Best Adventure Games
3,488 Adventure games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Conker's Bad Fur Day
Released: Mar 5, 2001
Critic rating: 81.6 / 100 • 149 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.
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.
The Isle
Released: Dec 1, 2015
Critic rating: 81.6 / 100 • 40 votes
Genres: Fighting, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
The Isle is intended to be a gritty, open-world survival horror game.
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.
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.
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.
MiSide
Released: Dec 10, 2024
Critic rating: 81.6 / 100 • 139 votes
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
MiSide is an adventure game with horror elements, telling the story of a simple guy who, for mystical reasons, finds himself in a mobile simulation.
Hollow Knight: Hidden Dreams
Released: Aug 3, 2017
Critic rating: 81.6 / 100 • 26 votes
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Hidden Dreams is the first of four free content packs for Hollow Knight.
Sackboy: A Big Adventure
Released: Nov 12, 2020
Critic rating: 85.3 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Iconic PlayStation hero, Sackboy returns in an all-new 3D adventure with a deeply immersive and expressive control scheme.
Star Wars: Republic Commando
Released: Feb 17, 2005
Critic rating: 80.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Tactical, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Chaos has erupted throughout the galaxy.
Darkwood
Released: Aug 17, 2017
Critic rating: 79.8 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Google Stadia, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Darkwood is a unforgiving survival horror with a procedurally generated, open world.
Sonic X Shadow Generations
Released: Oct 25, 2024
Critic rating: 83.1 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Shadow the Hedgehog is back with Classic and Modern Sonic in Sonic X Shadow Generations, an all-new collection featuring two unique experiences!
Prince of Persia
Released: Sep 1, 1990
Critic rating: 81.6 / 100 • 32 votes
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: DOS
Game modes: Single player
The DOS port of Prince of Persia.
Jazz Jackrabbit
Released: Jul 3, 1994
Critic rating: 87.0 / 100
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Adventure
Platforms: DOS
Game modes: Single player
Devan Shell, the leader of the turtle terrorists, has kidnapped the beloved rabbit princess, Eva Earlong, and has inhabited the galaxy with his looting goons!
Darksiders II
Released: Aug 14, 2012
Critic rating: 85.8 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Wii U, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
Become Death - The most feared of the legendary Four Horseman.
Final Fantasy XV: Windows Edition
Released: Mar 6, 2018
Critic rating: 91.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Get ready to be at the centre of the ultimate fantasy adventure, now for Windows PC.
Life is Strange: True Colors
Released: Sep 10, 2021
Critic rating: 84.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Adventure
Platforms: Google Stadia, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Life is Strange is a series of award-winning and critically-acclaimed narrative adventure games.
Alan Wake II: The Lake House
Released: Oct 22, 2024
Critic rating: 85.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player
Alan Wake II: The Lake House is a DLC expansion for Alan Wake II.
Live A Live
Released: Jul 22, 2022
Critic rating: 78.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Previously unreleased outside of Japan, the RPG game Live a Live is releasing on the Nintendo Switch system in the HD-2D style!
Destiny: The Taken King
Released: Sep 15, 2015
Critic rating: 84.2 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
Destiny: The Taken King - Legendary Edition is perfect for new and existing Guardians that are ready to jump into the Destiny universe or continue to carve their legend in the stars.
Golf Story
Released: Sep 28, 2017
Critic rating: 83.3 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Sport, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Wii U, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Play the story of a golfer, forced to give up all that he holds dear for one final shot at accomplishing his dream.
New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Released: Nov 12, 2009
Critic rating: 81.3 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Wii, Wii U
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
New Super Mario Bros.
Dragon Quest Builders 2
Released: Dec 20, 2018
Critic rating: 85.3 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Dragon Quest Builders 2 is a block-building role-playing game with a charming campaign and a robust multiplayer building mode that supports up to four players online.
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.
Kena: Bridge of Spirits
Released: Sep 21, 2021
Critic rating: 83.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Kena: Bridge of Spirits: a story-driven, action adventure combining exploration with fast-paced combat.