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 enjoyed Botanicula. It’s a cute point-and-click adventure game.
There’s a beauty and peacefulness to it that’s hard to describe. The music will stick with you, too.
It’s a big stretch on the definition, but try the Hitman Trilogy. There are tons and tons of solutions to achieve the kills without trying for tricksy, difficult stealth challenges - just by recalling a bunch of hints you’ve seen/heard by wandering around the region, and combining them in fun ways.
Basically, if you see that the target is inside a complex guarded by two armed men, you shouldn’t be trying to flick a coin to see if you can turn a guard just long enough to use your garrot on one, and hide him around a corner, all in 10 seconds. You SHOULD, instead, look for options like:
- Find a pizza delivery guy, get him alone, knock him out, take his uniform and pizza, and greet the guards so they let you in
- Set off an alarm in a nearby room that causes a guard to go shut it off
- Call the target on the phone and tell him you want to meet about his secrets. Then, he leaves the complex himself with one bodyguard to your proposed meeting spot “right underneath the suspended ornamental anchor”.
What’s often misleading about the games is they orient themselves around all this equipment you can bring in, but the best way to explore a lot of levels is with no equipment at all (sometimes not even a pistol). Granted, the game changes in speedruns and other challenges, but it DOES feel like playing a Monkey Island game at times.
A while ago I played through the first two Broken Sword games, and I enjoyed them very much!
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.
I was about to say something about it not being that hard but my second favorite game is darksouls 1 so maybe I’m biased
It’s really stretching the adventure game definition but if you are open to first person games without combat with great stories I would recommend :
- “the outer wilds” : really nice puzzles, good story, wonderful setting, definitely not linear.
- “SOMA” : a little dark, engaging story, this was an amazing experience.
NORCO is the best old-school point and click adventure I played recently. Great pixel art. Great writing.
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
Deponia series from Daedalic Entertainment. The first two games are really great. The other two not so much, though.
I like Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
Oh! Can’t believe I forgot, but you should also play Under a Killing Moon, and then when you’re done and completely in love with it, move on to The Pandora Directive, Tex Murphy: Overseer, and Tesla Effect. They’re a series of hilarious retro-sci-fi gumshoe detective comedy puzzle adventures. It’s like Maltese Falcon, Blade Runner, the X-Files, and Young Frankenstein got put in a blender. They’re amazing.
Basically the entire Wadjet Eye catalogue, and the first two games in the Broken Sword series (then stop - the 3D ones are crap)
I’m currently playing The Excavation of Hob’s Barrow. Very good so far.
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.
this will be a little hard to find but Morpheus 1998 was great
