447.

Conway: Disappearance at Dahlia View

Platform: PC
November 2, 2021
When 8-year-old Charlotte May is reported missing from Dahlia View, retired detective Robert Conway launches his own investigation into her disappearance. Lead the investigation and uncover dark secrets in a story-driven observational thriller from the creators of The Occupation and Ether One.
Metascore:
71
User Score:
7.5
Heave Ho 448.

Heave Ho

Platform: PC
August 29, 2019
Heave Ho tasks up to four players with a simple goal – don’t fall to your death! Players will use their own two hands and the outstretched grip of their friends to grapple across each level on their way to victory.
Metascore:
76
User Score:
7.5
Arcadia Fallen 449.

Arcadia Fallen

Platform: PC
November 17, 2021
Arcadia Fallen is a Modern Fantasy Visual Novel, where your choices shape the personality of your character. Will you be shy, bold, or the one forever making jokes? Play the role of a young alchemist apprentice who is unwillingly bound to an illegal spirit. Suddenly drawn into a war between humanity and magic, they must join a group of unlikely heroes to escape their own doom, hopefully saving the world along the way.
Metascore:
76
User Score:
7.5
Nine Noir Lives 450.

Nine Noir Lives

Platform: PC
September 7, 2022
Welcome to Meow Meow Furrington, capital city of cats, home of the world's biggest ball of yarn...and hotbed of crime. You are Cuddles Nutterbutter, feline private investigator and owner of two perfectly normal-sized paws, the doctor said so. After agreeing to take on a last-minute case for the Chief of Police, you and your plucky assistant find yourselves investigating a murder that risks upsetting the careful balance between the city's two most powerful crime families: the Montameeuws and the Catulets. Cuddles will need to use every skill he's learned - as well as his definitely-not-smaller-than-average paws - to poke, lick and talk his way through to the heart of the mystery...before some very dangerous cats decide to take matters into their own paws. Which, to clarify, are absolutely regular-sized. Stretch your legs, clean your whiskers, and dive into Nine Noir Lives. Enjoy a "point-and-lick" comedy-noir adventure, full of humour, crazy characters, and intriguing locations. Solve challenging puzzles and answer the immortal question: how many things need to be licked to solve a murder in this town?
Metascore:
78
User Score:
7.5
Ynglet 451.

Ynglet

Platform: PC
June 5, 2021
In Ynglet you jump between bubbles that float in the sky like you're a space dolphin, as you melt into a highly reactive and dynamic soundtrack created by Ynglet's custom (and needlessly complicated) music software!
Metascore:
81
User Score:
7.5
Ghost on the Shore 452.

Ghost on the Shore

Platform: PC
February 24, 2022
Ghost on the Shore is a story exploration game about emotional ties that transcend even death. You play as Riley, a young woman who finds herself stranded on a desolate island with a headstrong ghost, dead for as long as he can remember. As you explore the crumbling homes of the vanished islanders and discover their belongings, you get to know the ghost Josh. As you make irrevocable choices in dialogue you shape the bond with him, which ultimately influences the outcome of the game. As Riley puts it all together, she comes to understand how an island's history has led to Josh' death.
Metascore:
75
User Score:
7.5
The Witness 453.

The Witness

Platform: PC
January 26, 2016
You awaken, alone, on a strange island full of puzzles that challenge and surprise you. You can't remember who you are, and you don't remember how you came to be here, but there's one thing you can do: explore the island in hope of discovering clues, regaining your memory, and somehow finding your way home. The Witness is a single-player game in an open world with dozens of locations to explore and over 500 puzzles to solve. This game respects you as an intelligent player and it treats your time as precious. There's no filler; each of those puzzles brings its own new idea into the mix.
Metascore:
87
User Score:
7.4
Game of Thrones: Episode One - Iron From Ice 454.

Game of Thrones: Episode One - Iron From Ice

Platform: PC
December 2, 2014
Episode 1 - Iron From Ice. The series is based on the world, characters and events seen in HBO’s television show, which in turn is based on George R. R. Martin’s books (A Song of Ice and Fire). The events in the game series begin towards the end of Season 3 of the television show and end just before the beginning of Season 5. You'll traverse familiar locations such as King’s Landing and The Wall, as well as unfamiliar locations such as Ironrath, the home of House Forrester.
Metascore:
75
User Score:
7.4
Pony Island 455.

