Riven
Riven is a Graphic Adventure and Single-player video game brought to you by Cyan and Red Orb Entertainment. The game is set in the 3D environment where the player controls the protagonist and embarks on a journey to explore the world from a first-person view. However, the storyline starts immediately after the events of Myst video game, in which after having been saved from the struggles of his son, the main NPC named Atrus enlists the help the player character to free his beloved wife from the custody of hungry father named Gehn. Unlike Myst video game, which took the player in several worlds that are connected by special books, Riven is set entirely on the Age of Riven, a world gradually falling apart due to the destructive rule of Gehn. The game introduces the point-and-click interface, and the player must use to control the character from a first-person view. During the gameplay, the player navigates the environment through a massive series of randomly generated stills using the clicks of the mouse for movements or to manipulate objects. To explore the land, the player just needs to click in the direction he wants to turn or walk.
#1 realMyst
realMyst is an Adventure, Puzzle, Point-and-Click and Single-player video game developed and published by Cyan Worlds. The game invites the player to navigate the massive deserted island, where the player unearths the terrific storyline involving a set of books that reveal the alternate planes of reality. The player must explore the environment from a first-person perspective, use his wits to find hidden clues in the 3D environments. During the gameplay, the player will discover video clips, text, and other items to solve the tricky puzzles. It brings an exciting gameplay that the player has never experienced before. There are a variety of levels and each level offers a set of objectives that the player must complete to progress through the story. As the game progresses, it becomes tough to master and additional content will be unlocked. realMyst includes core features such as Dynamic Environments, Haunting Music, Advanced Navigation, Hint System, and more. Try it out, and you’ll enjoy it.
#2 Syberia
Syberia is a 2002’s Hit Single-player Point-and-Click Action and Adventure, Third-person video game by Microids. The game follows the story of Kate Walker, game Protagonist and a skilled Lawyer who tries to wrap up a deal for her client in Europe and Russia, but soon after reaching her destination, she is forced to run for her life. With amazing and realistic visual novel style, wonderful environments, brilliant characters and immersive game-play, Syberia allows you to experience the true hardships a Lawyer can go through and in her case, as the story-line suggests, you get a really good lesson out of that. Running for her life, Kate goes through a number of hardest phases of her life including the time when she receives calls on her Cell Phone from unknown numbers and a worsening relationship with her fiancé. According to the story of the game, Kate reaches to French Village named as Valadilene, where she attends the funeral of Toy Factory owner, an old lady named Anna Voralberg. After a visit to the local notary, Kate gets to know about the Old lady’s brother Hans, living in the North-East of Europe but his whereabouts are unknown. In order to transfer the ownership, Kate must find him and when she starts off her journey to find Hans, the story takes a massive turn that actually writes the fate of Kate. A drama begins that topples her life upside down. Now in order to go with the story and enjoy the game, you must get into the character of Kate and start exploring. Syberia offers a fantastic thrill filled Drama and an equally exciting game-play that makes this game one of the most amazing additions to this specific genre. If you are a fan of Action-Adventure gaming, you must play this game and raise the curtains off of the mysterious theme of the game. With all the amazing things combined, Syberia offers a unique story, a totally challenging and quite exciting game-play and beautiful 3D visuals for you to enjoy.
#3 The Longest Journey
The Longest Journey offers a great Point-and-Click, Action-Adventure, Exploration and Puzzle experience for all the lovers of these specific genres. With amazing new characters, brilliant setting and an immersive game-play, The Longest Journey lets you be part of a multi-layered and a great story that will definitely leave you spellbound for quite some time. The game is set in the two parallel universes named as Stark and Arcadia and it allows you to be the protagonist April Ryan, a student living in Stark City who has the magical ability to move between the two universes. You as the protagonist will have to move to the Arcadia Universe where she meets with the White Dragon who tells her about the coming adventure. Soon after meeting the White Dragon, April gets attacked and suddenly shifts back to the main Stark universe. In order to find out the source of attack and who is behind it, you’ll have to move to a number of locations, interact with objects and NPCs, collect the clues and solve some challenging puzzles and finally reach to source and conclude the story. With a number of great characters, a marvelous setting, immersive game-play and stat of the art visuals, The Longest Journey is a fun game to play.
#4 Amerzone: The Explorer’s Legacy
Amerzone: The Explorer’s Legacy takes you to amazing First-person Point-and-Click Adventures of a journalist and explorer who struggles to save a mysterious species of a Bird. The game offers a resembling game-play and story to Syberia and allows you to embark on a journey in the drawbacks of the year 1990. As the stories told by a renowned explorer named Alexander Valemboise about giant white birds started to fade away, you as the young journalist took the challenge of investigating the matter and embarked on the journey. Following the story-line, you’ll have to go through the harsh and unforgiving environment of Amerzone and find out the clues about the stories told by Alexander Valemboise, get back with the relevant and strong proof of his stories being true and help him regain his dignity. Amerzone: The Explorer’s Legacy offers a wonderful gaming atmosphere and allows you to enjoy an amazing and quite fascinating Adventure experience. With marvelous game setting, great visual details, well-written story and an engaging game-play, Amerzone: The Explorer’s Legacy is one of the best Action-Adventure and Point and Click puzzle video game to enjoy .
#5 Myst
Myst is a graphic adventure puzzle video game published by Cyan Worlds. It takes the players to the gameplay containing colorful scenery and puzzle elements. The game allows the player to be a stranger who uses a magical and special book to travel to the island, where he solves enigmas and travels to loads of other worlds known as “The Ages.” The player travels to the new worlds, searching for clues that help him proceed to the advanced levels.
As the game progresses, the player finds out about the backstory of all the characters in the game. It offers multiple endings of the game all based upon the actions that the player character performs. The game offers an adult-centered and entirely non-linear story, realistic characters and appearances, twisted gameplay with an ethical dilemma. It gives you the First-person perspective, beautiful visuals, plenty of room for both the character and gameplay, great stories, and exploration.
#6 Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors
Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors is an Action-Adventure, Graphics and Visual novel video game. The game is about the main character Junpei who along with eight other individuals is abducted and is locked up aboard a sinking Cruise Liner. All of them are forced to play a game named as Nonary Game, which involves Exploration of the whole ship and solving some twisted and challenging puzzles. With six different game endings all based up on your actions and decisions, episodic story, and a challenging game-play, 999 is one of the best Adventure-based Visual Novel video game to play and enjoy.
#7 Broken Sword
Broken Sword is an Adventure game series with strong Point and Click elements. The first game in the series was released in 1996 named Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars. The story of series revolves around the protagonists named Nicole Collard, an American Patent Lawyer, a Freelance Journalist and George Stobbart. In the story, Gorge Stobbart is the victim and witness on a café named La Chandelle Verte. After an investigation, the secrets comes out the name of the serial killer who steals a briefcase and set off a bomb inside the case. The series includes various scenarios and lets you get into the role of the protagonist and explore the crime scenes. Interrogate the criminal, find clues, analyze suspects, and catch the man who is guilty. In the series, each entry has a set of unique cases, crimes, and scenes. The series contains a lot of games such as Broken Sword: The Shadow of Templars, Broken Sword II: The Smoking Mirror, Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon, Broken Sword: The Angel Death, and Broken Sword 5: The Serpent’s Curse.