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33 Upcoming Adventure Games You NEED to Play in 2023
With so many great adventure (and adventure-adjacent) games coming, find out which ones excite us the most right here!

Adventure game demo round-up for Steam Next Fest 2023
The first game festival for 2023 on Steam is upon us, which means tons of game news, livestreams and demos to sift through, and not a lot of time to do it. Wondering where to start? Right here if you’re an adventure game fan, as the following games have playable demos...

The Hotspot Highlights – The Best Adventure Games of 2022
There were many great games released in 2022, and we wrap things up with the top fifteen that left the most lasting impressions, counting down to our first-ever Adventure Game of the Year!

Happy Hotspot Holidays – A Developer Season’s Greetings Video
Tim Schafer, Ken and Roberta Williams, Charles Cecil and many more top adventure game developers join us in personally wishing you a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from the Adventure Game Hotspot.

Christmas Quest freeware trilogy – The gift that keeps on giving
Download and play not one, not two, but three free fun-filled holiday-themed games from Hotspot co-creator Jack Allin and the staff of Adventure Gamers.

Welcome to the Hotspot!
Hello, and welcome to the Adventure Game Hotspot! (Or just “the Hotspot” as it’s more affectionately known in these parts.) For adventure game fans, a hotspot has dual meanings. There’s the regular one, meaning a popular entertainment destination, and then there’s the...

Launch celebration livestream event – Saturday, October 15th!
As if launching the site wasn’t enough excitement for one weekend, why don’t we go all out and have an all-day livestream to celebrate the occasion? That’s right, we’ll be hosting a 12 (not a typo – that s TWELVE) hour livestream event on YouTube on Saturday, October...