Best Adventure Games
3,545 Adventure games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Metal Slug 6
Released: Feb 24, 2006
Critic rating: 79.8 / 100 • 51 votes
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Adventure, Arcade
Platforms: Arcade, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player, Co-operative
Metal Slug 6 returns to the Rebel-Martian alliance featured in Metal Slugs 2, X, and 3, but on a much broader scale.
Chibi-Robo!
Released: Jun 23, 2005
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo GameCube
Game modes: Single player
Like most families, the Sandersons bicker about money and cleaning.
Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe
Released: Feb 24, 2023
Critic rating: 85.2 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
The tough puff Kirby is back for a 4-player* platforming adventure.
Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake
Released: Jul 20, 1990
Critic rating: 79.8 / 100 • 111 votes
Genres: Shooter, Tactical, Adventure
Platforms: Wii, MSX2
Game modes: Single player
Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake is an action-adventure stealth video game created and published by Konami for the MSX2 computer platform.
God of War II
Released: Nov 17, 2009
Critic rating: 79.8 / 100 • 62 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita
Game modes: Single player
A remaster of God of War II, an action-adventure hack-and-slash video game developed by Santa Monica Studio and published by Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE).
Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos
Released: Apr 6, 1990
Critic rating: 79.8 / 100 • 60 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Arcade
Platforms: Arcade, Nintendo 3DS, Wii, Family Computer, Wii U, Nintendo Entertainment System
Game modes: Single player
The Ninja Ryu is back to avenge the death of his father, and stop the Evil Ashtar.
Renowned Explorers: International Society
Released: Sep 2, 2015
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Take command of a hand-picked group of unalike explorers and travel across the globe in search of legendary treasures while staying ahead of your rivals.
VectorMan
Released: Oct 24, 1995
Critic rating: 79.8 / 100 • 45 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure, Arcade
Platforms: Linux, Wii, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
By the year 2049, Earth has been turned into a toxic waste dump.
One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4
Released: Mar 26, 2020
Critic rating: 76.4 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
The Pirate Warriors are back and bring with them a more explosive story, more environments and even crazier attacks in ONE PIECE: PIRATE WARRIORS 4.
System Shock
Released: May 30, 2023
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
After 22 years, cyberpunk cult classic System Shock is getting an update.
Homeworld 2
Released: Sep 16, 2003
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Homeworld 2 is the third game in the Homeworld series.
Alan Wake Remastered
Released: Oct 5, 2021
Critic rating: 81.7 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Alan Wake Remastered is an updated version of the original psychological horror action-adventure game developed by Remedy Entertainment.
Superliminal
Released: Nov 12, 2019
Critic rating: 79.5 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Falling asleep at 3AM, you close your eyes to the cheesy commercial of Dr.
Freddi Fish and The Case of the Missing Kelp Seeds
Released: Oct 28, 1994
Critic rating: 79.7 / 100 • 24 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch, Digiblast
Game modes: Single player
Help underwater detective Freddi Fish and her finny friend Luther solve the case.
Until Dawn
Released: Aug 25, 2015
Critic rating: 79.5 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4
Game modes: Single player
Until Dawn is an interactive drama survival horror video game.
Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii
Released: Feb 21, 2025
Critic rating: 84.4 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
A new legend begins as you step into the steel toe boots of Goro Majima, a man who has lost his memory and reinvents himself as a pirate on the open sea.
Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure
Released: Oct 16, 2007
Critic rating: 85.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Wii, Wii U
Game modes: Single player
Zack is a new pirate on a quest to become the greatest pirate ever.
Metroid Prime 4: Beyond
Released: Dec 4, 2025
Critic rating: 83.7 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Deadly sharpshooter Sylux has finally caught up with renowned bounty hunter Samus Aran!
BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle
Released: May 31, 2018
Critic rating: 76.9 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Fighting, Adventure, Arcade
Platforms: Arcade, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
"THE COLLISION IS INEVITABLE!
Clive Barker's Undying
Released: Feb 21, 2001
Critic rating: 79.7 / 100 • 85 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
The masterful author who brought you the Hellraiser films and countless successful horror novels tries his hand at video games with this creepy, haunting saga.
VVVVVV
Released: Jan 11, 2010
Critic rating: 79.8 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Ouya, Linux, Nintendo 3DS, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, PlayStation Vita, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
There's something terribly wrong in an alternate dimension!
Yakuza 3
Released: Feb 26, 2009
Critic rating: 79.6 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Yakuza 3 is the third chapter in the Yakuza series, renowned for its authentic, gritty, and often violent look at modern Japan.
If on a Winter's Night, Four Travelers
Released: Mar 10, 2021
Critic rating: 79.7 / 100 • 21 votes
Genres: Point-and-click, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
A narrative-driven point-and-click adventure that explores the stories of four different characters in a masked ball taking place on a train in the late 1920s.
Cry of Fear
Released: Apr 25, 2013
Critic rating: 79.7 / 100 • 94 votes
Genres: Shooter, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Cry of Fear is a single-player, horror modification for Half-Life 1 that brings you all the horrors you have always been afraid of.
Shogo: Mobile Armor Division
Released: Sep 30, 1998
Critic rating: 79.7 / 100 • 27 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Amiga
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Control ultra-powerful mecha that run, jump, duck, strafe, swim, and stomp on enemy personnel.