TOP 55 Graphic Adventure Games
Video games where you solve puzzles to progress stories. Tomb Raiders or walking simulators don't count, but some genre mashups made the list.
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- StarsTim CurryCharity JamesDavid ThomasThe investigation of a kidnapping leads Gabriel Knight (Tim Curry) to the French village of Rennes-Le-Chateau where a dark and sinister mystery lies ready to be solved.Investigation, treasure hunting, evil to fight, bikes to ride, Tim Curry — this one has it all.
- DirectorRon GilbertStarsDominic ArmatoEarl BoenAlexandra BoydHaving vanquished the ghost pirate LeChuck with a soft drink, Guybrush Threepwood now seeks the treasure of Big Whoop. During his quest he discovers LeChuck is back from the dead. Once again.Pirates Of The Caribbean started here. And it's also the funniest adventure you'll probably ever play.
- DirectorShu TakumiIn an obscure corner of the city, a single bullet takes your life, but that's not all it takes. When you awaken as a spirit, You begin your search for the answers to these questions: "Who am I?", "Who killed me?", and "Why was I killed?"Time travel and time travel back in time travel... (Nintendo DS).
- DirectorPierre GilhodesMuriel TramisA lonely goblin journalist assigned to interview the rulers of two warring kingdoms is bitten by a werewolf. He now has to reconcile the two while dealing with the mayhem in his head.Best of the Gobliiins series despite only one goblin.
- DirectorCharles CecilStarsRolf SaxonHazel EllerbyRachel AtkinsGeorge Stobbart, an American tourist in Paris, attempts to unravel a conspiracy when he witnesses a bomb attack on a small Parisian cafe.A damn fine hand-drawn adventure with a bit of everything thrown in.
- DirectorDoug TenNapelStarsMark LorenzenEdward SchofieldDoug TenNapelLong ago, a mysterious being known as Hoborg created a world called the Neverhood, made entirely of an odd substance known as "Klay." However, Hoborg was lonely and, using a mystical "life seed", created a "Klay man" that he called Klogg.It's the clay game of all clay games, still unmatched in its silly perfection.
- DirectorLucas PopeStarsRob TownsendKamran NikhadJeffrey PillarsReturn of the Obra Dinn is set aboard a fictional East India Company ghost ship whose crew and passengers have all mysteriously died, with the game's objective being to discover how.It's not a sequel — it's the start of this awesome investigative adventure.
- DirectorJane JensenStarsTim CurryMark HamillLeah ReminiGabriel Knight, the owner of a New Orleans, Louisiana bookstore, gets tangled up in the investigation of a series of voodoo-related murders currently plaguing the city.When Gabriel was still a lousy bookstore owner and lived in New Orleans, surrounded by voodoo and hoodoo.
- DirectorSean ClarkMichael StemmleStarsBill FarmerNick JamesonMarsha ClarkTwo screwball detectives are hired to track a couple of human oddities that went missing from a local Tourist Trap.The original Sam & Max are super fun.
- DirectorNikolay DybowskiStarsTitus AdamDaniel BarnesMartin CookeThree people try to uncover the source of a lethal virus in a mystical eerie Eastern European village at the turn of the 20th century.Pre-COVID pandemic survival simulator.
- DirectorChris JonesStarsJames Earl JonesBrian KeithRussell MeansIn the year 2042, a clumsy noir gumshoe named Tex Murphy must stop a cult of religious fanatics who plan to destroy the human race.A real noir detective in the unreal postapocaliptic future.
- DirectorDavid CageStarsDavid BowieDavid GasmanPaul BandeyOmikron is a massive city-state in which the people are ruled blindly by an ancient supercomputer and a communist dictator with an iron fist who carries out the computer's orders. Little do the people of Omikron know that a demon lord from the last circle of Hell is the true power behind their land's governance. The Nomad Soul, a foretold hero, enters Omikron through his computer and becomes trapped in this parallel realm. Desperate to escape back to his own world, and to help new-found friends fight the dark forces guiding Omikron, the Nomad Soul does what he must to liberate Omikron for ever.Sci-fi/fantasy/demon slayer/David Bowie open-world adventure that switches to fighting/shooting whenever it wants to.
- DirectorJakub DvorskýFive botanical creatures try to save the last seed of their home tree from evil parasitic creatures that have infested their home.Controlling not one, but five exotic insects at once in this naturalistic adventure.
- DirectorJoseph D. KucanStarsMartin AzarowMark BenninghoffenWarren BurtonYou play a blade runner investigating a series of violent replicant crimes, only to discover far more than you bargained for.One of the best games based on one of the best movies.
