Faeries and fairy tales have been my favorite setting for games since forever. <3  These adventure games are so beautiful, I could just admire the art for ages.  I wish that haunting, magical faeries were more common in more games~  But these will tide me over for now!

Otherworld: Omens of Summer

I talked about the first game in this series, Spring of Shadows,
in my very first ever write-up on these gorgeous adventure games,
and it remains to be a favorite for me even after playing so many others!
It is a must to continue the storyline!

Join Fiona, a young girl born with magic, as she stops dark creatures in this hidden-object puzzle adventure. There is a magical world hidden beneath our own — and only you can see it! Can you stop the Shade and his minions from casting our world into darkness?

With the help of Ms. Thomas, Fiona’s schoolteacher, find magical artifacts that will stop the Shade for good. Solve tricky puzzles and explore fantastic landscapes. Choose your own path and decide which location to visit first. Test your wits in a battle between good and evil in Otherworld: Omens of Summer.

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Awakening: The Redleaf Forest

Queen Sophia embarks on one final journey to rescue her parents and to defeat Dreadmyre once and for all. Her search has led her to the Redleaf Forest where she is to find the centaur who can help her forge the Blade of Courage. Will Sophia finally defeat the evil which has shadowed over her journey and be able to reunite with her parents?

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Living Legends: Wrath of the Beast

Bear attacks have increased since Goldilocks, the hero of Fortress, passed away three years ago. As her only son, you’ve taken on her legacy to protect the village and keep its people safe. Explore mountainous forests, snowy cliffs, and remote castles to uncover the truth behind the history of the village and unlock the secret of the magical bears who roam deep in the forest. What’s causing the bears to suddenly attack? Your mother’s diary may hold the answer, but will you survive long enough to read her final chapter?

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Enchantia: Wrath of the Phoenix Queen

Travel the magical world of Enchantia as you go on your quest to stop the Phoenix Queen. Meet the different races and creatures of this fantasy world and discover the story behind the Phoenix Queen, as you seek out your destiny and learn about your mysterious heritage. An epic fantasy adventure awaits you!

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Dark Parables: The Little Mermaid and the Purple Tide

The bestselling Dark Parable series continues with The Little Mermaid and the Purple Tide! Follow the clues as they take you to an underwater kingdom in this exciting hidden-object puzzle adventure game!

You’ve been called to investigate a strange purple tide. And that’s when the mermaid shows up…

I have been playing more and more of these lately!  If you clickthrough to any of these pages, you can play a portion of them for free and just checking out all of them is so addicting! @_@

Dark Romance: Heart of the Beast

Your father’s illness has taken a turn for the worse. Now only the fabled Rose of Life can cure him, but it grows only in a kingdom far from your home. And you aren’t the only one after it. The powerful witch Claudine craves its rejuvenating powers, and has stolen it from a prince, cursing his kingdom. She’ll stop at nothing to make sure she’s the only one who can use the Rose. Team up with the prince and work together to stop Claudine. Your father’s life, and the lives of the prince and his subjects, hangs in the balance.

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Rite of Passage: The Lost Tides

Your mom and dad set sail on the Everlast twenty years ago… and were never seen again. But today, as you prepared to observe the anniversary of their disappearance, the Everlast suddenly sailed back into port! The ship’s arrival is suspicious at best, but you’re determined to find out what happened to your family all those years ago. And so you set out against a host of strange sea creatures on a journey by land, air, and sea. Will you learn the truth… or will you suffer the same fate as your parents?

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Amaranthine Voyage: The Obsidian Book

WOW look at the colors of this one!!
I’m sold on the gorgeous color palette alone!

A long month of waiting, rising tensions and utter silence has passed. The stakes are high, and the fate of the harmonium radiation research team is still unknown. The CCPP decides to send one of the best agents – you – to find out what transpired.

Prepare yourself for a journey that will change your life and your perception forever.

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Reflections of Life: Equilibrium

You’ve been summoned to Creatos to save Princess Espera, who has been attacked and ensnared by magical vines. But when a group of strange monsters arrives suddenly and captures the Queen, you quickly realize that the princess’ plight was just a distraction. Without its Queen, the World of Fantasies will begin to crumble… and once Creatos falls, the rest of the world will soon be destroyed! Now, you must set out on a journey through several magical worlds. Can you reveal the villain, return the Queen, and restore balance to the world in time?

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Myths of the World: The Heart of Desolation

It was just supposed to be a routine mission. Fly in, drop supplies, and fly out. But when a dragon attacks your plane, crash-landing in a lush valley, you’re drawn into the adventure of a lifetime! This ancient valley is filled with living, breathing dragons – guardians of nature who protect the weak. But when one of their own becomes possessed by their ultimate foe, it’s up to you to restore order. Can you defeat the Dragon King’s mighty terracotta army, or will the world be destroyed once more, just like it was centuries ago?

This week’s roundup for the ongoing series of cute anime Steam games! I’m gonna have to think of better titles for these soon.

