Adventure Hidden Gems on Steam

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Drakensang: The River of Time The prequel to Radon Labs' award-winning RPG, Drakensang: The River of Time introduces a brand new story within the Drakensang universe. The new story brings many innovations and new game elements for experienced as well for first time players, who will jump right into the fascinating medieval fantasy RPG scenario of Drakensang: The...

Price 18.99€
Rating 7.5
Release 16 Feb 2011
Myst: Masterpiece Edition The classic Myst experience with point and click controls, released as a remaster to the original in 2000. Enter a world where nothing is as it seems... and adventure knows no bounds!

Price -80% 1.18€
Rating 8.1
Release 02 Feb 2011
Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee New port for 2016! 60 FPS, higher res textures, higher poly models, improved audio, numerous fixes and improvements, and trading cards, badges, emotes and backgrounds!

Price -93% 0.37€
Rating 7.4
Release 20 Dec 2010
DeathSpank For uncounted years, DeathSpank has been a Dispenser of Justice, a Vanquisher of Evil, and a Hero to the Downtrodden.

Price 14.99€
Rating 8.9
Release 25 Oct 2010
Lugaru HD Follow Turner, a rebel bunny rabbit with impressive combat skills in his quest to find those responsible for slaughtering his village. Uncover a far-reaching conspiracy involving the corrupt leaders of the rabbit republic and the wolves of the nearby lands. Streamlined Combat: Gone are the days of combo memorization and button mashing.

Price -98% 0.26€
Rating 7.5
Release 08 Oct 2010
Lost Horizon 1936: Soldiers of the Third Reich roam the world seeking occult weapons for their insane plans of conquest. When Fenton Paddock, a former British soldier and hapless smuggler, is asked to look for his friend Richard, who went missing in Tibet, he has no idea that this search will lead him across three continents to a secret that could...

Price -81% 1.96€
Rating 8.5
Release 24 Sep 2010
4 Elements The ancient kingdom is in trouble! The magic of the four elements that kept it running for centuries has been corrupted by evil powers and the altars no longer yield the energy of life. It is up to you to unlock the 4 ancient books of magic and collect 16 mysterious cards that will help you restore the kingdom to life.

Price -21% 14.93€
Rating 8.3
Release 12 Jul 2010
Jolly Rover A comedic 2D point and click adventure, featuring a crazy cast of poxy pirate pooches.

Price -36% 6.49€
Rating 8.2
Release 07 Jun 2010
The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom Enter a macabre and comical silent world filled with mischief, time travel and delicious pie. Includes Steam Achievements, Cloud, and Leaderboards!

Price -50% 1.99€
Rating 8.2
Release 20 Apr 2010
SEASON OF MYSTERY: The Cherry Blossom Murders Your husband Richard lies dead beneath the cherry blossoms of Old Japan, and the police are of no help. Step into history and uncover the truth when no one else will. Find devilishly hidden clues, explore exotic locales, and bring the killer to justice!

Price -46% 2.72€
Rating 7.5
Release 03 Feb 2010
Sherlock Holmes versus Jack the Ripper Recognized as one of the best licenses in gaming and lauded by the press, Sherlock Holmes is back with an investigation that is sure to be the most horrifying of the series. The famous detective stands against the most dangerous serial killer England has ever known - Jack the Ripper.

Price -96% 0.40€
Rating 7.7
Release 23 Dec 2009
The Void Only brought to life by scarce sparks of Color, the bleak, grey Void is a peculiar place. The player gets to explore it, get to know the Sisters, Brothers, and other weird creatures inhabiting it, and learn the ways of Color, harvesting it and drawing sigils that change the world around them.

Price -95% 0.50€
Rating 7.7
Release 15 Dec 2009
Secret Files: Tunguska Unravel one of the greatest mysteries of our time! On the 30th June 1908 an explosion with the combined energy of 2000 Hiroshima bombs rocked the region of Tunguska in Central Siberia and felled over 6,000 square km of trees. The explosion could be heard from as far as 1,000km away.

Price -95% 0.54€
Rating 8.1
Release 29 Oct 2009
Nancy Drew®: Curse of Blackmoor Manor Delve into Dark Legends Lurking in the Shadow of an Old English Mansion!

Price 9.75€
Rating 8.2
Release 10 Oct 2009
Nancy Drew®: Last Train to Blue Moon Canyon Catch this train — it’s your ticket to solving a century-old mystery!

Price 9.75€
Rating 8.9
Release 10 Oct 2009
Space Quest™ Collection Experience a blast from the past with the complete, completely twisted Space Quest Collection.

Price 9.99€
Rating 7.9
Release 23 Jul 2009
King's Quest™ Collection Seven classic games in one collection. Celebrate the golden age of adventure games all over again with the return of King's Quest.The bravest knight in all of Daventry, Sir Graham, is appointed by the dying king to embark on a Quest for the Crown.

Price 19.99€
Rating 8.1
Release 23 Jul 2009
LOOM™ Long after the passing of the Second Shadow, when dragons ruled the twilight sky and the stars were bright and numerous, came the Age of the Great Guilds. Blacksmiths. Shepherds. Clerics. Each dedicated to the absolute control of secret knowledge. Another such Guild was the Weavers.

