Best Adventure Games
3,544 Adventure games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Daemon X Machina
Released: Sep 12, 2019
Critic rating: 70.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Daemon X Machina is a third-person action-shooter game in which players; represented by their avatars called Outers, pilot highly customizable mechs known as Arsenals on missions to suppress various mechanized foes.
Need for Speed: Heat
Released: Nov 8, 2019
Critic rating: 69.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Racing, Sport, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Hustle by day and risk it all at night in Need for Speed Heat, a white-knuckle street racer, where the lines of the law fade as the sun starts to set.
New World: Aeternum
Released: Sep 28, 2021
Critic rating: 76.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
Explore a thrilling, open-world MMO filled with danger and opportunity where you'll forge a new destiny for yourself as an adventurer shipwrecked on the supernatural island of Aeternum.
Gun
Released: Nov 5, 2005
Critic rating: 72.6 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Adventure
Platforms: Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player, Split screen
GUN is a realistic epic action/adventure that lets gamers experience the brutality of the lawless West.
Cube Escape: Harvey's Box
Released: Jun 1, 2015
Critic rating: 70.4 / 100 • 36 votes
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Web browser, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Cube Escape: Harvey’s Box is the fourth episode of the Cube Escape series and part of the Rusty Lake story.
Blackthorne
Released: Sep 23, 1994
Critic rating: 70.4 / 100 • 51 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega 32X, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, DOS, Game Boy Advance, Super Famicom
Game modes: Single player
In Blackthorne, players take on the role of Kyle Blackthorne, a lethal commando equipped with brute strength, animal cunning, and a mysterious past that he has just begun to remember.
Skylanders: Giants
Released: Oct 17, 2012
Critic rating: 68.9 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Wii, Wii U, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Skylanders: Giants is a 2012 video game in the Skylanders series, a direct sequel to the 2011 game Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure and features the voices of Kevin Michael Richardson, Greg Ellis, Peter Lurie, Steve Blum, Dave Wittenberg, Carlos Alazraqui, Kevin Sorbo, Bobcat Goldthwait, Patrick Seitz and Julie Nathanson.
Viking: Battle for Asgard
Released: Mar 25, 2008
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
The story of a Viking Hero, with rich Viking lore.
Princess Peach: Showtime!
Released: Mar 22, 2024
Critic rating: 75.5 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
The wicked Grape and the Sour Bunch have taken over the Sparkle Theater, and now it's up to Peach and the theater's guardian Stella to save the play––and the day!
Don't Starve: Shipwrecked
Released: Dec 1, 2015
Critic rating: 70.4 / 100 • 23 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Klei Entertainment has partnered with our friends at CAPY, creators of Superbrothers: Sword and Sworcery, Super Time Force and Below; to bring fans of Don’t Starve the latest single-player expansion: Don’t Starve: Shipwrecked!
Dragon Quest
Released: Mar 1, 2004
Critic rating: 70.3 / 100 • 79 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Nintendo 3DS, Android, iOS, Legacy Mobile Device, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
The player takes the role of a namable Hero.
Super Lucky's Tale
Released: Nov 7, 2017
Critic rating: 70.5 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Super Lucky’s Tale is a delightful, playground platformer for all ages that follows Lucky, the ever-optimistic and lovable hero, on his quest to find his inner strength and help his beloved sister rescue the Book of Ages from the nefarious Jinx.
realMyst
Released: Nov 15, 2000
Critic rating: 70.3 / 100 • 22 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
realMyst is a 3D remake of the 1993 adventure game Myst, developed by Cyan and released in 2000.
LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues
Released: Nov 17, 2009
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Wii, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
LEGO Indy is back in his biggest adventure yet.
Mario Party 9
Released: Mar 2, 2012
Critic rating: 73.7 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Card & Board Game
Platforms: Wii
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Grab your friends and family and captain the crew to victory!
Castlevania: Curse of Darkness
Released: Nov 1, 2005
Critic rating: 66.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player
Castlevania: Curse of Darkness is a direct sequel to Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse.
Koudelka
Released: Dec 16, 1999
Critic rating: 70.3 / 100 • 29 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Tactical, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation
Game modes: Single player
Koudelka is the precursor (prequel) to Sacnoth's Shadow Hearts series.
Wall World
Released: Apr 5, 2023
Critic rating: 65.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Explore the mysterious Wall World on your giant robospider: mine for valuable resources, upgrade your equipment to fight off hordes of monsters, and discover exotic biomes in-between attacks.
Atomic Heart
Released: Feb 21, 2023
Critic rating: 71.5 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Atomic Heart is an adventure first-person shooter, events of which unfolds in an alternate universe during the high noon of the Soviet Union.
Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China
Released: Apr 21, 2015
Critic rating: 70.4 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation Vita, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Chronicles: China takes place after the film Assassin's Creed: Embers.
Roblox
Released: Sep 1, 2006
Critic rating: 70.3 / 100 • 456 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Simulator, Adventure
Platforms: Meta Quest 2, PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Meta Quest 3, PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Roblox is a massively multiplayer online platform marketed toward creators and players of all ages.
Candle
Released: Nov 11, 2016
Critic rating: 70.5 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Candle is an adventure with challenging puzzles.
Kid Icarus
Released: Dec 19, 1986
Critic rating: 70.3 / 100 • 66 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Family Computer Disk System, Arcade, Wii, Wii U, Nintendo Entertainment System
Game modes: Single player
Kid Icarus is an action platform video game for the Family Computer Disk System in Japan and the Nintendo Entertainment System in Europe and North America.
Final Fantasy X-2
Released: Mar 13, 2003
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player
Final Fantasy X-2 is the direct sequel to Final Fantasy X, developed and published by Square Enix.
In Other Waters
Released: Apr 3, 2020
Critic rating: 71.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
In a future where humanity's ceaseless consumption has expanded out to encompass the stars, and Earth's last biological life clings to a poisoned planet, In Other Waters tells the story of Ellery Vas, a biologist who stumbles upon extraterrestrial life.