A Short Hike is an adventure traversal game where you play the penguin-like character Claire, who needs to climb a mountain in a beautiful national park to receive an important phone call.

A Short Hike is an adventure traversal game where you play the penguin-like character Claire, who needs to climb a mountain in a beautiful national park to receive an important phone call. Presented in cute pixel graphics, the game invites you to explore the park, help other animals, and find seashells and even buried treasure.

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.

Abzu is an adventure in a lush underwater world.

Abzu is an adventure in a lush underwater world. You descend into the heart of the ocean to find ancient secrets and encounter majestic creatures.

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.

Season: A Letter to the Future is a narrative adventure about a young woman sent out from her secluded community to explore the world for the first time.

Season: A Letter to the Future is a narrative adventure about a young woman sent out from her secluded community to explore the world for the first time. She is tasked with documenting life in a local valley before a mysterious cataclysm washes everything away.

Fe is a platform-traversal game where you play a fox in a magical fairy tale forest.

Fe is a platform-traversal game where you play a fox in a magical fairy tale forest. The world extends in front of you in stylised form, with trees, mountains and streams glistening with sparkles of life.

Book of Travels is a role-playing game.

Book of Travels is a role-playing game. It's an unusual online game that focuses on the small rather than the massive.

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.

Big Walk is a traversal game where you head into a wide-open world with online friends.

Big Walk is a traversal game where you head into a wide-open world with online friends. You decide where to go together by following your nose while taking on challenges, puzzles and making discoveries.

Sword of the Sea is a traversal game where you are a Wraith resurrected to restore life to a desolate world.

Sword of the Sea is a traversal game where you are a Wraith resurrected to restore life to a desolate world. Play involves exploring submerged ruins to discover the cultures that built them.

Laya's Horizon is a traversal and collection flying game where you plunge from mountains, weave through forests and glide down rivers to unlock new abilities and discover a huge tranquil world.

Laya's Horizon is a traversal and collection flying game where you plunge from mountains, weave through forests and glide down rivers to unlock new abilities and discover a huge tranquil world. Coming from the people behind Alto's Odyssey it's no surprise the focus is no smooth instinctive flight and gliding.

Bound is a traversal game where you play a dancer in an abstract world who must take on metaphorical monsters to protect her mother in the real world.

Bound is a traversal game where you play a dancer in an abstract world who must take on metaphorical monsters to protect her mother in the real world. Play involves moving through the world making baletic jumps and leaps from platform to platform.

Sky Children of the Light (Sky Children of Light) is a huge open-world online game designed to create altruism between players.

Sky Children of the Light (Sky Children of Light) is a huge open-world online game designed to create altruism between players. From the developer of Flower and Journey, it takes you on a social adventure in an ever-expanding world with up to 8 other players.

The Pathless is a mythic adventure about an archer and an eagle in a vast forest.

The Pathless is a mythic adventure about an archer and an eagle in a vast forest. You use timed button presses to use your bow and discover the open world, unlock a mystical island and dispel a curse of darkness that grips the world.

The Endless Forest is a whimsical online multiplayer game where you play deer in a peaceful forest.

The Endless Forest is a whimsical online multiplayer game where you play deer in a peaceful forest. You freely explore ruins and ponds, and meet other players, communicating in symbols.

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.

Indika is a narrative game set in alternative 19^th century Russia where a young nun faces the clash of religion and the harsh realities of peasant life.

Indika is a narrative game set in alternative 19^th century Russia where a young nun faces the clash of religion and the harsh realities of peasant life. Play involves navigating the distorted and confused world with only the devil as your companion.

Wayfinder is a meditative adventure where you explore the wild to reconnect with nature and create poems.

Wayfinder is a meditative adventure where you explore the wild to reconnect with nature and create poems. As you travel through the world, the seasons change to reveal words to collect that form unique miniature poems.

Lake is a narrative adventure where you play Meredith Weiss on a career break in 1986 while she returns to her hometown and ends up delivering the mail.

Lake is a narrative adventure where you play Meredith Weiss on a career break in 1986 while she returns to her hometown and ends up delivering the mail. As you talk to locals, meet up with old school friends and even fan a few romantic flames from your past, you discover a story about life's changing seasons.

Hoa is an adventure game where you walk and jump through a hand-painted world as the mysterious main character.

Hoa is an adventure game where you walk and jump through a hand-painted world as the mysterious main character. You solve environmental puzzles and meet magical creatures while trying to find your way back home.

Proteus is a narrative adventure game which takes you to a pixelated island.

Proteus is a narrative adventure game which takes you to a pixelated island. As you explore you discover that your presence changes the seasons and time of day.

