Line #487 Main/AdventureGame


1	[[quoteright:320:[[VideoGame/KingsQuestVAbsenceMakesTheHeartGoYonder https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/KQ5Main_4644.jpg]]]]
2	[[caption-width-right:320:[-[[TextParser Enter command]] or [[PixelHunt click item]] to go to [[ItMayHelpYouOnYourQuest the next trope]].-] ]]
3
4	->''"There has to be a more convoluted way, but how?"''
5	-->-- ''VideoGame/StrongBadsCoolGameForAttractivePeople'', Episode 3: Baddest of the Bands
6
7	A game genre characterized by puzzle-solving, exploration, and narrative, and a relative (or total) absence of any action or combat.
8
9	Adventure games are among the earliest video game genres. Their line descends from the original ''VideoGame/ColossalCave'' game (also known colloquially as ''ADVENTURE''), written by Will Crowther and Don Woods in the 1970s, based on the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammoth_Cave_National_Park Mammoth Cave]] system in Kentucky, and its immediate successor, ''Dungeon'', which was later marketed commercially as the ''VideoGame/{{Zork}}'' trilogy.
10
11	Adventure games remained one of the dominant genres throughout the 1980s until the mid-90s, as they tended to be far less demanding on computer resources than their action-oriented brethren. Creator/{{Sierra}} and Creator/LucasArts became the big players in graphical adventure games. Creator/{{Infocom}}, on the other hand, was the dominant force for textual adventure games, which they marketed as "InteractiveFiction", which has now become the term for that genre.
12
13	Most commenters claim that the Adventure genre is in its final death-throes, and [[TakeYourTime has been for almost twenty years]], since the original Interactive Fiction genre ceased to be a viable commercial entity. Adventure games are still produced and bought in approximately the same numbers as before, but that's a much smaller market share nowadays. However, elements of Adventure games have migrated into other genres, resulting in the highly successful ActionAdventure genre. In fact, due to the recession of "true" Adventure games on the commercial market, the ActionAdventure genre is sometimes just called the Adventure genre. This would be essentially where adventure-themed games such as the ''VideoGame/{{Uncharted}}'' series and especially ''VideoGame/AnotherWorld'' would go, as they are not considered adventure games due to their use of combat and eschewal of puzzles and story.
14
15	That's because, ironic to the name, Adventure Games are not about [[StuffBlowingUp action]], and as such, are not what [[{{Muggles}} non-gamers]] might think of as "adventures" in the way that adventure movies or books are often full of action, chases and danger. In fact, Adventure Games are some of the slowest-paced games around, being more focused on story, exploration, suspense, dialogue and puzzle-solving, leading to some criticism of the use of the word "adventure". The upside is that they may consume as many hours of play as a {{wide open sandbox}}, but with a script that leaves the player wondering "what happens next" if they can [[GuideDangIt get past this obstacle]]. Compare, say, the adventures in the ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' movies to ''[[VideoGame/IndianaJonesAndTheFateOfAtlantis The Fate Of Atlantis]]'', which feels like an extended roleplay of an ''Indiana Jones'' movie, and then to ''VideoGame/{{Uncharted}}'', which feels like an arcade simulation of an ''Indiana Jones'' movie. The former is a PointAndClick Adventure Game. The latter is an ActionAdventure. Two very different genres. Indeed, the term ActionAdventure has become so widely used and applied to so many different types of game that it has effectively become a blanket term for games that can't be easily classified under existing generic labels.
16
17	The genre has had a decent revival on the Nintendo DS starting with the ports of the ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' series, as its touchscreen allows for an ideal point-and-click interface, and the fanbase includes many older players who favour puzzle and problem-solving games. As well, smaller companies like Creator/DaedalicEntertainment, Creator/Deck13, Future Games, Creator/TheAdventureCompany and Creator/TelltaleGames have done well in specializing in adventure games; indeed, the latter is known for their successful rehashings of external franchises (revitalizing the ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice'' franchise, beginning a new ''VideoGame/MonkeyIsland'' series, and then having a smash-hit with ''VideoGame/{{The Walking Dead\|Telltale}}''), while the former is famed for their ingenious original games. And there is, of course, the whole Independent Adventure Games scene where small-time developers (often one-man teams) are able to keep themselves running by distributing their games to cult-followings.
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19	In the mid 2010s the interest in the classic adventure game has been on the raise, following Creator/TimSchafer and his studio Creator/DoubleFine very successful crowdfunding campaign through UsefulNotes/{{Kickstarter}} for a "classic point-and-click adventure." Inspired by this, many of the golden oldies developers for the genre, including much of the old guard of Sierra On-Line, has reunited under new banners and launched their own successful campaigns for either [[VideoGameRemake remakes]], {{Spiritual Successor}}s, or in some cases straight-up sequels for their old series. This in turn has led to actual reboots of old franchises, and more Indy games based on the genre.
20
21	Because Adventure Games are [[TheQuest story-based]], what they [[JigsawPuzzlePlot lack in body-count]] they can make up for with suspense. Indeed, [[HaveANiceDeath the primary death toll]] [[TheManyDeathsOfYou in such a game is You]]. The typical Adventure Game is framed around [[GuideDangIt an elaborate]], even novelistic plot which the player must [[{{Railroading}} proceed through]] by trying to [[BeAsUnhelpfulAsPossible get information out of]] non-player characters and [[ConspicuouslyLightPatch collect any items]] you [[NoticeThis come across]] that [[ItMayHelpYouOnYourQuest May Help You On Your Quest]]. (These are all Adventure Game tropes, by the way.)
22
23	In addition to their own peculiar tropes, Adventure Games, perhaps more than any other video game genre, borrow from the tropes of television and film media.
24
25
26	'''There are five major "schools":'''
27
28	'''InteractiveFiction:'''
29
30	Interactive Fiction is usually defined as an adventure game which is primarily textual (though there is much debate over the exact scope of the term; some think it should refer only to purely textual games, while others, preferring to take the words "interactive" and "fiction" literally, think the term should encompass a superset of those games typically called "Adventure". The term ''{{text adventure}}'' is less ambiguous, but also less popular). For instance, {{MUD}}s and [[{{MUSH}} other text]] [[{{Roguelike}} games]] are based on {{RPG}} principles, and thus fall outside the category. More than any other school of Adventure (and, indeed, more than most other videogame genres), Interactive Fiction has a large hobbyist community, with as many as a hundred new games produced each year. Examples: ''VideoGame/{{Zork}}'', ''VideoGame/AMindForeverVoyaging'', ''VideoGame/{{Jigsaw}}'', and ''VideoGame/{{Photopia}}''.
31
32	'''[[PointAndClick Graphical Adventure]]:'''
33
34	Sometimes called "2D" or "point-and-click", is the format used for most graphical games of the golden age. Somewhat similar to a PlatformGame visually, these use pre-drawn backgrounds, with limited animation, [[SceneryPorn often using watercolors]], although pre-1992 graphics were cartoonish in style. The playfields actually ''are'' three-dimensional, viewed from a [[TwoAndAHalfD fixed perspective]]. These games are rendered in the third person, with the player character's DigitalAvatar as a sprite in the world. Aficionados often further break this genre down by the style of the user interface. Three popular styles include the "icon bar" (which has a button bar of possible actions above or below the main viewport), the "verb list" (where a list of actions relevant to the current scene appears below the viewport), and the "verb coin" (where possible actions upon a specific object appeared, usually laid out radially around the object when clicked -- see ''VideoGame/TheSims'' for a modern version). Earlier games were often assisted by a TextParser, while later ones often removed the notion of "verbs" altogether, reducing a click on an object to "do the obvious thing to this object". Beside by interface, the games are sometimes sorted by graphic display standard, EGA and VGA. With the later supporting more mouse controls. Indeed, some early EGA titles were later remade for the VGA format. Examples: ''VideoGame/KingsQuest'', ''VideoGame/MonkeyIsland'', ''VideoGame/GabrielKnight'', and ''VideoGame/OzzieAndTheQuantumPlaywrite''.
35
36	'''Pre-rendered First Person Adventure:'''
37
38	Also called ''VideoGame/{{Myst}}[==]-clones'' or ''TwoAndAHalfD'', present pre-rendered 3D environments from a first-person perspective. Early examples tended to have the feel of interactive slideshows (this is a fair comparison: ''VideoGame/{{Myst}}'' was originally created on an early Platform/{{Macintosh}} slideshow program called MediaNotes/HyperCard). Later games in this genre employed pre-rendered panoramic images (often using Quicktime VR) instead of 2d slides. Emphasis usually moved away from inventory management and toward "set-piece" puzzles involving the manipulation of a piece of machinery. The use of Full Motion Video in cutscenes became common for a time. Examples: ''VideoGame/TheJourneymanProject'', ''VideoGame/{{Myst}}'', ''VideoGame/Shivers1995'', ''VideoGame/ZorkGrandInquisitor'', and ''VideoGame/NancyDrew''.