- DirectorTim SchaferStarsRoy ConradMark HamillHamilton CampFramed for murdering a motorcycle magnate, a biker gang leader tries to clear his name and take revenge on the scheming businessman responsible.You ride your bike, your kick butts, and you are still playing an adventure game.
- DirectorLaird M. MalamedStarsErick AvariDirk BenedictRip TaylorThe player is "AFGNCAAP", a salesperson for the Frobozz Electric Company sent to the underground kingdom of Zork that's currently under the tyrannical rule of Grand Inquisitor, Mir Yannick, who has banned all magic.I. Am. The boss. Of you!
- DirectorShu TakumiStarsDavid CrislipBrandon GayKou HamasakiPhoenix Wright: Ace Attorney is a video game made by Capcom in which you play the role of Phoenix Wright, a funny, likeable defense lawyer who has to face countless and often bizarre court cases against ruthless prosecutors.OBJECTION!!!
- DirectorCorey ColeLori Ann ColeStarsJohn Rhys-DaviesJennifer HaleGregg BergerTransported to the Slavic land of Mordavia, the hero must banish the darkness taking over the valley and prevent the summoning of a terrible demon into the world.The best in the famous adventure-RPG series, this time with a dark Slavic folklore flavour.
- DirectorRon GilbertHal BarwoodStarsDominic ArmatoEarl BoenAlexandra BoydYoung pirate wanna-be Guybrush Threepwood sets out to pass the Three Trials, woo the governess Elaine Marley, reach the fabled Monkey Island and vanquish the nefarious ghost pirate LeChuck.Which started it all.
- DirectorDaniel Matthew PoszmikStarsCaleb MerrickSharon MannExplore the mysterious island of Quern and uncover its secrets. A first-person Myst-like puzzle adventure game.Myst reinvented, and with better results than Cyan's own attempts.
- DirectorChristy MarxRobin Hood on a quest to save King Richard while also solving everyday problems, such as robbing the rich, protecting Maid Marian, fooling the Sheriff of Nottingham and contacting forest spirits.The most brilliant adaptation of those Robin Hood legends.
- DirectorMuriel TramisStarsMicheline DaxEdgar GivryClaude PiépluIn a post-apocalyptic totalitarian future professor Azimuth is arrested on BigWig's order. Professor's adoptive son, Woodruff, quickly grows up and and claims revenge.Also known as Gobliiins 4, it has no goblins whatsoever, just tons of hilarious animations and the Schnibble.
- DirectorPhil SaundersTommy YuneStarsJerry RectorMichele ScarabelliDaniel MannTemporal agent Gage Blackwood must take one final trip through time and visit Atlantis, Shangri La and El Dorado to find an artifact called the Legacy of Time and stop an alien invasion. His A.I. bud Arthur joins him once again.Hilarious time travel between non-existent cities.
- DirectorLucas PopeStarsIlya ShubochkinIn the fictional socialist state of Arstotzka in 1982, a border checkpoint inspector must cope with complex entry regulations, superiors' corruption, terrorists, a mysterious group and the personal drama of the applicants for entry.A boring-sounding immigration inspector simulator is in fact a fun adventure where you solve fates and master bureaucracy sitting on your chair.
- StarsChris BarrieRoger BlakePaul CodishSimon, your average English boy, is abducted by a mysterious old book and transported to a fantastic world where he has magical powers.No, it's not Harry Potter. Simon happened way earlier and was way funnier.
- DirectorAgustín CordesStarsJohn BellJonathan BoakesSue AndersonAuthor Michael Arthate is struggling with writers block when he travels to Blackwood Manor, an isolated home outside of the small England town of Rothbury, Northumberland. Soon after moving in, he gets in way over his head when he digs into the house's horrible past and begins hearing scratching noised all around the house, and soon becomes more interested in the house rather than his writing.Explore an old mansion inside out, B horror movie-style.
- DirectorJoe NapolitanoStarsStephen MachtPaul Anthony StewartMerle KennedyThe player, an inhabitant of the underground kingdom of Zork, is sent to the Forbidden Lands to find out what happened to four missing alchemists. During his quest, the player learns of a mysterious force known as the Nemesis.A fantastic Zork Myst.
