Best Adventure Games
3,545 Adventure games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Wild Guns
Released: Aug 12, 1994
Critic rating: 81.7 / 100 • 36 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Adventure, Arcade
Platforms: Satellaview, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Wii, Wii U, Nintendo Switch, Super Famicom
Game modes: Single player, Co-operative, Split screen
Released in 1994, Wild Guns is a shooting gallery video game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, developed by Natsume.
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow
Released: Oct 5, 2010
Critic rating: 83.2 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
Gabriel Belmont learns of a mask with the power to raise the dead and sets out on a mission to obtain it to bring his recently murdered wife back from the dead.
Breath of Fire IV
Released: Apr 27, 2000
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation, PlayStation Portable
Game modes: Single player
Breath of Fire IV is a single-player game that continues the story with these "dragon people," who gave their lives to eradicate the evil goddess and restore peace in their world.
Beyond Good & Evil HD
Released: Mar 2, 2011
Critic rating: 82.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
For centuries, the planet Hillys has been locked in conflict with a race of relentless alien invaders.
Banjo-Kazooie
Released: Jun 29, 1998
Critic rating: 78.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Quiz/Trivia, Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo 64
Game modes: Single player
Trouble brews when Gruntilda the witch captures the unbearably beautiful cub, Tooty.
Ghosts 'n Goblins
Released: Jul 7, 1985
Critic rating: 90.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Adventure, Arcade
Platforms: Arcade, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum, Atari ST/STE, DOS, Amiga, Amstrad CPC
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Ghosts 'n Goblins is a platform game where the player controls a knight, named Sir Arthur, who must defeat zombies, ogres, demons, cyclops, dragons and other monsters in order to rescue Princess Prin Prin, who has been kidnapped by Satan, king of Demon World.
Guacamelee!
Released: Apr 9, 2013
Critic rating: 84.4 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation Vita
Game modes: Single player, Co-operative
"Guacamelee!
Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven
Released: Mar 3, 2003
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Move like a shadow.
Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered
Released: Nov 12, 2020
Critic rating: 78.2 / 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 Remastered is a PlayStation 5 and PC version of the open-world action-adventure game originally released for PlayStation 4 in 2018.
Mega Man Battle Network
Released: Mar 21, 2001
Critic rating: 81.7 / 100 • 67 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Role-playing (RPG), Tactical, Adventure
Platforms: Wii U, Game Boy Advance
Game modes: Single player
In the future, a young net-battler named Lan, boots his 'personal exploration terminal' (PET) and prepares to hack into the network to battle net crime.
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
Released: Sep 30, 2014
Critic rating: 83.9 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor is a open world third-person action role-playing video game developed by Monolith Productions and published by Warner Bros.
Carto
Released: Oct 27, 2020
Critic rating: 82.5 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Carto is a tile placement adventure game where you explore the lands you placed and discover the secrets while exploring.
Ys: The Oath in Felghana
Released: Jun 30, 2005
Critic rating: 83.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation Portable, Legacy Mobile Device
Game modes: Single player
Ys: The Oath in Felghana is a 3D reimagining of Ys III: Wanderers from Ys.
Terraria
Released: May 16, 2011
Critic rating: 81.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Google Stadia, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Linux, Nintendo 3DS, Windows Phone, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Wii U, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Terraria is a 2D sandbox action-adventure game with platforming and role-playing elements.
Abiotic Factor
Released: Jul 22, 2025
Critic rating: 92.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Abiotic Factor is a survival crafting experience for 1-6 players set in the depths of an underground research facility.
Tenchu 2: Birth of the Stealth Assassins
Released: Aug 15, 2000
Critic rating: 81.6 / 100 • 65 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation
Game modes: Single player
Tenchu 2 is a prequel to Tenchu, telling a tale of events prior to those of the previous game.
The Sims 4: City Living
Released: Nov 1, 2016
Critic rating: 86.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Do your Sims long to leave the suburbs behind?
The Evil Within 2
Released: Oct 12, 2017
Critic rating: 81.2 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
The Evil Within 2 is the latest evolution of survival horror.
Conker's Bad Fur Day
Released: Mar 5, 2001
Critic rating: 81.6 / 100 • 151 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo 64
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen
Humorous action-platformer that does away with the tedious item collection found in most games in the genre.
Middle-earth: Shadow of War
Released: Oct 10, 2017
Critic rating: 83.9 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Go behind enemy lines to forge your army, conquer Fortresses and dominate Mordor from within.
Hitman 2
Released: Nov 13, 2018
Critic rating: 82.4 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Tactical, Adventure
Platforms: Google Stadia, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Travel the globe and track your targets across exotic sandbox locations in Hitman 2.
The Devil on G-String
Released: May 29, 2008
Critic rating: 81.6 / 100 • 23 votes
Rating: PEGI 18
Genres: Simulator, Adventure, Visual Novel
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
You play the role of Azai Kyousuke, the son of a legendary gangster infamous in the underworld.
Marvel's Wolverine
Released: Sep 15, 2026
Critic rating: 87.8 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player
Marvel's Wolverine is a single-player action-adventure game and a standalone entry in the Marvel's Spider-Man series, sharing continuity with those titles while telling its own self-contained story.
The Oregon Trail
Released: Dec 3, 1971
Critic rating: 81.6 / 100 • 30 votes
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: HP 2100, CDC Cyber 70
Game modes: Single player
The Oregon Trail is a computer game originally developed by Don Rawitsch, Bill Heinemann, and Paul Dillenberger in 1971 and produced by the Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium (MECC) in 1974.
Sleeping Dogs
Released: Aug 13, 2012
Critic rating: 82.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
Sleeping Dogs is a third-person open-world action-adventure game set in contemporary Hong Kong.