Best Adventure Games
3,542 Adventure games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Horizon Zero Dawn
Released: Feb 28, 2017
Critic rating: 88.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player
Welcome to a vibrant world rich with the beauty of nature – but inhabited by awe-inspiring, highly advanced machines.
Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy
Released: Oct 17, 2005
Critic rating: 88.1 / 100 • 22 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Racing, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player, Split screen
A bundle that contains the original trilogy from one of the most popular and critically acclaimed franchises in entertainment history.
Caves of Qud
Released: Dec 5, 2024
Critic rating: 94.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Caves of Qud is a science fantasy roguelike epic steeped in retro-futurism, deep simulation, and swathes of sentient plants.
Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age - Definitive Edition
Released: Sep 27, 2019
Critic rating: 90.4 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure
Platforms: Google Stadia, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
The Definitive Edition includes all the content from the original release of the acclaimed DRAGON QUEST XI, and adds extra character-specific scenarios, the choice of playing with the original soundtrack or a grand orchestral version of the music, the ability to switch between 2D and 3D graphic modes, a Japanese voice-acting option, and much more.
Final Fantasy IX
Released: Feb 9, 2016
Critic rating: 88.0 / 100 • 43 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Android, iOS
Game modes: Single player
The mobile edition of Final Fantasy IX brings high-resolution character models, HD cutscenes and an interface adapted for touchscreen play.
LittleBigPlanet 2
Released: Jan 18, 2011
Critic rating: 93.8 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
LittleBigPlanet 2 is a puzzle platformer video game centered around user-generated content, first announced on May 8th, 2010 in the June 2010 issue of gaming magazine Game Informer.
Mass Effect 3: Extended Cut
Released: Jul 4, 2012
Critic rating: 88.0 / 100 • 24 votes
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
The Extended Cut downloadable content adds to and modifies the ending of Mass Effect 3, in response to fan feedback.
Mass Effect 3
Released: Mar 6, 2012
Critic rating: 90.8 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Mass Effect 3 is an action role-playing game in which Commander Shepard leads a final campaign against the Reapers, a machine race that has invaded Earth and is conquering civilizations across the galaxy.
Ghost of Yotei
Released: Oct 2, 2025
Critic rating: 90.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player
The game takes place 300 years after Ghost of Tsushima.
Spelunky
Released: Jul 4, 2012
Critic rating: 90.6 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Spelunky (also known as Spelunky HD) is a remake of Spelunky (now known as Spelunky Classic), an open source indie platformer video game created by Derek Yu and originally released as freeware for Microsoft Windows.
Minishoot' Adventures
Released: Apr 2, 2024
Critic rating: 90.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Minishoot' is a cute and unique adventure game that mixes up open exploration with crispy twin-stick shooter action.
Suikoden
Released: Dec 15, 1995
Critic rating: 92.5 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Sega Saturn, PlayStation, PlayStation Portable
Game modes: Single player
Suikoden is a Japanese-style role-playing game with several unusual additions.
Thief II: The Metal Age
Released: Mar 21, 2000
Critic rating: 90.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Simulator, Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
The ultimate thief is back!
Outcast
Released: Jun 25, 1999
Critic rating: 90.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
Outcast is a 3D third-person (with an optional first-person view) action game with adventure elements.
Sanitarium
Released: Apr 28, 1998
Critic rating: 92.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS
Game modes: Single player
A psychological horror point-and-click adventure game in which a man wakes up in a near-deserted sanitarium after a car crash without any recollection of who he is or how he got there.
Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth
Released: Nov 29, 2018
Critic rating: 79.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo 3DS
Game modes: Single player
The dream meeting of Persona 3, 4, 5!
Mark of the Ninja
Released: Sep 7, 2012
Critic rating: 91.4 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Platform, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
Mark of the Ninja is a side-scrolling action stealth video game developed by Klei Entertainment and published by Microsoft Studios.
Beyond Good & Evil
Released: Nov 11, 2003
Critic rating: 90.6 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player
Beyond Good & Evil is an action-adventure game with elements of puzzle-solving and stealth-based games.
13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim
Released: Nov 28, 2019
Critic rating: 83.9 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Tactical, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Uncover the truth and delve into a 2D sidescrolling adventure featuring gorgeous art and environments.
The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood
Released: Aug 16, 2023
Critic rating: 90.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Adventure, Indie, Visual Novel
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Immerse yourself in an enchanting narrative experience as Fortuna, a fortune-teller Witch condemned to exile on her asteroid home.
Neva
Released: Oct 15, 2024
Critic rating: 92.5 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Neva is an action-adventure game developed by Nomada Studio and published by Devolver Digital.
New Super Mario Bros.
Released: May 15, 2006
Critic rating: 95.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Wii U, Nintendo DS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
New Super Mario Bros.
Final Fantasy VII
Released: Sep 7, 1997
Critic rating: 85.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation, PlayStation Portable
Game modes: Single player
The Western release of Final Fantasy VII (released as Final Fantasy VII International in Japan) included additional elements and alterations, such as streamlining of the menu and Materia system, reducing the health of enemies, new visual cues to help with navigation across the world map, and additional cutscenes relating to Cloud's past.
The Battle of Polytopia
Released: Feb 4, 2016
Critic rating: 87.8 / 100 • 27 votes
Rating: E10+
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure, Indie, Card & Board Game
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
The Battle of Polytopia is an award-winning turn-based strategy game about building a civilization and going into battle.
Commandos 2: Men of Courage
Released: Sep 20, 2001
Critic rating: 90.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy, Tactical, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
From the heart of the Third Reich to the most remote islands in the South Pacific, Sergeant Jack "Butcher" O'Hara and his elite group of gritty soldiers must combine their expertise and venture deep into enemy territory...