39
40	'''Interactive Movie Games:'''
41
42	Games which incorporate substantial or exclusive use of Full Motion Video and photorealistic images. While this seemed like a natural pairing, the added cost of filming a movie on top of making a videogame meant that a lot of time one was watching a poorly acted, poorly shot movie. Furthermore storage space at the time while increasing was a concern so those movies were often heavily compressed and interlace. Rigid scene structure and the underlying technology also often meant interactivity was minimal. By the time that it was feasible to do such games properly, the whole notion had left a bad taste in players' mouths. Examples: ''VideoGame/{{Phantasmagoria}}'', ''Gabriel Knight 2'', and ''VideoGame/TheXFilesGame''. Other examples of this are the 1998 VisualNovel ''{{VisualNovel/Yarudora}}'' series, the 1998 ''VisualNovel/DancingBladeKatteNiMomotenshi'' series by {{Creator/Konami}}, and the 2005 DatingSim ''VisualNovel/SchoolDays'' and its sequel ''Summer Days'', which are essentially branching {{anime}} movies, and ''VideoGame/{{Fahrenheit}}''/''Indigo Prophecy'', which even features interactive action scenes through [[ActionCommands Quick Time Events]].
43
44	One notable ''failed'' Interactive Movie was Any River Entertainment's ''A Fork in the Tale''. Reviewed by PC Gamer, the magazine was quick to point out the low production values, relative lack of interactivity, and the game's incomprehensible storyline. Any River shut down shortly before the game's release. This format was one of the first kind of adventure game to have many titles on consoles. Particularly early CD-based consoles where the sudden increase in storage space from cartridges meant movie could be easily compressed and the controls were simple. Some even made their way to DVD players, where the simple controls made them relatively easily playable.
45
46	'''3D Adventure Games'''
47
48	Fully 3D Adventure Games are rare, but the ActionAdventure game format has become increasingly common. Fully 3D pure-Adventure games include ''[[VideoGame/GabrielKnight Gabriel Knight 3]]'' and ''VideoGame/GrimFandango''. Many of the older franchises tried the [[VideoGame3DLeap jump to 3D]] in the late 90s and 2000s with generally little success. The added development costs meeting stagnating or degrading sales caused the end of many a celebrated franchise. Furthermore like most genre, Adventure games of the era had to learn how to use the new medium well, dealing with issues that plague other genres like figuring camera controls. With the growth of ActionAdventure genre, many of the old franchises also went with {{Actionized Sequel}}s, leading to games (such as ''VideoGame/KingsQuestMaskOfEternity'' and ''VideoGame/QuestForGloryV'') who not only had to juggle the transition to 3D but also whole new action mechanics, often leading to unpopular results.
49
50	In the late 2000s and early 2010s a new SubGenre of 3D adventure games emerged, so-called '''EnvironmentalNarrativeGames''' (Sometimes colloquially called '''Walking Simulators''', an originally derisive term that has become more neutral towards the late 2010s). These games retain the emphasis on storytelling and exploration commonly associated with adventure games as a whole, but tend to be extremely minimalist in their presentation and game mechanics, and often avoid puzzles or challenges of any kind.
51
52	Also worth mentioning are '''{{Interactive Comic}}s''', a type of adventure game-styled serial {{Webcomic}}s where the characters' actions are chosen by the readers, who are encouraged to decide what happens next "turn" by writing suggestions in a specific comic format reminiscent of interactive fiction games. Live interaction with the writer/artist/moderator results in extinction of the dreaded [[InformingTheFourthWall "You can't use those two objects together"]] response (except when it's clearly meant to be a parody of the trope). The TropeCodifier in this regard is ''Webcomic/MSPaintAdventures''. See the InteractiveComic page for more information and a list of such works.
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54	See also VisualNovel.
55
56	!!Adventure games:\
57	[-(for series with more than one title, year refers to the release date of the first game.)-]
58
59	[[index]]
60
61	!!1976
62	* ''VideoGame/ColossalCave''
63
64	!!1980
65	* The ''Zork'' series
66	** ''VideoGame/{{Zork}}'' (1980)
67	** ''VideoGame/ZorkZero'' (1988)
68	** ''VideoGame/ReturnToZork'' (1993)
69	** ''VideoGame/ZorkNemesis: The Forbidden Lands'' (1996)
70	** ''VideoGame/ZorkGrandInquisitor'' (1997)
71
72	!!1981
73	* ''VideoGame/SoftpornAdventure'' (later remade as Leisure Suit Larry, as seen below)
74	* The ''Adventure'' series by Artic Computing
75	** ''VideoGame/AdventureAPlanetOfDeath'' (1981)
76	** ''VideoGame/AdventureBIncaCurse'' (1981)
77	** ''VideoGame/AdventureCShipOfDoom'' (1982)
78	** ''VideoGame/AdventureDEspionageIsland'' (1982)
79	** ''VideoGame/AdventureETheGoldenApple'' (1983)
80	** ''VideoGame/AdventureFTheEyeOfBain'' (1984)
81	** ''VideoGame/AdventureGGroundZero'' (1984)
82	** ''VideoGame/AdventureHRobinHood'' (1985)
83
84	!!1982
85	* ''VideoGame/TheHobbit1982''
86
87	!!1983
88	* ''VideoGame/Earthbound1983''
89	* The ''VideoGame/{{Enchanter}}'' trilogy
90	** ''Enchanter'' (1983)
91	** ''Sorcerer'' (1984)
92	** ''Spellbreaker'' (1985)
93	* ''VideoGame/{{Infidel}}''
94	* ''VideoGame/{{Planetfall}}''
95	* ''VideoGame/{{Suspended}}''
96
97	!!1984
98	* ''VideoGame/EnchantedScepters''
99	* ''VideoGame/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy1984''
100	* The ''VideoGame/KingsQuest'' series
101	** ''VideoGame/KingsQuestIQuestForTheCrown'' (1984; 1990 remake)
102	** ''VideoGame/KingsQuestIIRomancingTheThrone'' (1985)
103	** ''VideoGame/KingsQuestIIIToHeirIsHuman'' (1986)
104	** ''VideoGame/KingsQuestIVThePerilsOfRosella'' (1988)
105	** ''VideoGame/KingsQuestVAbsenceMakesTheHeartGoYonder'' (1990)
106	** ''VideoGame/KingsQuestVIHeirTodayGoneTomorrow'' (1992)
107	** ''VideoGame/KingsQuestVIIThePrincelessBride'' (1994)
108	** ''VideoGame/KingsQuestMaskOfEternity'' (1998)
109	* ''Neuromancer'', an Interplay Game loosely based on [[Literature/{{Neuromancer}} William Gibson's novel]].
