An adventure game is characterized by exploration and investigation. The player needs to go through different steps to advance deeper and deeper in the story. In adventure games the player focuses on the story, and the story depends of the genre of the game. Indeed, there are many genres, such as fantasy, science fiction, mystery, horror or comedy. Since the very beginning of the history of video games, a lot of games of this genre became cult. For instance The Secret of Monkey Island, Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, Sam & Max Hit the Road and many others are known throughout the world as games that every fan of Adventure Games should play.

This genre was very popular during the late 1980s and early 1990s. It was considered by many players as the most advanced type of game, because of the things they had to do in order to finish the game. Lately this genre is less famous because of the technical progress developers made. Nevertheless for many players this genre is still much appreciated and many players await the latest release with a great expectation.