Tree is a narrative game that tells the story of a boy who plants a small tree.

Tree is a narrative game that tells the story of a boy who plants a small tree. You control the planting, watering and how the tree grows each season.

Alba: A Wildlife Adventure is an adventure game where you play as a young girl who starts a wildlife conservation club.

Alba: A Wildlife Adventure is an adventure game where you play as a young girl who starts a wildlife conservation club. Play involves exploring the island, using the bird song you hear to find and photograph all manner of real-world birds.

Chariot is a cooperative running and jumping game where you work with another player to haul a wheeled Chariot to the end of each level.

Chariot is a cooperative running and jumping game where you work with another player to haul a wheeled Chariot to the end of each level. Pushing, pulling or dragging with ropes, you need to use the real physics of the game to solve puzzles and time jumps to get the heavy objects to their destinations.

Cursed to Golf is an adventure game where you progress by hitting a golf ball.

Cursed to Golf is an adventure game where you progress by hitting a golf ball. You need to escape golf purgatory by navigating insane hazards, otherworldly power-ups and hole-in-ones.

Dodo Peak is a platform game where you play as a dodo bird, rescuing your babies scattered across each level.

Dodo Peak is a platform game where you play as a dodo bird, rescuing your babies scattered across each level. The simple layout and clever design is reminiscent of the classic QBert game and presents streamlined logic puzzles to solve.

Everybody's Golf is a series of golf games that create a detailed, gentle electronic version of the game.

Everybody's Golf is a series of golf games that create a detailed, gentle electronic version of the game. Although there are cartoon characters the focus is on realism and positive encouragement as you make your way around the various courses.

Everything is an unusual game that simulates a world where you can become any object.

Everything is an unusual game that simulates a world where you can become any object. It sounds strange and not much fun, but the enjoyment is in discovering how small or how big a thing you can become.

Far: Changing Tides is an exploration adventure that follows Far: Lone Sail.

Far: Changing Tides is an exploration adventure that follows Far: Lone Sail. You work to keep your dilapidated craft from breaking as you explore the ruins of a flooded world.

Flower is a traversal collecting game where you control the breeze across fields of grass and blow petals into other flowers to make them bloom.

Flower is a traversal collecting game where you control the breeze across fields of grass and blow petals into other flowers to make them bloom. Flower is simple and single-purpose in evoking the feeling of the wind.

Golf Peaks is a golf game you play by picking different shot cards and swiping in a direction.

Golf Peaks is a golf game you play by picking different shot cards and swiping in a direction. Unlike other golf games, it is more of a puzzle than a test of skill or timing.

Golf Story is an adventure game where you play golf over eight different courses as a story unfolds.

Golf Story is an adventure game where you play golf over eight different courses as a story unfolds. You play a golfer forced to give up all that he holds dear for one last shot at accomplishing his dreams.

Karawan is a meditative puzzle game where you journey to escape a desolate, crumbling world.

Karawan is a meditative puzzle game where you journey to escape a desolate, crumbling world. It requires significant route-planning strategy, as you work to find optimum path to gather resources without running out of food.

Koral is a diving exploration game where you play as the sea current.

Koral is a diving exploration game where you play as the sea current. This sounds a little odd, playing a flow of energy, but works brilliantly.

Mario Golf: Super Rush is a sports game that combines running and jumping with golfing skills.

Mario Golf: Super Rush is a sports game that combines running and jumping with golfing skills. It's a proper recreation of golf, but with novelties, modes and characters to make it more entertaining for younger players.

Mini Metro is a sequencing strategy game where you create an ordered, efficient underground train system.

Mini Metro is a sequencing strategy game where you create an ordered, efficient underground train system. It sounds like hard work, but the simple Tube-map visuals, calm music, and streamlined interactions make this relaxing, like sudoku.

Mini Motorways is a sequencing strategy game by the same developer as Mini Metro but tasks you with planning a road network rather than a subway.

Mini Motorways is a sequencing strategy game by the same developer as Mini Metro but tasks you with planning a road network rather than a subway. You lay down roads, traffic lights and motorways to ensure enough cars can get to the buildings that pop up in your city as time passes.

Naiad is a gentle adventure game where exploration is fuelled not by extreme distances, dangers or enemies, but by the simple joy of floating in rivers and pools.

