Stories you uncover
A Dark Room starts with nothing but a cold room and a fire to light, then slowly grows into a village and a long walk across a ruined world, all told in plain text. The Sunshine Policy is a short point-and-click tale about a junior weather keeper named Nell, a chained unicorn and a kingdom that has run out of rain.
Humwin & Darbold follows a small robot across alien islands, using flowers as bait to slip past hungry monsters while he looks for his missing partner. Princess of Corinium sends a princess around a pixel town, curing villagers bitten by plague rats with potions of the right color. Each of these has a clear ending you can reach in one sitting or a few.
Dungeons and danger
Brough Dungeon is a turn-based crawl over six tiny floors, where every step gives the monsters a step too. Warden's Duty turns a prison into a grid of choices, with exact previews of what each fight will cost in health, mana or arrows. Escape the Catacombs drops you into dim tunnels where every floor hides a key, a padlock and a rope out, while waves of the dead roam the shadows.
Something different
The Great Train Robbery is all planning. You hire a gang, arm them and write their orders, then watch the heist unfold without touching anything. Lost Treasures has no danger at all, just a little submarine and a seabed full of hidden coins. It is the gentlest pick on the page and works well on a tablet.
Can't Get Back and Bounce Back lean closer to action. One has you switch on numbered generators on a field that forgets everything behind you, and the other arms you with a single boomerang across ten generated levels. OnOff mixes platforming with a layer-swapping puzzle, where one key decides which blocks are solid.
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Common questions
Which adventure games save progress?
A Dark Room saves to your browser as you play, and Bounce Back keeps your coins between runs. The Sunshine Policy does not save, but it is short enough to finish in one go.
Can I play adventure games on a phone?
Humwin & Darbold, Lost Treasures, Princess of Corinium and The Sunshine Policy all support touch. The dungeon games and the train heist need a keyboard.
Are there any calm adventures without fighting?
Yes. Lost Treasures has nothing that can hurt you, and Humwin & Darbold has no game over. Princess of Corinium has no combat, though a few creatures do chase you.