Best Adventure Games
3,488 Adventure games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
Released: Jun 23, 2007
Critic rating: 89.3 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Wii U, Nintendo DS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass is the first Zelda game for the Nintendo DS and a direct sequel to The Wind Waker.
Kirby: Planet Robobot
Released: Apr 28, 2016
Critic rating: 82.3 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo 3DS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
"Harness the power of a mysterious mech to stop ruthless invaders from mechanizing Kirby's home world.
Slay the Princess: The Pristine Cut
Released: Oct 24, 2024
Critic rating: 95.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Point-and-click, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Adventure, Indie, Visual Novel
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Slay the Princess is a choice-driven psychological horror visual novel with dramatic branching, light RPG elements, and hand-penciled art.
Riven
Released: Jun 25, 2024
Critic rating: 85.5 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Meta Quest 2, PlayStation VR2, PC (Microsoft Windows), SteamVR, PlayStation 5, Mac
Game modes: Single player
The 1997 Riven: The Sequel to Myst remade from the ground up.
Red Dead Redemption
Released: Aug 17, 2023
Critic rating: 77.0 / 100
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
A bundle containing ports of Red Dead Redemption and the Undead Nightmare expansion missing multiplayer components and including some parts of the GOTY release.
Rayman Legends
Released: Aug 30, 2013
Critic rating: 80.9 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Google Stadia, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Rayman Legends is a side-scrolling platform game supporting up to four simultaneous players.
Yakuza 5
Released: Dec 6, 2012
Critic rating: 84.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3
Game modes: Single player
Yakuza 5 is an open-world action-adventure game and the fifth main title in the Yakuza series developed by Sega.
Nobody Saves the World
Released: Jan 18, 2022
Critic rating: 85.9 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Nobody Saves the World is an action role-playing game played from a top-down perspective.
When the Darkness comes
Released: Jan 12, 2019
Critic rating: 90.0 / 100
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
Taking around an hour on the first play-through, "When The Darkness Comes" feels like you're wandering around a glitchy hard drive full of abstract dreams and beautiful nightmares.
Honkai: Star Rail
Released: Apr 26, 2023
Critic rating: 90.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure
Platforms: Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Honkai: Star Rail is an all-new strategy-RPG title in the Honkai series that takes players on a cosmic adventure across the stars.
Pokémon Black Version 2
Released: Jun 23, 2012
Critic rating: 82.3 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo DS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Pokémon Black Version 2 and Pokémon White Version 2 are the second and final paired versions of Generation V and are the sequels of Pokémon Black and White, respectively.
The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
Released: Mar 4, 2021
Critic rating: 85.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie, Visual Novel
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
A narrative-driven RPG set in a gritty world where a person's Lot is determined at birth, while the gods are real and preside over the fates of men.
Octopath Traveler
Released: Jul 13, 2018
Critic rating: 85.4 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Google Stadia, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
A role-playing game from the Bravely Default team is being developed exclusively for the Nintendo Switch.
Tomb Raider
Released: Oct 24, 1996
Critic rating: 84.6 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Nintendo 64, PC (Microsoft Windows), DOS, Sega Saturn, PlayStation, PlayStation Portable
Game modes: Single player
Tomb Raider is a 3D action game developed by Core Design and published by Eidos Interactive.
Pikmin 3
Released: Jul 13, 2013
Critic rating: 86.2 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Adventure
Platforms: Wii U
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Explore an alien world like no other in the third edition of Nintendo's strategic adventure series.
Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes
Released: Mar 9, 2004
Critic rating: 82.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Tactical, Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo GameCube
Game modes: Single player
The Twin Snakes features graphical improvements over the original, new cutscenes written and directed by Ryuhei Kitamura, and gameplay functions originally introduced in Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty.
Atom RPG
Released: Dec 19, 2018
Critic rating: 82.6 / 100 • 36 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Atom RPG is a post-apocalyptic indie game, inspired by classic CRPGs: Fallout, Wasteland, System Shock, Deus Ex, Baldur's Gate and many others.
I Wanna Be the Guy
Released: Oct 5, 2007
Critic rating: 82.6 / 100 • 27 votes
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
I Wanna Be the Guy: The Movie: The Game is a 2D platform indie freeware video game created by independent developer Michael "Kayin" O'Reilly for Microsoft Windows using Multimedia Fusion 2.
Crysis
Released: Nov 13, 2007
Critic rating: 84.7 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
From the makers of Far Cry, Crysis offers FPS fans the best-looking, most highly-evolving gameplay, requiring the player to use adaptive tactics and total customization of weapons and armor to survive in dynamic, hostile environments including Zero-G.
Dishonored: Definitive Edition
Released: Aug 25, 2015
Critic rating: 79.9 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Arkane Studios’ 2012 Game of the Year, Dishonored, and all of its additional content - Dunwall City Trials, The Knife of Dunwall, The Brigmore Witches and Void Walker’s Arsenal – comes to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in Dishonored: Definitive Edition!
Ib
Released: Feb 27, 2012
Critic rating: 82.6 / 100 • 57 votes
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
Ib is a freeware adventure video game with elements of psychological horror released in 2012 for Microsoft Windows by the Japanese artist kouri, running on RPG Maker 2000.
Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
Released: Apr 20, 2017
Critic rating: 81.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo 3DS
Game modes: Single player
In 1992, the second game in the Fire Emblem series, Fire Emblem Gaiden, launched exclusively in Japan.
Kirby Super Star
Released: Mar 21, 1996
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Wii, Wii U, Super Famicom
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen
Kirby Super Star, released as Kirby's Fun Pak in PAL regions, is a platforming video game developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo.
Ring Fit Adventure
Released: Oct 18, 2019
Critic rating: 84.4 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Sport, Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
In this fitness-focused title, you'll be moving the ring and a leg strap -- both of which house a Switch Joy-Con -- to move your character through a fantasy world.
Deponia: The Complete Journey
Released: Jun 2, 2014
Critic rating: 82.6 / 100 • 40 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Showered in top-scores and awards, the Deponia-Trilogy, created by the developers of Edna&Harvey: The Breakout, The Whispered World and Memoria, managed to reach cult-status almost instantly.