110	* ''VideoGame/PrincessTomatoInTheSaladKingdom''
111	* ''VideoGame/ThayersQuest''
112	* ''VideoGame/{{Zyll}}''
113
114	!!1985
115	* ''VideoGame/BorrowedTime''
116	* ''VideoGame/DejaVu1985''
117	* ''VideoGame/AMindForeverVoyaging''
118	* ''VideoGame/{{Wishbringer}}''
119
120	!!1986
121	* ''VideoGame/BeyondTheTitanic''
122	* ''VideoGame/TheBlackCauldron''
123	* ''VideoGame/CusterdsQuest''
124	* ''VideoGame/LeatherGoddessesOfPhobos''
125	* ''VideoGame/{{Moonmist}}''
126	* ''VideoGame/SpaceQuest''
127	** ''VideoGame/SpaceQuestITheSarienEncounter'' (1986; 1991 remake)
128	** ''VideoGame/SpaceQuestIIVohaulsRevenge'' (1987)
129	** ''VideoGame/SpaceQuestIIIThePiratesOfPestulon'' (1989)
130	** ''VideoGame/SpaceQuestIVRogerWilcoAndTheTimeRippers'' (1991)
131	** ''VideoGame/SpaceQuestVTheNextMutation'' (1993)
132	** ''VideoGame/SpaceQuestVIRogerWilcoInTheSpinalFrontier'' (1995)
133	* ''VideoGame/TombsAndTreasure''
134	* ''VideoGame/{{Trinity}}''
135	* ''VideoGame/{{Zombi}}''
136
137	!!1987
138	* ''VideoGame/AsterixAndTheMagicCarpet''
139	* ''VideoGame/{{Bureaucracy}}''
140	* ''VideoGame/HollywoodHijinx''
141	* ''VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarry''
142	** ''VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarry1InTheLandOfTheLoungeLizards'' (1987; 1991 remake; 2013 remake)
143	** ''VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarry2LookingForLoveInSeveralWrongPlaces'' (1988)
144	** ''VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarry3PassionatePattiInPursuitOfThePulsatingPectorals'' (1989)
145	** ''VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarry5PassionatePattiDoesALittleUndercoverWork'' (1991)
146	** ''VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarry6ShapeUpOrSlipOut'' (1993)
147	** ''VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarry7LoveForSail'' (1996)
148	** ''VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarryMagnaCumLaude'' (2004)
149	** ''VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarryBoxOfficeBust'' (2009)
150	** ''VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarryWetDreamsDontDry'' (2018)
151	** ''VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarryWetDreamsDryTwice'' (2020)
152	* ''VideoGame/TheLurkingHorror''
153	* ''VideoGame/ManiacMansion''
154	* ''VideoGame/{{Masque}}''
155	* ''VideoGame/NordAndBertCouldntMakeHeadOrTailOfIt''
156	* ''VideoGame/PoliceQuest''
157	** ''VideoGame/PoliceQuest1InPursuitOfTheDeathAngel''
158	** ''VideoGame/PoliceQuest2TheVengeance''
159	** ''VideoGame/PoliceQuest3TheKindred''
160	** ''VideoGame/PoliceQuest4OpenSeason''
161	* ''VideoGame/{{Shadowgate}}''
162	** ''VideoGame/BeyondShadowgate1993''
163	** ''VideoGame/Shadowgate64TrialsOfTheFourTowers'' (1999)
164	** ''[[VideoGame/ShadowgateVRTheMinesOfMythrok Shadowgate VR: The Mines of Mythrok]]'' (2021)
165	** ''[[VideoGame/BeyondShadowgate2024 Beyond Shadowgate (2024)]]''
166	* ''VideoGame/{{Uninvited}}''
167
168	!!1988
169	* ''VisualNovel/FamicomDetectiveClub''
170	** ''VisualNovel/FamicomDetectiveClubTheMissingHeir'' (1988)
171	** ''Famicom Detective Club Part II: [[VisualNovel/FamicomDetectiveClubTheGirlWhoStandsBehind The Girl Who Stands Behind]]'' (1989)
172	** ''VisualNovel/BSDetectiveClubLostMemoriesInTheSnow'' (1997)
173	* ''VideoGame/GoldRush''
174	* ''VideoGame/HoshiWoSagashite''
175	* ''VideoGame/{{Hurlements}}''
176	* ''VideoGame/{{Manhunter}}''
177	** ''[[VideoGame/{{Manhunter}} Manhunter: New York]]'' (1988)
178	** ''[[VideoGame/{{Manhunter}} Manhunter 2: San Francisco]]'' (1989)
179	* ''VideoGame/MadoushiLulba'' (released episodically on [[Creator/{{Compile}} Compile's]] ''Disc Station'' magazine)
180	** ''Madoushi Lulba 1'' (1988, ''Disc Station #1'')
181	** ''Madoushi Lulba 2'' (1988, ''Disc Station #2'')
182	** ''Madoushi Lulba 3'' (1989, ''Disc Station #4'')
183	** ''Disc Station Deluxe 2 - Madoushi Lulba'' (1990, a compilation of all three episodes plus one more, alongside improved graphics and sound)
184	* ''VisualNovel/{{Snatcher}}''
185	* ''VideoGame/ZakMcKrackenAndTheAlienMindbenders''
186
187	!!1989
188	* ''VideoGame/AsterixOperationGetafix''
189	* ''VideoGame/CaperInTheCastro''
190	* ''VideoGame/CobraKokuryuuOuNoDensetsu''
191	* ''VideoGame/CodenameIceman''
192	* ''VideoGame/ConquestsOfCamelot''
193	* ''VideoGame/{{Emmanuelle}}''
194	* ''VideoGame/FutureWars''
195	* ''VideoGame/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade''
196	* ''VideoGame/LauraBow''
197	* ''VideoGame/MadMaze''
198	* ''VideoGame/PersonalNightmare''
199	* The ''VideoGame/QuestForGlory'' series:
200	** ''VideoGame/QuestForGloryI'' (1989 as Hero's Quest; 1990 re-release with new name)
201	** ''VideoGame/QuestForGloryII'' (1990)
202	** ''VideoGame/QuestForGloryIII'' (1992)
203	** ''VideoGame/QuestForGloryIV'' (1993)
204	** ''VideoGame/QuestForGloryV'' (1998)
205	** ''VideoGame/HeroU'' (2013) (Set in the same setting but not a direct sequel)
206	* ''VideoGame/TexMurphy''
207	** ''Mean Streets'' (1989)
208	** ''Martian Memorandum'' (1991)
209	** ''Under a Killing Moon'' (1994)
210	** ''The Pandora Directive'' (1996)
211	** ''Tex Murphy: Overseer'' (1998)
212	** ''Tesla Effect'' (2014)
213
214	!!1990
215	* ''VideoGame/AlteredDestiny''
216	* ''VideoGame/{{Geisha}}''
217	* ''VideoGame/HugosHouseOfHorrors''
218	* ''VideoGame/{{The Immortal\|1990}}''
219	* ''VideoGame/LesManley''
220	** ''Les Manley in: Search for the King'' (1990)
221	** ''Les Manley in: Lost in L.A.'' (1991)
222	* ''VideoGame/{{Loom}}''
223	* ''VideoGame/LordsOfDoom''
224	* ''VideoGame/MonkeyIsland''
225	** ''VideoGame/TheSecretOfMonkeyIsland'' (1990; 2009 remake)
226	** ''VideoGame/MonkeyIsland2LeChucksRevenge'' (1991; 2010 remake)
227	** ''VideoGame/TheCurseOfMonkeyIsland'' (1997)
228	** ''VideoGame/EscapeFromMonkeyIsland'' (2000)
229	** ''VideoGame/TalesOfMonkeyIsland'' (2009)
230	** ''VideoGame/ReturnToMonkeyIsland'' (2022)
231	* ''VideoGame/RiseOfTheDragon''
232	* ''VideoGame/TheSpellcastingSeries'':
233	** ''Spellcasting 101: Sorcerers Get All The Girls'' (1990)
234	** ''Spellcasting 201: The Sorcerer's Appliance'' (1991)
235	** ''Spellcasting 301: Spring Break'' (1992)
236
237	!!1991
238	* ''VideoGame/TheAdventuresOfWillyBeamish''
239	* ''VideoGame/EcoQuest''
240	* ''VideoGame/{{Fascination}}''
241	* The ''[[VideoGame/{{Gobliiins}} Goblins]]'' series