Pony Island

Platform: PC
January 4, 2016
Pony Island is a suspense puzzle game in disguise. You are in limbo, trapped in a malevolent and malfunctioning arcade machine devised by the devil himself.
Metascore:
86
User Score:
7.4
Among the Sleep 456.

Among the Sleep

Platform: PC
May 29, 2014
Among The Sleep invites you into the mind and body of a two year old child. After being put to bed one evening, mysterious things start to happen. Played in first person, the game lets its players immerse themselves in a child's limitless imagination. This is a perspective we all have a distant familiarity with, but few can clearly remember what it felt like. In the borderland between dream and reality, surreal creatures and diverse environments will present you with both physical and mental obstacles that challenge your creativity.
Metascore:
66
User Score:
7.4
Road 96 457.

Road 96

Platform: PC
August 16, 2021
Summer 1996, Today is the day! You hit the road. Adventure. Freedom. Escape. Run. Flee the Regime. Try to survive. On this risky road trip to the border, you’ll meet incredible characters, and discover their intertwined stories and secrets in an ever-evolving adventure. But every mile opens up a choice to make. Your decisions will change your adventure, change the people you meet, maybe even change the world. There are thousands of roads across the authoritarian nation of Petria. Which one will you take?
Metascore:
79
User Score:
7.4
Rochard 458.

Rochard

Platform: PC
November 15, 2011
Developed by Recoil Games, Rochard is a fun and original space adventure game that features a resourceful hero, ominous villains, rugged machinery, big explosions, even bigger stunts and sharp oneliners. The game tests players' coordination and wits as they use gravity to their advantage, changing it at will to solve environmental puzzles and advance through each level. By using the upgradable G-Lifter, the main tool of the game, players can lift and maneuver heavy objects around the environment, and can eventually swing, jump and propel themselves huge distances throughout each level.
Metascore:
81
User Score:
7.4
Zeno Clash II 459.

Zeno Clash II

Platform: PC
April 30, 2013
Building upon the daring visual design and gratifying first-person fisticuffs of the acclaimed original, Zeno Clash II is bigger, bolder, and better in every way. Zenozoik comes alive like never before, an open world waiting to be explored, one rendered with breathtaking splendor. As Ghat, players can fully and freely explore every natural and architectural wonder his world has to offer. In addition to most of the characters, enemies, and items from the first game all of which return with dramatic visual enhancement--Ghat can also expect to encounter awe-inspiring new sights, jaw-dropping new creature designs, and wildly creative new weapons and items.
Metascore:
61
User Score:
7.4
Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon 460.

Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon

Platform: PC
November 17, 2003
The murder of an underground hacker in Paris is just the beginning of this extraordinary adventure for George Stobbart and Nico Collard in the highly anticipated Broken Sword III. Powerful seismic events are shaking the world. An Ancient Conspiracy, the Secrets of the Templars, and a fiendish source of pure Evil are responsible... [The Adventure Company]
Metascore:
82
User Score:
7.4
The Whispered World 461.

The Whispered World

Platform: PC
April 26, 2010
This point & click adventure follows a modern fairy tale set in a fantasy world with hand-painted backgrounds.
Metascore:
70
User Score:
7.4
King's Quest Chapter 1: A Knight to Remember 462.

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
Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator 463.

Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator

Platform: PC
July 20, 2017
Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator is a game where you play as a Dad and your goal is to meet and romance other hot Dads. Are you ready? Hi ready, I'm Dad.
Metascore:
72
User Score:
7.4
Arise: A Simple Story 464.

Arise: A Simple Story

Platform: PC
December 3, 2019
Set out on an emotional journey through the bittersweet lives of two people where memories come alive and time bends to your will. Lose yourself in moments of happiness and overcome every hardship as you relive your life’s story. A story of joy and sorrow. A simple story.
Metascore:
79
User Score:
7.4
Secret Files: Tunguska 465.

