Like all video game genres, adventure games have come a long way since their introduction in the 1970s. At first, adventure games started as text-based adventures, requiring the player’s imagination ...

Daniel has been playing games for entirely too many years, with his Steam library currently numbering nearly 750 games and counting. When he's not working or watching anime, he's either playing or ...

Despite launching way back in 2001, classic adventure game software, ScummVM, is still seeing updates. Yes, 2001 is “way back,” sorry. The latest update to kick off 2026 brings a whole host of ...

Mark Sammut grew up on the PlayStation 1 and has been playing games ever since, although he is no longer limited to just Sony consoles. Be it JRPGs, shooters, platformers, or hack and slash games, ...

Artifact Seekers is the latest freebie by Five-BN Games, a studio known for releasing hidden object and puzzle adventure games across multiple platforms. Recently, the developer dropped its entire ...

If you grew up gaming in the ’90s, you know just how magical the adventure genre was. Back then, these games weren’t just popular, they were the backbone of what made video games feel like more than ...

Although the PlayStation is most known for its AAA titles like The Last of Us and God of War, it is also home to some interesting indie games like Baby Steps and Cairn. That includes this upcoming new ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Nick’s Text Adventure Nick’s Text Adventure is a cruel text-based RPG where everything unfolds one line at a time. Spells lie, gear gets worse, fishing can ...

One of the most common category critiques in games is the action/adventure genre's elasticity. When does a first-person shooter with a heavier emphasis on exploration and puzzle-solving cross into ...

While not carrying the same heft it enjoyed long ago, last year was one of the adventure genre's most commercially-successful years in this century. A Telltale-esque adventure eclipsing 3 million ...

The open-world genre continues to thrive, constantly offering fresh settings, unique destinations, and a promise of an epic adventure where players take a central role in the narrative. Some of the ...

Few video game series have defined adventure as completely as The Legend of Zelda. For decades, its mix of exploration, puzzle solving, and combat has shaped what players expect from the genre.