Best Adventure Games
3,489 Adventure games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Wadanohara and the Great Blue Sea
Released: Dec 21, 2013
Critic rating: 80.1 / 100 • 21 votes
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
Wadanohara and the Great Blue Sea is an adventure RPG made in late 2013.
Botanicula
Released: Apr 19, 2012
Critic rating: 82.3 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Humor-filled indie adventure game created by the makers of Machinarium.
Far Cry 5
Released: Mar 26, 2018
Critic rating: 84.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Adventure
Platforms: Google Stadia, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Welcome to Hope County, Montana, land of the free and the brave, but also home to a fanatical doomsday cult known as The Project at Eden’s Gate that is threatening the community's freedom.
Ghostrunner
Released: Oct 27, 2020
Critic rating: 82.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Ascend humanity’s last remaining shelter, a great tower-city.
Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones
Released: Dec 1, 2005
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Platform, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player
Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones is an action-adventure game blending acrobatic platforming, puzzle-solving, and hack and slash combat, and the final chapter of the Sands of Time trilogy.
Disney's Goof Troop
Released: Jul 11, 1993
Critic rating: 80.1 / 100 • 72 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Famicom
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Goofy and his son Max were enjoying a peaceful day of fishing, when Keelhaul Pete absconds with Pete and PJ.
Freedom Planet
Released: Jul 21, 2014
Critic rating: 82.4 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Wii U, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Freedom Planet is a combat-based platform adventure that pits a spunky dragon girl and her friends against an alien attack force.
Wizardry 8
Released: Nov 15, 2001
Critic rating: 80.1 / 100 • 26 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
The universe is in the throes of violent upheaval and change.
Faxanadu
Released: Nov 17, 1987
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100 • 33 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Wii, Family Computer, Nintendo Entertainment System
Game modes: Single player
Faxandu is for the Famicom and NES.
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist
Released: Aug 20, 2013
Critic rating: 78.4 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Tactical, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Wii U, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Splinter Cell Blacklist builds on the stealth roots of the franchise, while exploring new directions to embrace the realms of action and adventure.
Axiom Verge
Released: Mar 31, 2015
Critic rating: 83.9 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Wii U, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
After a lab accident, a scientist awakens in a mysterious, alien world.
Detroit: Become Human
Released: May 25, 2018
Critic rating: 77.6 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
Detroit: Become Human is an interactive narrative adventure game developed by Quantic Dream and released in 2018.
Mad Father
Released: Dec 10, 2012
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100 • 59 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Mad Father is a horror-puzzle game that follows the experiences of a young German girl by the name of Aya Drevis.
Tony Hawk's Underground
Released: Oct 27, 2003
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Racing, Role-playing (RPG), Sport, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player, Split screen
Get ready for a major new step for the Tony Hawk series.
Vanquish
Released: Oct 19, 2010
Critic rating: 80.6 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
You are Sam Gideon – an American soldier armed with state-of-the-art combat armor known as an Augmented Reaction Suit.
Final Fantasy V
Released: Dec 6, 1992
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100 • 132 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Wii, Super Famicom
Game modes: Single player
Final Fantasy V is a fantasy role-playing video game developed and published by Square in 1992 as a part of the Final Fantasy series.
Shadowrun: Hong Kong - Extended Edition
Released: Aug 20, 2015
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100 • 24 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Shadowrun: Hong Kong - Extended Edition is the capstone title in Harebrained Schemes' Shadowrun series - and now includes the all-new, 6+ hr Shadows of Hong Kong Bonus Campaign.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard
Released: Oct 31, 2024
Critic rating: 90.6 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player
Select from different races and combat classes, customize your appearance, choose your character’s backstory and begin your journey as Rook, Dragon Age’s newest hero.
Final Fantasy Origins
Released: Oct 31, 2002
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100 • 25 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation, PlayStation Portable
Game modes: Single player
Final Fantasy Origins is a compilation of Final Fantasy and Final Fantasy II for the PlayStation.
The Last Door
Released: May 20, 2014
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Point-and-click, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Feel what it's truly like to be alone in the dark with this low-res, high-suspense point-and-click horror adventure.
Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage!
Released: Nov 2, 1999
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100 • 218 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation, PlayStation Portable
Game modes: Single player
Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage!
Chrono Trigger
Released: Feb 27, 2018
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100 • 25 votes
Rating: E10+
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
As the definitive version of Chrono Trigger, not only have the controls been updated, the graphics and sound have also been revamped to make your adventure even more fun and enjoyable to play.
The Rogue Prince of Persia
Released: Aug 20, 2025
Critic rating: 79.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
The Rogue Prince of Persia is a 2D action-platformer developed by Evil Empire in collaboration with Ubisoft.
Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon
Released: Mar 20, 2013
Critic rating: 81.3 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo 3DS
Game modes: Single player
Luigi is back on a mission to remove a bunch of stubborn ghosts from some spooky mansions.
Assassin's Creed Brotherhood: The Da Vinci Disappearance
Released: Mar 8, 2011
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
The Da Vinci Disappearance is a downloadable content addition for Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, bundled alongside Animus Project Update 3.0.