Secret Files: Tunguska

Platform: PC
October 30, 2006
Nina is torn from her day-to-day routine when she discovers that her father has disappeared without a trace. As the police seem reluctant to help her, Nina sets off to look for clues relating to her father's whereabouts. She joins efforts with Max Gruber, a young colleague of her father who impulsively offers to help the attractive young lady. Together, they quickly determine that Nina's father was involved with a research expedition to Siberia in an attempt to reveal the causes of the mysterious Tunguska catastrophe of 1908. In that mysterious event, a mighty explosion triggered an inferno that decimated the land of Tunguska. Nina and Max soon realize that her father's disappearance is related to the Tunguska event and the search for answers leads Nina and Max to the most remote corners of the world – Berlin, Moscow, Cuba, China, and the Antarctic. Powerful adversaries are also interested in Nina's father's secret. In the end, much more is at stake than just the disappearance of an old man. [DreamCatcher Interactive]
Metascore:
66
User Score:
7.4
Harvester 466.

Harvester

Platform: PC
October 1, 1996
You wake up one morning to a town full of strangers and inexplicable sights. You share your home with your not so perfect family and your supposed fiance lives next door. The you are plunged into a nightmare. Your fiancee is missing and you find a hideous bloody skull and spinal chord drapped across her bed! Is it hers? What is going on? The only clue left behind is an engraved MOON", a mysterious organisation that controls the town in ways you don't (or can't) understand. Is the order behind this gruesome execution? What invitation to enter, "THE ORDER OF THE HARVEST are their motives? One thing is certain. You're going to get to the bottom of this killing or die trying. [Merit]
Metascore:
53
User Score:
7.4
The Journey Down: Chapter One 467.

The Journey Down: Chapter One

Platform: PC
May 18, 2012
The Journey Down is a classic point 'n click saga with a black African twist, owing much of its character and pattern design to traditional central African arts such as carvings and masks from the Makonde and Chokwe tribes. Mixed with an all original jazzy reggae soundtrack, feedback-oriented puzzles and tons of hand painted environments, the unique cultural fusion of The Journey Down is bound to draw you in.
Metascore:
72
User Score:
7.4
Time Gentlemen, Please! 468.

Time Gentlemen, Please!

Platform: PC
July 2, 2009
What’s worse than finding out that your future evil selves have set about a series of events that wipes out all human life on the planet? Going back in time to fix things with half a mind on preventing coathangers from ever being invented, and accidentally setting up an alternate-universe Hitler with an unstoppable army of dinosaur clones instead, that’s what! Whoopsie! [Zombie Cow Studios]
Metascore:
84
User Score:
7.4
Tales of Monkey Island Chapter 4: The Trial and Execution of Guybrush Threepwood 469.

Tales of Monkey Island Chapter 4: The Trial and Execution of Guybrush Threepwood

Platform: PC
October 30, 2009
The moment you've been waiting for is here! Come get The Trial and Execution of Guybrush Threepwood, the fourth chapter of Tales of Monkey Island and find out what happens when Guybrush is handed over to De Singe by the treacherous Morgan Le Flay back on Flotsam. [Telltale Games]
Metascore:
80
User Score:
7.4
3 out of 10: Season One 470.

3 out of 10: Season One

Platform: PC
September 24, 2020
Join the ongoing adventures of developers at the “world’s worst video game studio”, Shovelworks Studios, as they endure antics both absurd and topical.Part animated show, part game, 3 out of 10 is the first playable sitcom. We’re 99% sure that’s true. You can tell us if we’re wrong.
Metascore:
85
User Score:
7.4
Super Seducer 2 471.

Super Seducer 2

Platform: PC
September 13, 2018
Ready to take your skills with women to the NEXT next level in this amazing sequel to the smash hit Super Seducer? We put you in everyday scenarios and let you do practically anything to see how it plays out with beautiful women.
Metascore:
45
User Score:
7.4
Megabyte Punch 472.