242	** ''Gobliiins'' (1991)
243	** ''Gobliins 2: The Prince Buffoon'' (1992)
244	** ''Goblins 3'' (aka ''Goblins Quest 3'') (1993)
245	** ''Gobliiins 4'' (2009)
246
247	!!1992
248	* ''VideoGame/AmazonGuardiansOfEden''
249	* ''VideoGame/BargonAttack''
250	* ''VideoGame/DeadOfTheBrain''
251	* ''VideoGame/ConquestsOfTheLongbow''
252	* ''VideoGame/CurseOfEnchantia''
253	* ''VideoGame/TheDarkHalf''
254	* ''VideoGame/DarkSeed''
255	** ''VideoGame/DarkSeedII''
256	* ''VideoGame/{{Dune\|1992}}''
257	* ''VideoGame/{{Gateway}}''
258	* ''VideoGame/{{Inca}}''
259	* ''VideoGame/IndianaJonesAndTheFateOfAtlantis''
260	* ''VideoGame/{{KGB}}''
261	* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfKyrandia''
262	* ''VideoGame/LureOfTheTemptress''
263	* ''VideoGame/NipponSafesInc''
264	** ''The Big Red Adventure'' (1995)
265	* ''VideoGame/PuttPutt''
266	* ''VideoGame/RexNebularAndTheCosmicGenderBender''
267	* ''VideoGame/StanleyTheSearchForDrLivingston''
268	* The ''Star Trek'' series
269	** ''[[VideoGame/StarTrek25thAnniversary Star Trek: 25th Anniversary]]'' (1992)
270	** ''[[VideoGame/JudgmentRites Star Trek: Judgment Rites]]'' (1993)
271	** ''[[VideoGame/AFinalUnity Star Trek: A Final Unity]]'' (1995)
272	* ''VideoGame/WeenTheProphecy''
273
274	!!1993
275	* ''VideoGame/BlueForce''
276	* ''VideoGame/DareToDream''
277	* ''VideoGame/DayOfTheTentacle''
278	* ''VideoGame/EricTheUnready''
279	* ''VideoGame/FattyBear''
280	* ''VideoGame/FreddyPharkasFrontierPharmacist''
281	* The ''VideoGame/GabrielKnight'' Series
282	** ''Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers'' (1993)
283	** ''The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery'' (1995)
284	** ''Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned'' (1999)
285	* ''[[VideoGame/GadgetPastAsFuture Gadget: Invention, Travel & Adventure]]''
286	* ''VideoGame/IronHelix''
287	* ''VideoGame/TheJourneymanProject''
288	* ''VideoGame/TheLabyrinthOfTime''
289	* ''VideoGame/{{Myst}}''
290	** ''VideoGame/{{Riven}}'' (1997)
291	** ''VideoGame/MystIIIExile'' (2001)
292	** ''VideoGame/UruAgesBeyondMyst'' (2003)
293	** ''VideoGame/MystIVRevelation'' (2004)
294	** ''VideoGame/MystVEndOfAges'' (2005)
295	* ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxHitTheRoad''
296	* ''VideoGame/TheSeventhGuest'' (1993)
297	** ''The 11th Hour'' (1995)
298	* ''VideoGame/ShadowOfTheComet''
299	* ''VideoGame/SimonTheSorcerer''
300	* ''VideoGame/{{Transarctica}}''
301	* ''VideoGame/TheUltimateHauntedHouse''
302	* ''VideoGame/WaynesWorldRobertFioriniAndAssociates''
303
304	!!1994
305	* ''[[Series/AreYouAfraidOfTheDark Are You Afraid of the Dark?]] [[VideoGame/TheTaleOfOrpheosCurse The Tale of Orpheo's Curse]]''
306	* ''VideoGame/BeneathASteelSky''
307	** ''VideoGame/BeyondASteeLSky'' (2020)
308	* ''VideoGame/TheBizarreAdventuresOfWoodruffAndTheSchnibble''
309	* ''VideoGame/BurnCycle''
310	* ''VideoGame/{{Dragonsphere}}''
311	* ''VideoGame/{{Dreamweb}}''
312	* ''VideoGame/FreddiFishAndTheCaseOfTheMissingKelpSeeds''
313	* ''VideoGame/HellACyberpunkThriller''
314	* ''VideoGame/InheritTheEarth''
315	* ''VideoGame/{{Noctropolis}}''
316	* ''VisualNovel/{{Policenauts}}''
317	* ''VideoGame/{{Realmz}}'' (1994-2002)
318	* ''VideoGame/SuperheroLeagueOfHoboken''
319	* ''VideoGame/{{Teenagent}}''
320	* ''VideoGame/WrathOfTheGods''
321
322	!!1995
323	* ''Archibald Applebrooks Abenteuer''
324	* ''VideoGame/BadDayOnTheMidway''
325	* ''VideoGame/BrainDead13''
326	* ''VideoGame/ClockTower1995''
327	* ''Film/{{Congo}}: The Movie - Descent into Zinj''
328	* ''VideoGame/TheDameWasLoaded''
329	* ''VideoGame/{{Discworld}}''
330	* ''VideoGame/{{The Dig\|1995}}''
331	* ''VideoGame/DustATaleOfTheWiredWest''
332	* ''VideoGame/FlightOfTheAmazonQueen''
333	* ''VideoGame/FullThrottle''
334	* ''VideoGame/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream''
335	* ''Imperium Romanum''
336	* ''VideoGame/{{In The 1st Degree}}''
337	* ''VideoGame/LittleBigAdventure''
338	* ''VideoGame/LostEden''
339	* ''VideoGame/MissionCritical''
340	* The ''Phantasmagoria'' series
341	** ''VideoGame/{{Phantasmagoria}}'' (1995)
342	** ''VideoGame/PhantasmagoriaAPuzzleOfFlesh'' (1996)
343	* ''VideoGame/TheRiddleOfMasterLu''
344	* ''VideoGame/RobotCity''
345	* ''VideoGame/TequilaAndBoomBoom''
346	* ''VideoGame/TorinsPassage''
347	* ''VideoGame/TotalDistortion''
348
349	!!1996
350	* ''VideoGame/AzraelsTear''
351	* ''VideoGame/BadMojo''
352	* ''VideoGame/BillNyeTheScienceGuyStopTheRock''
353	* ''VideoGame/BlazingDragons''
354	* The ''VideoGame/BrokenSword'' series
355	** ''VideoGame/BrokenSwordTheShadowOfTheTemplars'' (1996)
356	** ''VideoGame/BrokenSwordIITheSmokingMirror'' (1997)
357	** ''VideoGame/BrokenSwordTheSleepingDragon'' (2003)
358	** ''VideoGame/BrokenSwordTheAngelOfDeath'' (2006)
359	** ''VideoGame/BrokenSwordTheSerpentsCurse'' (2013)
360	* ''VideoGame/BuichiTerasawasTakeruLetterOfTheLaw''
361	* ''VideoGame/CrystalSkull''
362	* ''VideoGame/DiscworldII''
363	* ''[[VideoGame/DrownedGod Drowned God: Conspiracy of the Ages]]''
364	* ''VideoGame/FoulPlay: Mystery at Awkward Manor''
365	* ''VideoGame/FreddiFish2TheCaseOfTheHauntedSchoolhouse''
366	* ''VideoGame/{{Harvester}}''
367	* ''VideoGame/IndianaJonesAndHisDesktopAdventures''
368	* ''VideoGame/LighthouseTheDarkBeing''
369	* ''VideoGame/MuppetTreasureIsland''
370	* ''Mutation of J.B.''
371	* ''VideoGame/TheNeverhood''
372	* ''VideoGame/{{Obsidian}}''
373	* ''VideoGame/OrionBurger''
374	* ''VideoGame/PajamaSam''
375	** ''VideoGame/PajamaSamInNoNeedToHideWhenItsDarkOutside''
376	** ''VideoGame/PajamaSam2ThunderAndLightningArentSoFrightening''
377	** ''VideoGame/PajamaSam3YouAreWhatYouEatFromYourHeadToYourFeet''
378	** ''VideoGame/PajamaSamLifeIsRoughWhenYouLoseYourStuff''
379	* The ''Pink Panther'' series
380	** ''VideoGame/PinkPantherPassportToPeril'' (1996)
381	** ''VideoGame/PinkPantherHokusPokusPink'' (1998)
382	* ''VideoGame/ProjectNomads''
383	* ''VideoGame/{{Rama}}''
384	* ''VideoGame/{{Ripper}}''
385	* ''VideoGame/SpycraftTheGreatGame''
386	* ''VideoGame/StayTooned''
387	* ''VideoGame/{{Timelapse}}''
388	* ''VideoGame/TitanicAdventureOutOfTime''
389	* ''VideoGame/{{Toonstruck}}''
390	* ''VideoGame/TheVampireDiaries''
391	* ''VideoGame/WishboneAndTheAmazingOdyssey''
392	* ''[[VisualNovel/YuNo YU-NO: The Girl that Chants Love at the Edge of the World]]''
