Freeware Games/Adventure

Screenshot	Title 	Platform 	Description 	Download
 	Adventures in the Galaxy of Fantabulous Wonderment	Windows 	Space adventure where you explore the galaxy, trade, fight, etc. Has quite a few culture references some may not pick up on. 	Link
 	Ao Oni 	Windows 	A horror game done in RPG Maker. Similar to Clock Tower but with a more cliched plot. A group of middle schoolers go to investigate a haunted mansion where people supposedly do not return from, because they are devoured by a blue demon. Even though the Ao Oni looks laughable, there are some genuinely scary moments in this short game. 	Link
 	Beneath a Steel Sky 	WindowsLinux	Classic adventure style game that follows Robert Foster on a journey through a cyberpunk-esque metropolis. Requires ScummVM to be played, or you can download it from GoG.com. Also available as an iPhone app, but it costs cash, apparently. Fun fact: the background art is drawn by Dave Gibbons of Watchmen fame. 	Link
 	Ben There, Dan That! 	Windows 	Ben There, Dan That! and its sequel, Time Gentlemen, Please! are two hilarious and silly indie adventures with MS Paint graphics filled with meta humor humour and references to old LucasArts games. Plays just like Sam & Max Hit the Road and obviously took a lot of inspiration from it. You can get both at once for five bucks on Steam or just download Ben There, Dan That! for free. 	Link
 	Chzo Mythos 	Windows 	Before he became "Internet Famous" for his witty video game reviews, Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw actually made some games himself.  A number of them turned out to be quite good, the best of which is the series of adventure/horror games known as the Chzo Mythos. Prepare for pixelated, but disturbing, scenes of slaughter. 	Link
 	Darkverse 	Windows 	you can fly around shooting up enemies, upgrading your ship and taking missions; Currently saving only saves your ship Configuration. 	Link
 	Dead Cyborg 	Windows 	A free sci-fi adventure where you explore 'the meaning of life and death... in a rusty post-apocalyptic metan and concrete world'; Released in episodes, currently only 2/3 have been released. 	Link
 	Dink Smallwood 	Windows 	You play as Dink Smallwood, A pigfarmer in a small village. Shit-ton of mods made by the community. Released as Freeware back in '99. 	Link
 	Dragonsphere 	Windows 	 	Link
 	Egress 	Windows 	Egress is a short form sci-fi adventure game set in the outer reaches of space. The story begins when you, the commander of a two man recon team, are sent hurtling into space during maintenance on an interplanetary probe. After a sudden attack from an alien black substance, you awake on a mysterious planet. 	Link
 	Eternally Us 	Windows 	 	Link
 	Façade 	Windows 	An short interactive fiction in which you try to fix Trip and Grace's marriage. Just don't say melons. 	Link
 	Gravity Bone 	Windows 	Stylish spy quest, very short but very good. 	Link
 	Ib 	Windows 	You play as a young girl named Ib who takes an adventure through a demented art gallery. The game has a grim atmosphere and a heavy focus on psychological horror (with a few jump scares to thrown in). There are multiple endings as well to add interest. 	Translator's blog, 
Link
 	King's Quest Redux(series) 	WindowsmacOS	Fan remakes of the first three games (1983-1986) in the King's Quest series, with improved graphics, music, voice acting, and gameplay tweaks. Still difficult, but very enjoyable. 	Link
 	King's Quest III Remake 	Windows 	A fan remake of King's Quest III - and no, this is not the same as the one above! This one remains closer to the original series, with a flatter and less cartoony visual style. 	Link
 	Maniac Mansion Deluxe 	Windows 	A fan remake of LucasArts' 1987 classic Maniac Mansion, with improved graphics. 	Link
 	Mogeko Castle 	Windows 	An unsettling tale of Yonaka Kurai and her journey through Mogeko castle. All sorts of jokes and creepy ends await in this horror adventure game built in RPG Maker. 	Game description & D/L Link
 	Neftelia 	Windows 	An adventure/mindfuck game that has somewhat the same atmosphere as Yume Nikki. 	Link
 	Nelly Cootalot: Spoonbeaks Ahoy! 	Windows 	A classic inspired point and click adventure game 	Link
 	Octodad 	Windows 	Octodad is a highly ambitious freeware game by a team of students from DePaul University. To quote the official site, Octodad is a third-person adventure game about destruction, deception and fatherhood. The player controls Octodad, a dapper octopus masquerading as a human, as he goes about a day of his life. His existence is a constant struggle, as he must master mundane tasks with his unwieldy boneless tentacles while simultaneously keeping his cephalopodian nature a secret from his human family.	Link
 	Photopia 	Windows 	Arguably one of the most introspective, haunting interactive fiction games ever created. The story revolves around the life and development of a precocious twelve-year-old girl. However, you never play as her. Instead, you play as several different characters who care for her in different ways.