Megabyte Punch

Platform: PC
May 14, 2012
Megabyte Punch is a fighting/beat 'em up game in which you build your own fighter! As you travel through different environments, you battle other creatures to get their parts. Parts have their own powers and bonuses, like gun arms for a shoot ability or powerful hips for a devastating pelvic thrust attack. Then, using the abilities of your customized fighter, you can compete in the tournament or battle against other players in a destructible arena. The game takes place in an computer world where you protect the Heartcore of your village against the likes of the Valk Empire and the dreaded Khoteps in 6 different levels with each 3 stages and a boss fight!
Metascore:
69
User Score:
7.4
Lacuna - A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure 473.

Lacuna - A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure

Platform: PC
May 20, 2021
A murder. A hack. A bombing. All it takes to plunge the solar system into war – unless you do something about it. Help CDI agent Neil Conrad make a string of increasingly difficult decisions in this modern dialog-driven adventure set in a gorgeous 2D sci-fi noir universe.
Metascore:
86
User Score:
7.4
Contraband Police 474.

Contraband Police

Platform: PC
March 8, 2023
You are a border police inspector in a communist country of the early 1980s. Every second driver is a smuggler and the vehicles are stuffed with hidden contraband. Documents, vehicles, cargo.. everything is a subject to detailed control...
Metascore:
77
User Score:
7.4
Homesick 475.

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
Inmates 476.

Inmates

Platform: PC
October 5, 2017
Inmates is a story-driven, atmospheric psychological horror game in which you must find out the truth behind your confinement and uncover the dark secrets of the run-down prison you find yourself in. Delve deep into your psyche while trying to stay sane, in this most disturbing of horror games.
Metascore:
46
User Score:
7.4
Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller Episode 2 - The Wise Monkey 477.

Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller Episode 2 - The Wise Monkey

Platform: PC
January 30, 2013
When someone close to Erica is kidnapped by the Wise Monkey, a serial killer fixated on the gruesome mutilation of their victims, Erica is in a race against time to save her life. With the Wise Monkey case in her hands and the FBI's resources already stretched thin, she’s on her own to find the killer before it's too late - again.
Metascore:
72
User Score:
7.4
The Last Door: Season 2 478.

The Last Door: Season 2

Platform: PC
October 26, 2015
In Season 2 of The Last Door, the search for his missing client will bring psychiatrist John Wakefield deeper into a conspiracy of darkness and closer to the heart of madness than ever before.
Metascore:
85
User Score:
7.4
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: 3 Dimensions of Murder 479.

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: 3 Dimensions of Murder

Platform: PC
March 14, 2006
Players work alongside Gil Grissom, Catherine Willows and the rest of the original Las Vegas cast to help solve intense cases and investigate crimes using cutting-edge techniques and real-world forensic equipment. CSI: 3 Dimensions of Murder improves upon the successfulcore design concepts of previous CSI games, featuring an all-new,real-time 3D engine, enriched character interactions and animations, and longer, more immersive stories. [Ubisoft]
Metascore:
67
User Score:
7.4
Minoria 480.

Minoria

Platform: PC
August 27, 2019
Ink and blood stain the streets of Ramezia. Witches must burn and sins must be judged. Venture forth as Sister Semilla to burn down the pillars of heresy in Minoria, an action-platformer by Bombservice, creators of Momodora.
Metascore:
73
User Score:
7.4
Penny Arcade Adventures: Episode Two 481.

Penny Arcade Adventures: Episode Two

Platform: PC
November 7, 2008
The madcap Penny Arcade experience continues. Meet all-new characters from Mike Krahulik, see newly revealed strip favorites and read laugh-out-loud dialogue from Jerry Holkins. Go crazy with a whole new level of customization. Even more options for you to design and develop your own character, seeing it come to life in 3D and in the comic-style 2D cut scenes. Play it safe or go insane! New difficulty settings put you in charge of the action. A deeper RPG-Adventure experience. Get into the game with more puzzles, areas to explore and levels to gain. [Hothead Games]
Metascore:
80
User Score:
7.4
Encodya 482.

Encodya

Platform: PC
January 26, 2021
Neo Berlin 2062. Tina – a nine-year-old orphan – lives with SAM-53 – her big clumsy robot guardian –in a rooftop makeshift shelter in Neo-Berlin, a dark megalopolis controlled by corporations.
Metascore:
67
User Score:
7.4
Metamorphosis (2020) 483.

