The Sands of Egypt (1982)
Genres:Adventure
Themes:Historical, Mystery
Game modes:Single player
Story:The Sands of Egypt is an adventure game.
The story takes place in 1893, following a British explorer and archaeologist who is lost in the desert. Text commands are entered in the lower half of the screen, while a sometimes animated image of the current location is displayed in the upper half.
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Sherlock Holmes: The Mystery of the MummyIn Sherlock Holmes: The Mystery of the Mummy, you'll be immersed in an incredible adventure full of mysteries and with many developments. Take on the role of the famous detective Sherlock Holmes and get ready to avoid numerous traps and to solve riddles. A mysterious murder, numerous suspects, and the famous mummy for a case that appears to be not that easy...Historical Mystery
Space EngineersSpace Engineers is a sandbox game about engineering, construction and maintenance of space works. Players build space ships and space stations of various sizes and utilization (civil and military), pilot ships and perform asteroid mining.
Space Engineers utilizes a realistic volumetric-based physics engine: all objects can be assembled, disassembled, damaged and destroyed.Action Science fiction Sandbox
Gobliiins5A great adventure in 2d for all ages. 16 big levels full of puzzles.Fantasy Kids
Sam & Max: Save the WorldThe Freelance Police are back in a remastered version of their first season of episodic adventure games, lovingly updated by a small group of the original developers with the blessing of Sam & Max creator Steve Purcell.Comedy Mystery
Egypt II: The Heliopolis ProphecyThe game is set in 1360 BC and Heliopolis, the City of the Sun, has been struck by a plague. The player's father has also been infected. In a first person perspective, the player must find a cure and save your father and the rest of Heliopolis.Fantasy Historical Educational
Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's RevengeWannabe pirate Guybrush Threepwood, and the now zombie pirate LeChuck, return in what has long been considered one of the greatest LucasArts adventure games of all time.
Having seemingly defeated the evil ghost pirate LeChuck in his first adventure, Guybrush Threepwood sets his sights on the legendary treasure of Big Whoop. But wait, LeChuck is now back in zombie form and he's out for revenge. Guybrush will have to use his wits, his humor and his insatiable desire for adventure to defeat his nemesis once and for all and truly prove himself the greatest pirate in the Caribbean. Voodoo dolls, spitting contests and amusement parks are just some of the challenges Guybrush must overcome as he meets old friends, fights new enemies and uses every ounce of his mojo to overcome the wrath of LeChuck's revenge.Action Historical Comedy
Zak McKracken: Between Time and SpaceZak McKracken: Between Time and Space is a point-and-click adventure game, originally released in 2008. It is an unofficial fan sequel of the 1988 adventure game Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders by LucasArts. It was developed without the involvement or approval of the latter. It contains numerous references to the original game, including easter eggs.
KGBKGB is an Adventure game, developed by Cryo Interactive and published by Virgin Games, which was released in 1992.Mystery
A New BeginningA New Beginning is a cinematic, interactive adventure-thriller that deals with the defining issue of our time. In a story ripped from today’s headlines, an impending global climate cataclysm threatens the world. At locations all around the globe, players will have to try and stem the tide – with the whole world hanging in the balance.
Scientist Bent Svensson has had to give up on his life’s work of trying to bring an eco-friendly alternative energy source to reality. But his existence as a reluctant retiree is interrupted by a very strange visitor: The young Fay claims to have been sent from the future to prevent an impending environmental catastrophe. The only remaining hope is Bent’s research which is about to fall into the hands of an unscrupulous energy magnate. Bent decides to trust the young woman – but could she really be telling the truth?
In A New Beginning, players take control of the two protagonists and explore the detailed, hand-painted backgrounds in classic point-and-click style. The more than 50 characters are rendered in a striking graphic-novel style and are painstakingly animated by hand in feature-film quality.
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The masterpiece from the makers of The Whispered World and Edna & Harvey: The Breakout
A mature adventure-thriller that deals with the defining issue of our times
The greatest 2D adventure game of all time: More than 100 backgrounds, over 20 hours of gameplay, 52 voiced characters
Unique graphic novel art style with more than 40 minutes of animated comic book cutscenesFantasy Historical Non-fiction Educational
Void WarCommand an ancient starship and fight your way to the heart of a dying Empire. Fend off attacks from demented cultists, craven space pirates, and xenophobic Imperial soldiers. Discover powerful artifacts and use them to build your ship into a fearsome war engine.Action Science fiction Survival