393
394	!!1997
395	* ''VideoGame/{{Blackout}}''
396	* ''VideoGame/BladeRunner1997''
397	* ''Literature/CallahansCrosstimeSaloon ''
398	* ''VideoGame/TheCityOfLostChildren''
399	* ''VideoGame/TheDayTheWorldBroke''
400	* ''VideoGame/DownInTheDumps''
401	* ''VideoGame/TheFeebleFiles''
402	* ''VideoGame/{{Glowgrass}}''
403	* ''Hollywood Monsters''
404	** ''The Next Big Thing'' (2011)
405	* ''VideoGame/JackOrlando''
406	* ''VideoGame/TheLastExpress''
407	* ''VideoGame/MoonRemixRPGAdventure''
408	* ''VideoGame/MyTeacherIsAnAlien''
409	* ''VideoGame/PilgrimFaithAsAWeapon''
410	* ''VideoGame/TheSpaceBar''
411	* ''VideoGame/SpyFox''
412	* The ''Tony Tough'' series
413	** ''VideoGame/TonyToughAndTheNightOfRoastedMoths'' (1997)
414	** ''Tony Tough 2 - A Rake’s Progress'' (2006)
415	* ''VideoGame/VirtualNightclub''
416	* ''VideoGame/YodaStories''
417
418	!!1998
419	* ''VideoGame/BlackDahlia''
420	* The ''VisualNovel/DancingBladeKatteNiMomotenshi'' series
421	** ''Dancing Blade: Katte ni Momotenshi!'' (1998)
422	** ''Dancing Blade Katte ni Momotenshi II: Tears of Eden'' (1999)
423	* ''VideoGame/DisneysHadesChallenge''
424	* ''VideoGame/FantasyQuest''
425	* ''VideoGame/GadgetPastAsFuture''
426	* ''VideoGame/GrimFandango''
427	* ''VideoGame/HopkinsFBI''
428	* ''VideoGame/{{Ignac}}''
429	* ''[[VideoGame/BlackstoneChronicles John Saul's Blackstone Chronicles: An Adventure in Terror]]''
430	* ''VideoGame/KsiazeITchorz''
431	* ''VideoGame/MizzurnaFalls''
432	* ''VideoGame/OfLightAndDarkness''
433	* ''VideoGame/{{Polda}}''
434	* ''VideoGame/ReahFaceTheUnknown''
435	* ''VideoGame/{{Sanitarium}}''
436	* ''VideoGame/SerialExperimentsLain''
437	* ''VideoGame/StarshipTitanic''
438	* ''VideoGame/TheXFilesGame'' (1998)
439	* The ''VisualNovel/{{Yarudora}}'' series
440	** ''VisualNovel/DoubleCast'' (1998)
441	** ''VisualNovel/{{Kisetsu o Dakishimete}}'' (1998)
442	** ''VisualNovel/{{Sampaguita}}'' (1998)
443	** ''Yukiwari no Hana'' (1998)
444	** ''Scandal'' (2000)
445	** ''Anime/BloodTheLastVampire'' (2000)
446
447	!!1999
448	* ''VideoGame/{{Aisle}}''
449	* ''VideoGame/CookiesBustle''
450	* ''VideoGame/CydoniaMarsTheFirstMannedMission''
451	* ''VideoGame/DiscworldNoir''
452	* ''VideoGame/EchoNight''
453	* ''VideoGame/GarageBadDreamAdventure''
454	* ''VideoGame/TheLongestJourney''
455	** ''VideoGame/DreamfallTheLongestJourney'' (2006)
456	** ''VideoGame/DreamfallChapters'' (2014-16)
457	* ''VideoGame/OmikronTheNomadSoul''
458	* ''VisualNovel/ScarOfTheDoll''
459	* ''VideoGame/{{Shenmue}}''
460	** ''VideoGame/ShenmueII'' (2001)
461	** ''VideoGame/ShenmueIII'' (2019)
462	* ''VideoGame/TheSilverCase''
463	** ''VideoGame/FlowerSunAndRain''
464	** ''The Silver Case: Ward 25''
465	* ''VideoGame/YuuyamiDooriTankentai''
466
467	!!2000
468	* ''VideoGame/BokuNoNatsuyasumi''
469	* ''VideoGame/TheCrystalKey''
470	* ''VideoGame/TheMysteryOfBracklyHall''
471	* ''VideoGame/ThePerilsOfAkumos''
472
473	!!2001
474	* ''VideoGame/DruunaMorbusGravis''
475	* ''VideoGame/TheGameOfTheAges''
476	* ''Gilbert Goodmate''
477	* ''VideoGame/HamtaroHamHamsUnite''
478	* ''VideoGame/GirlDetectiveSweetSixties''
479	* ''VideoGame/KingsQuestIQuestForTheCrownAGDI''
480	** Enhanced version (2009)
481	* ''VideoGame/TheMysteryOfTheDruids''
482	* ''VideoGame/PickUpThePhoneBoothAndAisle''
483	* ''VideoGame/PleurghburgDarkAges''
484	* ''VideoGame/RealityOnTheNorm'' series
485	* ''Schizm: Mysterious Journey''
486	* ''VideoGame/ShadowOfDestiny''
487	* ''VideoGame/TrailOfAnguish''
488
489	!!2002
490	* ''VideoGame/{{Chulip}}''
491	* ''VideoGame/DisneysMagicalMirrorStarringMickeyMouse''
492	* ''VideoGame/HamtaroHamHamHeartbreak''
493	* ''VideoGame/KingsQuestIIRomancingTheStones''
494	** Enhanced version (2009)
495	* ''VideoGame/MissingOnLostIsland''
496	* ''VideoGame/OlloInTheSunnyValleyFair''
497	* ''VideoGame/ThePKGirl''
498	* ''VideoGame/{{Post Mortem\|2002}}''
499	* The ''VideoGame/PrzygodyReksia'' series
500	** ''Skarb Piratów'' (2002)
501	** ''UFO'' (2003)
502	** ''Czarodzieje'' (2004)
503	** ''Wehikuł Czasu'' (2004)
504	** ''Kapitan Nemo'' (2006)
505	* The ''Runaway'' series
506	** ''VideoGame/RunawayARoadAdventure'' (2002)
507	** ''VideoGame/Runaway2TheDreamOfTheTurtle'' (2006)
508	** ''VideoGame/RunawayATwistOfFate'' (2009)
509	* [[/index]]The ''Sherlock Holmes'' series:[[index]]
510	%% If those games are not all part of the same series, feel free to fix it.
511	** ''VideoGame/SherlockHolmesTheMysteryOfTheMummy'' (2002)
512	** ''VideoGame/SherlockHolmesSecretOfTheSilverEarring'' (2004)
513	** ''Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened'' (2006)
514	** ''Sherlock Holmes versus Arsène Lupin'' (2007)
515	* ''Simon the Sorcerer 3D''
516	* ''VideoGame/{{Syberia}}''
517
518	!!2003
519	* ''VideoGame/TheAdventuresOfFatman''
520	* ''VideoGame/TheBlackMirror''
521	* ''VideoGame/DieAnstalt''
522	* ''VideoGame/ChzoMythos''
523	** ''5 Days a Stranger'' (2003)
524	** ''7 Days a Skeptic'' (2004)
525	** ''Trilby's Notes'' (2006)
526	** ''6 Days a Sacrifice'' (2007)
527	* [[/index]]''VideoGame/{{CSI}}'' adaptations:[[index]]
528	** ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation''
529	** ''CSI: Dark Motives''
530	** ''CSI Miami''
531	* ''VideoGame/MI2LeChucksRevenge''
532	* ''VideoGame/{{Myst}}: Uru - Ages beyond Myst''
533	* ''VideoGame/NeonGenesisEvangelion2''
534	* ''VideoGame/{{Rhem}}''
535	* ''VideoGame/OutOfOrder2003''
536	* ''VideoGame/SlouchingTowardsBedlam''
537
538	!!2004
539	* ''VideoGame/AlidaTheEnigmaticGiant''
540	* ''VideoGame/{{Aura}}''
541	* ''VideoGame/BenJordanParanormalInvestigator''
542	** ''Ben Jordan Case 1: In Search of the Skunk-Ape'' (2004)
543	*** ''Deluxe Edition'' (2006)
544	** ''Ben Jordan Case 2: The Lost Galleon of the Salton Sea'' (2004)
545	*** ''Deluxe Edition'' (2010)
546	** ''Ben Jordan Case 3: The Sorceress of Smailholm'' (2004)
547	** ''Ben Jordan Case 4: Horror at Number 50'' (2005)
548	** ''Ben Jordan Case 5: Land of the Rising Dead'' (2006)
549	** ''Ben Jordan Case 6: Scourge of the Sea People'' (2007)
550	** ''Ben Jordan Case 7: The Cardinal Sins'' (2008)
551	** ''Ben Jordan Case 8: Relics of the Past'' (2012)
552	* ''VideoGame/CarolReedMysteries''
553	* ''VideoGame/CirqueDeZale''
554	* ''VideoGame/DarkFall''
555	* ''VideoGame/TheDeadCase''
556	* ''VideoGame/{{Exmortis}}''
557	* ''VideoGame/Framed2004''