Naiad is a gentle adventure game where exploration is fuelled not by extreme distances, dangers or enemies, but by the simple joy of floating in rivers and pools. As a story about nature unfolds you control a nymph-like character who swims through levels that change each time you play them.

Sheepo is a running and jumping game where you explore a vibrant world in a quest to collect an egg from every species in the universe to save them from extinction.

Sheepo is a running and jumping game where you explore a vibrant world in a quest to collect an egg from every species in the universe to save them from extinction. You take on bosses like other platforming games, but here you use the surroundings rather than weapons to defeat them.

Subpar Pool is a whimsical sports game that combines golf and pool.

Subpar Pool is a whimsical sports game that combines golf and pool. You take on a series of pool table challenges, aiming to clear each one below a set number of shots.

Terra Nil is a strategy game where you use clean technology to bring back life to a barren world.

Terra Nil is a strategy game where you use clean technology to bring back life to a barren world. It's a city-building game where you aren't building a city at all, but a clean thriving ecology.

Tetris Effect: Connected is a tile-matching puzzle game (just like the original Tetris) but with a surprisingly powerful aesthetic twist.

Tetris Effect: Connected is a tile-matching puzzle game (just like the original Tetris) but with a surprisingly powerful aesthetic twist. The game places each level in a themed area and ties gameplay to the beat of the music across its thirty different stages.

The Alto Collection is a series of games including Alto's Odyssey and Alto's Adventure.

The Alto Collection is a series of games including Alto's Odyssey and Alto's Adventure. Both are action traversal games where you explore beautiful mountains, dunes and canyons on a snowboarding journey full of serenity and secrets.

Voyage is a cinematic adventure puzzle game, where you play alone or cooperatively to guide two survivors on their journey to unravel a mystery from the past and find their way home.

Voyage is a cinematic adventure puzzle game, where you play alone or cooperatively to guide two survivors on their journey to unravel a mystery from the past and find their way home. You move through the world without guidance and must experiment to interact and solve puzzles to make your way onward.

What the Golf? is a parody golf game where, despite initial appearances, you rarely hit the ball into the hole.

What the Golf? is a parody golf game where, despite initial appearances, you rarely hit the ball into the hole. Instead, each golf course has an unexpected twist, such as hitting yourself into the hole or maybe hitting the club.

A Juggler's Tale is a running and jumping game where you guide Abby, a string puppet through a dangerous world where you need to solve puzzles and avoid traps.

A Juggler's Tale is a running and jumping game where you guide Abby, a string puppet through a dangerous world where you need to solve puzzles and avoid traps. You move crates, pull levers, jump over hazards and try to outrun chasers.

Arctico is a meditative, exploration and base-building game where you play a lone scientist on a quest to continue your mentor's legacy and grow food in the arctic.

Arctico is a meditative, exploration and base-building game where you play a lone scientist on a quest to continue your mentor's legacy and grow food in the arctic. You explore the vast frigid wilds of the island of Arctico with your sledge dogs, create your research base and uncover the secrets left behind by other scientists.

Beyond Blue is an underwater exploration game where you play Mirai, a deep-sea explorer and scientist.

Beyond Blue is an underwater exploration game where you play Mirai, a deep-sea explorer and scientist. You see, hear, and interact with the ocean and the creatures in it as you discover an untouched world.

Breakwaters is an adventure set in an ever-changing oceanic world.

Breakwaters is an adventure set in an ever-changing oceanic world. Unlike other games, Breakwaters isn't satisfied with day-night and weather cycles, it stands out for the fluid mechanics of its water.

Candleman is a running and jumping game.

Candleman is a running and jumping game. You play as a tiny candle in the dark lighting its way through a dark and foreboding environment.

Eco extends the resource-collecting and building of Minecraft by introducing environmental implications to your actions.

Eco extends the resource-collecting and building of Minecraft by introducing environmental implications to your actions. Using resources like trees will erode the soil; mining might pollute the river; and each animal depends on another.

Eidolon is a narrative game where you slowly explore a massive, post-human Western Washington.

Eidolon is a narrative game where you slowly explore a massive, post-human Western Washington. Unlike other action-oriented adventures, here you navigate an open world without threat.

