Adventure games are a video game genre in which the player assumes the role of a protagonist in an interactive story, driven by exploration and/or puzzle-solving. The genre's focus on story allows it
A computer terminal running Zork (1977), one of the first commercially successful text adventure games
The Whispered World (2009) is an example of a context-based point-and-click adventure game using high-definition graphics and animation.
The Stanley Parable (2013) is a first-person walking simulator set in an office building.
Myst used high-quality 3D rendered graphics to deliver images that were unparalleled at the time of its release.
Visual novels are a video game genre of Japanese origin focused on presenting a story. Progress is made via means such as clicking, tapping or pressing a button. Some descriptions of the genre suggest
Capcom at the Tokyo Game Show in 2005. Gameplay of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney is projected in the background.
A vending machine promoting an anime series based on Clannad in 2007 at Akihabara Station in Tokyo. While developers made novel games outside Japan in 2010s, they lacked the impact that Japanese novel games had to expand into multimedia franchises.