pretty much the title. i have played most of sierra, lucasarts and telltale catalogues so if you are suggesting one of their games i’ve probably already played it. it doesn’t have to be a copycat, homage or in the same style as these companies’ games either, just that it must satisfy the vague definition of being an “adventure game” and have a good story. thanks in advance, can’t wait to see your recommendations!
EDIT: thanks for your recommendations i couldn’t reply to everyone. i can’t to play (most of) them when i got time.
I know many people did not, but I really enjoyed the King’s Quest reboot.
Free Stars: The Ur-Quan Masters has an excellent story and wordbuilding, and you can talk to all kinds of weird aliens. If you don’t like the ship combat, you can set up the game’s AI to fight for you.
A while ago I played through the first two Broken Sword games, and I enjoyed them very much!
Have you tried the titles from Amanita Design? They’ve made quite a few old-school point-and-click games, with hand-drawn graphics and cute stories despite the characters never talking.
My favourite is Machinarium.
absolutely i’ve played a shit ton of their games when i was a kid. i was surprised to see their games are not that famous since where i live most young people have played at least Machinarium.
Sorry if either of these already got mentioned:
- Call of the Sea
- Quern (this one is light on story, but it’s a solid Myst-like game)
Ohh Querns a fantastic game! And was developed by university students. They really captured the myst vibe for sure.
Outer Wilds felt like an adventure game to me.
I like the Runaway series. Well its been a long long time since I played but I remember them being good.
To the Moon has a great story that I still think about to this day. Not much game there, just a few easy puzzles sprinkled in the narrative. But worth it for the story and how it is told.
Definitely recommend that and the sequel Finding Paradise if you haven’t played them or seen a playthrough.
Comedy is an important part of Point & Click games for me. If anyone has other suggestions, I’d love to hear them.
This list is in order of my favorites:
- Paradigm
- Darkside Detective
- Everything by Amanita Design
- Cleo: A Pirate’s Tale
- Feria d’Arles
- There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension
- Lost In Play
- Thimbleweed Park
- Bertram Fiddle
- Will of Arthur Flabbington
Paradigm is SO GOOD
also throwing in Quest for Glory, on a writing standpoint
I enjoyed both Primordia and Technobabylon.
It’s slow but, The Invincible was pretty good.
this will be a little hard to find but Morpheus 1998 was great
Deponia series from Daedalic Entertainment. The first two games are really great. The other two not so much, though.
Hollowknight if you like metroidvanias. Id definitely consider it an adventure due to the exploring aspect. Up to your discretion though.
Story is fantastic imo and the visuals are stunning. Its pretty combat heavy if you’re into that.
That game is fucking hard. Only play it if you like cursing a lot.
It’s not really an adventure in the classical genre definition, but maybe Return of the Obra Dinn is something for you if you like solving puzzles and fancy murder mysteries.
i have played return of the obra dinn. it’s one of the greatest puzzle games i’ve played and i feel like most people that have played it say the same. actually solving all identities is legitimately hard, the story is interesting and the presentation is top notch. not an adventure game as i would define it but i highly recommended playing it to everyone that haven’t played it.
