Best Adventure Games
3,542 Adventure games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Call of Cthulhu: Shadow of the Comet
Released: Mar 25, 1993
Critic rating: 61.0 / 100 • 21 votes
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PC-9800 Series, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), DOS
Game modes: Single player
You'll take on the role of John T.
Knack
Released: Nov 15, 2013
Critic rating: 60.3 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4
Game modes: Single player, Co-operative
From Mark Cerny, one of the greatest minds in video games today, Knack is a fun-filled adventure of colossal proportions that invites players to wield fantastic powers and discover a unique and vibrant world.
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Released: Oct 10, 2006
Critic rating: 65.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, Wii, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player
Play as Aang, Katara, Haru, and Sokka as you build your team into an unstoppable force in Avatar: The Last Airbender.
APB Reloaded
Released: Dec 7, 2011
Critic rating: 60.4 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
Game modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
The world’s first and premier Action MMO Third Person Shooter allows you to choose between two sides of the law.
Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two
Released: Nov 18, 2012
Critic rating: 52.1 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Wii, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Wii U, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Co-operative
Unleash the power of the brush in an all new co-op adventure.
Lifeless Planet: Premier Edition
Released: May 13, 2015
Critic rating: 64.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
While seeking life on a distant planet, an astronaut discovers an abandoned Russian town.
Moon Hunters
Released: Mar 10, 2016
Critic rating: 67.6 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
"Moon Hunters is a myth-weaving adventure for 1-4 players, solving ancient mysteries and building mythologies.
Muck
Released: Jun 5, 2021
Critic rating: 60.9 / 100 • 80 votes
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Muck is a survival-roguelike.
Sonic Adventure
Released: Dec 23, 1998
Critic rating: 55.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Nintendo GameCube, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360, Dreamcast
Game modes: Single player
Sonic Adventure is a 3D platformer video game in the Sonic the Hedgehog series.
Content Warning
Released: Apr 1, 2024
Critic rating: 60.8 / 100 • 81 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Co-operative
Film your friends doing scary things to become SpöökTube famous!
State of Emergency
Released: Feb 12, 2002
Critic rating: 66.7 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player, Split screen
In State of Emergency, the player can choose from one of five different characters: Spanky, an ex-gang member; McNeil, a disgruntled ex-cop; Bull, a criminal in prison; Libra, a lawyer; and Phreak, an orphan.
Slender: The Eight Pages
Released: Jun 26, 2012
Critic rating: 60.8 / 100 • 55 votes
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Slender (known as Slender: The Eight Pages as of v0.9.7) is an independently-developed concept game based on the Slender Man mythos.
Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault
Released: Nov 27, 2012
Critic rating: 58.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Explore action-packed battlefields and wipe out waves of enemies with outrageous weapons.
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia
Released: Mar 20, 2008
Critic rating: 50.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Wii U, Nintendo DS
Game modes: Single player
In the second in the Pokemon Ranger series, you once again play as a Pokemon Ranger, working to help people, Pokemon and nature in a new area called the Almia Region.
Assassin's Creed Chronicles: Russia
Released: Feb 9, 2016
Critic rating: 55.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation Vita, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Chronicles: Russia will feature the Russian assassin Nikolai Orelov in 1918, during the aftermath of the October Revolution.
Mega Man II
Released: Dec 20, 1991
Critic rating: 60.7 / 100 • 23 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo 3DS, Game Boy
Game modes: Single player
The second handheld installment of the Mega Man series has him (along with his dog, Rush) defeating eight more revived Robot Masters (from Mega Man 2 and Mega Man 3), while finding the whereabouts of Dr.
My Name is Mayo
Released: Feb 15, 2016
Critic rating: 60.7 / 100 • 31 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Simulator, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation Vita, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
This is a clicking adventure that simulates the real-life tapping of a Mayo Jar!
Devil May Cry 2
Released: Mar 22, 2012
Critic rating: 60.6 / 100 • 35 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
An HD remaster of Devil May Cry 2, first made available in "Devil May Cry HD Collection." Devil May Cry 2 takes place many years after the first game. This installment introduces the ability to run along walls, the Rain Storm ability, and others, giving Dante even more freedom to defeat enemies in style. You can also play as the new character, Lucia, who uses speed as a weapon against enemies, as opposed to Dante who relies on power. The bonus mode, Bloody Palace, also makes its first appearance here.
Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee
Released: Nov 15, 2001
Critic rating: 55.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player
Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee is set in the fictional Oddworld universe and take place after those of Abe's Exoddus.
Terminator: Resistance
Released: Nov 14, 2019
Critic rating: 51.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Terminator: Resistance, is a first-person shooter set during the 'Future War' scenario that was only glimpsed at in the iconic films, 'THE TERMINATOR' and 'T2: JUDGMENT DAY'.
Lifeless Planet
Released: Jun 6, 2014
Critic rating: 61.4 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Lifeless Planet was inspired by Cold War era science fiction stories, posing questions about humankind's desire for space travel.
Game of Thrones
Released: May 15, 2012
Critic rating: 57.1 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
Experience an amazing adventure in one of the most complete and fascinating universes in medieval-fantasy literature.
Five Nights at Freddy's 4
Released: Jul 23, 2015
Critic rating: 55.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
This time, the terror has followed you home.
Trove
Released: Jul 9, 2015
Critic rating: 62.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Role-playing (RPG), 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, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
Thirsting for danger and lusting for loot?
Aura Kingdom
Released: Jul 1, 2014
Critic rating: 60.5 / 100 • 32 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS
Game modes: Multiplayer, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
Aura Kingdom takes place in an anime-styled vast world rendered with detailed graphics.