Adventure games

In adventure games the player assumes the role of a character to follow a story, solving quests. Adventure games distinct themselves from other games by being very story-driven. For games which are more driven by deep gameplay mechanics, see Category:Role-playing games.

List of Adventure games

This is a list of free/libre adventure games:

Game	Screenshot	Last Release	Genres	Description
@CameliaGirls		2011-10-12	Visual novel	@CameliaGirls Genres Visual novel Latest release 0.560 Release date October 12th, 2011 Developers Studio TT Petok, Pigux Productions Code licenses CC-BY-SA Media licenses CC-BY-SA, CC-BY, PD Engine Ren'Py P. language Python Homepage https://web.archive.org/web/20140523011334/http://pigux.com/cameliagirls/ Contribute @CameliaGirls is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Homepage Source Code @CameliaGirls (full title: @CameliaGirls: Cewek Cewek Camelia) is a visual novel that follows the life of a transfer student as she begins her new life at the all-girl Camelia Academy. The game is developed using the Ren'Py Visual Novel engine with its code and original content released under the CC-BY-SA license. It also incorporates several third-party multimedia assets under compatible licenses. The script and interface is officially developed in English, Indonesian, and Spanish, and as of now, consists of one Act with about 3600 words.
Alexei: Part IX		2010-06-30	Point-and-click adventure	Alexei: Part IX Genres Point-and-click adventure Latest release 1.2.8 Release date June 30, 2010 Developers Piga Software Code license GPLv3 Media license GPLv3, GFDL Engine Gambas Adventure Engine P. language Gambas 2.x Libraries GTK+, SDL, and the Gambas Runtime Environment. Homepage https://pigalore.miraheze.org/wiki/Alexei:_Part_IX Contribute Alexei: Part IX is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Homepage Alexei: Part IX is a free software graphical adventure game originally released by Piga Software on May 19, 2009. It is the first Piga Software program to use the Gambas Adventure Engine and is also the first Piga Software game released for GNU/Linux and other POSIX systems. You take the role of Alexei Volkov, master criminal, who is intent on robbing the house of a cruel and ruthless businessman. After gaining access to the main hall with the help of a disgruntled servant, Alexei must search out the mansion and find out the location of the owner's vault. Once this is accomplished he must escape the mansion. This game takes heavy inspiration from the Arthur Yahtzee and Rob Blanc trilogies. A preview release for the next title in the series, Part XIII, is available from the Piga Software website.
Childish Cannoneer		2012-09-15	Artillery and Adventure	Childish Cannoneer Genres Artillery and Adventure Latest release Source Release 2  (Announcement) Release date September 15th, 2012 Developers White Island Software, Piga Software Code license GPLv3 Media license GPLv3, GFDL Engine Gambas (picture boxes) P. language Gambas 3.x Libraries Qt/GTK, SDL, and the Gambas Runtime Environment. Contribute Childish Cannoneer is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Childish Cannoneer is the first venture of the "Indie Games" project hosted by White Island Software at the Gambas Forum, and participated in by Piga Software through Graham L. Wilson. The aim of the project is to make computer games to show off the Gambas language, with the eventual hope of inclusion in the Humble Indie Bundle for maximum attention. It is to feature a little boy building a makeshift air cannon from spare parts only to terrorize his older sister, and potentially the whole neighbourhood, while evading the wrath of his father. The majority of the game's multimedia are derived from vector graphics taken from OpenClipart and sound effects taken from SoundBible. Contributions to this project, or the creation of other entities for the Indie Games project, are more then welcome.
