Best Adventure Games
3,544 Adventure games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Phantasy Star Online
Released: Dec 21, 2000
Critic rating: 90.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: Dreamcast
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Pioneer 2 finally completed it's long voyage to the new home world.
Gears 5
Released: Sep 9, 2019
Critic rating: 87.8 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
From one of gaming’s most acclaimed sagas, Gears is bigger than ever, with five thrilling modes and the deepest campaign yet.
Psychonauts
Released: Apr 19, 2005
Critic rating: 84.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player
Psychonauts is a platform-adventure game developed by Double Fine Productions and released in 2005.
Fable: The Lost Chapters
Released: Sep 20, 2005
Critic rating: 84.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Xbox, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Fable was expanded and rereleased as Fable: The Lost Chapters for Xbox and Windows PC platforms in September 2005.
Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance
Released: Nov 4, 2002
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Tactical, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player
Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance is a re-vamped and revised edition of the original Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, in which Solid Snake must recover the stolen Metal Gear Ray from a group of terrorists bent on using its power for unthinkable reasons.
Roll Away
Released: Jul 10, 1998
Critic rating: 84.0 / 100 • 26 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Android, PlayStation, PlayStation Portable
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Roll Away is a 3D platform puzzle video game which places the player in control of a Kula beachball.
Deltarune
Released: Jun 4, 2025
Critic rating: 84.0 / 100 • 93 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Music, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Dive into the parallel story to UNDERTALE!
Super Time Force Ultra
Released: Aug 25, 2014
Critic rating: 84.0 / 100 • 29 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Super Time Force Ultra is an action-packed platformer with a time-travelling twist!
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
Released: Oct 26, 2017
Critic rating: 86.5 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus is the eleventh installment of the Wolfenstein series and a sequel to the 2014's Wolfenstein: The New Order.
God of War Collection
Released: Nov 17, 2009
Critic rating: 80.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita
Game modes: Single player
God of War Collection is a compilation of action-adventure games from Sony’s God of War series.
Satisfactory
Released: Sep 10, 2024
Critic rating: 95.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Satisfactory is a first-person factory simulation game set on an alien planet.
The Coffin of Andy and Leyley
Released: Oct 13, 2023
Critic rating: 84.0 / 100 • 41 votes
Genres: Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie, Visual Novel
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
In The Coffin of Andy and Leyley, you follow the story of Andrew and Ashley, siblings who have been quarantined in their house for months and are slowly starving to death.
Yoku's Island Express
Released: May 29, 2018
Critic rating: 84.5 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Pinball, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Yoku’s Island Express is an open world/metroidvania-style pinball adventure, Seamlessly blending platform navigation with pinball mechanics across a large open world.
Before Your Eyes
Released: Apr 8, 2021
Critic rating: 86.3 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
A first person narrative adventure which tells the story of a soul’s journey into the afterlife using your real-life blinks.
Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen
Released: Nov 22, 2007
Critic rating: 87.7 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo DS
Game modes: Single player
Embark on a journey to explore the land, seas and skies of the Dragon Quest universe in this grand entry from the Zenithia Trilogy.
Transistor
Released: May 20, 2014
Critic rating: 85.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Transistor is an action role-playing game presented from an isometric perspective.
Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine
Released: Nov 23, 1999
Critic rating: 90.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Fighting, Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo 64, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation
Game modes: Single player
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Pajama Sam In: No Need to Hide When It's Dark Outside
Released: Oct 4, 1996
Critic rating: 84.0 / 100 • 28 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Quiz/Trivia, Adventure
Platforms: Wii, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
There's no reason to be afraid of the dark.
Rogue Legacy 2
Released: Apr 28, 2022
Critic rating: 90.5 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Rogue Legacy is back!
Stellar Blade
Released: Apr 26, 2024
Critic rating: 86.4 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player
Stellar Blade is a third-person action-adventure game set on a post-apocalyptic Earth.
BioShock 2
Released: Feb 9, 2010
Critic rating: 87.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
BioShock 2 is the second game of the BioShock series and the sequel to BioShock.
Inscryption
Released: Oct 19, 2021
Critic rating: 82.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle, Strategy, Adventure, Indie, Card & Board Game
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie.
Indigo Prophecy
Released: Sep 16, 2005
Critic rating: 85.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Adventure
Platforms: Xbox, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player
Indigo Prophecy is an action-adventure game that involves the player in making decisions to alter the narrative.
Disney's DuckTales 2
Released: Apr 23, 1993
Critic rating: 83.9 / 100 • 47 votes
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Family Computer, Nintendo Entertainment System
Game modes: Single player
Scrooge McDuck is hot on the trail of the richest adventure ever.
Diablo II: Resurrected
Released: Sep 22, 2021
Critic rating: 80.5 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Diablo II: Resurrected breathes new life into Blizzard Entertainment’s acclaimed ARPG and its expansion, Diablo II: Lord of Destruction, from beginning to end.