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10 Best Adventure Games on PlayStation Plus (November 2024)
Adventure games take you to virtual worlds with diverse designs that you can only imagine, ranging from beautiful fantasy worlds to grim post-apocalyptic worlds and everything in between. Moreover, they offer various fun activities to enjoy, such as exploration, storytelling, puzzle-solving, interacting with other characters, even a bit of action, and more.
PlayStation Plus gives you access to hundreds of adventure games. Moreover, you can explore many more adventure games that overlap with other genres, such as action, survival, RPG, and more. Here is an overview of 10 Best Adventure Games on PlayStation Plus.
10. After Us
In After Us, you step into a hauntingly beautiful post-apocalyptic world that’s been ravaged by environmental devastation. As you explore the desolate landscapes, you hold the power to restore life to its former beauty, bringing greenery back to barren lands and reviving extinct animal species that once thrived. Each step on this journey to revive nature is visually rewarding as you see desolate areas transform into vibrant ecosystems right before your eyes.
Beyond the visual appeal, the game delves into compelling storytelling, offering a glimpse into how each species met its tragic end. Through uncovering memories and traces of the past, you learn the heartbreaking stories of these animals, adding emotional depth to your mission of renewal.
9. Call of the Sea
Call of the Sea tells an intriguing story about a woman sailing the seas searching for her lost husband. She ends up marooned on a strange, beautiful island that may hold answers to her questions. You can uncover those answers by exploring the island, investigating the clues left by the previous voyages, and solving various puzzles. The story unfolds as you go, full of surprises, suspense, and emotion. There is much to see on this tropical island, including pristine beaches, dense jungles, and underwater ways.
8. Fade to Silence
Fade to Silence blends adventure with survival and takes you on a rough adventure set in a post-apocalyptic, frozen world. The world is covered in snow and ice and gripped by a bitter cold that can kill you if you don’t take care of yourself. As such, you must explore the frozen world and look for the resources you need to survive. You can also enjoy some action when fighting the evil creatures roaming the world. Moreover, you unravel an intriguing story as you go.
7. The Raven Remastered
The Raven Remastered is ideal if you are looking for a more casual adventure experience. It is a point-and-click adventure game in which you investigate the theft of a precious ruby and the legendary thief behind it. You get to play different characters with unique roles and personalities. Moreover, you visit diverse geographically realistic environments searching for clues, including the Cairo Museum. Finally, you unravel an intriguing story about deceit, as everyone seems to have something to hide.
6. Animal Well
Animal Well is a puzzle platformer set in a beautiful but sometimes haunting 2D world inside a well. Your main objective is to explore the world and unravel the well’s secrets. However, while the world is in 2D, it is non-linear, enabling you to explore and collect items in whichever order you desire. In addition to enjoying a charming adventure, you can also enjoy solving many creative environmental puzzles. You can also enjoy some action, as the world features a few enemies you can defeat using the environment and items.
5. The Long Dark
The Long Dark lets you explore a frozen, apocalyptic world where every decision you make can mean the difference between life and death. Notably, while it delivers lots of adventure, it also features a brutal survival system. Your objective is to find and collect the resources you need to survive as you explore the frozen world. For example, you can collect firewood fish, trap animals, forage plants for food, and do more. You must also stay warn and avoid, escape, or fight off dangerous animals when exploring.
4. GRIME
GRIME is an action-adventure RPG that takes you to an alien world with strange anatomical anomalies. You are new to this world and must explore every inch for answers to how and why you are here. The world feels surreal and comprises diverse environments like jungles, caves, and deserts. Enemies lurk everywhere, providing plenty of opportunities to enjoy death-defying combat. Interestingly, the weapons are alive and can mutate and upgrade during combat. You, too, can evolve and upgrade your fighting skills by absorbing your dead enemies.
3. Road 96
Road 96 lets you take the road trip of your life as you try to escape the authoritarian nation of Petria. You can choose which road to take from thousands of roads crisscrossing the country. Notably, each road offers a new adventure with different sights to explore and characters to interact with. Interestingly, the characters you come across have unique but intertwined background stories and secrets. While the game mainly focuses on exploration, human encounters, and decision-making, it also features brief moments of exciting action.
2. Night in the Woods
Night in the Woods is all about exploration, storytelling, and character development. It follows the story of Mae, a college dropout who returns home to find that things are not as they were. Her friends are older and have different personalities. Moreover, everything feels subtly strange, and something is roaming the woods. You can unravel the mystery of what is in the woods and what is plaguing the town by exploring the open world and interacting with other characters.
1. Mystic Pillars: Remastered
Mystic Pillars: Remastered is story-rich and set in a beautiful world inspired by Ancient India. The beautiful Kingdom of Zampi has a drought problem because magical pillars block water entry. Your objective is to explore the open world in search of answers to the origins of the magical pillars. The game features over 100 enjoyable puzzles you must solve as you explore. The story, however, unfolds as you explore and interact with the characters you meet along the way. Interestingly, the game also features animated cutscenes for a more engaging storytelling experience.
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