Best Adventure Games
3,545 Adventure games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Harvester
Released: Sep 5, 1996
Critic rating: 80.6 / 100 • 30 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Point-and-click, Adventure
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, DOS
Game modes: Single player
The game's play is done through a point and click interface.
Pokémon Moon
Released: Nov 18, 2016
Critic rating: 85.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo 3DS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon will be the first games in the Pokémon series to allow players to choose from nine languages to play in.
Batman: Return to Arkham - Arkham City
Released: Oct 17, 2016
Critic rating: 80.6 / 100 • 22 votes
Genres: Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Batman: Arkham City sends players soaring into Arkham City - a heavily fortified sprawling district in the heart of Gotham City.
Ys Origin
Released: Dec 21, 2006
Critic rating: 80.2 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
700 years before the events of Ys I & II, the land of Ys was on the brink of destruction.
Year Walk
Released: Feb 21, 2013
Critic rating: 86.7 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
In the old days man tried to catch a glimpse of the future in the strangest of ways.
Subnautica: Below Zero
Released: May 13, 2021
Critic rating: 85.2 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Dive into a freezing underwater adventure on an alien planet.
Luigi's Mansion
Released: Oct 12, 2018
Critic rating: 77.3 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo 3DS
Game modes: Single player, Co-operative
G-g-ghosts!
EarthBound Beginnings
Released: Jun 14, 2015
Critic rating: 80.5 / 100 • 55 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Wii U, Nintendo Entertainment System, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
EarthBound Beginnings is the first installment in the EarthBound / Mother series.
World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria
Released: Sep 25, 2012
Critic rating: 83.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria, colloquially referred to as Mists or MoP, is the fourth expansion set for the massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) World of Warcraft, following Cataclysm.
Puppeteer
Released: Sep 5, 2013
Critic rating: 79.6 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3
Game modes: Single player, Co-operative
One dark moonlit night, a young boy named Kutaro was carried away by the maleficent Moon Bear King to a black castle where the unlucky lad was transformed into a puppet.
The Legend of Zelda
Released: Feb 21, 1986
Critic rating: 80.5 / 100 • 737 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Adventure
Platforms: Family Computer Disk System, Nintendo 3DS, Wii, Family Computer, Wii U, Nintendo Entertainment System
Game modes: Single player
The Legend of Zelda is the first title in the Zelda series, it has marked the history of video games particularly for it's game mechanics and universe.
The House of Da Vinci
Released: Jun 22, 2017
Critic rating: 88.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Enter The House of Da Vinci, a new must-try 3D puzzle adventure game.
Contra III: The Alien Wars
Released: Feb 28, 1992
Critic rating: 80.5 / 100 • 126 votes
Rating: E10+
Genres: Shooter, Adventure
Platforms: Arcade, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Wii, Wii U, New Nintendo 3DS, Super Famicom
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
This game is action from beginning to end, do not think that you will have a moment of peace, even because Aliens are at war with planet earth, and resting will be your least concern.
Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage!
Released: Nov 13, 2018
Critic rating: 80.5 / 100 • 22 votes
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Spyro has been brought to the land of Avalar to defeat the evil sorcerer Ripto who has brought war to Avalar’s Homeworlds.
Quern: Undying Thoughts
Released: Nov 28, 2016
Critic rating: 80.5 / 100 • 36 votes
Rating: E10+
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Quern is a first person puzzle adventure with captivating story and beautiful graphics.
Sunset Overdrive
Released: Oct 28, 2014
Critic rating: 81.8 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
The city’s overrun with mutants.
Castlevania: Dracula X
Released: Aug 7, 1995
Critic rating: 90.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Satellaview, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Nintendo 3DS, Wii U, Super Famicom
Game modes: Single player
The Legend Returns...
World of Warcraft Classic
Released: Aug 27, 2019
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
World of Warcraft: Classic (shortened as Classic) is a new server option for World of Warcraft announced at BlizzCon 2017.
Bully: Scholarship Edition
Released: Feb 4, 2008
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Adventure
Platforms: Wii, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
Bully: Scholarship Edition is an action-adventure game developed by Rockstar Games, set in the fictional boarding school of Bullworth Academy.
Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain
Released: Nov 1, 1996
Critic rating: 85.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation Vita, PlayStation, PlayStation Portable
Game modes: Single player
Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain is a top-down action-adventure video game with role-playing game elements.
Legend of Mana
Released: Jul 15, 1999
Critic rating: 80.4 / 100 • 46 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation, PlayStation Portable
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
While incorporating action role-playing game elements from the three games which preceded it, Legend of Mana has its own distinct style of gameplay.
Indivisible
Released: Oct 8, 2019
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Indivisible is a side-scrolling RPG in the vein of Valkyrie Profile, spanning a huge fantasy world inspired by our own world’s various cultures and mythologies.
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD
Released: Jul 16, 2021
Critic rating: 83.4 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD is a remaster of the 2011 game Skyward Sword that features enhanced graphics and frame rate.
V Rising
Released: May 8, 2024
Critic rating: 88.6 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Awaken as a vampire.
Citizen Sleeper
Released: May 5, 2022
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Roleplaying in the ruins of interplanetary capitalism.