Adventure		2017-05-15	Text adventure	Adventure Adventure Genre Text adventure Latest release 2.5  (Announcement) Release date May 15th, 2017 Platform GNU/Linux, DOS, OS/2 Developer William Crowther, Don Woods; C port by Jim Gilloghy Code license 2-Clause BSD License P. language C Homepage http://rickadams.org/adventure/ Contribute Adventure is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Homepage Forum Adventure, aka Colossal Cave Adventure or just Colossal Caves, is a text-based adventure game written by William Crowther and Don Woods. The game is licensed under the 2-Clause BSD License. It did not originally include any license information except a rights reservation by Don Woods as it predates modern conventions on software licensing, however in 2017 Eric S. Raymond received permission from Woods that the game may be released under that license. This applies to version 2.5, which was first released in 1995. For Raymond's port to modern C, see Open Adventure. Adventure was the very first interactive fiction game. In fact adventure games were named after it. A version was included with The UNIX Book of Games by Janice Winsor in 1996.
Dead Justice		2003-09-22	Adventure, Action	Dead Justice Genre Adventure, Action Latest release prototype  (Announcement) Release date September 22th, 2003 Platform Windows Developer Olli Sorjonen, Sami Sorjonen, Jani Kajala, Toni Aittoniemi Code license BSD Media license GPL Engine custom 3D engine Library libjpeg, Lua and zlibd Homepage http://catmother.sourceforge.net/ Contribute Dead Justice is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Homepage Dead Justice is an 3rd person action/adventure game prototype featuring running, shooting and sneaking. The game is made for Windows. The source code and much of the media assets were set free when the game development company Cat Mother closed offices.
Balazar III		2008-08-30	Adventure	Balazar III Genre Adventure Latest release 0.1  (Announcement) Release date August 30th, 2008 Developer Jean-Baptiste Lamy Code license GPLv3 Media license GPLv3 P. language Python Libraries OpenGL, Soya (3D client) / SDL, Pygame (2D client) Homepage http://www.lesfleursdunormal.fr/static/informatique/old/balazar_iii/index_en.html Contribute Balazar III is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Homepage Source Code Balazar III is an adventure game with a multiplayer mode written by Jean-Baptiste Lamy. It provide two graphical client, the first in 3D using OpenGL, Soya, the second in 2D using SDL, Pygame. The networking code is shared. It is written in the Python programming language. The latest version of the game is 0.1 released on August 30th, 2008. The version 0.1 work, but only provide one actor, one monster, and one object.
Hexoshi		2018-02-26	Side-scrolling Action-Adventure	Hexoshi Hexoshi Genre Side-scrolling Action-Adventure Latest release 0.2  (Announcement) Release date February 26th, 2018 Developer The Diligent Circle Code license GPL Media license various (all libre) P. language Python Library Seclusion Game Engine Homepage https://hexoshi.github.io/ Contribute Hexoshi is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Homepage Source Code Hexoshi is an action-adventure maze game similar in style to the original Metroid series. The game consists of exploring the world and gathering "artifacts" scattered around, fighting enemies along the way.
Azimuth		2018-06-25	Top-down shooter, Adventure	Azimuth Azimuth Genres Top-down shooter, Adventure Latest release 1.0.2  (Announcement) Release date Jun 25th, 2018 Platform Windows, GNU/Linux, macOS Developer Matthew D. Steele Code license GPLv3 Media license GPLv3 P. language C Library SDL Homepage https://mdsteele.games/azimuth/ Contribute Azimuth is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Development Project Available as a package in:   openSUSE: azimuth Azimuth is an action-adventure game, combining 2D top-down shooter action with exploration of a large map. The gameplay involves piloting a freely rotating forwards-thrusting ship through a variety of environments, shooting and dodging the attacks of various enemies, solving environmental puzzles, and the gradual revelation of a science-fiction plot.
Vegan on a Desert Island		2019-03-24	Adventure	Vegan on a Desert Island Vegan on a Desert Island Genre Adventure Latest release 0.3  (Announcement) Release date Mar 24, 2019 Platform GNU/Linux, Windows, macOS Code license GPLv3 Media license GPLv3, CC-BY-SA-4.0 Engine Solarus P. language Lua Homepage http://voadi.com/ Contribute Vegan on a Desert Island is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Development Project Vegan on a Desert Island (VOADI) names a top-down adventure game made with Solarus engine developed by an open source community led by Alex Gleason. The game seeks to provide very ironic answer to the question "What might vegans do if stranded on a desert island?". In addition to parody, the project organizer expresses the intention to explore issues such as pollution, wild animal predation, and species discrimination. They organize through a community on Matrix. So far the project has released only a brief demo.