As always, buying the Steam keys already in circulation on G2A is my recommendation! Don’t wait for Steam Sales, you can get them for cheap right now!

The Flower Shop: Summer in Fairbrook

From friends at Winter Wolves!  Deji’s colorful art work is always beautiful!
In this VN with farming simulation elements, you play as a male character
romancing the ladies of Fairbrook.

As of the time of me posting this, the listing for this game is only a couple bucks!

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The Flower Shop: Winter in Fairbrook

Sequel to the above with a more streamlined farming mechanic,
this time you’re a female protagonist romancing the fellas!
*whispers* go for the glasses one, always go for the glasses one.

As with the above, this normally $14.99 game is only a couple bucks right now at the link above!

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Croixleur Sigma

I have to double- and then triple-check my spelling of this one every time LOL.
Coixleur Sigma is an awesome action battle game!
The designs for the fighting girls are so cool!

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Bunny Must Die: Chelsea and the 7 Devils

An action platform game starring a bunny-eared little lady.
…What else is there to convince you to play it besides that?

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Fading Hearts

Oh man, I remember playing demos of this game from Sakura River
back when it was still in production – it is awesome and mysterious,
with deceptive NPCs and twists and turns all throughout the plot. *o*

Retro games from SEGA that you may have memories from in your childhood – or if you don’t, then here’s your chance to make new ones~

As usual, I recommend getting Steam games through G2A, where you can buy Steam keys for much cheaper!

Sonic Adventure DX

Some of the most way-past-cool Sonic cheesiness comes from this game,
which is when Sonic at his best.  A classic.
I already have the Station Square music repeating in my head just thinking about it.

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Landstalker: The Treasures of King Nole

This one, a lot of folks probably missed, but it’s one of the cool RPG memories of mine.
Nigel is cool enough that he got to be included in the cast of a later RPG of Sega’s on the Dreamcast,
called Time Stalkers, which is a terrible game, but it’s one of my most favorite terrible games.
I have a lot of favorite terrible games.

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Jet Set Radio

This is hip and funky and way too cool for me –
I’m just not cool enough to promote something this funky fresh.
It’s awesome – check it out if you like music, and graffiti, and roller skating.

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Shining Force

Another important RPG I have strong memories of.
Shining Force is like Fire Emblem’s goofy younger brother that you were friends with at school
while his cool older brother went to a different school.
And years later, you’re like, “Dude wtf I didn’t know you had an older brother!”

I do still love the characters in this one, though.
I did lots of drawings and doodles of them in the margins of note paper
while I was a young schoolgoing lass.

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NiGHTS Into Dreams

This game is just beautiful.
It’s filled with so much imagination and wonder. :3

Recently I have been playing very relaxing point-and-click style adventure games!  The art work in them is so beautiful.

For a long time I kind of just admired the art work in these through screenshots and never played them myself, largely because they are marketed as being “hidden object games” and that just… didn’t sound exciting?  But I finally played a free demo of Otherworld (the first game in my list below) and I realized – these are very good adventure games!  It reminded me of playing Trace Memory or a mystery game like Hotel Dusk.  There are very old PC games that I used to play that are kind of similar to these too, like Shivers, and a lot of people remember Myst~

The hidden object aspect isn’t always front and center with these – most of them have many puzzle segments, and finding hidden objects is just one of those types of puzzles.  Again, really, if you’ve played Trace Memory or Hotel Dusk or Myst, you know the variety of puzzles!

Here is a short list of some of the beautiful games I tried out as demos – and I will definitely continue posting about these as I discover more!

Otherworld: Spring of Shadows

This was the first of these games that I tried and it remains to be my absolute favorite of them!
I really think that the ‘adventure game’-y aspect of this one is executed the best.
The puzzles are logical and flows smoothly from one area to the next,
doing tasks for NPCs and other adventure game fun.
Plus, I think it has the most beautiful setting.

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Dark Parables: The Final Cinderella

There is apparently quite a selection of Dark Parables games, this is just the first one I have tried~
I hear tell that the Red Riding Hood-themed one is the most adventurous and epic,
so I will try that one next and report back~

I like this Cinderella theme though!
Personally I loved the little rules that make a girl a “Cinderella” –
strength, kindness, diligence, that kind of thing.  My favorite kind of lessons~

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Living Legends: Frozen Beauty

This one is very haunting and spooky!
This was the ‘loneliest’ out of all of the games I’ve tried so far.
There aren’t really NPCs around, it’s just you on your lonesome
wandering around a spooky place.

I think that’s exactly the mood they were going for.

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Alice in Wonderland

Who doesn’t love Alice in Wonderland?
This is one of the more pleasant game interpretations of the setting~
Just look at how lovely the rooms are!

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Drawn: The Painted Tower

Another game heavy on the ‘adventure’, which is just the way I love it!
Okay, I know I’ve gushed over all of these and how beautiful they are,
but seriously, THIS ONE IS SO. SO. BEAUTIFUL.
They really embraced a painterly art style for this one
rather than going for photorealism, and I LOVE IT.