Best Adventure Games

Obduction

Released: Aug 24, 2016

Critic rating: 67.0 / 100

Rating: E10+

Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie

Platforms: Windows Mixed Reality, PlayStation 4, PlayStation VR, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, SteamVR, Mac, Oculus Rift, Xbox One

Game modes: Single player

From Cyan, the indie studio that brought you Myst and Riven comes a whole new adventure that will become your world.

Event[0]

Released: Sep 14, 2016

Critic rating: 75.1 / 100

Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie

Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac

Game modes: Single player

"Event[0] is a game about building a personal relationship with a machine.

Dragon Ball Z: Buu's Fury

Released: Sep 14, 2004

Critic rating: 71.6 / 100 • 47 votes

Rating: E

Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure

Platforms: Game Boy Advance

Game modes: Single player

Dragon Ball Z: Buu's Fury is the third and final game in the series.

A Bird Story

Released: Nov 7, 2014

Critic rating: 68.3 / 100

Genres: Adventure, Indie

Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac

Game modes: Single player

A Bird Story is a simple, surreal short about a boy and a bird with a broken wing.

Kirby: Squeak Squad

Released: Nov 2, 2006

Critic rating: 65.0 / 100

Rating: E

Genres: Platform, Adventure

Platforms: Wii U, Nintendo DS

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen

"Kirby: Squeak Squad", known in Europe as "Kirby: Mouse Attack" and in Japan as "Kirby of the Stars: Calling on the Dorotche Gang", is a 2006-07 platforming video game developed by HAL Laboratory, Flagship and Natsume, and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS handheld video game console.

Red Dead Online

Released: May 15, 2019

Critic rating: 71.6 / 100 • 30 votes

Rating: M

Genres: Shooter, Simulator, Adventure

Platforms: Google Stadia, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Step into the vibrant, ever-evolving world of Red Dead Online and experience life in frontier America.

Hudson's Adventure Island

Released: Sep 12, 1986

Critic rating: 71.6 / 100 • 95 votes

Rating: E

Genres: Platform, Adventure

Platforms: Nintendo 3DS, Wii, Family Computer, Wii U, Nintendo Entertainment System

Game modes: Single player

Hudson's Adventure Island, also known simply as Adventure Island and released in Japan as Takahashi Meijin no Bouken-jima, is a side-scrolling platform game produced by Hudson Soft that was first released in Japan for the Famicom and MSX on September 12, 1986.

Divinity II: Ego Draconis

Released: Sep 24, 2009

Critic rating: 64.0 / 100

Rating: M

Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure

Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360

Game modes: Single player

Dragons: they have been hunted, they have been slain, but now the hour to strike back has come.

Charlie Murder

Released: Aug 14, 2013

Critic rating: 74.0 / 100

Rating: M

Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie

Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Charlie Murder is an action role-playing beat 'em up video game, featuring five playable characters - all members of the garage punk band Charlie Murder - who fight a demonic army raised by a former band member in an attempt to save the world from the apocalypse.

Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth - Hacker's Memory

Released: Dec 14, 2017

Critic rating: 73.3 / 100

Rating: T

Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure

Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation Vita, Nintendo Switch

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth – Hacker's Memory is a role-playing game, played from a third-person perspective where the player takes control of Keisuke Amasawa, a Digimon tamer who can command up to three of his companions in battle against other Digimon.

Poppy Playtime: Chapter 4 - Safe Haven

Released: Jan 30, 2025

Critic rating: 71.6 / 100 • 21 votes

Rating: T

Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie

Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch

Game modes: Single player

Brace yourself for the darkest chapter yet in the epic Poppy Playtime saga.

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX

Released: Mar 6, 2020

Critic rating: 65.0 / 100

Rating: E

Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure

Platforms: Nintendo Switch

Game modes: Single player

You can meet and recruit Pokémon in a dungeon-crawling adventure within their world!

Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's Curse

Released: Dec 4, 2013

Critic rating: 70.7 / 100

Rating: T

Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure

Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch

Game modes: Single player

Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's Curse is a classical point & click adventure.

Sudeki

Released: Jul 20, 2004

Critic rating: 66.3 / 100

Rating: M

Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure

Platforms: Xbox, PC (Microsoft Windows)

Game modes: Single player

Sudeki, a world torn apart into light, shadow and dark.

No More Heroes III

Released: Aug 27, 2021

Critic rating: 69.4 / 100

Rating: M

Genres: Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure

Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch

Game modes: Single player

The latest numbered entry in the No More Heroes series.

Badland

Released: Apr 4, 2013

Critic rating: 70.0 / 100

Rating: E

Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Arcade

Platforms: BlackBerry OS, Windows Phone, Android, iOS

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Badland is an award-winning atmospheric side-scrolling action-adventure game that takes platforming to the next level with innovative use of physics in level design.

Dead Island 2

Released: Apr 21, 2023

Critic rating: 74.3 / 100

Rating: M

Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure

Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Dead Island 2 is a survival horror first-person shooter set in a zombie apocalypse in Los Angeles.

Dreamfall: The Longest Journey

Released: Apr 17, 2006

Critic rating: 62.0 / 100

Rating: M

Genres: Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure

Platforms: Xbox, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360

Game modes: Single player

Dreamfall: The Longest Journey, winner of multiple E3 awards as the best game in its genre, is the continuation of a saga that began in the award-winning The Longest Journey, considered to be one of the finest adventure games ever made.

The Ascent

Released: Jul 29, 2021

Critic rating: 71.2 / 100

Rating: M

Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie

Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

The Ascent is a solo and co-op action RPG set in a cyberpunk world.

Assassin's Creed Odyssey: Legacy of the First Blade

Released: Dec 4, 2018

Critic rating: 67.0 / 100

Rating: M

Genres: Adventure

Platforms: Google Stadia, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One

Game modes: Single player

The expansion introduces players to the first person to ever use the Hidden Blade and will reveal more about the history that ultimately led to the formation of the Assassins.

Hatoful Boyfriend

Released: Jul 31, 2011

Critic rating: 75.0 / 100

Rating: E10+

Genres: Simulator, Adventure, Indie, Visual Novel

Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, PlayStation Vita

Game modes: Single player

Congratulations!

Drakensang: The Dark Eye

Released: Aug 1, 2008

Critic rating: 70.0 / 100

Rating: T

Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure

Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)

Game modes: Single player

Drakensang is a third-person party-based RPG based on the pen & paper role-play rules of The Dark Eye.

God of War: Ghost of Sparta

Released: Sep 13, 2011

Critic rating: 71.5 / 100 • 32 votes

Rating: M

Genres: Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure

Platforms: PlayStation 3

Game modes: Single player

An HD remaster of God of War: Ghost of Sparta included in "God of War: Origins Collection." It features high-definition resolution, stereoscopic 3D, anti-aliased graphics locked in at 60 frames per second, DualShock 3 vibration function, and Trophies.

LEGO The Hobbit

Released: Apr 8, 2014

Critic rating: 72.4 / 100

Rating: E10+

Genres: Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure

Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Nintendo 3DS, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Wii U, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360, Xbox One

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen

Reclaim the Lost Kingdom brick by brick!

King's Quest VII: The Princeless Bride

Released: Nov 23, 1994

Critic rating: 71.5 / 100 • 22 votes

Rating: E

Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure

Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, DOS

Game modes: Single player

King's Quest VII: The Princeless Bride is an adventure game in the King's Quest series.