Best Adventure Games
3,489 Adventure games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
Released: Nov 10, 2020
Critic rating: 85.1 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Google Stadia, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
In Assassin's Creed Valhalla, become Eivor, a legendary Viking raider on a quest for glory.
Lost Ember
Released: Nov 22, 2019
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Explore the remains of a fallen world from fascinating perspectives!
Yakuza 4 Remastered
Released: Jan 17, 2019
Critic rating: 79.6 / 100 • 64 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Sport, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
The game from 2010 has been remastered for the PS4 with one of Yakuza 4's main protagonists, Masayoshi Tanimura, being recast and getting a visual makeover.
Pokémon Shining Pearl
Released: Nov 19, 2021
Critic rating: 84.7 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Revisit the Sinnoh region and the story of the Pokémon Pearl Version game Experience the nostalgic story from the Pokémon Pearl Version game in a reimagined adventure, Pokémon Shining Pearl, now on the Nintendo Switch system! Adventures in the Pokémon Shining Pearl game will take place in the familiar Sinnoh region. Rich in nature and with mighty Mount Coronet at its heart, Sinnoh is a land of many myths passed down through the ages. You’ll choose either Turtwig, Chimchar, or Piplup to be your first partner Pokémon and then set off on your journey to become the Champion of the Pokémon League. Along the way, you’ll be able to encounter the Legendary Pokémon Palkia. Adventure together with the Pokémon that appeared in the Pokémon Pearl Version game. Players of the original games can revisit familiar places and relive familiar scenes, while first time players can enjoy plenty of fun encounters and surprises that the Sinnoh region has to offer. The original story and the scale of the Sinnoh region’s towns and routes have been faithfully reproduced. This remake has also been revitalized with some of the player-friendly features of modern Pokémon games and up-close-and-personal Pokémon battle scenes. Whether you played Pokémon Diamond Version or Pokémon Pearl Version back in the day or you’re encountering these games for the first time, there’s something for everyone to enjoy.
Dragon Warrior IV
Released: Feb 11, 1990
Critic rating: 79.5 / 100 • 23 votes
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure
Platforms: Family Computer, Nintendo Entertainment System
Game modes: Single player
Dragon Warrior IV differs from the rest of the series by breaking up the game into five distinct chapters, each of which focuses on a different protagonist or protagonists.
The Void
Released: Apr 17, 2008
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: PEGI 12
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
A first-person game in which after starving to death, the player wakes up in the Void, a dying land housing numerous Sisters and long-absent Brothers, all of whom subsist on Color, the essence of life in the Void.
Puzzle Agent
Released: Jun 30, 2010
Critic rating: 86.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Wii, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Created with indie comic artist Graham Annable's unique narrative and visual sensibilities, delivered with the distinctive Telltale storytelling style, Puzzle Agent is sure to challenge, thrill and engage in more ways than you can shake a cryptogram at!
Prodeus
Released: Sep 23, 2022
Critic rating: 85.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
"Prodeus is the first person shooter of old, re-imagined using modern rendering techniques.
Metro 2033 Redux
Released: Aug 26, 2014
Critic rating: 79.5 / 100 • 367 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Google Stadia, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Metro 2033 Redux is the definitive version of the cult classic Metro 2033, rebuilt in the latest and greatest iteration of the 4A Engine for Next Gen.
SCP: Containment Breach
Released: Jul 30, 2014
Critic rating: 79.5 / 100 • 30 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
SCP - Containment Breach is a free survival horror game based on the works of the SCP Foundation community.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project
Released: Dec 13, 1991
Critic rating: 79.5 / 100 • 80 votes
Genres: Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Arcade
Platforms: Family Computer, Nintendo Entertainment System
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project is a side-scrolling beat-'em-up.
Noita
Released: Oct 15, 2020
Critic rating: 80.5 / 100
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated.
Evoland 2
Released: Aug 25, 2015
Critic rating: 78.3 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Fighting, Music, Platform, Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie, Card & Board Game
Platforms: Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Evoland 2 is the spiritual successor to the original Evoland with its graphics style changing as you travel through time and its gameplay evolving as you move along the storyline.
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine II
Released: Sep 9, 2024
Critic rating: 78.8 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
The galaxy is in peril.
Boxes: Lost Fragments
Released: Feb 1, 2024
Critic rating: 79.5 / 100 • 30 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
As a legendary thief, your next assignment lures you into a grand and lavish mansion.
Kao the Kangaroo: Round 2
Released: Nov 4, 2003
Critic rating: 79.5 / 100 • 32 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Racing, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player
Play as Kao!
Wolfenstein: The New Order
Released: May 20, 2014
Critic rating: 77.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Wolfenstein: The New Order is an action-adventure shooter game played from a first-person perspective.
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds
Released: Sep 25, 2025
Critic rating: 87.1 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Racing, Sport, 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
Race across land, sea, air, space, and time in Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds!
BioShock
Released: Jan 5, 2010
Critic rating: 79.5 / 100 • 35 votes
Genres: Shooter, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: Legacy Mobile Device
Game modes: Single player
The year is 1960 and the player character, Jack, is on board a plane crossing the Atlantic ocean.
Dofus
Released: Sep 1, 2004
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: PEGI 12
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: Web browser, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
Dofus is a tactical turn-oriented massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed and published by Ankama Games.
The End Is Nigh
Released: Jul 12, 2017
Critic rating: 74.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Platform, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
The End Is Nigh is a sprawling adventure platformer where the player takes control of Ash, one of few 'things' that have 'survived' the "end of the world." Follow Ash as he flops his way through a future of pain and suffering. Feel his stress levels rise as you throw him into an endless swarm of decaying, mutant creatures and help aid his final epic quest... to simply make a friend.
The Room 4: Old Sins
Released: Jan 25, 2018
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS
Game modes: Single player
The disappearance of an ambitious engineer and his high-society wife provokes a hunt for a precious artefact.
Ninja Gaiden II
Released: Jun 3, 2008
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
Ninja Gaiden II is an action-adventure video game developed by Team Ninja and published by Microsoft Corporation.
Catherine
Released: Feb 17, 2011
Critic rating: 79.7 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Co-operative
Vincent is trapped in a nightmare, facing a choice of marrying his longtime girlfriend Katherine or moving on to the incredible blonde he just woke up to-- named Catherine!
Röki
Released: Jul 23, 2020
Critic rating: 87.3 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Point-and-click, Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Rediscover magic and chart your adventure through this forgotten northern world of mystery and monsters.