Exo One is a surreal exploration game where you guide a small transforming object to drift, flow and soar across enigmatic landscapes with a gravity-based movement system.

Exo One is a surreal exploration game where you guide a small transforming object to drift, flow and soar across enigmatic landscapes with a gravity-based movement system. The game aims to create an out-of-body other-worldly experience with atmospheric, diffused visuals merged with ethereal sound effects and a hypnotic electric guitar soundtrack.

Far: Lone Sails is an exploration adventure video game.

Far: Lone Sails is an exploration adventure video game. You pilot a ramshackle amphibious vehicle propelled by large sails to explore a post-apocalypse world.

Farewell North is an adventure where you play a collie dog who restores colour to a desolate Scottish island.

Farewell North is an adventure where you play a collie dog who restores colour to a desolate Scottish island. You explore with your owner who you help by uncovering hidden paths, evading monsters, and freeing wildlife.

Future Unfolding is an exploration adventure where you travel into beautiful landscapes to unfold the mysteries hidden around you.

Future Unfolding is an exploration adventure where you travel into beautiful landscapes to unfold the mysteries hidden around you. Viewed from above, you have a bird's eye view as you encounter different types of wild animals, some helpful and some dangerous.

Golf With Your Friends is a miniature golf simulation game where you hit your ball around increasingly extravagant and ridiculous courses.

Golf With Your Friends is a miniature golf simulation game where you hit your ball around increasingly extravagant and ridiculous courses. Along with the usual putting, your ball can fly a short distance on some courses, and jump to reach new sections or take shortcuts.

Greak: Memories of Azur is running, jumping and sword fighting game.

Greak: Memories of Azur is running, jumping and sword fighting game. You play in a hand-animated world as three siblings: Greak, Adara and Raydel who travel through the lands of Azur.

Islets is a running and jumping game about a small mouse exploring a sky kingdom to reconnect a fragmented world.

Islets is a running and jumping game about a small mouse exploring a sky kingdom to reconnect a fragmented world. You play by defeating enemies in each area to gain powers that let you delve further into the world.

Jettomero: Hero of the Universe is an alien invasion adventure game played in reverse.

Jettomero: Hero of the Universe is an alien invasion adventure game played in reverse. You are a giant, indestructible (and very clumsy) robot who wants to save rather than destroy the human race.

Journey is an adventure game set in a desert.

Journey is an adventure game set in a desert. Exploring the eerie sandscape, you discover a world abandoned by the race that created it.

Rain World: Downpour, and Rain World are traversal and survival games where you play a half-cat, half-slug in a living breathing world.

Rain World: Downpour, and Rain World are traversal and survival games where you play a half-cat, half-slug in a living breathing world. You must venture out and brave the other predatory creatures to find food before the rain comes and you have to hide.

Raji: An Ancient Epic is a running and jumping puzzle game drawing on Hindu and Balinese history.

Raji: An Ancient Epic is a running and jumping puzzle game drawing on Hindu and Balinese history. Taking inspiration from tales like Mahabharata and Ramayana you play a young girl named Raji who is chosen by the gods to defend the human race.

Rime is an adventure on an island where you play a boy led by a fox-like spirit as a guide.

Rime is an adventure on an island where you play a boy led by a fox-like spirit as a guide. To progress through the beautiful environments you solve puzzles across five large levels.

Selfloss is a narrative adventure game about a kind old man in a myth-filled world.

Selfloss is a narrative adventure game about a kind old man in a myth-filled world. You explore the land using the light of your staff to defeat mythical creatures and help those you meet.

Selini is a running, jumping, and fighting game where you explore a desolate world and defeat monsters.

Selini is a running, jumping, and fighting game where you explore a desolate world and defeat monsters. With no dialogue or visual distractions, it's up to you to decipher the story that skirts the topics of environmental and social responsibility.

Shelter and its sequels are traversal games where you play as a mother animal guiding her cubs to safety.

Shelter and its sequels are traversal games where you play as a mother animal guiding her cubs to safety. Across different environments, you need to forage for food to feed your young, protect them from predators, and get them to safety.

Somerville is an atmospheric platform game about a family in a warzone.

Somerville is an atmospheric platform game about a family in a warzone. A man, a woman, their child and their dog work to survive and progress through the landscape.

