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Adventure Games
Browse Adventure Nintendo Switch games with release dates, images, related genres, and score details where available.
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This page is the Nintendo Switch genre catalog for Adventure, focused on game discovery, ratings, and related developers. For the article archive and ongoing coverage, see Adventure news topic.
About Adventure
An adventure game is a genre in which the player performs as a protagonist. It is usually supported by puzzle-solving, gathering items, dialogues, and intervening goals. Adventure focus on story, many of them are designed for a single player. Colossal Cave Adventure is known as the first of the genre, released in 1976. They rocketed in the 1980s; later it led to the appearance of independent video game developers. The Walking Dead by TellTale Games is considered as the game which renewed the whole genre. It has a revolutionary mechanics which change the gameplay as the players make their choices. These games are still favorite among the users; independent developers start crowd-funding companies to raise money; the genre is celebrated on practically any platform.
Top Developers in Adventure
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Popular Adventure Nintendo Switch Games
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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
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Firewatch
The Walking Dead: Season 1
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
Resident Evil 2
Hades
L.A. Noire
What Remains of Edith Finch
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
It Takes Two
Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition
South Park: The Stick of Truth
Bastion
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
Little Nightmares
No Man's Sky
A Plague Tale: Innocence
The Outer Worlds
Subnautica
The Walking Dead: Season 2
Alien: Isolation
Dying Light
Valiant Hearts: The Great War
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
Disco Elysium
Ori and the Will of the Wisps
Stray
This War of Mine
FEZ
Bayonetta
Mortal Kombat 11
To the Moon
Tales from the Borderlands: A Telltale Game Series
Genshin Impact
ABZU
Resident Evil 3
Gris
Resident Evil: Village
Final Fantasy VII (1997)
Borderlands 3
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II – The Sith Lords
Oxenfree
Machinarium
Grim Fandango Remastered
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy
Outer Wilds
Vampyr
Gone Home
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
The Long Dark
Sonic Mania
The Talos Principle
South Park: The Fractured But Whole
Syberia
The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt - Complete Edition
Assassin’s Creed Rogue
Unravel
Super Mario Bros.
Adventure News
Read Nintendo news articles connected to games in the Adventure genre.
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A viral video shows a physical altercation over Pokémon TCG packs at a Target in Lisbon, Connecticut. Reported details, community reaction, and the broader scalping...
Trover Saves the Universe Delisted from Nintendo eShop: What We Know About the Squanch Games Removal
Trover Saves the Universe has been removed from multiple digital storefronts including the Nintendo eShop. Here’s the verified information about the delisting,...
Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake Physical Edition Sells Out in Brazil as Gamer Hut Reports Surging Demand
Gamer Hut says pre-orders for The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake physical edition in Brazil exceeded expectations after a limited foil cover revealed during a...
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake Map Revealed Ahead of Nintendo Switch 2 Launch
Nintendo has revealed a newly designed Hyrule map for The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake, ahead of the game's November 5 release on Nintendo Switch 2.
Kinuyo Yamashita Interview: New Insights on NES Castlevania's Music for the 40th Anniversary
Veteran composer Kinuyo Yamashita revisits the creation of the original NES Castlevania soundtrack and her work on the MSX2 Vampire Killer in a new interview,...
How the 2020 Sonic Movie Rescued the Franchise: Takashi Iizuka on Sonic's Revival
Sonic Team head Takashi Iizuka says the 2020 Sonic the Hedgehog film was the turning point that saved the franchise. A look at how Sega's games, films, and platform...