Best Adventure Games
3,544 Adventure games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
The Curse of Monkey Island
Released: Oct 31, 1997
Critic rating: 84.7 / 100 • 329 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
The Curse of Monkey Island is the third installment in the Monkey Island adventure game series.
Metroid Fusion
Released: Nov 17, 2002
Critic rating: 85.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo 3DS, Wii U, Game Boy Advance
Game modes: Single player
Metroid Fusion is a side-scrolling action-adventure game that combines exploration, combat, and progression within a structured environment.
Final Fantasy IV
Released: Sep 8, 2021
Critic rating: 84.7 / 100 • 33 votes
Rating: E10+
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
The original Final Fantasy IV comes to life with completely new graphics and audio!
Machinarium
Released: Oct 16, 2009
Critic rating: 87.5 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Machinarium is award-winning independent adventure game developed by the makers of Samorost and Botanicula.
Night in the Woods
Released: Feb 21, 2017
Critic rating: 88.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Night In The Woods is an adventure game heavily focused on story, characters and exploration, with some platforming to get around town.
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
Released: Jan 24, 2017
Critic rating: 85.2 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Google Stadia, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation VR, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard is the first game of the Resident Evil series to switch from 3rd-person to fully 1st-person perspective.
The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe
Released: Apr 27, 2022
Critic rating: 82.7 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Simulator, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe is an expanded re-imagining of 2013's The Stanley Parable.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl
Released: Nov 20, 2024
Critic rating: 86.5 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III
Released: Sep 28, 2017
Critic rating: 83.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure
Platforms: Google Stadia, PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III is the eighth installment in the main Trails series, serving as a direct sequel to the events of The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II.
Songs of Conquest
Released: May 20, 2024
Critic rating: 90.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Songs of Conquest is a turn based game where you build a kingdom, raise armies and control powerful magicians called wielders.
Hytale
Released: Jan 13, 2026
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Hytale combines the scope of a sandbox with the depth of a roleplaying game, immersing players in a procedurally generated world where teetering towers and deep dungeons promise rich rewards throughout their adventures.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Special Edition
Released: Oct 27, 2016
Critic rating: 81.7 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Skyrim special edition is a remaster of the classic from 2011.
Sid Meier's Colonization
Released: May 14, 1994
Critic rating: 84.6 / 100 • 52 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, DOS, Amiga
Game modes: Single player
The New World lies before you with all its peril, promise and infinite possibility.
Cult of the Lamb
Released: Aug 11, 2022
Critic rating: 88.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Cult of the Lamb casts players in the role of a possessed lamb saved from annihilation by an ominous stranger, and must repay their debt by building a loyal following in his name.
Mouthwashing
Released: Sep 26, 2024
Critic rating: 87.0 / 100
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
The five crew members of The Tulpar are stranded in the empty reaches of space, shrouded in perpetual sunset.
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
Released: Oct 5, 2018
Critic rating: 88.4 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Google Stadia, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Write your own epic odyssey and become a legendary Spartan hero in Assassin's Creed Odyssey, an inspiring adventure where you must forge your destiny and define your own path in a world on the brink of tearing itself apart.
Sam & Max: Save the World - Episode 1: Culture Shock
Released: Oct 17, 2006
Critic rating: 90.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Adventure
Platforms: Wii, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
The former child stars of the Soda Poppers TV show are wreaking havoc all over the neighborhood!
Hyper Light Drifter
Released: Mar 31, 2016
Critic rating: 88.9 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Wii U, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Echoes of a dark and violent past resonate throughout a savage land, steeped in treasure and blood.
Yakuza Kiwami 2
Released: Dec 7, 2017
Critic rating: 85.2 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Yakuza Kiwami 2 is a remake of Yakuza 2, and is an action-adventure game set in an open world environment and played from a third-person perspective.
Radiant Historia
Released: Nov 3, 2010
Critic rating: 82.5 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo DS
Game modes: Single player
In the midst of an unending war for dominance between two super-powers, Special Intelligence Agent Stocke is assigned to a routine escort mission that goes horribly awry.
Chaos;Child
Released: Dec 18, 2014
Critic rating: 81.7 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Adventure, Visual Novel
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Chaos;Child is the fourth game in the Science Adventure series, set six years after the events of Chaos;Head.
Tales of Arise
Released: Sep 10, 2021
Critic rating: 87.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
On the planet Dahna, reverence has always been given to Rena--the planet in the sky--as a land of the righteous and divine.
Shin Megami Tensei V
Released: Nov 12, 2021
Critic rating: 82.4 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Shin Megami Tensei V, the fifth numbered game of the Shin Megami Tensei series, is a role-playing video game set in modern-day Tokyo.
Planet of Lana
Released: May 23, 2023
Critic rating: 93.3 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
A young girl and her loyal friend embark on a rescue mission through a colorful world full of cold machines and unfamiliar creatures.
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
Released: Sep 20, 2019
Critic rating: 86.6 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
As Link, you awaken in a strange land away from Hyrule, where animals talk and monsters roam.