558	* ''The Moment of Silence''
559	* ''Mortadelo y Filemón: Una Aventura de Cine''
560	* ''VideoGame/MysteriousJourneyII''
561	* ''VideoGame/OutlawsOfTheSierraNevadas''
562	* ''VideoGame/ReturnToMysteriousIsland''
563	* ''VideoGame/SentinelDescendantsInTime''
564	* ''Syberia 2''
565	* ''The Westerner''
566	* ''VideoGame/YumeNikki''
567	* ''VideoGame/TheMomentOfSilence''
568
569	!!2005
570	* The ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' series: (North American release dates)
571	** ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'' (2005)
572	** ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyJusticeForAll'' (2007)
573	** ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyTrialsAndTribulations'' (2007)
574	** ''VisualNovel/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney'' (2008)
575	** ''VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigationsMilesEdgeworth'' (2010)
576	** ''VisualNovel/GyakutenKenji2'' (2011, Japan only)
577	** ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyDualDestinies'' (2013)
578	** ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneySpiritOfJustice'' (2016)
579	* ''VideoGame/AdventuresInTheGalaxyOfFantabulousWonderment''
580	* The ''Ankh'' series
581	** ''Ankh'' (2005)
582	** ''Ankh: Heart of Osiris'' (2006)
583	** ''Ankh 3'' (2007)
584	* ''VideoGame/AnotherCode''
585	** ''Another Code: Two Memories'' (2005)
586	** ''Another Code: R – A Journey into Lost Memories'' (2009)
587	** ''Another Code: Recollection'' (2024)
588	* ''VideoGame/BeTrapped''
589	* ''Bone''
590	* ''VideoGame/ChibiRobo''
591	* ''VideoGame/TheCityOfMetronome''
592	* ''VideoGame/TheEarlyYears''
593	* ''VideoGame/EchoSecretsOfTheLostCavern''
594	* ''VideoGame/EscapeFromStMarys''
595	* ''VideoGame/{{Fahrenheit}}'' (aka ''Indigo Prophecy'')
596	* ''VideoGame/GriswoldTheGoblin''
597	* ''VideoGame/HauntingGround''
598	* ''VideoGame/{{META}}''
599	* ''Nibiru''
600	* ''VideoGame/{{Pathologic}}''
601	** ''VideoGame/Pathologic2'' (2019)
602	* ''VideoGame/{{Rhem}} 2''
603	* ''VideoGame/StillLife''
604	** ''VideoGame/StillLife2'' (2009)
605	* ''VideoGame/{{Submachine}}''
606	* ''VideoGame/TheTwentyFifthWard''
607	* ''VideoGame/TheWhiteChamber''
608
609	!!2006
610	* ''VideoGame/BarrowHill''
611	** ''Barrow Hill: Curse of the Ancient Circle'' (2006)
612	** ''Barrow Hill: The Dark Path'' (2016)
613	* ''VideoGame/TheBlackwellSeries''
614	** ''The Blackwell Legacy'' (2006)
615	** ''Blackwell Unbound'' (2007)
616	** ''The Blackwell Convergence'' (2009)
617	** ''Blackwell Deception'' (2011)
618	** ''Blackwell Epiphany'' (2014)
619	* ''VideoGame/DreamfallTheLongestJourney''
620	* ''VideoGame/{{Hewitt}}''
621	* ''VideoGame/{{Reactor09}}''
622	* ''[[VideoGame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice Sam & Max Save The World]]'' (Creator/TelltaleGames episodes season one)
623	* ''VideoGame/{{Scratches}}''
624	* The ''VideoGame/SecretFiles'' series
625	** ''Secret Files: Tunguska'' (2006)
626	** ''Secret Files 2 - Purtias Cordis'' (2009)
627	* ''VideoGame/SecretsOfDaVinciTheForbiddenManuscript''
628	* ''VideoGame/TheShivah''
629	* ''VideoGame/TouchDetective''
630	* ''VideoGame/UninvitedTheQuestForTheRedDiamond''
631	* ''VideoGame/VoyageInspiredByJulesVerne''
632
633	!!2007
634	* ''VideoGame/CovertFront''
635	* ''VideoGame/CulpaInnata''
636	* ''VideoGame/GhostInTheSheet''
637	* ''VisualNovel/HotelDuskRoom215''
638	* ''VideoGame/JackKeane''
639	* ''VideoGame/LarryLotter''
640	* ''VideoGame/LostWinds''
641	* ''VideoGame/NellyCootalot''
642	* ''VideoGame/{{Penumbra}}''
643	* ''VideoGame/{{Poptropica}}'' combines obtaining and using items on adventures with a bit of platforming.
644	* The ''VideoGame/ProfessorLayton'' series (A hybrid of this and PuzzleGame)
645	** ''VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonAndTheCuriousVillage'' (2007)
646	** ''VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonAndTheDiabolicalBox'' (2007)
647	** ''VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonAndTheUnwoundFuture'' (2008)
648	** ''VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonAndTheLastSpecter'' (2009)
649	** ''VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonAndTheMiracleMask'' (2011)
650	** ''VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonAndTheAzranLegacy'' (2013)
651	* ''[[VideoGame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space]]'' (Creator/TelltaleGames episodes season two)
652	* ''VideoGame/SherlockHolmesTheAwakened''
653	* ''VideoGame/SherlockHolmesVersusArseneLupin''
654	* ''VideoGame/ATaleOfTwoKingdoms''
655	* ''VideoGame/VigilBloodBitterness''
656	* ''VideoGame/ZackAndWikiQuestForBarbarosTreasure'' (with many PuzzleGame elements)
657
658	!!2008
659	* ''The Abbey''
660	* ''VideoGame/AdventureTheInsideJob''
661	* ''VideoGame/BenThereDanThat''
662	* The ''Edna & Harvey'' series.
663	** ''VideoGame/EdnaAndHarveyTheBreakout'' (2008)
664	** ''VideoGame/EdnaAndHarveyHarveysNewEyes'' (2011)
665	* ''VideoGame/EndlessOcean''
666	* ''VisualNovel/HarveyBirdmanAttorneyAtLaw''
667	* ''VisualNovel/LifesignsSurgicalUnit''
668	* ''VideoGame/LimboOfTheLost''
669	* ''The Lost Crown: A Ghost-Hunting Adventure''
670	* ''VideoGame/NightmareDoors''
671	* ''VideoGame/{{Outcry}}''
672	* ''VideoGame/QuestForYrolg''
673	* ''VideoGame/{{Rhem}} 3: The Secret Library''
674	* ''VideoGame/{{Samorost}}''
675	* ''VideoGame/ASecondFace''
676	* ''VideoGame/TheSeveralJourneysOfReemus''
677	* ''So Blonde''
678	* ''VideoGame/StrongBadsCoolGameForAttractivePeople''
679	* ''VisualNovel/TimeHollow''
680	* ''VideoGame/AVampyreStory''
681	* ''VideoGame/TheVisitor''
682
683	!!2009
684	* ''VideoGame/TheBookOfUnwrittenTales''
685	* ''VideoGame/{{Ceville}}''
686	* ''VideoGame/CursedTrilogy''
687	** ''Cursed'' (2009)
688	** ''Cursed 2'' (2019)
689	** ''Cursed 3'' (2022)
690	* ''VideoGame/Downfall2009''
691	* ''VideoGame/{{Drawn}}''
692	* ''VideoGame/EmeraldCityConfidential''
693	* ''VideoGame/FallenLondon''
694	* ''VideoGame/{{Flower}}''
695	* ''VideoGame/FreeIcecream''
696	* ''VisualNovel/JakeHunter''
697	* ''VisualNovel/LuxPain ''
698	* ''VideoGame/{{Machinarium}}''
699	* ''VideoGame/TheMarionette''
700	* ''VideoGame/MiamiLaw''
701	* ''VideoGame/{{Morningstar}}''
702	* ''VideoGame/ReturnToMysteriousIsland 2: Mina's Fate''
