Best Adventure Games
3,545 Adventure games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
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!
AI Limit
Released: Mar 27, 2025
Critic rating: 72.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player
In the distant future when civilization is on the verge of extinction, people follow the legend of the Elysium in the last city, Havenswell.
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!
MediEvil II
Released: Apr 21, 2000
Critic rating: 78.8 / 100 • 55 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.
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.
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?
Amnesia: The Bunker
Released: Jun 6, 2023
Critic rating: 84.5 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Amnesia: The Bunker is a first-person horror game set in a desolate WW1 Bunker.
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.
Silent Hill f
Released: Sep 25, 2025
Critic rating: 86.4 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player
Silent Hill f is a survival horror game published by Konami as part of the Silent Hill series.
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.
Spyro the Dragon
Released: Sep 9, 1998
Critic rating: 78.7 / 100 • 368 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation, PlayStation Portable
Game modes: Single player
Spyro the Dragon is a platform game developed by Insomniac Games for the PlayStation.
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.
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.
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.
DmC: Devil May Cry
Released: Jan 15, 2013
Critic rating: 81.5 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
DmC: Devil May Cry is the fifth game in the hack-and-slash third-person action series and the first not largely developed by Capcom.
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.
Assassin's Creed III Remastered
Released: Mar 29, 2019
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Google Stadia, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Relive the American Revolution or experience it for the first time in Assassin's Creed III Remastered, with enhanced graphics and improved gameplay mechanics.
Furi
Released: Jul 5, 2016
Critic rating: 79.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Fight your way free in our frenzied all-boss fighter, and discover what’s waiting behind the last gate.
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!
Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout
Released: Sep 26, 2019
Critic rating: 77.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
The next game in the Atelier franchise and the start of a new series of games.
Resident Evil 5 Remastered
Released: Jun 28, 2016
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative
The biohazard threat has not ended: Just when it seemed that the menace of Resident Evil had been destroyed, along comes a new terror to send shivers down players' spines.
Say No! More
Released: Apr 9, 2021
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Say No!