Best Adventure Games
3,487 Adventure games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Hades II
Released: Sep 25, 2025
Critic rating: 93.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Battle beyond the Underworld using dark sorcery to take on the Titan of Time in this bewitching sequel to the award-winning rogue-like dungeon crawler.
Bloodborne: The Old Hunters
Released: Nov 24, 2015
Critic rating: 87.8 / 100
Rating: PEGI 16
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
The Old Hunters is the first Expansion for Bloodborne.
Disco Elysium
Released: Oct 15, 2019
Critic rating: 89.1 / 100
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Disco Elysium is a role-playing game developed and published by ZA/UM.
Astro Bot: Rescue Mission
Released: Oct 2, 2018
Critic rating: 89.4 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation VR
Game modes: Single player
Astro Bot: Rescue Mission is a brand new Platform game exclusive to PS VR.
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Released: Jul 22, 2004
Critic rating: 89.5 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo GameCube
Game modes: Single player
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door is a turn-based role-playing game and the second entry in the Paper Mario series, set in a world styled to look like paper.
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Released: Dec 2, 2006
Critic rating: 96.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo GameCube
Game modes: Single player
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess is the last Zelda game for GameCube, it was highly anticipated by many members of the gaming community and was regarded as finally fulfilling the dreams of those who wanted a much more realistic and mature game than the ones before.
Silent Hill 2: Restless Dreams
Released: Dec 19, 2001
Critic rating: 90.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player
Silent Hill 2: Restless Dreams is an updated version of of Silent Hill 2.
Clannad
Released: Apr 28, 2004
Critic rating: 90.8 / 100 • 35 votes
Genres: Adventure, Visual Novel
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Legacy Mobile Device
Game modes: Single player
Clannad follows the life of Tomoya Okazaki, a high school delinquent who meets many people in his last year at school, including five girls, and helps resolve their individual problems.
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D
Released: Feb 12, 2015
Critic rating: 91.2 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo 3DS
Game modes: Single player
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D is a remake of the original Nintendo 64 game with more up-to-date graphics, streamlined UI and different additional game modes.
Gyakuten Kenji 2
Released: Feb 3, 2011
Critic rating: 90.8 / 100 • 38 votes
Genres: Point-and-click, Adventure, Visual Novel
Platforms: Android, iOS, Nintendo DS
Game modes: Single player
Gyakuten Kenji 2, also referred to as "Ace Attorney Investigations 2" by Capcom staff, is the sequel to "Gyakuten Kenji" (known as "Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth" in English) and the sixth game in the "Ace Attorney" series of text adventure video games.
Persona 3
Released: Jul 13, 2006
Critic rating: 90.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player
Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 is a role-playing video game developed by Atlus.
Ninja Gaiden Black
Released: Sep 20, 2005
Critic rating: 90.7 / 100 • 51 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox
Game modes: Single player
In Ninja Gaiden Black you can reprise the role of Ryu Hayabusa, ninja extraordinaire.
The Henry Stickmin Collection
Released: Aug 7, 2020
Critic rating: 90.7 / 100 • 81 votes
Rating: E10+
Genres: Point-and-click, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
The Henry Stickmin Collection is a Newgrounds choose-your-own-path classic, reborn and revitalized.
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Released: Oct 27, 2002
Critic rating: 94.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Racing, Adventure, Arcade
Platforms: Xbox, PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player
In the year 1986, Tommy Vercetti is heavily indebted to his mafia superiors after a drug deal gone awry, but his dreams of taking over Vice City (based on Miami) push him down a different path.
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
Released: Jun 12, 2008
Critic rating: 93.9 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Tactical, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3
Game modes: Single player
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots is the final canonical Metal Gear game to feature Solid Snake as the main character.
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End - Remastered
Released: Jan 28, 2022
Critic rating: 90.7 / 100 • 81 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player
A remastered version of Uncharted 4: A Thief's End included in the Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection.
Metroid Prime Remastered
Released: Feb 8, 2023
Critic rating: 93.6 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Get behind the visor of intergalactic bounty hunter Samus Aran in her critically-acclaimed first-person adventure.
Red Dead Redemption
Released: May 18, 2010
Critic rating: 91.8 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
A modern-day Western epic, Red Dead Redemption takes John Marston, a relic from the fast-closing time of the gunslinger, through an open world filled with wildlife, mini-games, and shootouts.
Persona 4
Released: Jul 10, 2008
Critic rating: 92.8 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player
An entry in the JRPG/visual novel hybrid Persona series in which the player has to harness the power of Personas and fight entities called Shadows by forging bonds with the locals of Inaba, a rural Japanese town thrown into unrest by inexplicable murders committed under cover of foggy weather and rumours of a television channel said to broadcast mysterious images on rainy nights.
Silent Hill 2
Released: Sep 24, 2001
Critic rating: 90.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player
The second entry in the Silent Hill franchise, Silent Hill 2 is a narrative-focused third-person psychological survival horror game with emphasis on combat, exploration and puzzle-solving elements which follows James Sunderland, a man who receives a letter, seemingly sent by his three-years-deceased wife Mary, in which he is beckoned to the fog-ridden town of Silent Hill at the same time as numerous other people troubled by their past.
Metroid: Zero Mission
Released: Feb 9, 2004
Critic rating: 95.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Wii U, Game Boy Advance
Game modes: Single player
The full story of Samus Aran's first mission finally unfolds...
Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
Released: Jun 30, 2023
Critic rating: 86.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
"Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective" was created by Shu Takumi, the creator of the Ace Attorney series, and is now back in a long-requested HD remaster of the original 2010 release!
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD
Released: Sep 20, 2013
Critic rating: 90.5 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Wii U
Game modes: Single player
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD is a remaster of The Wind Waker with an alternate recreation of the original's art style, several gameplay adjustments, a new lighting engine and higher resolution textures.
Rhythm Doctor
Released: Dec 6, 2025
Critic rating: 93.0 / 100
Genres: Music, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Save patients with your rhythm mastery!
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Anniversary Edition
Released: Nov 11, 2021
Critic rating: 84.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Anniversary Edition contains the full game plus all three expansions and over 500 pieces of unique content from Creation Club, including pre-existing and new quests, dungeons, bosses, weapons, spells and more!