Like all video game genres, adventure games have come a long way since their introduction in the 1970s. At first, adventure games started as text-based adventures, requiring the player’s imagination ...

It’s an oft-repeated line from Harrison Ford’s Indiana Jones, expressing his belief that historical artifacts should be preserved for record-keeping and scholarly study. (And kept out of Nazi hands — ...

Despite launching way back in 2001, classic adventure game software, ScummVM, is still seeing updates. Yes, 2001 is “way back,” sorry. The latest update to kick off 2026 brings a whole host of ...

If you grew up gaming in the ’90s, you know just how magical the adventure genre was. Back then, these games weren’t just popular, they were the backbone of what made video games feel like more than ...

Pink, round, and powerful, ever since Kirby’s Dreamland on the Game Boy in 1992, the beloved puffball created by legendary game director Masahiro Sakurai has starred in 39 games and counting. But ...

One of the most common category critiques in games is the action/adventure genre's elasticity. When does a first-person shooter with a heavier emphasis on exploration and puzzle-solving cross into ...

Few video game series have defined adventure as completely as The Legend of Zelda. For decades, its mix of exploration, puzzle solving, and combat has shaped what players expect from the genre.

As the year comes to a close, we've been taking a look back at the top games and trends of the year, reflecting on a year of change in the industry. As part of our 2025 retrospective, we asked our ...

Vlad Mazanko is Ukraine-based gaming enthusiast, writing about the industry since 2013 and covering everything from games and studios to movies and TV shows. He joined the Valnet family back in 2021, ...

Following on from the wonderful It Takes Two, developer Hazelight took things to the next level when it comes to scale in Split Fiction and continued to hone its craft as the modern-day masters of the ...

Elena Chapella (She/Her) is a current Writer for DualShockers, formerly an award-winning journalist for local news stations and newspapers in central Indiana. Elena is passionate about writing, ...

If you know the name Ron Gilbert, it’s probably for his decades of work on classic point-and-click adventure games like Maniac Mansion, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, the Monkey Island series, ...