L'Abbaye des Morts		2025-06-26	Side-scrolling Adventure	L'Abbaye des Morts L'Abbaye des Morts Genre Side-scrolling Adventure Latest release 2.0.5  (Announcement) Release date June 26, 2025 Platform GNU/Linux, Windows, macOS Developer Locomalito Code license GPLv3 Media license CC-BY 3.0 P. language C Library SDL Contribute L'Abbaye des Morts is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Development Project Available as a package in:   Flatpak: com.locomalito.abbayedesmorts  FreeBSD: abbayedesmorts L'Abbaye des Morts is a 2D exploration platformer made by Locomalito, released on September 10, 2010. The game was originally written in a proprietary engine, but its code was rewritten and open sourced by MoonWatcher, spawning ports to many platforms such as GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, Wii, ZX Spectrum, C64, PSP, XBox, Nintendo 3DS and Pokitto. The game features two sets of graphics to choose from – an oldschool, low color one, and a new, high-color refined set.
Fanwor		2025-10-11	Adventure, RPG	This page is a stub. Please help LibreGameWiki by expanding it. Fanwor Fanwor Genre Adventure, RPG Latest release 1.17 Release date October 11th Platform GNU/Linux, Template:Atari Code license GPLv2 Media license GPLv2; music: CC0 or CC BY-ND 4.0 Engine SDL P. language C Homepage http://fanwor.tuxfamily.org/ Contribute Fanwor is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Development Project This article has been marked for deletion by a wiki user for the following reason: The map in this game is almost the same as the map in The Legend of Zelda making the game mostly proprietary. Fanwor - The Legend of Gemda is an action adventure RPG inspired by the proprietary game The Legend of Zelda. It has originally been written for a 1999 game contest for the Atari console, and later ported to SDL.
Venzone		2019-12-12	Platform, Adventure	Venzone Venzone gameplay Genre Platform, Adventure Latest release 1.0.0.5  (Announcement) Release date December 16, 2019 Platform GNU/Linux, Windows, macOS Code license GPLv3 Media license GPLv3 P. language Haskell Homepage http://ariis.it/static/articles/venzone/page.html Contribute Venzone is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Homepage Venzone is an adventure/platformer set in the Carnic Alps. Released in 2019, it narrates the story of a looming earthquake. The game is ASCII based and to be played in a terminal. Both source and assets are released under the GPLv3.
The night wolves attacked the mountain village of Venzone		2023-03-14	Choose-your-own adventure, survival horror	The night wolves attacked the mountain village of Venzone Genres Choose-your-own adventure, survival horror Latest release 0.1.0.0  (Announcement) Release date March 14, 2023 Developers Francesco Ariis Code license GPLv3 Media license GPLv3 P. languages Haskell, HTML Homepage http://ariis.it/static/articles/game-misc/page.html Contribute The night wolves attacked the mountain village of Venzone is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Homepage The night wolves attacked the mountain village of Venzone is a survival horror choose-your-own-adventure game created for the August 2021 LibreJam. The player takes up the story of three citizens, a Priest, Child and Farmer, from the village of Venzone, Italy in the year 1609 as it is besieged by supernatural wolves. Two paths for each scenario are given and these determine the fate of one or more of the protagonists. A selection of audio files set the mood. It is available to play through a web browser, or through a native build.
OPMon		2022-05-27	RPG	OPMon battle screen in alpha 0.16 Genre RPG Latest release v0.3.0-alpha  (Announcement) Release date May 27th, 2022 Platforms GNU/Linux Windows macOS Code license GPLv3 Media license CC-BY-SA, CC-BY Engine godot P. language C++ Library SFML Homepage https://opmon.milkyroute.net/ Contribute OPMon is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Development Project OpMon is a Pokémon-like game started in 2016.
