Best Adventure Games
3,545 Adventure games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
MiSide
Released: Dec 10, 2024
Critic rating: 81.6 / 100 • 144 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.
Divine Divinity
Released: Sep 22, 2002
Critic rating: 83.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Co-operative
Listed among the "Top 100 PC Games Of All Time" by PC GAMER (2012), Divine Divinity is an epic role-playing game with hack-and-slash action, offering a huge world to explore and thousands of items to investigate, trade and use.
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.
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.
The Outer Worlds
Released: Oct 25, 2019
Critic rating: 85.9 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
The Outer Worlds is a new single-player sci-fi RPG from Obsidian Entertainment and Private Division.
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.
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.
Kingdom Hearts
Released: Sep 17, 2002
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player
The international release of Kingdom Hearts added new superbosses to the game.
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.
Severed
Released: Apr 26, 2016
Critic rating: 83.9 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Nintendo 3DS, iOS, Wii U, PlayStation Vita, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Severed Is a first-person dungeon crawler that uses touch based combat mechanics.
Chaos on Deponia
Released: Nov 6, 2012
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
With this long-expected sequel to the critically highly acclaimed and lavishly praised Deponia, the player enters round two.
Yakuza Kiwami
Released: Jan 21, 2016
Critic rating: 82.7 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Fighting, Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Yakuza: Kiwami is an enhanced remake of the original Yakuza game for PlayStation 2, not just an HD port.
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.
Diablo: Hellfire
Released: Nov 24, 1997
Critic rating: 81.5 / 100 • 57 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Stoked by the forges of Hellfire burns the first and only authorized expansion of the Diablo universe.
Minecraft
Released: Dec 19, 2016
Critic rating: 81.5 / 100 • 576 votes
Rating: E10+
Genres: Simulator, Adventure, Arcade
Platforms: Amazon Fire TV, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, Nintendo Switch 2, Gear VR, Windows Phone, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
Minecraft focuses on allowing the player to explore, interact with, and modify a dynamically-generated map made of one-cubic-meter-sized blocks.
Aliens: Dark Descent
Released: Jun 20, 2023
Critic rating: 84.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Drop into the gripping journey of Aliens: Dark Descent, a squad-based, single-player action game in the iconic Alien franchise.