Are you ready for an adventure? One that might send you to the stars above of the depths of the ocean? If so, take a look at these games in 2024! We’ll be updating this list throughout the year so check back to see if any new games are added.
#10 Tales of the Shire: A Lord of the Rings Game
There have been multiple Lord of the Rings games over the years which have provided numerous experiences to fans of all ages, not to mention multiple genres to see the story through. In Tales of the Shire: A Lord of the Rings Game, you’ll get to participate in arguably one of the most cozy and fun takes of the series.
After all, you’re not going to war or being part of a Fellowship; you’re just being a Hobbit in the Shire! Build your home, cook some food, interact with your neighbors and live a life full of happiness and Hobbit joy.
#9 Portal: Revolution
Platform: PC
Release Date: January 6, 2024
Steam
It’s time for another adventure to get some cake! No, not really, but if there is cake in Portal Revolution, we wouldn’t be surprised.
We know many of you have been waiting for an official third entry in Valve’s beloved puzzle-platforming franchise, but you’ll have to settle for a really well-made fan mod. The game takes place between the first and second titles, where you’ll be awakened by a new character and forced to solve puzzles. Why? This entity wants to restore the still-defunct Aperture.
Surely nothing wrong can happen here, right? So, if you’re game, grab your portal gun and see how many puzzling mysteries you can solve as you go through this fan-made adventure!
#8 Tomb Raider I-III Remastered
How’s this for a reverse? Now, we will talk about the game series that inspired three movies in Hollywood! Not all of them were bad, so we think that they made it out ahead.
Anyway, Tomb Raider I-III Remastered are the original titles featuring Lara Croft, and it will help gamers remember just how great she was before the age of modern graphics. Don’t get us wrong, the graphics have been updated from their PS1 forms, so you’ll see much more of Lara than before. Plus, there have been gameplay tweaks and improvements to make them feel more modern.
So grab your pistols and go get that treasure!
#7 The Last Night
Prepare to enter a Cyberpunk world where your choices will affect everything around you. No, not THAT Cyberpunk world, the one of The Last Night!
In the game, humanity has entered a new “golden age” that is defined by machines doing all the work and humans relaxing and doing anything they want.
Well, that is, if you’re an “upper class” citizen> You play Charlie, someone who is trying to take his life back and is willing to go far to do it. You’ll work your way through this world and make choices that will change where your story goes. Are you ready to give yourself the future you deserve?
#6 Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy
OBJECTION!
Yep, it’s time to return to court with the Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy! This follow-up to the trilogy with Phoenix Wright will take fans back into the world where the law is more important than ever, which is why you need to save it from the darkness within!
In these three titles, the “Dark Age of the Law” has consumed everything, and only a crack team of lawyers can save it! Phoenix Wright, Apollo Justice, and Athena Cykes will need to look for clues, call out the truth, and figure out the real killer so that innocent people don’t go to jail!
So tell your foes to “TAKE THAT!” and get the not-guilty verdict you need!
#5 Open Roads
If you’re a fan of unique story games mixed with some gameplay like Firewatch, Dusk Falls, Tacoma, etc, then Open Roads might be one you will want try out. Plus, this one has a unique family dynamic that I feel many of you might connect with.
You play as a young girl named Tess Devine. One day, just like all families inevitably do, she and her mother, Opal, go into the attic and attempt to do some cleaning. What happens next will change them forever. They find a box of relics from their family’s history, including various notes and locations to random places, and it appears that something much darker has been going on in the family’s past.
Curious about what it all means and potentially finding a literal treasure at the end of their quest, the two go to the various locations pointed out to them within the box and see what awaits them.
What separates this game from the others is the dynamic between Tess and Opal. This mother-daughter duo is not only fully voiced, but they’ll grow together on this journey. The game’s dialogue system will help flesh out both the characters and their lives, so be sure of how you want to guide each conversation.
#4 Loco Motive
Are you a fan of the old-school point-and-click mystery adventure games? Ones like Sam & Max, Monkey Island, or even the Ace Attorney franchise? If so, I’ve got a game for you that embodies everything those games were and puts an Agatha Christie-style twist on things. Welcome to Loco Motive.
You are one of several passengers on a special luxury train. A wealthy woman, Lady Unterwald, heads up the train. She was supposed to deliver a big speech as the train made its maiden voyage, but during the “main event,” someone killed her! Now, a whole bunch of “usual suspects” are named, and you have to figure out the truth of what’s going on.
One of the fun twists is that you won’t play as one character; you’ll instead play as three. From their perspectives, you’ll learn more about the train and the passengers and find clues that could point to the killer.
Numerous game elements can be tailored to your enjoyment, including the control scheme of how you get around and look for clues! A pixel-style visual aesthetic helps set the tone, and the game is funny to boot!
I think many of you will enjoy this rather slapstick title, so don’t miss out on it when it arrives this year!
#3 While We Wait Here
I find that many adventure games are at their best when they have an unusual setting to take place in. While We Wait Here might seem like your typical kitchen simulator game with a dark twist, not unlike Ravenous Devils, but it’s a bit more complicated. Why? That would be because the game is set in a diner when the world is literally about to end.
That’s not a joke, either. You play a waitress in a diner when it’s revealed over the news that the world is about to end via some catastrophe. That means that all the customers that were in the diner with you are the last ones you’ll ever have. But as with all humans, how they react depends on who they are.
As you all wait for “the end,” the customers will reveal that they either don’t believe in what’s about to happen, don’t care, or even that they feel it’s a “punishment for their sins.” You’ll talk with them and either convince them to try and get to safety, or to stay together with you and see what happens.
The game has multiple endings based on your choices with these people. What fate will you choose to go along with, I wonder?
#2 Life is Strange: Double Exposure
It’s time to use your powers again, and possibly change fate as a result! In Life is Strange: Double Exposure, a familiar protagonist returns, years after her last adventure. However, things go horribly wrong when she finds out that her best friend has died in mysterious circumstances.
Her powers react to this, and help her move to a parallel universe where her friend is alive! Diving between the two universes, she’ll attempt to find the truth, save her friend, and see why everything is happening as it is.
Can you learn the truth without destroying both worlds? You’ll find out soon!
#1 Arctic Awakening
Survival games can take on many forms, and some of them have deep stories attached, such as Arctic Awakening. If you’re a fan of The Long Dark and its story content mixed with intense survival gameplay, this title will give you that same rush.
Set in the near future, you are a pilot who, alongside your friend Donovan, is on a “routine trip” to Alaska. You were told that nothing would go wrong on this trip, and thus, you put the plane on autopilot and relaxed while planning the ride home. However, a storm came out of nowhere, ravaged the ship, took your friend, and you woke up nearly frozen in the Arctic.
Now, you must do whatever it takes to brave this wild Arctic wilderness and find Donovan so you can both escape. You’ll need to uncover many mysteries along the way, and your choices will determine how quickly you get answers or if you like the answers you receive.
What was it that cut your plane in half? Where is Donovan, and in what condition is he? Why does it seem like there’s more to this forest than meets the eye? You’ll find out as you go and explore.
Disclaimer:
The Wolf Among Us 2 was removed due to now being slated for 2025.