- DirectorAl LoweStarsJan RabsonNeil RossSheryl BernsteinIn the seventh installment of Al Lowe's favorite alter-ego, Leisure Suit Larry embarks on a sea cruise where there are more than enough beautiful women for Larry to encounter. His primary objective is to bed the most beautiful trophy on the ship: Captain Thygh. All he has to do to win her favors is to score high in the shipboard contests of bowling, cooking, horseshoes, fashion, craps and sexual prowess. If the gamer is also clever, Larry can find ways to cheat his way to the top of these events. Although the game is filled with blatant innuendo and puns (the likes of Drew Baringmore, Jamie Lee Coitus, Dewmi Moore, Nailmi and Wydoncha Jugg) there is no full frontal nudity (at least close-up) and the sexual encounters are inoffensive. This is a game with more tease than sleaze, as has always been the case with the Larry series. Backgrounds, animations, and sound have all been upgraded, as well as the interface, from icons to pop-up windows. Some may not enjoy a politically incorrect game with a hero who is shallow and sexually obsessed, but for those who do, Love for Sail is a must; Al Lowe's best Leisure Suit Larry ever.Larry games were getting better and better, why did they cancel him?
- StarsJordan CarrollA censorship simulator set during the alternative 1990s. You seek violations in Hypnospace, an Internet-like web that exists in people's dreams, only to find out it's part of a grand conspiracy.Investigate strange things happening in a retro Internet simulator.
- DirectorSean ClarkStarsRobert PatrickMari WeissSteve BlumThree humans trapped on a distant planet discover its deadly secret which could be their undoing.Indiana Jones in space. Jokes aside, it's arguably the best sci-fi adventure ever made.
- StarsJoseph D. KucanGary W. HyattHarley AkensThe king and queen has been murdered by the evil jester Malcolm. The hidden prince Brandon, must now embark on a quest to solve his parents murder.Pixel beauty. By the way, it has one of the biggest secret fan bases.
- StarsTimothy WatsonErin FitzgeraldPlayers are tasked with solving a series of increasingly difficult series of complex puzzles woven into a metaphysical parable about intelligence and meaning in an inevitably doomed world.A smart robot confronts stupid AI in a series of physical puzzles.
- DirectorJonathan AckleyLarry AhernStarsDominic ArmatoAlexandra BoydEarl BoenAfter unwittingly turning his true love Elaine into solid gold with a cursed engagement ring, Guybrush Threepwood must find a map, a ship and a crew, sail to Blood Island and track down an uncursed diamond ring to reverse the curse.For the sake of the second chapter and graphics alone. And the pirate song. And Murray.
- DirectorNorbert CellierIn 1910 photographer John Parker travels to the isolated town of Illsmouth to witness the passing of Halley's Comet. When his photographs show something both impossible and horrifying, Parker has to face the dark secrets of Illsmouth.Lovecraft would've been pleased with this nightmarish adventure.
- StarsLogan CunninghamAbe GoldfarbSarah ElmalehHoratio Nullbuilt and Crispin Horatiobuilt live alone in the desert, fixing up their ship before a rogue robot comes along and steals their power core. They then traverse the desert and make it into the city of Metropol, and from there they get into much more trouble than they anticipated. Much of the game and story are determined by the player's decisions, so it takes any number of turns upon entering the city.More robots in this light dystopia. Very indie and very clever.
- DirectorJim HicksStarsAyne St. MartinEthan SilrumScott CatlinRock band Trip Cyclone has disappeared in Arizona, while location scouting for their new video near a Native American town. Their friend, the player, arrives to stop their mysterious kidnapper Darkcloud and save the band and the world.It's a like a classic horror movie about a deserted town came to life and married Myst.
- DirectorHifumi KônoJennifer & her friends will have a hard time escaping their "new home". Especially because of a scissor-wielding psycho lurking throughout a secluded, medieval mansion up in the norwegian mountains.Before Resident Evil coined "survival horror", Clock Tower did it, with style, on SNES and without shooting.
- DirectorJan Müller-MichaelisStarsHenry SargeantNicola RansomSteve HudsonBird catcher Geron where he tries to restore his lover Nuri, a forest fairy, who turned into a raven. Geron has to solve the fate of an ancient story about princess Sadja from Fasar, whom everybody has forgotten during the past 450 years.Based on some German tabletop RPG, it's a hard-boiled fantasy quest where magic is your salvation.
- DirectorRobyn C. MillerRichard Vander WendeTim GreenbergStarsJohn KestonSheila GooldRand MillerAfter the events of Myst (1993), the Stranger travels to Riven to help Atrus by rescuing his wife Catherine, trapping his father Gehn and saving the Rivenese before their world collapses.If someone approaches you with the "Myst sucks" statement, hit them with Riven.
- DirectorPierre GilhodesFingus and Winkle, two goblins, have been sent to rescue the King's son, the Prince Buffoon, who has been kidnapped by the evil Amoniak. The player controls the two characters, also both goblins can be given an order simultaneously.Two goblins, still lots of fun.
- DirectorBrian MoriartyStarsRichard SeydPat FranklynLauren JonesSeventeen-year-old Weaver Bobbin Threadbare is left alone on the small island of Loom. Armed only with a magical musical instrument he begins his own adventure.Playing music instead of solving puzzles. Somehow this worked.
