Best Adventure Games
3,489 Adventure games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Yakuza 2
Released: Dec 7, 2006
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Sport, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Wii U, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player
Yakuza 2 plunges you once more into the violent Japanese underworld.
Blasphemous
Released: Sep 10, 2019
Critic rating: 78.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Platform, Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Blasphemous is a punishing action-platformer that combines the fast-paced, skilled combat of a hack-n-slash game with a deep and evocative narrative core.
New Super Mario Bros. U
Released: Nov 18, 2012
Critic rating: 79.9 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Wii U
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
New Super Mario Bros.
Thumper
Released: Oct 10, 2016
Critic rating: 83.7 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Music, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: Meta Quest 2, Google Stadia, PlayStation VR2, PlayStation 4, PlayStation VR, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, SteamVR, PlayStation 5, Oculus Rift, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Oculus Quest
Game modes: Single player
Thumper is a rhythm violence game.
Starbound
Released: Jul 22, 2016
Critic rating: 87.4 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
You’ve fled your home, only to find yourself lost in space with a damaged ship.
The Long Dark
Released: Aug 1, 2017
Critic rating: 82.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Simulator, 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
Welcome to The Long Dark, the innovative exploration-survival experience Wired magazine calls "the pinnacle of an entire genre".
Abzu
Released: Aug 2, 2016
Critic rating: 80.9 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Abzu is an exploration game where you are a lone diver in a lush ocean world.
No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle
Released: Jan 26, 2010
Critic rating: 78.6 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: Wii, PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle continues the tale of punk anti-hero Travis Touchdown, the Japanese anime Otaku, and pro wrestling-obsessed assassin.
Saints Row IV
Released: Aug 20, 2013
Critic rating: 84.1 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Saints Row IV is an open-world action-adventure game with third-person shooter combat and a heavy science fiction and comedy bent.
Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth
Released: Mar 12, 2015
Critic rating: 79.2 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation Vita, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth, developed by Media.Vision and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment, and based on the Digimon franchise.
Skylanders: Swap Force
Released: Oct 13, 2013
Critic rating: 82.5 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Wii, Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Skylanders: Swap Force is a platformer video game developed by Vicarious Visions and published by Activision.
Resident Evil: Director's Cut
Released: Sep 25, 1997
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation, PlayStation Portable
Game modes: Single player
Resident Evil: Director's Cut is an arranged version of the original game produced to compensate for the highly publicized delay of the sequel Resident Evil 2.
The Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring
Released: Nov 8, 2003
Critic rating: 91.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
The quest to destroy the One Ring continues in the first real-time strategy game based on The Lord of the Rings saga.
Assassin's Creed Shadows
Released: Mar 20, 2025
Critic rating: 85.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Experience an epic historical action-adventure story set in feudal Japan!
Shakes and Fidget
Released: Jul 22, 2009
Critic rating: 79.1 / 100 • 45 votes
Rating: E10+
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Web browser, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
Shakes and Fidget is a fun fantasy RPG satire and an award-winning role-playing game at the same time!
Cyberpunk 2077
Released: Dec 10, 2020
Critic rating: 75.2 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Google Stadia, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Cyberpunk 2077 is an open-world action-adventure game set in Night City, a sprawling metropolis driven by power, glamour, and body modification.
The Sims 3: World Adventures
Released: Nov 16, 2009
Critic rating: 82.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
The Adventure is near...
Watch Dogs 2
Released: Nov 15, 2016
Critic rating: 81.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Adventure
Platforms: Google Stadia, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Explore a massive and dynamic open world offering an incredible variety of gameplay possibilities.
Firewatch
Released: Feb 9, 2016
Critic rating: 79.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Firewatch is a single-player first-person video game where you, as a man named Henry, explore the Wyoming wilderness after taking a summer job as a fire lookout.
Puzzle Agent 2
Released: Jun 30, 2011
Critic rating: 79.0 / 100 • 26 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Agent Nelson Tethers just solved his biggest case yet.
Breath of Fire II
Released: Dec 2, 1994
Critic rating: 77.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Nintendo 3DS, Wii, Wii U, New Nintendo 3DS, Super Famicom
Game modes: Single player
The incredible sequel to the best-selling RPG hit Breath of Fire is here!
Iron Lung
Released: Mar 10, 2022
Critic rating: 79.0 / 100 • 60 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
A short horror game where you pilot a tiny submarine through an ocean of blood on an alien moon.
Journey to Silius
Released: Aug 10, 1990
Critic rating: 79.0 / 100 • 28 votes
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Family Computer, Nintendo Entertainment System
Game modes: Single player
Journey to Silius, known in Japan as RAF World, is a side-scrolling run and gun video game developed by Tokai Engineering and published by Sunsoft for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1990.
Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time
Released: Feb 5, 2013
Critic rating: 79.8 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita
Game modes: Single player
Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time is a stealth platformer developed by Sanzaru Games and published by Sony Computer Entertainment.
Circle of Blood
Released: Oct 14, 1996
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, DOS, PlayStation
Game modes: Single player
Circle of Blood is a 2D adventure game played from a third-person perspective.