Omno is a running, jumping and surfing game where you explore an ancient fantastical world.

Omno is a running, jumping and surfing game where you explore an ancient fantastical world. As you explore you meet all manner of strange and wonderful lifeforms, from cute critters to enigmatic giants.

The Gecko Gods is a puzzle game where you control a small lizard reptile exploring a world and solving puzzles.

The Gecko Gods is a puzzle game where you control a small lizard reptile exploring a world and solving puzzles. You interact with the flora and fauna, catch insects and visit other animals.

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 Last Guardian is a running, jumping and exploring adventure about a boy who befriends a giant half-bird, half-mammal creature, Trico.

The Last Guardian is a running, jumping and exploring adventure about a boy who befriends a giant half-bird, half-mammal creature, Trico. You work together to navigate the world, solve puzzles and reach new heights.

Wilderless is a traversal and exploration game where you are left to discover a fantasy world at your own pace without the usual hindrances.

Wilderless is a traversal and exploration game where you are left to discover a fantasy world at your own pace without the usual hindrances. You run, jumping and glide your way around the landscape that unfolds beautifully before you.

The Gardens Between is a puzzle game set in dreamlike island gardens where you play as best friends Arina and Frendt.

The Gardens Between is a puzzle game set in dreamlike island gardens where you play as best friends Arina and Frendt. You work around the island levels collecting balls of light in your lantern, manipulating time to solve puzzles and remove obstacles.

The Tomorrow Children is an online strategy game where you collaborate with other players to build, explore and develop communities.

The Tomorrow Children is an online strategy game where you collaborate with other players to build, explore and develop communities. Unusually, it uses social economics and a Soviet Union-themed post-apocalyptic dystopia as the setting.

The Unfinished Swan invites you to explore a world by splashing paint on it.

The Unfinished Swan invites you to explore a world by splashing paint on it. The tactile experience leads you into a fairy tale about an unfinished painting that leads a child back to his parent.

Flock is a cooperative traversal and collecting game where you take on the role of a flying shepherd.

Flock is a cooperative traversal and collecting game where you take on the role of a flying shepherd. To play you move around the world tending to your unique herd of flying creatures.

Ico is a running, jumping and exploring game where you rescue a princess from her evil mother.

Ico is a running, jumping and exploring game where you rescue a princess from her evil mother. You take her hand to help her escape, guiding her along the pathways and protecting her from the hordes of enemies.

Skye Tales is a gentle adventure about exploring a rich playground of floating islands as a dragon called Skye.

Skye Tales is a gentle adventure about exploring a rich playground of floating islands as a dragon called Skye. Play involves traversing each chapter, meeting and interacting with different creatures and solving puzzles along the way.

Orchids to Dusk is a short wandering adventure.

Orchids to Dusk is a short wandering adventure. You are an astronaut stranded on an alien planet, with only a few minutes of oxygen.

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.

Jett: The Far Shore is a sci-fi adventure where you play inquisitive pilot Mei, exploring a mysterious planet on a nimble jet-powered craft.

Jett: The Far Shore is a sci-fi adventure where you play inquisitive pilot Mei, exploring a mysterious planet on a nimble jet-powered craft. It draws on films like 2001: Space Odyssey and takes its time building atmosphere.

Skate Story is a skateboarding game that focuses on the skill, weight and locomotion of controlling the board.

Skate Story is a skateboarding game that focuses on the skill, weight and locomotion of controlling the board. Running through the game is a story where you explore the underworld beneath New York City.

Gris is a platform game where you guide a young girl through a crumbling world.

Gris is a platform game where you guide a young girl through a crumbling world. Through beautiful metaphoric landscapes and soaring music, the game touches on emotions of loss and longing but doesn’t resolve to a firm narrative.

Dear Esther is a narrative traversal game where you explore an uninhabited Hebridean island while an old man reads a series of letters to his eponymous deceased wife.

Dear Esther is a narrative traversal game where you explore an uninhabited Hebridean island while an old man reads a series of letters to his eponymous deceased wife. Themes of love, loss, guilt and redemption intertwine with the bleak geography and orchestral music.

Deathloop is a shooting game where you play an assassin stuck in a time loop.

Deathloop is a shooting game where you play an assassin stuck in a time loop. You wake on a beach while residents of Blackreef island have gathered for a party that seemingly lasts forever.

1000xResist is a sci-fi adventure set 1000 years in the future where humanity has been wiped out by an alien occupation.

1000xResist is a sci-fi adventure set 1000 years in the future where humanity has been wiped out by an alien occupation. You play one of the underground survivors who form a community around an immune immortal girl and work to revisit and decypher her memories.

