Best Adventure Games

DC Universe Online

Released: Jan 11, 2011

Critic rating: 73.7 / 100

Rating: T

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

Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch

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

DC Universe Online is a free-to-play superhero / supervillian MMORPG that lets players create their own unique tights-wearing hero or villain and roam the streets of places like Gotham City and Metropolis fighting or creating crime.

Assassin's Creed: Rogue Remastered

Released: Mar 20, 2018

Critic rating: 67.5 / 100

Rating: M

Genres: Adventure

Platforms: Google Stadia, PlayStation 4, Xbox One

Game modes: Single player

In addition to running in 4K, Assassin's Creed Rogue Remastered sports higher-resolution textures and shadows, improved environmental rendering, and new visual effects, making its sprawling wilderness, Arctic icescapes, and bustling version of New York City more striking than ever.

The Sims 3: Ambitions

Released: Jun 1, 2010

Critic rating: 60.0 / 100

Rating: T

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

Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac

Game modes: Single player

Imagine a world where you can make your Sim anything they want to be.

Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time

Released: Aug 21, 2020

Critic rating: 67.3 / 100

Rating: T

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

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

Game modes: Single player

Become Samurai Jack, the greatest warrior across time.

Rain World

Released: Mar 28, 2017

Critic rating: 62.1 / 100

Rating: E10+

Genres: Platform, Adventure, Indie

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

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Rain World is a survival platformer set in an abandoned industrial environment ravaged by a shattered ecosystem.

Myst V: End of Ages

Released: Sep 20, 2005

Critic rating: 67.5 / 100

Rating: E

Genres: Puzzle, Strategy, Adventure

Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac

Game modes: Single player

Myst V: End of Ages is a 2005 adventure video game, and the fifth and final installment in the Myst series.

Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures

Released: Sep 20, 2013

Critic rating: 76.7 / 100

Rating: M

Genres: Shooter, Platform, Adventure, Indie

Platforms: Nintendo 3DS, PC (Microsoft Windows), Wii U

Game modes: Single player

"The most rewarding game of 2013!" Influenced by retro classics Mega Man and Castlevania, Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures features the AVGN and friends as they blast their way through 10 levels of fun, fast paced 2D action based on the AVGN's adventures in his online series.

Ty the Tasmanian Tiger

Released: Oct 8, 2002

Critic rating: 60.0 / 100

Rating: E

Genres: Platform, Adventure, Indie

Platforms: Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2

Game modes: Single player

G'day, Mate.

The Casting of Frank Stone

Released: Sep 3, 2024

Critic rating: 75.3 / 100

Rating: M

Genres: Adventure

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

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

The shadow of Frank Stone looms over Cedar Hills, a town forever altered by his violent past.

This Is the Police 2

Released: Jul 31, 2018

Critic rating: 63.0 / 100

Rating: M

Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical, Adventure, Indie, Visual Novel

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

Game modes: Single player

Interpret the law as you see fit in This Is the Police 2, sequel to the acclaimed noir drama This Is the Police!

King's Quest: Quest for the Crown

Released: May 10, 1984

Critic rating: 68.8 / 100 • 38 votes

Genres: Puzzle, Adventure

Platforms: Apple IIGS, Atari ST/STE, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, DOS, Amiga, Apple II, Sega Master System/Mark III

Game modes: Single player

King's Quest: Quest for the Crown is the first game in the King's Quest series.

Oddworld: Soulstorm

Released: Apr 6, 2021

Critic rating: 74.8 / 100

Rating: T

Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure

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

Game modes: Single player

Oddworld: Soulstorm is a modern re-imagining of the 1998 title Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus.

Commander Keen in Keen Dreams

Released: Dec 31, 1991

Critic rating: 58.0 / 100

Rating: E

Genres: Platform, Adventure, Indie

Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, DOS, Nintendo Switch

Game modes: Single player

Trapped in a land where giant vegetables rule the day, you must fight your way through an army of vicious broccoli beasts, savage asparagus warriors and a bushel of other leafy green nasties before battling the fiercest spud of all, King Boobus Tuber.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Released: Nov 16, 2001

Critic rating: 64.0 / 100

Rating: E

Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure

Platforms: PlayStation

Game modes: Single player

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone is the first Harry Potter video game for the PlayStation, and one of several different games based on the book and movie.

Runaway 2: The Dream of the Turtle

Released: Nov 17, 2006

Critic rating: 60.8 / 100

Rating: T

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

Platforms: Wii, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Nintendo DS

Game modes: Single player

Runaway 2: The Dream of the Turtle is a point and click adventure game released by Péndulo Studios, S.L.

Death's Gambit

Released: Aug 13, 2018

Critic rating: 67.1 / 100

Rating: T

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

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

Game modes: Single player

Death's Gambit is a challenging Action-RPG where you explore an alien medieval planet filled with beasts, knights, and horrors.

Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures

Released: Aug 26, 1994

Critic rating: 68.7 / 100 • 21 votes

Rating: E

Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure

Platforms: Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Wii U, Super Famicom

Game modes: Single player

Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures, known in Japan as Hello!

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate

Released: Mar 5, 2013

Critic rating: 71.6 / 100

Rating: M

Genres: Platform, Adventure

Platforms: Nintendo 3DS

Game modes: Single player

Initially set 25 years after the events of Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, Mirror of Fate will reveal the story of Gabriel's descendants, as they battle their own destiny in each era only to discover their true, shocking fate.

Scanner Sombre

Released: Apr 26, 2017

Critic rating: 72.5 / 100

Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie

Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac

Game modes: Single player

Inspired by Gone Home and Dear Esther, Scanner Sombre is a cave exploration experience.

Far Cry New Dawn

Released: Feb 15, 2019

Critic rating: 72.4 / 100

Rating: M

Genres: Shooter, Adventure

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

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Dive into a transformed vibrant post-apocalyptic Hope County, Montana, 17 years after a global nuclear catastrophe.

The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie

Released: Oct 27, 2004

Critic rating: 68.7 / 100 • 54 votes

Rating: E

Genres: Platform, Adventure

Platforms: Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2

Game modes: Single player

On a heroic, comedic quest through 18 levels of platform, driving and sliding action, SpongeBob and Patrick leave Bikini Bottom and journey to new and unexplored lands.

Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption

Released: Jun 7, 2000

Critic rating: 60.0 / 100

Rating: M

Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure

Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Vampire: The Masquerade – Redemption is a 2000 role-playing video game based on White Wolf's game Vampire: The Masquerade and follows the adventures of Christof Romuald, a 12th-century French crusader who is killed and subsequently revived as a Vampire.

Elex II

Released: Mar 1, 2022

Critic rating: 67.5 / 100

Rating: M

Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure

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

Game modes: Single player

Several years after Jax defeated the Hybrid, a new threat arrives from the sky, unleashing the dangerous powers of dark Elex and endangering all life on the planet.

Mega Man Battle Network 4: Red Sun

Released: Dec 12, 2003

Critic rating: 68.6 / 100 • 21 votes

Rating: E

Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Role-playing (RPG), Tactical, Adventure

Platforms: Game Boy Advance

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer

The fourth installment in the Mega Man Battle Network series comes in two versions--Red Sun and Blue Moon--each with different enemies, battle chips, souls, and characters.

Phantasmagoria

Released: Aug 1, 1995

Critic rating: 60.0 / 100

Rating: M

Genres: Point-and-click, Adventure

Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, DOS, Sega Saturn

Game modes: Single player

Master storyteller Roberta Williams challenges you to experience the ultimate interactive nightmare.