Metamorphosis (2020)

Platform: PC
August 12, 2020
Play as Gregor, turned into a tiny bug, and set out on an extraordinary journey to unravel the mystery of your transformation. Metamorphosis is a first person adventure set in a surrealist world where your newfound abilities are your last and only hope for redemption.
Metascore:
69
User Score:
7.4
The Wild At Heart 484.

The Wild At Heart

Platform: PC
May 19, 2021
A mysterious hidden realm. Two precocious kids fleeing hardship. Magical creatures and an oddball order of guardians who have lost their way. A stygian evil imprisoned. Welcome to the Deep Woods. Collect and deploy a swarm of quirky Spritelings; small magical creatures for you to command. Break stuff, collect loot, fight enemies, build new paths, and more! Explore a unique and sequestered world rich with centuries full of lore. Woods, caves, coastline, ancient shrines... The Deep Woods is full of puzzles to be solved and secrets waiting to be uncovered.
Metascore:
76
User Score:
7.4
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy - Episode 5: Don't Stop Believin' 485.

Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy - Episode 5: Don't Stop Believin'

Platform: PC
November 7, 2017
In the aftermath of an unbearable sacrifice, the Guardians finally fracture. With her opposition in shambles, Hala renews her campaign of death and devastation, carving a path of indiscriminate destruction en route to Knowhere.
Metascore:
68
User Score:
7.4
Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened 486.

Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened

Platform: PC
April 11, 2023
Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened remake sees a young Sherlock take on his first major case alongside his newly acquainted sidekick, John Watson. What seems like a straightforward case of a missing person quickly spirals into a web of conspiracies by a nefarious cult that worships the eldritch god Cthulhu and are attempting to bring about an ancient prophecy. The game will take the detective duo across four locations - Victorian London, a Swiss psych ward, the New Orleans bayous, and the Scottish Highlands - as they try to separate reality from the supernatural while trying to put a stop to these shadowy madmen.
Metascore:
72
User Score:
7.4
Outcry 487.

Outcry

Platform: PC
August 28, 2008
Assume the role of a middle-aged writer who receives a strange invitation from his brother that he hasn’t seen for years. Accepting his invitation, you are soon confronted with the discovery of his sudden disappearance and his connection to a mysterious machine which, according to your brother, can separate one’s consciousness from his body. [DreamCatcher Interactive]
Metascore:
63
User Score:
7.4
Haunted (2011) 488.

Haunted (2011)

Platform: PC
November 15, 2012
Embark on a spectral treasure hunt to find your long-lost sibling and save the spirit world.
Metascore:
76
User Score:
7.4
Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse - Episode 3: They Stole Max's Brain! 489.

Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse - Episode 3: They Stole Max's Brain!

Platform: PC
June 22, 2010
The Sam & Max franchise gets a film noir twist.
Metascore:
75
User Score:
7.4
The Blind Prophet 490.

The Blind Prophet

Platform: PC
February 5, 2020
A point'n'Click adventure game. Resolve mysteries and fight the Great Evil.
Metascore:
68
User Score:
7.4
Myst Online: Uru Live 491.

Myst Online: Uru Live

Platform: PC
January 15, 2007
For the first time, you are the storyteller. What happens next is up to you. Embark on an amazing, never-ending adventure filled with wondrous new worlds to explore and captivating puzzles to solve. Myst Online: Uru Live expands and evolves on a daily basis. The game and story continually expand and adapt as you and other players make choices and take actions, so you never know what tomorrow will bring. Join in the next evolution of the Myst franchise and help forge an all-new Myst story: yours. [GameTap]
Metascore:
78
User Score:
7.4
Nancy Drew: The Secret of Shadow Ranch 492.

Nancy Drew: The Secret of Shadow Ranch

Platform: PC
July 20, 2004
Ropin?, ridin? and revenge. A ranch vacation takes a terrifying turn when a ghostly horse appears. Is it driven by the vengeful commands of its long-dead master, Dirk Valentine? Or is a living villain behind the ranch?s string of bad luck? It?s up to you, as Nancy Drew, to figure out who?s wearing the black hat before your investigation is ambushed! [Her Interactive]
Metascore:
68
User Score:
7.4
Nancy Drew: The Haunting of Castle Malloy 493.