Ori and the Will of the Wisps is an action platform game that places you in control of a diminutive elfish spirit called Ori.

Ori and the Will of the Wisps is an action platform game that places you in control of a diminutive elfish spirit called Ori. As in the previous game, you run, jump and solve platforming challenges to progress through the world.

Haven Park is a strategy game where you build camping spots in a national park.

Haven Park is a strategy game where you build camping spots in a national park. You play Flint, who is repairing his grandma's park to attract new campers.

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.

Grow Up is a running and jumping adventure.

Grow Up is a running and jumping adventure. It is the sequel to 2015's Grow Home and extends the real physics exploration that lets you push, pull, climb and direct how plants grow in the world.

Feather is an adventure traversal game that brings you, as a bird, to a beautiful island.

Feather is an adventure traversal game that brings you, as a bird, to a beautiful island. You can explore freely, collecting items and soaring on the breeze.

Never Alone is a running, jumping and exploring game based on the traditional Iñupiaq tale, "Kunuuksaayuka".

Never Alone is a running, jumping and exploring game based on the traditional Iñupiaq tale, "Kunuuksaayuka". You swap between controlling an Iñupiaq girl named Nuna and her Arctic fox companion as you complete puzzles and move the story forward.

Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons is an action-adventure game where you simultaneously control two brothers on a quest to save their ill father.

Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons is an action-adventure game where you simultaneously control two brothers on a quest to save their ill father. In single-player you control each brother with one of the controller sticks, or in co-op with a friend you each control one of the brothers.

Fugl is a flying simulation game where you play a bird and launch yourself into the sky to explore a vast world.

Fugl is a flying simulation game where you play a bird and launch yourself into the sky to explore a vast world. Rather than search for things, fight, or take on challenges, all you have to do is wend your way through the air currents and glide your way forward.

AER Memories of Old is an exploration game where you transform from a woman to a golden eagle at will.

AER Memories of Old is an exploration game where you transform from a woman to a golden eagle at will. As Auk, your quest is to save the world by finding the lost keys and restoring balance.

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.

Sunlight is a short adventure game where you explore an uncharted forest, guided by harmonised whispers.

Sunlight is a short adventure game where you explore an uncharted forest, guided by harmonised whispers. As you move from tree to tree you discover different voices, genders and dialects, speaking as one.

Shine – Journey of Light is an adventure puzzle game where you guide a ball of light through a world of light and shadow.

Shine – Journey of Light is an adventure puzzle game where you guide a ball of light through a world of light and shadow. As you delve deep into the world you discover a lost civilisation and piece together the stories of the past.

Isle of Eras is a horror adventure where you explore your childhood island in search of your missing brother.

Isle of Eras is a horror adventure where you explore your childhood island in search of your missing brother. You explore the world to find clues and take on quests to find items.

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.

Superflight is a game where you control a risk-taking man in a flight suit.

Superflight is a game where you control a risk-taking man in a flight suit. You control your flight with the aim of buzzing the landscape.

Arise: A Simple Story is a narrative game about an old man living in a pre-agricultural tribe.

Arise: A Simple Story is a narrative game about an old man living in a pre-agricultural tribe. He has just been cremated and as get travels to the next life, begins a pilgrimage of revisiting memories of his life.

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.

Plasticity is a running and jumping puzzle game about a world overrun with plastic waste.

Plasticity is a running and jumping puzzle game about a world overrun with plastic waste. You collect and recycle the plastic to transform your environment back to health.

The Snowgardens is a running, jumping and exploration game where you are a child stranded on a beautiful archipelago.

The Snowgardens is a running, jumping and exploration game where you are a child stranded on a beautiful archipelago. Once the home to an ancient time-altering civilisation but now abandoned, leaving strange technology for you to operate to progress.

Way to the Woods is an adventure game where you play a fawn and a deer trying to survive their long journey home after human civilization has collapsed.

Way to the Woods is an adventure game where you play a fawn and a deer trying to survive their long journey home after human civilization has collapsed. Interacting with the world and exploring both urban and barren landscapes leads you to discover the abandoned paraphernalia of life as it used to be as well as strong connection between parent and child.

One Hand Clapping is a running and jumping game where you sing into a microphone to interact with the world.

One Hand Clapping is a running and jumping game where you sing into a microphone to interact with the world. The game acknowledges how challenging this idea may be, and gently leads you into using your voice to create platforms, adjust the wind and generally assist your progress as you direct your character with the gamepad.

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 Club: Wasteland is a golf game in an unusual setting.

Golf Club: Wasteland is a golf game in an unusual setting. You play on an earth decimated by an environmental catastrophe.

Pattern is a game about exploring different worlds.