Submerged Hidden Depths is an adventure game where you sail, climb and explore the ruins of a sunken world.

Submerged Hidden Depths is an adventure game where you sail, climb and explore the ruins of a sunken world. With light puzzle-solving and no combat, you discover a drowned city, crumbling skyscrapers and deserted villages.

The Talos Principle is a narrative driven puzzle game, praised for its cerebral and philosophical nature, where you play an android with a human conscience.

The Talos Principle is a narrative driven puzzle game, praised for its cerebral and philosophical nature, where you play an android with a human conscience. You explore environments to complete complex brain-teasing puzzles to collect "sigils".

Unravel Two is a jumping and swinging platform game where you control a character made out of wool.

Unravel Two is a jumping and swinging platform game where you control a character made out of wool. As well as making him look super cute, the wool is used to swing around and interact with objects.

Vane is an ethereal adventure in a ruined desert where strange golden dust transforms a free-spirited bird into a determined young child.

Vane is an ethereal adventure in a ruined desert where strange golden dust transforms a free-spirited bird into a determined young child. The premise is not all that uncommon, but Vane stands out for how you soar over the desert and climb your way through dilapidated architecture and a crow-infested oasis.

Wavetale is a surfing and jumping adventure in a world of sunken cities, dangerous water and oppressive fog.

Wavetale is a surfing and jumping adventure in a world of sunken cities, dangerous water and oppressive fog. You play as Sigrid, a young girl who works to restore the decaying archipelago and befriends a mysterious shadow that lets her walk on water.

Wii Sports, Wii Sports Resort and Wii Sports Club offer motion-controlled sports.

Wii Sports, Wii Sports Resort and Wii Sports Club offer motion-controlled sports. Although these games are well known, the depth each of them offers is a best-kept secret.

Yoku's Island Express combines pinball and running and jumping games.

Yoku's Island Express combines pinball and running and jumping games. You run, bounce and collect special items, engage in battles with fantasy enemies and explore a large open-world.

After Us is an adventure game where you explore a surreal world as Gaia, who must salvage the souls of extinct animals.

After Us is an adventure game where you explore a surreal world as Gaia, who must salvage the souls of extinct animals. You play by traversing the world, dealing with hazards and reviving creatures to reveal their fate: the last whale harpooned, the final eagle caged, the last deer hunted down.

Another World (Out of This World in North America) is a retro cinematic running, jumping and shooting game about a young scientist who, as a result of a failed experiment finds himself in a dangerous alien world where he is forced to fight for his survival.

Another World (Out of This World in North America) is a retro cinematic running, jumping and shooting game about a young scientist who, as a result of a failed experiment finds himself in a dangerous alien world where he is forced to fight for his survival. The game was ahead of its time for the use of vector graphics to create a sense of character movement.

Contrast is a traversal puzzle game set in a surreal 1920s world of vaudeville, film noir and jazz clubs.

Contrast is a traversal puzzle game set in a surreal 1920s world of vaudeville, film noir and jazz clubs. To move through each area you use your light to create shadowy platforms that you can use to progress.

Firebird is a narrative game about taking on a dangerous road trip to make money in the hostile Great North.

Firebird is a narrative game about taking on a dangerous road trip to make money in the hostile Great North. Play involves talking with characters, managing your resources, and making story-changing decisions.

Flashback is a running and jumping game with a strong narrative.

Minute of Islands is a running, jumping and exploring game where you play Mo, a skilled tinkerer living in the dilapidated poisoned ruins of an ancient race of giants.

Minute of Islands is a running, jumping and exploring game where you play Mo, a skilled tinkerer living in the dilapidated poisoned ruins of an ancient race of giants. You scavenge parts from their strange machines to get them running and clean the air.

Neva is a narrative running and jumping game about a young woman's lifelong bond with a wolf.

Neva is a narrative running and jumping game about a young woman's lifelong bond with a wolf. They must work together as they embark on an adventure through a rapidly dying world in the hope of finding a new home.

Oddworld Soulstorm is a running and jumping game where you guide members of your species through labyrinthine levels to free them from brutal oppression.

Oddworld Soulstorm is a running and jumping game where you guide members of your species through labyrinthine levels to free them from brutal oppression. It's a remake of 1998's Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus and a sequel to Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty.

