Know any good indie or shareware adventure games?

[Kyriakos]

Mostly interested in plot-driven horror adventure games, with as few action parts as possible (lazy even in the world of the game ).

Apparently there is now a sizeable market for such games, and there are even free (or usually free) programs to allow anyone to make his own game. Ie in the future i may try just that

Pic is from DarkSeed, an old adventure (not indie or shareware; Giger even worked on it!)

 

[Loppan Torkel]

Is there a reason to play them instead of just watching a play-through, lazy as one is..?

I enjoyed Wolf among us, not really a horror or indie title, and it has a few action sequences. Still worth a play through imo.


Link to video.

 

[REDY]

You should like The White Chamber or Mudlarks (Both freeware)

http://www.studiotrophis.com/site/projects/thewhitechamber

http://mudlarks.weebly.com/


My favorite freeware games:
Heroine's Quest: The Herald of Ragnarok (Adventure, Quest for Hero clone)
Last Scenario ; Exit Fate, The Spirit Engine 2 (RPGs)
The Battle for Wesnoth (turn-based strategy)

 

[Kyriakos]

TBH, those both look rather bad to me

I dislike digitised gfx, and also anime-like drawings...

 

[FriendlyFire]

(lazy even in the world of the game ).

O___o

Just watch Youtube Lets play !
(and PAY DEBT)

 

[Loppan Torkel]

Link to video.
This might be something. Not the greatest lets play, but it's watchable.

 

[Labtec600]

Wouldnt call it horror (though one part was pretty crazy), but was a creepy game:

http://ethancartergame.com/

Also, not a horror, but one of the best adventure games I played:

http://www.sherlockholmes-thegame.com/

 

[red_elk]

Syberia?

Not horror, but beautiful and atmospheric.

 

[Arakhor]

Pretty much all point-and-click games are "indie" these days, but I like me some historical action in my games. Echo: Secrets of the Lost Cavern is my favourite, but I also really enjoyed Cleopatra: A Queen's Destiny and Egypt III: The Fate of Ramses.

If you don't like pixel-art games, you'll probably hate the Blackwell series (Legacy, Unbound, Convergence, Deception & Epiphany), but they're pretty decent, nonetheless.

 

[Kyriakos]

Pixel-art adventure games are awesome

Broken Sword 1 looked amazing

American tourists are the same whether in Brueges, or in Syria:

 

[Lohrenswald]

For the record: Darkseed is not a good game

 

[Kyriakos]

Yes, but it has the right art setting the mood, and it is point and click and horror

 

[Lohrenswald]

Link to video.



Well, it's not quite as bad as Darkseed 2

Spoiler :

Link to video.

 

[REDY]

TBH, those both look rather bad to me

I dislike digitised gfx, and also anime-like drawings...

I played The White Chamber some years ago and from what I remember its short game for 1-2 afternoons, worthy for time.

In similiar style as Mudlarks was made excellent Gabriel Knight 2. Animations horrible but atmosphere great.

I know that you are looking more for recent indie games, but from old ones Gabriel Knight trilogy is just awesome. If you havent played, I have no mouth and I must scream or Sanitorium are also great horror/adventure old games.

 

[Kyriakos]

Gabriel Knight series is legendary

Sanitarium is awesome too. "Diagnosis: Crazy."

I have only seen a walkthrough video of parts of IHNMAIMS.

 

[Zkribbler]

I enjoyed Wolf among us,

Curses! I wanted to say that!

How about Darkest Dungeon a gothic roguelike turn-based RPG about the psychological stresses of adventuring? It's still in pre-release, but it's more complete than most games upon release.

 

[Arakhor]

That's not a point-and-click game though, which is what I think Kyriakos was after.

 

[Zkribbler]

... there are even free (or usually free) programs to allow anyone to make his own game. In in the future i may try just that
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Quill18 has a series of tutorials on how to make various kinds of games. This one is for a first-person shooter. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbghT7MmckI4su9oKnoLuoRYLUvKlek7j

 

[thesplashbros]

This is a good list to go through, I've found some great titles here!

ww.techradar.com/news/gaming/top-40-best-free-games-you-should-play-today-695473

 

[Aleksey_aka_al]

indie
horror adventure games

Classical point-n-click:

5 Days a Stranger
7 Days a Sceptic