703	* ''VideoGame/RipenedTinglesBalloonTripOfLove''
704	* ''VideoGame/SherlockHolmesVersusJackTheRipper''
705	* ''VideoGame/ASmallFavor''
706	* ''VideoGame/TimeGentlemenPlease''
707	* ''VideoGame/WallaceAndGromitsGrandAdventures''
708	* ''VideoGame/WitchsWish''
709
710	!!2010
711	* ''VisualNovel/{{Again}}''
712	* ''VideoGame/AmnesiaTheDarkDescent''
713	* ''VideoGame/AssaultOnVampireIsland''
714	* ''VideoGame/BackToTheFutureTheGame''
715	* ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc''
716	** ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair''
717	** ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony''
718	* ''VideoGame/DeadlyPremonition''
719	* ''VideoGame/DoctorWho: The Adventure Games''
720	* ''VideoGame/TheDreamMachine''
721	* ''VideoGame/EternallyUs''
722	* ''VideoGame/GhostPiratesOfVoojuIsland''
723	* ''VideoGame/GhostTrick''
724	* ''VideoGame/GrayMatter''
725	* ''VideoGame/TheGreatCollapseOfGoatVillage''
726	* ''VideoGame/HeavyRain''
727	* ''VideoGame/HectorBadgeOfCarnage''
728	* ''VideoGame/JollyRover''
729	* ''VideoGame/LostHorizon''
730	* ''VideoGame/NelsonTethersPuzzleAgent''
731	* ''VideoGame/ANewBeginning''
732	* ''VideoGame/{{Rhem}} 4: The Golden Fragments''
733	* ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxTheDevilsPlayhouse'' (Creator/TelltaleGames episodes season three)
734	* ''VideoGame/TheSilverLining'' (A ''VideoGame/KingsQuest'' FanSequel)
735	* ''VideoGame/{{Technobabylon}}''
736	* ''VideoGame/TheWhisperedWorld''
737	* ''Webcomic/WickedAwesomeAdventure''
738
739	!!2011
740	* ''VideoGame/GeminiRue''
741	* ''VideoGame/JurassicParkTheGame''
742	* ''VideoGame/KingsQuestIIIRedux''
743	* ''VideoGame/{{Quasar}}''
744	* ''VideoGame/QuePasaPerro''
745	* ''VideoGame/TheStanleyParable'' (a very meta example of an adventure game; originated as a ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'' mod)
746	** ''The Stanley Parable'' (2013 standalone remake; this also includes ''The Stanley Parable Demonstration'', a demo that, for all intents and purposes, is a full game in its own right)
747	*** ''The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe'' (2022 UpdatedRerelease and StealthSequel)
748	* ''VideoGame/StraySoulsDollhouseStory''
749	* ''VideoGame/SuperbrothersSwordAndSworceryEP''
750	* ''VideoGame/TheWager''
751	* ''VideoGame/WastedYouth''
752
753	!!2012
754	* ''VideoGame/{{Botanicula}}''
755	* ''VideoGame/CaptainMorganeAndTheGoldenTurtle''
756	* ''VideoGame/TheCatLady''
757	* ''VideoGame/ChainsOfSatinav''
758	* ''VideoGame/CherryTreeHighComedyClub''
759	* ''VideoGame/CognitionAnEricaReedThriller''
760	* ''VideoGame/{{Deponia}}''
761	** Deponia (2012)
762	** Chaos on Deponia (2012)
763	** Goodbye Deponia (2013)
764	** Deponia Doomsday (2016)
765	* ''VideoGame/DonnaAvengerOfBlood''
766	* ''VideoGame/TheDreamMachine''
767	* ''VideoGame/ADuckHasAnAdventure''
768	* ''VideoGame/{{Errand}}''
769	* ''VideoGame/{{Home\|Rivers}}''
770	* ''VideoGame/Journey2012''
771	* ''VideoGame/{{Lisa}}''
772	* ''VideoGame/LoneSurvivor''
773	* ''VideoGame/Primordia2012''
774	* ''VideoGame/{{Resonance}}''
775	* ''VideoGame/TheSeaWillClaimEverything''
776	* ''VideoGame/TheSilentAge''
777	* ''VideoGame/TheTestamentOfSherlockHolmes''
778	* ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDeadTelltale''
779	* ''VideoGame/{{Yesterday}}''
780
781	!!2013
782	* ''VisualNovel/AreaX''
783	* ''VideoGame/AmnesiaAMachineForPigs''
784	* ''VideoGame/{{Backdoor}}''
785	* ''VideoGame/BeyondTwoSouls''
786	* ''VideoGame/BrokenAge''
787	* ''VideoGame/BrothersATaleOfTwoSons''
788	* ''VideoGame/CandyBox''
789	* ''VideoGame/CryptWorlds''
790	* ''VideoGame/FindingTeddy'' (only the first game)
791	* ''VideoGame/GoneHome''
792	* ''VideoGame/HeroinesQuest''
793	* ''VideoGame/TheHorrorAtMSAurora''
794	* ''VideoGame/TheJourneyDown''
795	* ''VideoGame/KentuckyRouteZero''
796	* ''VideoGame/TheLastDoor''
797	* ''VideoGame/LoneSiren''
798	* ''VideoGame/{{Memoria\|2013}}''
799	* ''VideoGame/MermaidSwamp''
800	* ''VideoGame/{{Moebius}}''
801	* ''VideoGame/TheNightOfTheRabbit''
802	* ''VideoGame/TheStarshipDamrey''
803	* ''VideoGame/TheWolfAmongUs''
804	* ''VideoGame/TheYawhg''
805	* ''VideoGame/YearWalk''
806
807	!!2014
808	* ''VideoGame/EightyDays''
809	* ''VideoGame/AlwaysSometimesMonsters''
810	* ''VideoGame/{{Bik}}''
811	* ''VideoGame/{{D4}}''
812	* ''VideoGame/DarkScavenger'' is this mixed with StrategyRPG.
813	* ''VideoGame/DepressionQuest''
814	* ''VideoGame/DreamfallChapters''
815	* ''VideoGame/GameOfThronesTelltale''
816	* ''{{VideoGame/Jazzpunk}}''
817	* ''VisualNovel/MyLittleInvestigations''
818	* ''VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonVsPhoenixWrightAceAttorney''
819	* ''VideoGame/QuestForInfamy''
820	* ''VideoGame/RandalsMonday''
821	* ''VideoGame/{{Remember}}''
822	* ''VideoGame/TheSamaritanParadox''
823	* ''VideoGame/SanctuaryRPG''
824	* ''VideoGame/SecretsOfRaetikon''
825	* ''VideoGame/SherlockHolmesCrimesAndPunishments''
826	* ''VideoGame/AStoryAboutMyUncle''
827	* ''VideoGame/TalesFromTheBorderlands''
828	** ''VideoGame/NewTalesFromTheBorderlands'' (2022)
829	* ''VideoGame/{{Unrest}}''
830	* ''VideoGame/TheVanishingOfEthanCarter''
831
832	!!2015
833	* ''VideoGame/AviaryAttorney''
834	* ''Videogame/TheBookOfUnwrittenTales2''
835	* ''VideoGame/TheCharnelHouseTrilogy''
836	* ''VideoGame/DeadSynchronicity''
837	* ''VideoGame/{{Dropsy}}''
838	* ''VideoGame/ElseHeartBreak''
839	* ''VideoGame/EverybodysGoneToTheRapture''
840	* ''VideoGame/FranBow''
841	* ''VideoGame/HelloCharlotte''
842	* ''VideoGame/KingsQuest2015''
843	* ''VideoGame/LifeIsStrange''
844	** ''VideoGame/LifeIsStrangeBeforeTheStorm''
845	** ''VideoGame/TheAwesomeAdventuresOfCaptainSpirit''
846	** ''VideoGame/LifeIsStrange2''
847	** ''VideoGame/LifeIsStrangeTrueColors''
848	* ''VideoGame/MinecraftStoryMode''
849	* ''VideoGame/{{Obduction}}''
850	* ''VideoGame/OedipusInMyInventory''
851	* ''VideoGame/{{Prominence}}''
852	* ''VideoGame/ReadOnlyMemories''
853	* ''VideoGame/TheSplitting''
854	* ''VideoGame/{{Stasis}}''
855	* ''VideoGame/Sunset2015''
856	* ''VideoGame/TickTockIsle''
857	* ''VideoGame/UntilDawn''
858
859	!!2016
860	* ''VideoGame/SixteenWaysToKillAVampireAtMcdonalds''
861	* ''VideoGame/BatmanTheTelltaleSeries''
862	* ''VideoGame/Buddy2016''
863	* ''VideoGame/DetectivePikachu''
864	* ''VideoGame/FindTheCure!''