Planet Alpha is a running and jumping game.

Planet Alpha is a running and jumping game. You're a wounded hero hobbling across an alien planet, but how did he get into this state? Travel across beautiful, mysterious and often deadly landscapes, you unfold the story of your marooned astronaut.

Sea of Solitude is an adventure where you play a young woman, Kay, with such strong loneliness that her feelings turn her into a monster.

Sea of Solitude is an adventure where you play a young woman, Kay, with such strong loneliness that her feelings turn her into a monster. As you explore a flooded city you discover dark creatures that you must deal with -- by uncovering their underlying emotional disorder -- to progress and, as you do, slowly unpick what happened to Kay.

Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP is an adventure game in miniature.

Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP is an adventure game in miniature. You explore a myth-rich world and use your sword to do battle and evoke spells to solve musical puzzles.

Valiant Hearts The Great War is an adventure game set during World War I.

Valiant Hearts The Great War is an adventure game set during World War I. You play four characters who help a young German soldier find his love in a story about survival, sacrifice and friendship.

Black Skylands is an adventure game where you pilot an airship through a sprawling open world of floating islands.

Black Skylands is an adventure game where you pilot an airship through a sprawling open world of floating islands. You play Eva, who's ship has been destroyed and father killed.

Dustborn is a road-trip adventure set in America 2030 where all information has been lost.

Dustborn is a road-trip adventure set in America 2030 where all information has been lost. You and your misfit friends must cross this divided world to deliver a package from California to Nova Scotia.

Limbo is a narrative traversal game where you control a small boy as he runs, jumps and climbs through a dark, silhouetted forest that clanks and hums with foreboding.

Limbo is a narrative traversal game where you control a small boy as he runs, jumps and climbs through a dark, silhouetted forest that clanks and hums with foreboding. As the age rating suggests, he is killed in all manner of gruesome ways.

The Things We Lost In The Flood is a minimalist adventure.

The Things We Lost In The Flood is a minimalist adventure. You sail through a flooded world, building and improving your pixelated boat as you go.

Bramble The Mountain King is a grim fairy tale adventure where you lead Ollie, a young child, through the fantastical landscape filled with hideous creatures.

Bramble The Mountain King is a grim fairy tale adventure where you lead Ollie, a young child, through the fantastical landscape filled with hideous creatures. You play by directing your young character through the world, running from dangers and traversing to safety.

Catherine is a narrative puzzle game about a young man torn between two lovers, struggling with the temptation and consequences of infidelity.

Catherine is a narrative puzzle game about a young man torn between two lovers, struggling with the temptation and consequences of infidelity. During the daytime, you interact with characters in a visual novel that sets up the nighttime traversal challenge.

Deadlight takes the monochrome running, jumping and shooting action in a more mature direction and with a deeper and coherent story.

Deadlight takes the monochrome running, jumping and shooting action in a more mature direction and with a deeper and coherent story. It draws on older (and equally excellent) platform games Another World and Flashback.

I Am Alive is an action adventure in a post apocalyptic future where an event has reduced cities to rubble.

I Am Alive is an action adventure in a post apocalyptic future where an event has reduced cities to rubble. You traverse the country to find your wife and child.

Inside is from the same developer as Limbo.

Inside is from the same developer as Limbo. As such, you play another boy in a dark dream-light and horrific world.

Replaced is a platform game set in a grim dystopian alternate 1980s America.

Replaced is a platform game set in a grim dystopian alternate 1980s America. You play as an Artificial Intelligence trapped inside a human wanting to escape.

South Park: The Fractured but Whole is an adventure role-play game based on the sitcom of the same name.

South Park: The Fractured but Whole is an adventure role-play game based on the sitcom of the same name. The most notable recent games, South Park: The Stick of Truth and South Park: The Fractured but Whole are role-playing games where you explore the South Park world and gather a team to talk and fight your way through a typically edgy story.

Still Wakes The Deep is a horror narrative game set on the Beira D oil rig in 1975.

Still Wakes The Deep is a horror narrative game set on the Beira D oil rig in 1975. When disaster strikes off the coast of Scotland you must traverse the collapsing rig to save your crew from what becomes clear is not only a natural disaster.