Pattern is a game about exploring different worlds. It's novel because of the lack of objective or direction.

Weaving Tides is a puzzle game set in a magical woven world.

Weaving Tides is a puzzle game set in a magical woven world. You ride a carpet dragon that both transports you and weaves fabric into the world to help you advance.

Ynglet is an exploration game where you jump between bubbles that float in the sky making sounds as you interact with the doodled environment.

Ynglet is an exploration game where you jump between bubbles that float in the sky making sounds as you interact with the doodled environment. Part platform game, part dynamic soundtrack, it's a game designed to let you flow through the world to discover intriguing new spaces and interactions.

PiAwk is an adventure you explore as PiAwk, a little bird-like creature that is both a little awkward and shy, but also bold and curious.

PiAwk is an adventure you explore as PiAwk, a little bird-like creature that is both a little awkward and shy, but also bold and curious. As you interact with the environment, architecture, landscape and other characters you realised you are enclosed in a ruined world.

Tenderfoot Tactics is a role-play adventure game where you play a young adventurer in a vast open world.

Tenderfoot Tactics is a role-play adventure game where you play a young adventurer in a vast open world. The visuals and the Final Fantasy Tactics-style battles look simple but offer depth that requires you to learn the deterministic combat system and world rules.

Waking is a world exploration game where you play a character in a coma.

Waking is a world exploration game where you play a character in a coma. You enter their dreams, The Mindscape, in the recesses of their mind and follow voices calling you home.

Sizeable is a puzzle game about manipulated objects in a series of beautiful tiny dioramas.

Sizeable is a puzzle game about manipulated objects in a series of beautiful tiny dioramas. You rotate to explore and pick up, move and resize objects.

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.

Wild Yonder is a narrative adventure set in a futuristic world fallen into ruin.

Wild Yonder is a narrative adventure set in a futuristic world fallen into ruin. You play starship pilot Bordy tasked with finding and collecting emergency shipments.

Yi and the Thousand Moons is an adventure game in the form of a musical.

Yi and the Thousand Moons is an adventure game in the form of a musical. You follow Yi who is told by the gods to bring down the moons, but then has to try and save the people of her village from the unforeseen results.

Atone: Heart of the Elder Tree is a traversal narrative game set in a Norse-inspired world where combat is a rhythm rather than a reaction challenge.

Atone: Heart of the Elder Tree is a traversal narrative game set in a Norse-inspired world where combat is a rhythm rather than a reaction challenge. You explore the world as Estra a young warrior on a quest through Midgard to discover the truth behind her father’s death.

Deep Time Walk is a physically active narrative game where you go for a walk as you listen to a history of the Earth that's tied to each step.

Deep Time Walk is a physically active narrative game where you go for a walk as you listen to a history of the Earth that's tied to each step. The game calculates your speed and distance to match your real-world progress and translates it to a journey across 4.6bn years of time, taking in every key evolutionary event as it occurs.

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.

No More Fathers is an adventure about a fatherless boy who can fly.

No More Fathers is an adventure about a fatherless boy who can fly. You use your flight and flute powers to explore the floating islands and discover dark spirits, caves and people who need your help.

Rytma is an adventure game where you explore a Mediterranean landscape to find and play ancient instruments with different qualities.

Rytma is an adventure game where you explore a Mediterranean landscape to find and play ancient instruments with different qualities. You investigate on foot to discover the instruments that you then move around to solve musical puzzles and learn their significance.

Smushi Come Home is a running, jumping, climbing and gliding game where a small mushroom explores a whimsical forest to make its way home.

Smushi Come Home is a running, jumping, climbing and gliding game where a small mushroom explores a whimsical forest to make its way home. You talk to the people you meet, search for items, and use the oversized environment to get around as you move from location to location.

Endless Ocean Luminous is an underwater adventure game about peaceful scuba diving exploration.

Endless Ocean Luminous is an underwater adventure game about peaceful scuba diving exploration. Like the original Endless Oceans on the Wii, you explore the ocean to find creatures and score points.

Feed the Deep is an underwater diving and collecting adventure.

Feed the Deep is an underwater diving and collecting adventure. You control a diver who must traverse a system of caves to find gold and other items they can sell for more equipment.

PixelJunk Eden is an organic puzzle game.

PixelJunk Eden is an organic puzzle game. You swing from abstract plant shapes to explore a stylised garden, attacking pollen carriers to gather particles that bring seeds to life.

Once Again is a narrative game where you uncover a story about endings and goodbyes through photography.

Once Again is a narrative game where you uncover a story about endings and goodbyes through photography. While other visual novels offer a branching story, here the focus is on triggering events with novel interactions like developing photos and taking pictures.