Here are my top ten adventure games of 2024. This list is based on my personal enjoyment of all 32 games I've played this year - not all point 'n clicks, but one and all great narrative experiences!
If you like pixel art, crazy dialogues, and ghosts, The Phantom Fellows will provide you with some cool puzzles. It might get a bit TOO crazy now and then, but there's a clear love for adventure gaming oozing out of this paranormal detective agency.
INDIKA is an eclectic mix of graphic styles and gameplay about a young nineteenth-century Russian nun that will keep you glued to your seat with its challenging but mature reflection on faith and human morality.
It may have a few minor malfunctions, but Between Horizons launches players on an exciting and branching interstellar detective journey, looking for clues, questioning suspects, and maybe saving the remnants of humanity in the process.
Gameplay is limited to choosing specific tasks to maintain character stats, but Closer the Distance features an intriguing concept of applying indirect influence, and is a beautifully written and very detailed simulation of life in a small community after tragedy has struck.
With its beautiful scenery, heartfelt characters, and the weirdest wolves you’ve ever seen, The Night Is Grey is as close to a psychological thriller as an adventure game can get, worthy to be called an interactive cinematic experience.
Wait a minute, isn't Alone in the Dark more of an action game? Survival horror, at least? Well, perhaps, but the exploration and puzzling aspects, coupled with a lower difficulty level, make this quite the gripping adventure game as well, as much as the original game ever was.
Like a Sherlock Holmes investigation at the bottom of the sea, there are
many compelling secrets to be unveiled in the gorgeous underwater
scenery of Thalassa’s titular sunken ship.
Farewell North’s beautiful Scottish setting pulls you in with its canine star and cozy gameplay, then immerses you in a touching story about loss and letting go that’s well worth seeing through to the end.
The Crimson Diamond is a joy to play and very addictive; I had a hard time letting go of it, and I would have preferred to play it in one sitting. It's a great location, an interesting set of characters, a cool Agatha Christie style and gathering clues type of story.
PRIM delves into the underworld and brings back the soul of classic point-and-click adventure games with an endearing creepy-cute story, loveable characters, fantastic production values and plenty of fun puzzling.
