Best Adventure Games
3,488 Adventure games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Mirror's Edge
Released: Sep 2, 2009
Critic rating: 83.0 / 100
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Windows Phone, iOS
Game modes: Single player, Split screen
Mirror's Edge is a side-scrolling platform game developed by IronMonkey Studios and published by Electronic Arts.
Look Outside
Released: Mar 21, 2025
Critic rating: 84.1 / 100 • 23 votes
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
Explore the warped interior of the apartment building you are stuck in.
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.
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.
The Swapper
Released: May 30, 2013
Critic rating: 88.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Wii U, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
The Swapper is a short puzzle platformer where you must complete every puzzle and collect 124 orbs, in groups of 3 and 9 later on, to complete the game.
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.
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.
Deltarune
Released: Jun 4, 2025
Critic rating: 84.0 / 100 • 91 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!
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.
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.
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.
Battlefield: Bad Company 2
Released: Mar 2, 2010
Critic rating: 87.2 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 brings the award-winning Battlefield gameplay to the forefront of PC gaming with best-in-class vehicular combat and unexpected "Battlefield moments." New vehicles like the ATV and a transport helicopter allow for all-new multiplayer tactics on the Battlefield. With the Frostbite-enabled Destruction 2.0 system, you can take down entire buildings and create your own fire points by blasting holes through cover. You can also compete in four-player teams in two squad-only game modes, fighting together to unlock exclusive awards and achievements. Battles are set across expansive maps, each with a different tactical focus. The game also sees the return of the B Company squad in a more mature single-player campaign.
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.
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.
Figment
Released: Sep 22, 2017
Critic rating: 88.7 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Music, Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Google Stadia, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
A musical action-adventure set in the recesses of the human mind...
The Coffin of Andy and Leyley
Released: Oct 13, 2023
Critic rating: 84.0 / 100 • 39 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.
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.
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.
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.