Along with these perspective shifts, you're also playing through vivid, dreamlike fantasy sequences. There's a common, but subtle underlying theme that is made clear as the game progresses, and one of the last scenes is open to interpretation.	Link
 	Sainth 	Windows 	 	Link
 	Samorost 	Flash 	The first samorost game which is a weird point and click game 	Link
 	Slouching Towards Bedlam 	Z-Machine 	In a dystopian Victorian Steampunk setting, in an alternate timeline, you play as the new head of the local insane asylum. When the game starts out, you're listening to a recording by your predecessor, who rambles about why he committed suicide.
This sparks a chain of events that lead you to explore the asylum and the surrounding city and discover the big secret behind everything, at which point you are absolutely, completely free to choose how to respond, with almost no prompting whatsoever aside from the in-game hints system. The writing is heavily atmospheric. This award-winning work of interactive fiction features five different endings and highly advanced NPCs.	Link
 	Space Funeral 	Windows 	Space Funeral is a short psychedelic RPG filled with bizarre characters, surreal settings, and Lynchian dialogue. You play a man named Phillip who must travel to the Blood Cavern with Leg Horse in order to make the world right again. The game is also noted for its terrific music. 	Link
 	Spider and Web 	Z-Machine 	You're a highly trained spy with a wide variety of high-tech gadgetry, and you've been taken captive by your enemies and are being forced against your will to re-live the last hour of your intrusion into their secret compound.
This game has quite a few traditional puzzles, but most of them focus entirely on perspective, on the relationship between the player and the protagonist, and require plenty of lateral thinking to solve. You're also given a wide variety of choices on how to respond to your captors, and the dialogue is rather interesting.	DownloadBrowser
 	Spooks 	Windows 	 	Link
 	Stargate Adventures 	Windows 	A Point-and-Click adventure game where you play as Jack 'O Neall; Takes place between Seasons 8 and 9. 	Link
 	Twisty's Asylum Escapades 	Windows 	Twisty's Asylum Escapades is a dark, 3D, single player, action adventure video game and is the premier gaming project by the masterminds at Twisted Jenius. You play as Twisty; the evil, disembodied floating brain with a mouth full of razor sharp teeth, as he makes his way through this bizarre mental facility, fighting enemies and solving puzzles in order to secure his own "early release" from the asylum. 	Link
 	Which 	Windows 	A short game where you look for a way to open the door out of the small house. Lacks any sort of options and the 'low' quality version is still pretty high so be sure your PC is good enough. 	Link
 	White Chamber, The 	Windows 	You wake up on a ship in space, encounter some very horrifying scenes (despite the cartoonish art direction), and slowly piece together what the hell was going on (it wasn't pretty). This is one you can finish in a couple of hours, but has received very high praise from critics for its clever puzzles, chilling atmosphere, and terrific story. 	Link
 	Wraith 	Windows 	 	Link
 	Yume Nikki 	Windows 	Wander around a little girl's dreams (most of which are extremely disturbing) while collecting abilities, most of which don't do squat. The gameplay is mainly about exploration, as you are not given any specific goal nor given any clue about where to go, and the places available can sometimes be very large. The game heavily relies on atmosphere. Definitely an interesting experience, nonetheless, give it a try. This game has its own chan.Has several fangames and fan-sequels in the same vein, some linked here:
Lcd Dem • Yume 2kki • .flow/dot flow • Yume Nisshi	Link
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