An adventure games category contains a list of games in which the player assumes the role of a hero in a story driven by exploration, puzzle-solving or reaching some specific goal. Like saving the princess or some other character, defeating the main antihero or some other goal.
The category of these games focus on story allows it to draw heavily from other narrative media, literature or film, encompassing a wide variety of literary genres.
Most adventure games are made for a one player, since this accent on story and character makes multi-player design very difficult.