Best Adventure Games
3,488 Adventure games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Crash Bandicoot: Warped
Released: Nov 3, 1998
Critic rating: 83.6 / 100 • 568 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation, PlayStation Portable
Game modes: Single player
Crash Bandicoot: Warped is the third game in the Crash Bandicoot series and the first to feature Coco as a playable character.
The Last Campfire
Released: Aug 4, 2020
Critic rating: 88.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
The Last Campfire is an adventure, a story of a lost ember trapped in a puzzling place, searching for meaning and a way home.
Nioh
Released: Feb 7, 2017
Critic rating: 87.6 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
In Nioh, players will traverse war-torn Japan as William, a blonde-haired swordsman whose background as a fierce warrior and seasoned knowledge of the blade allows him to survive in the demon-plagued land of the samurai.
Observer: System Redux
Released: Nov 10, 2020
Critic rating: 86.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
The year is 2084.
Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Released: Sep 8, 2010
Critic rating: 89.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Amnesia: The Dark Descent is a survival horror video game by Frictional Games.
Marvel's Spider-Man 2
Released: Oct 20, 2023
Critic rating: 82.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player
Marvel's Spider-Man 2 is an action-adventure game developed by Insomniac Games and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment.
Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition
Released: Jul 1, 2014
Critic rating: 86.3 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Guacamelee!
Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide
Released: Jun 21, 2003
Critic rating: 83.5 / 100 • 42 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide offers role playing fans even more D&D features than the ground breaking original.
Beholder 2
Released: Oct 22, 2018
Critic rating: 89.7 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Every citizen of our great State dreams of working at the Prime Ministry!
Riven: The Sequel to Myst
Released: Oct 31, 1997
Critic rating: 83.5 / 100 • 90 votes
Rating: E10+
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Windows Mobile, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Sega Saturn, PlayStation
Game modes: Single player
Riven: The Sequel to Myst is a graphic adventure puzzle game developed by Cyan and released in 1997.
The Elder Scrolls III: Bloodmoon
Released: Jun 3, 2003
Critic rating: 85.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
The Elder Scrolls III: Bloodmoon is the second expansion for its RPG of the Year, The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind for PC.
Subnautica
Released: Jan 23, 2018
Critic rating: 83.9 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, SteamVR, PlayStation 5, Mac, Oculus Rift, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Descend into the depths of an alien underwater world filled with wonder and peril.
Gothic II
Released: Nov 29, 2002
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
Gothic II is a role-playing video game and the sequel to Gothic, by the German developer Piranha Bytes.
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun - Aiko’s Choice
Released: Dec 6, 2021
Critic rating: 86.7 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy, Tactical, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player
Aiko's Choice is a brand-new standalone addon to the beloved stealth tactics game Shadow Tactics.
Downfall
Released: Feb 15, 2016
Critic rating: 83.4 / 100 • 39 votes
Genres: Point-and-click, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
There is nothing Joe wouldn't do for his wife.
Arknights
Released: May 1, 2019
Critic rating: 83.4 / 100 • 65 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Tactical, Adventure
Platforms: Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS
Game modes: Single player
Take on the role of a key member of Rhodes Island, a pharmaceutical company that fights both a deadly infection and the unrest it leaves in its wake.
Ys IX: Monstrum Nox
Released: Sep 26, 2019
Critic rating: 84.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Google Stadia, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
While imprisoned in Balduq, Adol is cursed and becomes a Monstrum.
Unavowed
Released: Aug 8, 2018
Critic rating: 79.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
A demon possessed you one year ago.
Shadow of the Colossus
Released: Jan 12, 2012
Critic rating: 83.4 / 100 • 54 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3
Game modes: Single player
In a desolate land where beasts as big as mountains roam free, a lone hero and his horse must ride into the unknown on a quest for ancient power.
Monument Valley II
Released: May 30, 2017
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Point-and-click, Platform, Puzzle, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Guide a mother and her child as they embark on a journey through magical architecture, discovering illusionary pathways and delightful puzzles as you learn the secrets of the Sacred Geometry.
Spyro Reignited Trilogy
Released: Nov 13, 2018
Critic rating: 83.5 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Spyro Reignited Trilogy is a collection of remakes of the first three Spyro the Dragon platformers, originally developed by Insomniac Games for the PlayStation.
Fez
Released: Apr 13, 2012
Critic rating: 85.5 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Gomez is a 2D creature living in a 2D world.
Blackwood Crossing
Released: Apr 4, 2017
Critic rating: 78.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Blackwood Crossing is a story-driven first-person adventure game.
Not for Broadcast
Released: Jan 25, 2022
Critic rating: 85.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Point-and-click, Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Not For Broadcast is an immersive, narrative-driven propaganda sim set in the control room of a TV Studio in a 1980’s dystopia.
Tribes: Ascend
Released: Apr 12, 2012
Critic rating: 89.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Sport, Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative
Tribes: Ascend is the fourth major installation into this series of multiplayer FPS, centred around speed and pure teamwork, with the primary game mode of capture the flag.