Best Adventure Games
3,545 Adventure games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Outlast
Released: Sep 4, 2013
Critic rating: 77.2 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Hell is an experiment you can't survive in Outlast, a first-person survival horror game developed by veterans of some of the biggest game franchises in history.
James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing
Released: Feb 11, 2004
Critic rating: 79.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player, Co-operative, Split screen
Returning as James Bond is Pierce Brosnan, who will lend his cyberscanned likeness and voice to the character.
Days Gone
Released: Apr 26, 2019
Critic rating: 74.7 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player
Days Gone is an open-world action-adventure game developed by Bend Studio and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment.
Resonance
Released: Jun 19, 2012
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Resonance is a joint effort between Wadjet Eye and xii games.
Astroneer
Released: Feb 6, 2019
Critic rating: 80.8 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Interact with strange new worlds in a unique and tactile way, molding the environment itself as if it were clay in your hands.
Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden
Released: Feb 13, 2024
Critic rating: 78.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player
Hunt ghosts as two memorable characters in a story-driven Action-RPG where your decisions carry dramatic consequences.
Fatal Frame
Released: Dec 13, 2001
Critic rating: 80.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player
Fatal Frame is the first game of the Fatal Frame series, introducing the franchise's unique premise of fighting ghosts with a special camera.
Cultist Simulator
Released: May 31, 2018
Critic rating: 85.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Adventure, Indie, Card & Board Game
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Seize forbidden treasures.
Saints Row IV: Re-Elected
Released: Jan 20, 2015
Critic rating: 77.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Adventure
Platforms: Google Stadia, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Co-operative
Saints Row IV: Re-Elected is a remaster of Saints Row IV including all DLC.
Watch Dogs
Released: May 26, 2014
Critic rating: 81.1 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Adventure
Platforms: Google Stadia, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Set in Chicago, where a central network of computers connects everyone and everything, Watch Dogs explores the impact of technology within our society.
Mutazione
Released: Sep 19, 2019
Critic rating: 90.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Music, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Mutazione is a adventure exploration video game set on an island where the player tends to the local gardens and learns more about the town's people.
Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap
Released: Apr 18, 2017
Critic rating: 81.5 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
A modern version of cult classic Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap!
The Bookwalker: Thief of Tales
Released: Jun 22, 2023
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
The Bookwalker is a narrative adventure where you play as Etienne Quist, a writer-turned-thief with the ability to dive into books.
Yakuza
Released: Dec 8, 2005
Critic rating: 76.7 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Fighting, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Sport, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player
Just as Kazuma, a former rising star in the Yakuza, emerges from prison after a murder cover-up, 10 billion yen vanishes from the Yakuza vault, forcing him once again into their brutal, lawless world.
Mafia II
Released: Aug 24, 2010
Critic rating: 72.6 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Racing, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
Mafia II is a third-person action-adventure game set in the fictional American city of Empire Bay between 1945 and 1951.
Rain
Released: Oct 1, 2013
Critic rating: 78.5 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3
Game modes: Single player
rain is the enchanting tale of a boy who chases after a girl with an invisible silhouette.
LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes
Released: Jun 19, 2012
Critic rating: 80.7 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Wii, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Wii U, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
The Dynamic Duo of Batman and Robin join other famous super heroes from the DC Universe including Superman, Wonder Woman and Green Lantern to save Gotham City from destruction at the hands of the notorious villains Lex Luthor and the Joker.
Condemned: Criminal Origins
Released: Nov 16, 2005
Critic rating: 73.8 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
Investigate crime scenes, collect evidence, and bring to light the murderers terrorizing the city as Detective Ethan Thomas.
Timespinner
Released: Sep 25, 2018
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Timespinner is a 2D metroidvania platformer about a young woman who travels through time to destroy the empire that killed her family.
Assassin's Creed
Released: Nov 13, 2007
Critic rating: 80.8 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
Assassin's Creed is a non-linear action-adventure video game, during which the player controls a 12th-century Levantine Assassin named Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad during the Third Crusade, whose life is experienced through the Animus by his 21st century descendant, Desmond Miles.
LEGO Harry Potter Collection
Released: Oct 21, 2016
Critic rating: 75.2 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
The LEGO Harry Potter Collection brings LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 and LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7 to the PlayStation4 computer entertainment system for the first time with both top-selling videogames remastered on one disc.
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes
Released: Mar 18, 2014
Critic rating: 79.2 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Tactical, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes is a prologue to Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain.
Unforeseen Incidents
Released: May 24, 2018
Critic rating: 80.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Unforeseen Incidents is a classical style interactive mystery set in a beautifully hand-painted world.
Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut
Released: Jul 15, 2014
Critic rating: 78.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Google Stadia, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Wii U, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Shantae: Risky’s Revenge – Director’s Cut brings hair-whipping, belly-dancing to your PC!
Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft
Released: Nov 20, 1998
Critic rating: 77.0 / 100 • 191 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation, PlayStation Portable
Game modes: Single player
Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft is a platform and third-person shooter game developed by Core Design and published by Eidos Interactive.