Best Adventure Games
3,545 Adventure games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Trine
Released: Jul 3, 2009
Critic rating: 85.4 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Wii U
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Trine is a physics-based action game where three characters allow clever solutions to challenges created by hazardous puzzles and threatening enemies.
Prince of Persia
Released: Dec 2, 2008
Critic rating: 84.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
Prince of Persia is an action-adventure and platforming video game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft.
A Plague Tale: Innocence
Released: May 14, 2019
Critic rating: 80.9 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
A Plague Tale: Innocence is a third-person action-adventure game set in 14th-century France during the Black Death.
Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake
Released: Nov 14, 2024
Critic rating: 87.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
The Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake is a modernized turn-based JRPG that follows a hero’s quest to defeat the archfiend Baramos.
Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon
Released: Apr 30, 2013
Critic rating: 82.9 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Adventure
Platforms: Google Stadia, PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
There’s only one force powerful enough to stop an army of rampaging killer cyborgs, mutated scientists, metal sharks and vicious Blood Dragons that shoot lasers from their eyes – that force is you.
Lode Runner
Released: Jul 31, 1984
Critic rating: 80.7 / 100 • 25 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Wii, Family Computer, Wii U, Nintendo Entertainment System
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
This updated take on the original Lode Runner is essentially an entirely new game, but it keeps the core of Douglas Smith's original ideas intact.
Bomb Rush Cyberfunk
Released: Aug 18, 2023
Critic rating: 83.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Role-playing (RPG), Sport, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Bomb Rush Cyberfunk, an indie action-adventure platformer, features 1 second per second of highly advanced funkstyle.
Dragon Quest Builders
Released: Jan 28, 2016
Critic rating: 81.9 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation Vita, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
"Dragon Quest Builders is a sandbox action RPG where your imagination is the limit!
The Black Mirror
Released: Oct 17, 2003
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Point-and-click, Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
Black Mirror is a dark adventure game that details the aftermath of the tragic death of William Gordon.
Tormentum: Dark Sorrow
Released: Mar 4, 2015
Critic rating: 76.7 / 100
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
TORMENTUM is a dark Point & Click adventure game.
Jade Empire: Special Edition
Released: Feb 27, 2007
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Step into the role of an aspiring martial-arts master and follow the path of the open palm or the closed fist.
Jade Empire
Released: Apr 12, 2005
Critic rating: 82.5 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Xbox
Game modes: Single player
Set in an ancient world inspired by mythical China, Jade Empire lets you train under your master's watchful eye as you learn powerful martial arts and mystical powers.
Pokémon Platinum Version
Released: Sep 13, 2008
Critic rating: 78.6 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo DS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Pokemon Platinum is a role-playing game with adventure elements and an enhanced version of Pokemon Diamond and Pearl.
Legacy of Kain: Defiance
Released: Nov 11, 2003
Critic rating: 80.7 / 100 • 77 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player
Legacy of Kain: Defiance is an action-adventure game developed by Crystal Dynamics and released in 2003.
Guardian Tales
Released: Feb 25, 2020
Critic rating: 80.7 / 100 • 30 votes
Rating: E10+
Genres: Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Arcade
Platforms: Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Guardian Tales A Link to Classic Adventure!
Humanity
Released: May 15, 2023
Critic rating: 82.5 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Meta Quest 2, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation VR2, PlayStation 4, PlayStation VR, PC (Microsoft Windows), Meta Quest 3, PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
A unique blend of puzzle-solving and action-platforming.
Resident Evil 3: Nemesis
Released: Sep 22, 1999
Critic rating: 80.7 / 100 • 464 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Nintendo GameCube, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation, PlayStation Portable, Dreamcast
Game modes: Single player
Resident Evil 3: Nemesis is a survival horror video game and the third instalment in the Resident Evil series.
Shadow of the Ninja
Released: Aug 10, 1990
Critic rating: 80.7 / 100 • 27 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo 3DS, Wii, Family Computer, Wii U, Nintendo Entertainment System
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Shadow of the Ninja, originally released in Japan as Yami no Shigotonin Kage, and later released in Europe as Blue Shadow, is a 1990 futuristic ninja-themed side-scrolling action game by Natsume for the Nintendo Entertainment System.
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Released: Jun 23, 2009
Critic rating: 93.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Wii, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is set a few years after the defeat of Megatron in the first game.
Islets
Released: Aug 24, 2022
Critic rating: 81.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Take to the sky and reunite a fragmented world in this surprisingly wholesome metroidvania!
Reanimal
Released: Feb 13, 2026
Critic rating: 81.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
The creators of Little Nightmares I & II have returned to take you on a darker, more terrifying journey than ever before.
Ratchet & Clank
Released: Nov 4, 2002
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player
Ratchet & Clank is a 3D platform-adventure game featuring the protagonists Ratchet, a furry alien creature, and Clank, a small robot.
Gray Zone Warfare
Released: Apr 30, 2024
Critic rating: 80.6 / 100 • 35 votes
Genres: Shooter, Simulator, Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
Enter a high-stakes PvE-first open-world tactical shooter set on a quarantined Southeast Asian island torn apart by faction warfare.
Sunless Sea
Released: Feb 6, 2015
Critic rating: 85.0 / 100
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Play as the captain of a steamship on an underwater ocean surrounding the fictional city of Fallen London.
Granblue Fantasy: Relink
Released: Feb 1, 2024
Critic rating: 83.2 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
A grand adventure in the skies awaits!