Best Adventure Games
3,489 Adventure games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Red Faction: Guerrilla
Released: Jun 2, 2009
Critic rating: 82.2 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Open World Guerrilla Warfare - You decide who, when, where and how to battle.
Flower
Released: Feb 12, 2009
Critic rating: 83.2 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation Vita
Game modes: Single player
ESCAPE TO A DREAMLIKE WORLD From the studio behind the genre-bending titles Journey and flOw comes Flower, a unique gaming experience that lets you soar through a dreamlike world of luscious fields and rolling hills. Control the wind to carry a stream of flower petals around each landscape and watch as it comes to life. Every level has its own unique aims and little mysteries – but you don’t have to worry about them if you don’t feel like it. Flower is about doing what you want, when you want. Freedom is everything.
Deponia Doomsday
Released: Mar 1, 2016
Critic rating: 78.8 / 100 • 60 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
One fateful night, Rufus awakes from a haunting nightmare: he sacrificed himself to save Deponia.
Technobabylon
Released: May 21, 2015
Critic rating: 81.0 / 100
Genres: Point-and-click, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
A cyberpunk adventure game from the studio that brought you Gemini Rue and Blackwell!
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
Released: Sep 14, 2018
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Google Stadia, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Co-operative
As Lara Croft races to save the world from a Maya apocalypse, she must become the Tomb Raider she is destined to be.
Paper Mario: The Origami King
Released: Jul 17, 2020
Critic rating: 81.1 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Join Mario and his new companion Olivia on a comedic adventure that will take you to the far corners of a papercraft world in Paper Mario: The Origami King on Nintendo Switch!
The Quarry
Released: Jun 10, 2022
Critic rating: 83.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
It's late summer in the remote forests of upstate New York, and the teen counselors of Hackett's Quarry have the camp to themselves for one final night.
Jazzpunk
Released: Feb 7, 2014
Critic rating: 82.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Jazzpunk is a single-player, first-person adventure game, focusing on exploration and comedy over puzzle-solving.
Valiant Hearts: The Great War
Released: Jun 24, 2014
Critic rating: 76.1 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Valiant Hearts: The Great War is the story of 4 crossed destinies and a broken love in a world torn apart.
Final Fantasy VIII Remastered
Released: Sep 3, 2019
Critic rating: 79.2 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Final Fantasy VIII Remastered features upgraded character models, enhanced Guardian Forces and improved visual effects while preserving the original game’s story and pre-rendered backgrounds.
Full Throttle Remastered
Released: Apr 18, 2017
Critic rating: 77.7 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Originally released by LucasArts in 1995, Full Throttle is a classic graphic adventure game from industry legend Tim Schafer, telling the story of Ben Throttle; butt-kicking leader of biker gang the Polecats, who gets caught up in a tale of Motorcycles, Mayhem and Murder.
Like a Dragon: Ishin!
Released: Feb 21, 2023
Critic rating: 79.8 / 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
Like a Dragon: Ishin!
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
Released: Sep 25, 2014
Critic rating: 82.4 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
In The Vanishing of Ethan Carter, you play as Paul Prospero, an occult detective who receives a disturbing letter from Ethan Carter and realizes that the boy is in grave danger.
LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game
Released: Apr 2, 2005
Critic rating: 79.8 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
LEGO Star Wars blends the unique world of LEGO with the adventure of Star Wars, for unforgettable action and fun.
MediEvil II
Released: Apr 21, 2000
Critic rating: 78.8 / 100 • 53 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation
Game modes: Single player
MediEvil II is an action-adventure game developed by SCE Cambridge Studio and published by Sony Computer Entertainment.
Final Fantasy XV
Released: Nov 29, 2016
Critic rating: 81.4 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: Google Stadia, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Co-operative
Play as Noctis, the Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Lucis, as you seek to reclaim your homeland from the imperial army.
Pacific Drive
Released: Feb 22, 2024
Critic rating: 84.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player
Pacific Drive is a first-person driving survival game with your car as your only companion.
Dead Rising
Released: Aug 8, 2006
Critic rating: 82.4 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Frank West, a freelance photojournalist on the hunt for the scoop of a lifetime, pursues a juicy lead to a small suburban town only to find that it is being overrun by zombies!
Ultimate Chicken Horse
Released: Mar 4, 2016
Critic rating: 79.4 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Racing, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Ever wish you were a wall-jumping, arrow-dodging, trap-setting horse, besting your animal pals in a race through a peril-laden obstacle course that you all built together?
Kirby Mass Attack
Released: Aug 4, 2011
Critic rating: 85.5 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: Wii U, Nintendo DS
Game modes: Single player
One day, an evildoer with a magic cane appears and splits Kirby into 10 pieces.
Castlevania: Lament of Innocence
Released: Oct 21, 2003
Critic rating: 78.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player
Leon Belmont, an eleventh-century nobleman and knight of the clergy, is about to be wed when his fiancée, Sara Trantoul, suddenly disappears.
Warhammer: Vermintide 2
Released: Mar 8, 2018
Critic rating: 81.1 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Warhammer: Vermintide 2 is the sequel to the critically acclaimed Vermintide.
El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron
Released: Apr 28, 2011
Critic rating: 77.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
Developed by a hugely-talented, Tokyo-based team headed by the legendary Sawaki Takeyasu (Devil May Cry) and Masato Kimura (Okami, Viewtiful Joe) El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron, draws players into a rich storyline inspired by events in the Old Testament's apocryphal 'Book of Enoch.' In the game, players take on the role of Enoch and must harness his natural combat skills to master a range of powerful and Heavenly weapons under the guidance of the watchful Archangels.
Star Wars: Jedi Knight II - Jedi Outcast
Released: Mar 26, 2002
Critic rating: 73.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox, PlayStation 4, Nintendo GameCube, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
In the tradition of the highly acclaimed Star Wars: Jedi Knight series, Star Wars: Jedi Knight 2, Jedi Outcast features rebel agent Kyle Katarn in exhilarating first-person action.
Borderlands 3
Released: Sep 13, 2019
Critic rating: 81.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Google Stadia, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Borderlands 3 is a first-person looter shooter set seven years after the events of Borderlands 2.