Best Adventure Games

X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Released: May 1, 2009

Critic rating: 71.7 / 100

Rating: T

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

Platforms: Wii, PlayStation 2

Game modes: Single player

A port of X-Men Origins: Wolverine, a hack-and-slash action-adventure game loosely based on the film of the same name.

Ratchet: Deadlocked

Released: Oct 25, 2005

Critic rating: 70.0 / 100

Rating: E10+

Genres: Shooter, Platform, Adventure

Platforms: PlayStation 2

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Ratchet: Deadlocked is the fourth game in the Ratchet & Clank series by Insomniac Games.

Resident Evil 0

Released: Jan 19, 2016

Critic rating: 70.3 / 100

Rating: M

Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Adventure

Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch

Game modes: Single player

Be prepared to relive the first nightmare in Resident Evil 0, a remastered version of the popular prequel to the original Resident Evil game.

LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2

Released: Nov 14, 2017

Critic rating: 73.8 / 100

Rating: E10+

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

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

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

Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 is a Lego-themed action-adventure video game developed by Traveller's Tales.

Last Stop

Released: Jul 22, 2021

Critic rating: 72.5 / 100

Rating: T

Genres: Adventure, Indie

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

Game modes: Single player

Last Stop is a single-player third-person narrative adventure game set in present day London, where you play as three separate characters whose worlds collide in the midst of a supernatural crisis.

Assassin's Creed Rogue

Released: Nov 11, 2014

Critic rating: 70.9 / 100

Rating: M

Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure

Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360, Nintendo Switch

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Assassin's Creed Rogue is a 2014 action-adventure video game developed by Ubisoft Sofia and published by Ubisoft.

Palworld

Released: Jul 10, 2026

Critic rating: 70.0 / 100

Rating: T

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

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

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)

Palworld is a multiplayer open-world survival game that combines creature-collecting with crafting, base-building, and combat.

The Painscreek Killings

Released: Sep 27, 2017

Critic rating: 71.7 / 100 • 30 votes

Rating: T

Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Adventure, Indie

Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)

Game modes: Single player

The Painscreek Killings is a first-person, explorable mystery solving game set in a fictional town of United States in the 1990s.

Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles

Released: Jul 17, 2017

Critic rating: 68.3 / 100

Rating: E

Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie

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

Game modes: Single player

Unwind and enjoy the slow life in Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles, a relaxing open-world adventure game.

The Surge

Released: May 15, 2017

Critic rating: 72.1 / 100

Rating: M

Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure

Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One

Game modes: Single player

The Surge is a sci-fi spin on Dark Souls, from the Lords of the Fallen team.

Thymesia

Released: Aug 18, 2022

Critic rating: 72.0 / 100

Rating: M

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

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

Game modes: Single player

Thymesia is a grueling action-RPG with fast-paced combat and an intricate plague weapon system.

The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me

Released: Nov 18, 2022

Critic rating: 74.4 / 100

Rating: M

Genres: Adventure

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

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

A group of documentary film makers receive a mysterious call inviting them to a modern-day replica of serial killer H.H.

Everything

Released: Mar 21, 2017

Critic rating: 72.0 / 100

Rating: E

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

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

Game modes: Single player

Everything is an interactive experience where everything you see is a thing you can be, from animals to planets to galaxies and beyond.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Hard West

Released: Nov 4, 2015

Critic rating: 70.3 / 100

Rating: M

Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical, Adventure, Indie

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

Game modes: Single player

Welcome to the Wild West like you’ve never seen it before.

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.

Super Star Wars

Released: Nov 1, 1992

Critic rating: 75.0 / 100

Rating: E

Genres: Adventure

Platforms: PlayStation 4, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Wii, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, DOS, PlayStation Vita, Super Famicom

Game modes: Single player

Join Luke, Han and Chewbacca in their fierce war against the evil Empire.

The Escapists 2

Released: Aug 22, 2017

Critic rating: 75.4 / 100

Rating: T

Genres: Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Tactical, Adventure, Indie

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

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

The Escapists 2 is the forthcoming sequel to the sandbox prison-escape game which will include, in a first for the series, drop in/drop out play for up to four players in both local and online play.