In an era where a single AAA game can cost $70 and demand 100 hours of your life, there’s a quiet, thriving rebellion happening in the adventure game genre. It’s happening not on Steam’s front page, but on Itch.io, on fan forums, and inside the abandoned 3D-rendered mansions of games you’ve never heard of. This is the world of —and paradoxically, they often offer more genuine adventure than their blockbuster cousins.