Waste's Edge		2018-04-25	Adventure	Waste's Edge Waste's Edge on Adonthell 0.3 Genre Adventure Latest release 0.3.7 Release date April 25, 2018 Platforms GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, macOS, Windows, Haiku Code license GPL 2.0 Media license GPL 2.0 Engine Adonthell Homepage https://adonthell.nongnu.org/download/ Contribute Waste's Edge is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Homepage Available as a package in:   Debian: adonthell  Fedora: adonthell   FreeBSD: adonthell  Ubuntu: adonthell Waste's Edge is an RPG fantasy adventure game using the Adonthell engine.
Wake to Hell		2025-07-17	Side-scrolling adventure game	Wake to Hell Lukifer Dredd in the flesh. Genre Side-scrolling adventure game Latest release 0.5.0  (Announcement) Release date July 17rd, 2025 Platform Windows, GNU/Linux Developer blitzdoughnuts Code license CC0 + waiver Media license CC0 + waiver P. language C Library SDL2 Homepage https://ludicrital.neocities.org/waketohell Contribute Wake to Hell is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Development Project Wake to Hell is an interactive story game, self-proclaimed walking simulator, about a former surgeon, Lukifer Dredd, coming back to the hospital, only to realize something dark had occurred, then attempting to piece together just what happened. Being based on a webcomic, it shares similar themes of mental distress and plot connections. It was also made as a way to practice programming philosophies inspired by Drummyfish. The game provides builds for Windows and GNU/Linux, utilizing mainly SDL2 for frontend code, but providing use of Raylib and SAF as well, although due to the game's in-development state, they have been left outdated.
Zork		1982	Text, Adventure	Zork Zork being played on a Kaypro CP/M computer Genre Text, Adventure Release date 1982 Platform Z-machine Developer Tim Anderson, Marc Blank, Bruce Daniels, Dave Lebling; commercial version: Infocom Code license MIT-0; commercial version: MIT P. language MDL; commercial version: ZIL Contribute Zork is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Zork, aka Zork I: The Great Underground Empire, Zork II: The Wizard of Frobozz, and Zork III: The Dungeon Master, is a text-based adventure game initially written by Tim Anderson, Marc Blank, Bruce Daniels, and Dave Lebling and later published commercially by Infocom for PCs. The game was initially written for PDP-10 mainframe computer in MDL and later, after it proved to be popular, the game was expanded and released commercially. For commercial release the game was rewritten in the Zork Implementation Language (ZIL) which compiled into instructions for Z-machine. This made it possible to port the game to new platforms simply by porting the Z-machine interpreter itself, making the game logic platform independent. Due to its size, the commercial release necessitated splitting the game into three parts. The source code of the original MIT version was published as a part of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Tapes of Tech Square collection in 2020 and released under the MIT No Attribution license in 2022. The source code of the commercial version was released under an MIT license in 2025.
Open Adventure		2026-03-22	Adventure, Interactive fiction	Open Adventure Genres Adventure, Interactive fiction Latest release 1.21  (Announcement) Release date March 22nd, 2026 Platforms macOS, GNU/Linux Developer William Crowther, Don Woods, Eric S. Raymond, Jason Ninneman Code license 2-Clause BSD Media license Not applicable Engine Custom P. language C Homepage http://www.catb.org/~esr/open-adventure/ Contribute Open Adventure is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Development Project Source Code Bug/Feature Tracker Open Adventure is a port of Adventure 2.5 to modern C. It is being developed by Eric S. Raymond after Don Woods gave permission for the original to be released under a BSD license. It is meant to maintain the intended gameplay of the original 2.5 (also known as 430-point Adventure) as closely as possible while fixing bugs and modernizing source code, as well as supporting more recent conventions in interactive fiction command syntax.

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