- DirectorCharles CecilStarsRolf SaxonFlaminia CinqueDennis ChinneryGeorge Stobbart is an eyewitness to the kidnapping of his girlfriend Nicole Collard. While searching for her, George stumbles into an uneven adventure with no way out.One of the most polished sequels ever.
- StarsDavid GasmanSharon MannMina survives a shipwreck and finds herself on an inhabitant island. While trying to survive, she encounters traces of a previous expedition headed by none other than Captain Nemo.A heaven for macgyvers, it perfected the inventory management.
- DirectorVincent CarrellaStarsMichael X. SommersMike GilliamSusan VolkanEntomologist Roger Samms plans to embezzle some grant money and escape his miserable life. However, his mother's strange locket turns him into a cockroach. He's about to discover that only he can save his neighbors from a disaster.A crawling simulator where every screen can (and will) kill you.
- An open-world pacifist platform adventure where you explore the Green-sky society built on the branches of a giant oak as one of the five unique characters with acquired psychic abilities.A non-violent C64 open-world platform adventure where you fly from branch to branch using your portable shuba.
- DirectorJane JensenWilliam SkirvinRoberta WilliamsStarsRobby BensonSheryl BernsteinTownsend ColemanA prince has little time before the princess he loves is harmed. He must travel throughout her kingdom and try to mend the feuds there in order to save her.Best-written King's Quest with a silly protagonist.
- DirectorHal BarwoodStarsDenny DelkDavid GitinJane JacobsIndiana Jones must fight the nazis again in search for Atlantis and a newly discovered mineral of unbelievable power, the Orichalcum.Many people wish this was Indi's fourth movie. Or even three movies, because you can play it three times.
- DirectorAdrian CarrStarsChris JonesBarry CorbinKevin McCarthyIn a neo-noir post-WWIII future, an old man hires Tex Murphy, a witty mellow private detective, to find his friend, a former government scientist. The clues lead Tex to a serial killer, NSA and an ominous project called Pandora.They hired professional actors and a movie director for this one! Now it's less campy, but more replayable.
- StarsBonnie Lynn ToupsElena FerranteMichael KucanThe land of Kyrandia is disappearing piece by piece. The only way to save the land is to find the anchor-stone, located in the center of the world. In this second part of the trilogy, you play the part of Zanthia.This time we travel between islands and cook magic potions in a portable cauldron.
- StarsBram FloriaBob BarnesNancy C. RobertsOn fleeing his cell, Philip's fate is once again set in motion. The facility he emerges into is a far cry from the barren mines that brought him here - a hi-tech research station almost devoid of human life. Philip continues on his quest to recover his father, the adventure he set out on in Penumbra: Overture, but as events unfold, he finds his ill-fated companion Red's warning ringing in his ears. This time, Philip will be accompanied by more than one voice calling from the darkness. This time, perhaps they can be trusted? Make the leap of faith. Discover the truth.Arguably the best modern horror adventure.
- DirectorTim SchaferStarsTony PlanaMaria Canals-BarreraAlan BlumenfeldManuel Calavera is a travel agent in The Land of the Dead who has stumbled across a ring of corruption.A mix of themes that should've never met in a media, but here they are.
- DirectorGregg BarnettStarsEric IdleTony RobinsonKate RobbinsGame based on Terry Pratchett's famous Discworld series. On a world that is being carried on four elephants standing on a huge turtle dark plots are brewing in the city of Ankh-Morpork.The official Discworld game, Terry Pratchett even edited the script. It's also damn long and hard.
- DirectorMark CroweRoger Wilco, the buffoonish space janitor, is now a cadet at StarCon Academy, and it's not long before a freak accident sends Roger's test scores through the roof, landing him a position as the captain of a starship! How appropriate-he gets a garbage scow. Before long, Roger and his crew get mixed up in someone else's sketchy dealings that now threaten the entire galaxy, an unpaid debt from Roger's past returns to haunt him, and Roger finally meets the woman who will supposedly become his wife and bear the child who will go back in time to save him in Space Quest IV... except he totally botches his introduction and makes an utter fool of himself.The funniest of Space Quests, even if you haven't seen Star Trek.
- DirectorMartin StoltzStarsFrank SchurterStephen BennettBrad BromanAfter a horrific car crash your character ends up in an asylum. You must find out how you came to be there and recover your identity.Collection of childhood horrors.
- DirectorGlen DahlgrenStarsDavid DeBoyHenry StrozierIlona DulaskiUse your trusty flying ship to travel between worlds and collect runes and spells to solve puzzles.