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The latest adventure games for iPhone

Adventure games are a genre of video games that take place from the perspective of a character and feature narrative elements prominently. Under the control of the player, a main character explores a cohesive world and interacts with various non-player characters. Advancing the plot requires solving puzzles which are often seamlessly integrated into the game’s environments.

Since this narrative framing establishes no particular constraint on the nature of the puzzles being solved, adventure games may often be described in relation to additional video game genres. While the adventure genre has been associated historically with point-and-click games and “puzzle-adventure” games, adventure elements have also been included in detective games (e.g. Tangle Tower, Duck Detective), platformer games (Portal 2, Fez), and even sokoban games (Isles of Sea and Sky, Void Stranger).

Incidentally, first-person non-systemic puzzle games like Myst have become known as “puzzle-adventure” games. It should be noted, as evidenced by the games previously mentioned, that video games may feature both puzzle and adventure elements yet still be very different from so-called “puzzle-adventure” games.

The follow games are the most recently released adventure games for iPhone in the Thinky Games database.

  • Tangle Tower
    Windows
    MacOS
    Nintendo Switch
    Nintendo Switch 2
    PlayStation 4
    Xbox One
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    iPad
    iPhone
    Android
    Explore a dramatic mansion to understand how a painting seemingly killed a teenage artist.
  • Meridian 157
    Windows
    MacOS
    iPad
    iPhone
    Android
    Explore a deep, mysterious underground facility off the coast of Alaska.
  • Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy
    Windows
    Nintendo Switch
    Nintendo Switch 2
    PlayStation 4
    Xbox One
    Xbox Series X|S
    iPad
    iPhone
    Android
    Search for clues and seek out the truth to defend the wrongly accused in court.
  • Samorost 3
    Windows
    MacOS
    iPad
    iPhone
    Android
    Play magical flutes through surreal, fantastical worlds filled with adventure puzzles.
  • Lumino City
    Windows
    MacOS
    iPad
    iPhone
    Android
    Explore an enchanting city through a series of dazzling handcrafted dioramas.
  • Hadean Lands
    Windows
    Linux
    MacOS
    iPad
    iPhone
    Learn rituals as an apprentice alchemist in a grand text-based adventure.
  • Detective Grimoire
    Windows
    Linux
    MacOS
    iPad
    iPhone
    Gather clues to uncover the secret of a swamp and its alleged mythical creature.
  • Year Walk
    Windows
    MacOS
    iPad
    iPhone
    Follow an eerie Swedish folk ritual to catch a glimpse of the future.
  • Corrypt
    Windows
    MacOS
    iPad
    iPhone
    Explore an intricate and mysterious world full of strange creatures and surprising depth.
  • Puzzle Agent 2
    Windows
    MacOS
    iPad
    iPhone
    Dive back into the mysteries of Scoggins, home to many dubious legends and bite-sized puzzles.
  • Machinarium
    Windows
    MacOS
    Nintendo Switch
    Nintendo Switch 2
    PlayStation 4
    Xbox One
    Xbox Series X|S
    iPad
    iPhone
    Android
    Save Josef's girlfriend from the Black Cap Brotherhood in this robotic point-and-click adventure.
  • Professor Layton and the Unwound Future
    iPad
    iPhone
    Android
    Investigate the disappearance of several scientists in a puzzle-filled version of London.
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