Best Adventure Games
3,542 Adventure games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Released: Nov 14, 2005
Critic rating: 67.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Adventure
Platforms: Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player, Co-operative, Split screen
Based on the Walt Disney Pictures and Walden Media film capturing the renown and beloved book series from author C.S.
Granny
Released: Nov 24, 2017
Critic rating: 60.5 / 100 • 36 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS
Game modes: Single player
Granny is a stealth horror game in which the player must escape from a house within five days while avoiding detection by an elderly captor who reacts to sound.
Shadow Warrior 3
Released: Mar 1, 2022
Critic rating: 55.8 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Shadow Warrior 3 launches the offbeat first-person shooter series to the next level with a seamless blend of fast-paced gunplay, razor-sharp melee combat, and a spectacular free-running movement system.
Fate
Released: May 18, 2005
Critic rating: 60.4 / 100 • 21 votes
Rating: E10+
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Live the adventurer’s life in this character-based fantasy game.
Stranded Deep
Released: Jan 23, 2015
Critic rating: 60.4 / 100 • 68 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Stranded Deep will feature a unique physically-based crafting and building system.
DayZ
Released: Dec 13, 2018
Critic rating: 69.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Tactical, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Game modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO), Battle Royale
DayZ is a hardcore open-world survival game with only one rule: stay alive, no matter what.
Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project
Released: May 14, 2002
Critic rating: 45.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
Duke Nukem takes his Mighty Boot to the Big Apple.
Batman Arkham Origins: Blackgate - Deluxe Edition
Released: Apr 1, 2014
Critic rating: 60.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Wii U, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate - Deluxe Edition amplifies the 2.5-D game developed by Armature Studio with new maps, enemy encounters, difficulty levels, and batsuits, all with enhanced visuals.
Ratatouille
Released: Jun 26, 2007
Critic rating: 59.8 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Co-operative
Players relive the film's most thrilling moments as they assume the role of Remy, a young rat who dreams of becoming a great French chef, despite the obvious problem of being a rat.
Postal 2: Paradise Lost
Released: Apr 14, 2015
Critic rating: 60.3 / 100 • 23 votes
Genres: Shooter, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Paradise Lost is a full-fledged expansion pack for Postal 2 continuing the saga of the POSTAL series.
BloodRayne 2
Released: Oct 12, 2004
Critic rating: 64.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox, PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player
BloodRayne is a dhampir, born from the unnatural union of vampire and human.
Resident Evil: Deadly Silence
Released: Jan 19, 2006
Critic rating: 58.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo DS
Game modes: Single player, Co-operative
Resident Evil: Deadly Silence is an enhanced version of the original Resident Evil for the Nintendo DS.
Blood & Bacon
Released: Feb 1, 2016
Critic rating: 60.2 / 100 • 28 votes
Genres: Shooter, Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
This Multiplayer (Up To 6P) FPS has a new Horde Mode, Day and Night levels, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Released: Nov 10, 2004
Critic rating: 58.8 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player
Be the Baudelaires—Switch between the 3 Baudelaire orphans to utilize each of their special abilities Invent to Prevail—Gather objects throughout your adventure to build ingenious inventions to for solving tricky puzzles or for creating unique weapons to fend off Olaf’s creepy cohorts. Truly based on a story— Engage in over 20 different missions based on the adventures from the movie and the 1st three books Dupe the dopes—Defeat Count Olaf and his troupe of villains who assume many disguises in their never-ending pursuit of the Baudelaire orphans and their family fortune.
Far Cry 5: Hours of Darkness
Released: Jun 5, 2018
Critic rating: 62.5 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Hours of Darkness, the first of three planned DLC expansions for Far Cry 5, will be out on June 5.
Gloomhaven
Released: Jul 17, 2019
Critic rating: 73.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
"In Gloomhaven, you play as a team of mercenaries on their own personal quests to go conquer a world of gloomy and wicked decadence.
Secret of Mana
Released: Feb 15, 2018
Critic rating: 68.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation Vita
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
"The memorable adventure of Randi, Primm and Popoi is reborn as "Secret of Mana"!
Assassin's Creed: Altair's Chronicles
Released: Feb 5, 2008
Critic rating: 60.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Windows Phone, Android, iOS, Nintendo DS, Legacy Mobile Device
Game modes: Single player
As the direct prequel of the critically acclaimed console title Assassin’s Creed, discover more of the story of Altaïr as he must find “the chalice,” an object of such power that whoever is in possession of it can end the Crusades.
Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Earthblood
Released: Feb 4, 2021
Critic rating: 52.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Become a werewolf, known as Garou, in the atmosphere of their shamanistic and tribal world.
The Raven: Legacy of a Master Thief
Released: Jun 27, 2013
Critic rating: 68.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
'The Raven - Legacy of a Master Thief' is a thrilling crime adventure in three chapters from the creators of 'The Book of Unwritten Tales'.
Assassin's Creed II: Discovery
Released: Nov 17, 2009
Critic rating: 60.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Adventure
Platforms: iOS, Nintendo DS
Game modes: Single player
Discover an untold chapter from the Assassin’s Creed II storyline.
Tron: Evolution
Released: Nov 26, 2010
Critic rating: 59.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Tron: Evolution is an immersive 3rd person action-adventure game that pulls the player into the unique digital world of Tron.
BlackSite: Area 51
Released: Nov 12, 2007
Critic rating: 58.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Modern day fears explode onto the streets of a small American town swarming with alien life.
Enter the Matrix
Released: May 14, 2003
Critic rating: 55.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Fighting, Shooter, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player
Enter the Matrix is the first video game based on The Matrix series of films.
Planet Alpha
Released: Sep 4, 2018
Critic rating: 57.7 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Planet Alpha is an adventure set in a living alien world where you have the ability to manipulate the daytime.