865	* ''VideoGame/{{Firewatch}}''
866	* ''VideoGame/HavenMoon''
867	* ''VideoGame/HerMajestysSpiffing''
868	* ''VideoGame/{{Infested}}''
869	* ''VideoGame/{{Infra}}''
870	* ''VideoGame/KathyRain''
871	** ''Kathy Rain: The Director's Cut'' (2021)
872	* ''VideoGame/LISAThePointless''
873	* ''VideoGame/{{Magium}}''
874	* ''VideoGame/ManualSamuel''
875	* ''VideoGame/ThePreposterousAwesomenessOfEverything''
876	* ''VideoGame/QuernUndyingThoughts''
877	* ''VideoGame/RobinsonTheJourney''
878	* ''VideoGame/SallyFace''
879	* ''VideoGame/TheSecretMonsterSociety''
880	* ''VideoGame/{{Shardlight}}''
881	* ''VideoGame/SherlockHolmesTheDevilsDaughter''
882	* ''VideoGame/{{Submerged}}''
883	* ''VideoGame/TheWitness''
884
885	!!2017
886	* ''VisualNovel/AcquittalInduction''
887	* ''VideoGame/Code7''
888	* ''VideoGame/{{Debris}}''
889	* ''VideoGame/{{Farpoint}}''
890	* ''VideoGame/HexeptaMayorAttack''
891	* ''VideoGame/{{Hiveswap}}''
892	* ''VideoGame/IBecameADog''
893	* ''VideoGame/IFellFromGrace''
894	* ''VideoGame/{{Kona}}''
895	* ''VideoGame/MilkmaidOfTheMilkyWay''
896	* ''VideoGame/NightInTheWoods''
897	* ''VideoGame/{{Paradigm}}''
898	* ''VideoGame/ThePillarsOfTheEarth''
899	* ''VideoGame/RickAndMortyVirtualRickAlity''
900	* ''VideoGame/{{Rime}}''
901	* ''VideoGame/{{RUMU}}''
902	* ''VideoGame/ScannerSombre''
903	* ''VideoGame/TheSexyBrutale''
904	* ''VideoGame/Stay2017''
905	* ''VideoGame/{{Tacoma}}''
906	* ''VideoGame/ThimbleweedPark''
907
908	!!2018
909	* ''VideoGame/{{Changed}}''
910	* ''VideoGame/TheCouncil''
911	* ''VideoGame/TheDeadMines''
912	* ''VideoGame/DetroitBecomeHuman''
913	* ''VideoGame/DudeCops''
914	* ''VideoGame/Evie2018''
915	* ''The Haunted Island, a VideoGame/FrogDetective Game''
916	* ''VideoGame/KeinegedAnNor''
917	* ''VideoGame/KingsHeirRiseToTheThrone''
918	* ''VideoGame/LamplightCity''
919	* ''VideoGame/{{POD}}''
920	* ''VideoGame/QuantumReplica''
921	* ''VideoGame/TheRedStringsClub''
922	* ''VideoGame/ReturnOfTheObraDinn''
923	* ''Spirit Hunter''
924	** ''VisualNovel/SpiritHunterDeathMark'' (2018)
925	** ''VisualNovel/SpiritHunterNG'' (2019)
926	** ''VisualNovel/SpiritHunterDeathMarkII'' (2024)
927	* ''VideoGame/{{Unavowed}}''
928	* ''VideoGame/UnforeseenIncidents''
929	* ''VideoGame/WelcomeToBummertown''
930
931	!!2019
932	* ''VideoGame/ThirteenSentinelsAegisRim''
933	* ''VideoGame/AITheSomniumFiles''
934	** ''VideoGame/AITheSomniumFilesNirvanaInitiative'' (2022)
935	* ''VideoGame/BearsRestaurant''
936	* ''VideoGame/BlacksadUnderTheSkin''
937	* ''VideoGame/ClamMan''
938	* ''VideoGame/DanceOfDeathDuLacAndFey''
939	* ''VideoGame/DeathPark''
940	* ''VideoGame/DetectiveDiTheSilkRoseMurders''
941	* ''VideoGame/{{Elsinore}}''
942	* ''VideoGame/FrogDetective 2: The Case of the Invisible Wizard''
943	* ''VideoGame/GibbousACthulhuAdventure''
944	* ''VideoGame/HeavensVault''
945	* ''VideoGame/HypnospaceOutlaw''
946	* ''VideoGame/InvestiGatorTheCaseOfTheBigCrime''
947	* ''VideoGame/JennyLeClue''
948	* ''VideoGame/LaterAlligator''
949	* ''VideoGame/LittleMisfortune''
950	* ''VideoGame/{{Lorelai}}''
951	* ''VideoGame/ManOfMedan''
952	* ''VideoGame/MyFriendIsARaven''
953	* ''VideoGame/RainOfReflections''
954	* ''VideoGame/ShadowPoint''
955	* ''VideoGame/AShortHike''
956	* ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheNeonSea''
957	* ''VideoGame/TheTouryst''
958	* ''VideoGame/{{Truberbrook}}''
959	* ''VideoGame/TuskersNumberAdventure''
960	* ''VideoGame/WeTheRevolution''
961	* ''VideoGame/WhispersOfAMachine''
962	* ''VideoGame/ZelleOccultAdventure''
963
964	!!2020
965	* ''VideoGame/BeautifulDesolation''
966	* ''VideoGame/{{Bugsnax}}''
967	* ''VideoGame/ChickenPolice''
968	* ''VideoGame/DemonpactClarice''
969	* ''VideoGame/FatumBetula''
970	* ''VideoGame/InOtherWaters''
971	* ''VideoGame/TheLonging''
972	* ''VideoGame/MissingChildren''
973	* ''VideoGame/{{Roki}}''
974	* ''VideoGame/{{Spectacle}}''
975	* ''VideoGame/{{Sumire}}''
976	* ''VideoGame/TellMeWhy''
977	* ''VideoGame/TwinMirror''
978	* ''VideoGame/WorldsEndClub''
979	* ''VideoGame/ZniwAdventure''
980
981	!!2021
982	* ''VideoGame/AlfredHitchcockVertigo''
983	* ''VideoGame/TheArtfulEscape''
984	* ''VideoGame/ChicoryAColorfulTale''
985	* ''VideoGame/ClockworkCalamityInMushroomWorld''
986	* ''VideoGame/DeathPalette''
987	* ''VideoGame/TheForgottenCity''
988	* ''VideoGame/TheProcessionToCalvary''
989	* ''VideoGame/Lacuna2021''
990	* ''VideoGame/LiveStreamEscapeFromHotelIzanami''
991	* ''VideoGame/MsDirector''
992	* ''VideoGame/OpusEchoOfStarsong''
993	* ''VideoGame/Overboard2021''
994	* ''VideoGame/Pedestal2021''
995	* ''VideoGame/ScarletHollow''
996	* ''VideoGame/{{TOHU}}''
997	* ''VideoGame/MummySandbox''
998	* ''VideoGame/ThePrinceOfLandis''
999	* ''VideoGame/{{Strangeland}}''
1000	* ''VideoGame/TailsNoir''
1001	* ''VideoGame/TwelveMinutes''
1002
1003	!!2022
1004	* ''VideoGame/AsDuskFalls''
1005	* ''VideoGame/BeaconPines''
1006	* ''VideoGame/BloodNova''
1007	* ''VideoGame/BornPunk''
1008	* ''VideoGame/BrokTheInvestigator''
1009	* ''VideoGame/TheCaseOfTheGoldenIdol''
1010	* ''VideoGame/CatsAndTheOtherLives''
1011	* ''VideoGame/ChinatownDetectiveAgency''
1012	* ''VideoGame/CitizenSleeper''
1013	* ''VideoGame/EpiphanyCity''
1014	* ''VideoGame/TheExcavationOfHobsBarrow''
1015	* ''VideoGame/FrogDetective 3: Corruption at Cowboy County''
1016	* ''VideoGame/GerdaAFlameInWinter''
1017	* ''VideoGame/JustinWackAndTheBigTimeHack''
1018	* ''VideoGame/LucyDreaming''
1019	* ''VideoGame/AMallNearYou''
1020	* ''VideoGame/NineNoirLives''
1021	* ''VideoGame/{{Norco}}''
1022	* ''VideoGame/PerfectTides''
1023	* ''VideoGame/{{Pentiment}}''
1024	* ''VideoGame/ThePlagueDoctorOfWippra''
1025	* ''VideoGame/StrangeHorticulture''
1026	* ''VideoGame/{{Stray\|2022}}''
1027	* ''VideoGame/UnusualFindings''
1028	* ''VideoGame/{{Whateverland}}''
1029	* ''VideoGame/WhosLila''
1030	* ''VisualNovel/YurukillTheCalumniationGames''
1031
1032	!!2023
1033	* ''WebOriginal/CorruDotObserver''
1034	* ''VideoGame/DetectivePikachuReturns''
1035	* ''VideoGame/DisneyDreamlightValley''[[note]]first released in early access on September 6, 2022[[/note]] (a hybrid of this and a LifeSimulationGame)
1036	* ''VideoGame/DreamsInTheWitchHouse2023''
1037	* ''VideoGame/TheInvincible''
1038	* ''VideoGame/MasterDetectiveArchivesRainCode''
1039	* ''VideoGame/MikaAndTheWitchsMountain''
1040	* ''VideoGame/MortalMeal''
1041	* ''Videogame/ASpaceForTheUnbound''
1042	* ''VideoGame/StasisBoneTotem''
1043	* ''VideoGame/ATinyStickerTale''
1044
1045	!!2024
1046	* ''VideoGame/BetweenHorizons''
1047	* ''VideoGame/SnufkinMelodyOfMoominvalley'' (combines elements of the adventure and {{stealth\|basedgame}} genres)
1048
1049	!!Unsorted
1050	* ''VideoGame/{{Cult}}''
1051	* ''VideoGame/GretelAndHansel''
1052	* ''VideoGame/HeroOfTheKingdom''
1053	* ''VideoGame/JimmyJam''
1054	* ''VideoGame/ManiacMansionMania''
1055	* The ''VideoGame/NancyDrew'' series
1056	* ''VideoGame/NickBounty'' The Dame with the Blue Chewed Shoe
1057	* ''VideoGame/TheNightIsGrey''
1058	* ''VideoGame/{{PD}}''
1059	* ''VideoGame/{{Reisen}}''
1060	* ''VideoGame/{{Tsioque}}''
1061	[[/index]]

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