Nancy Drew: The Haunting of Castle Malloy

Platform: PC
October 16, 2008
Touted as the most romantic event to grace the ruined halls of Ireland's Castle Malloy, the Simmons-Mallory wedding was supposed to be a fairytale beginning, but now the groom is missing! Did a banshee crash the wedding or is this a case of cold feet? Can you, as Nancy Drew, unravel the knot of scattered clues and scary superstitions? You'll need to catch more than a bridal bouquet to make this a happily ever after. [Her Interactive]
Metascore:
81
User Score:
7.4
Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures, Episode 3: Muzzled! 494.

Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures, Episode 3: Muzzled!

Platform: PC
June 15, 2009
Monty Muzzle, a newcomer in town, is holding a grand fundraiser to rebuild the local dog shelter. Gromit soon realizes that Muzzle's intentions aren't exactly charitable and he must foil the huckster's plot to save the town's investment and rescue his canine friends. [Telltale Games]
Metascore:
75
User Score:
7.4
A Place for the Unwilling 495.

A Place for the Unwilling

Platform: PC
July 25, 2019
You only have 21 days until this living city dies. The clock is ticking. You can’t be everywhere at once. Decide what to explore, who to meet and see every decision shape the curious stories and terrible secrets of this branching narrative game.
Metascore:
73
User Score:
7.4
VIDEOVERSE 496.

VIDEOVERSE

Platform: PC
August 7, 2023
Relive the days of past social gaming networks in VIDEOVERSE, a decision-based narrative adventure focusing on character development, friendship and love, from the developer behind One Night Stand. As Emmett, a young video game fan and aspiring artist, dive into this fictional video game era, where the Kinmoku Shark gaming system and its online social network, Videoverse, were still popular. Strengthen Emmett's friendships, share fan art and browse the lively gaming communities. Make decisions that will change how Emmett grows, his approach to Videoverse and, ultimately, the final outcome! Will your actions help Videoverse thrive, or will you get caught up in teenage drama, video game fandoms and corporate conspiracies?
Metascore:
90
User Score:
7.4
Nancy Drew: The Ransom of the Seven Ships 497.

Nancy Drew: The Ransom of the Seven Ships

Platform: PC
July 14, 2009
Your friend Bess Marvin is kidnapped and the only chance you have to save her is by solving a 300-year-old Bahamian mystery! Dangerous waters keep treasure hunters from exploring the reefs around Dread Isle, but this remote island might hide the riches of El Toro's lost fleet! Can you, as Nancy Drew, track down the treasure before time runs out? [Her Interactive]
Metascore:
78
User Score:
7.4
King of Seas 498.

King of Seas

Platform: PC
May 25, 2021
King of Seas is an Action Role playing game set in a procedural pirate world. An epic adventure awaits you in a fantastic world, dotted with fights, lost islands and treasures. A universe that will keep you anchored as you struggle to become the king of all pirates.
Metascore:
68
User Score:
7.4
Born Punk 499.

Born Punk

Platform: PC
June 17, 2022
Bornholm. Today, a quaint island in the Baltic Sea. In 2155, a sprawling metropolis able to compete with major world powers. In Born Punk, the player slips into the role of three people (well, two people, depending on your stance on artificial lifeforms) living on the island: Eevi, a corporate combat hacker turned bartender down on her luck; Mariposa, the CEO of Bornholm's biggest corporation; and a malfunctioning android who calls himself Grandmaster Flashdrive. The three characters have one thing in common: they all, one after another, get possessed by strange entities of unknown origin and even less known intentions. They must work together - and sometimes against each other - to find out of the nature of those beings, what they want, and why they seem to think that their 'mission' is of vital importance for the future of humanity.
Metascore:
74
User Score:
7.4
Layers of Fear (2015) 500.

Layers of Fear (2015)

Platform: PC
February 15, 2016
Layers of Fear is a psychedelic horror where you take control over an insane painter in his quest to finish his magnum opus.
Metascore:
72
User Score:
7.3
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