Price -88% 0.75€
Rating 8.4
Release 08 Jul 2009
Indiana Jones® and the Last Crusade™ Europe, 1938: The lost Ark was just a warm-up! Now Adolf Hitler is after the most powerful talisman of all - the Holy Grail. A few brave men stand in his way. Fortunately, one of them is Indiana Jones, and this time he has his dad with him.

Price -76% 1.44€
Rating 7.4
Release 08 Jul 2009
Thrillville®: Off the Rails™ Thrillville™: Off the Rails lives up to its name with 20 death-defying rides! Players can build incredible coasters to leap from one track to another, launch through the air like cannonballs, blast through a burning rings of fire and more!

Price -91% 0.94€
Rating 8.7
Release 08 Jul 2009
Restaurant Empire II Restaurant Empire 2 is the most realistic and comprehensive restaurant business simulation available, featuring 4 cuisines, 600 recipes, 4 huge cities, 2 campaigns with a total of 34 missions, 1400 interior objects, and a mix of business strategy and role-playing gameplay such as cooking contests.

Price -56% 8.77€
Rating 7.1
Release 27 May 2009
Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Adventures Enter the colorful world of West Wallaby Street in a series of four cracking adventures brought to you by Aardman Animations, the creators of the Wallace & Gromit animated films, and award-winning Telltale Games.

Price -76% 3.08€
Rating 8.2
Release 23 Mar 2009
The Path There is one rule in the game. And it needs to be broken. There is one goal. And when you attain it, you die.

Price 8.49€
Rating 7.5
Release 18 Mar 2009
The Maw The pinnacle of alien evolution, Maw is a cowardly fat blob concerned mostly with snacking and lounging. He can, however, absorb the traits of anything he eats, is virtually indestructible, and can grow to unlimited size. If he wasn't a danger to all life in the universe, he'd make the perfect pet.

Price 9.99€
Rating 7.8
Release 09 Mar 2009
Drakensang Drakensang is a third-person party-based RPG based on the pen & paper role-play rules of The Dark Eye. Drakensang is the first PC game for over 10 years to be based on Germany's most successful and popular role-play system. Drakensang builds on the pen & paper rules as applied in version 4.0.

Price -23% 7.71€
Rating 7.6
Release 09 Mar 2009
Watchmen: The End is Nigh The lines between good and bad have been blurred and crime and terror run rampant in the streets. The alleys, rooftops and sewers are crawling with criminals and brutal gangs. And now, Underboss — in a daring escape — has broken out of prison and is ruling with vicious darkness.

Price -90% 0.53€
Rating 6.9
Release 04 Mar 2009
Dracula: Origin Dracula: Origin reveals the dark origins of the Dracula curse. Step into the shoes of the famous Professor Van Helsing and experience a thrilling journey that will take you from London to Egypt, Austria and through Carpathian Europe right into the terrifying lair of the Dark Prince.

Price -74% 2.62€
Rating 6.9
Release 07 Aug 2008
Sherlock Holmes - Nemesis This new Sherlock Holmes game sends us to 19th Century London where Arséne Lupin, a young French burglar with an impressive track record, has just challenged Scotland Yard and the most famous of detectives - Sherlock Holmes.

Price -96% 0.44€
Rating 6.9
Release 07 Aug 2008
Insecticide Part 1 Enter the fast shooting world of INSECTICIDE as hot shot rookie Detective Chrys Liszt and help solve a crime of epic proportions. Lead your team on a bug hunt, collecting clues and solving puzzles. Use old-fashioned street smarts, unique insect abilities and an arsenal of ingenious bug weapons to confront your suspects.

Price -90% 0.43€
Rating 7.1
Release 01 Jul 2008
Precipice of Darkness, Episode One On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, Episode One is the first installment in the RPG-Adventure game series based on the web comic Penny Arcade. Create your character in the classic comic style, and join Gabe and Tycho in the alternate 1920s universe of New Arcadia, where you'll combat savage enemies, solve mysteries, meet bizarre new...

Price 7.99€
Rating 8.3
Release 21 May 2008
Death to Spies Smersh is Russian for "Death to Spies" and was the name of a set of counterintelligence agencies formed in the Soviet Army during World War II. Their mission was to secure the rear of the active Red Army by arresting traitors, deserters, spies and criminal cells.

Price -25% 3.77€
Rating 7.3
Release 12 Mar 2008
PuzzleQuest: Challenge of the Warlords PuzzleQuest: Challenge of the Warlords delivers, for the first time ever, classic puzzle-game action backed with an epic story of good vs. evil. Challenge your match 3 skills as you battle against computer opponents to save the Kingdom of Etheria from the evil Lord Bane.

Price 8.19€
Rating 8.3
Release 29 Jan 2008
HeXen II The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse lurk in the shadows before you. They are Death, Pestilence, Famine, and War. They are the root of all that is evil, but the least of your worries. The last of the three Serpent Riders yet lives.

Price 4.99€
Rating 7.5
Release 03 Aug 2007
Runaway, A Road Adventure New York, 2000......Without knowing how or why, Brian, a student on the verge of graduating from college, is attacked by Mafia gangsters. During his desperate getaway, in the company of a mysterious striptease dancer, he ends up meeting a wide range of unusual characters.

Price -83% 0.86€
Rating 7.3
Release 14 Mar 2007

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