Best Adventure Games
3,489 Adventure games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Biped
Released: Mar 26, 2020
Critic rating: 80.8 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Simulator, Sport, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Biped is a coop action game with physics.
Gato Roboto
Released: May 30, 2019
Critic rating: 75.8 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Pounce inside of your cozy armored mech and set off on a dangerous trek through an alien underworld full of irritable creatures and treacherous obstacles in a valiant effort to save your stranded captain and his crashed spaceship.
Card Shark
Released: Jun 2, 2022
Critic rating: 88.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Simulator, Adventure, Indie, Card & Board Game
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Card Shark is an adventure game full of cunning, intrigue, and delectable deceit.
Shantae
Released: Jun 2, 2002
Critic rating: 75.8 / 100 • 38 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Game Boy Color, Nintendo 3DS
Game modes: Single player
Genie-girl Shantae is the self-appointed guardian of a small fishing village, Scuttle Town.
Dying Light
Released: Jan 26, 2015
Critic rating: 72.1 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Dying Light is a first-person, action survival horror game set in a vast and dangerous open world.
Disney's The Jungle Book
Released: Jul 1, 1994
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure, Arcade
Platforms: Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
The Jungle Book game is based on a Disney movie hero Mowgli.
Dragon Age: Origins - Leliana's Song
Released: Jul 6, 2010
Critic rating: 85.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
"Assume the role of Leliana, a young bard involved in a criminal ring that deals in political secrets.
Aperture Desk Job
Released: Mar 1, 2022
Critic rating: 75.7 / 100 • 89 votes
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
Aperture Desk Job reimagines the been-there-done-that genre of walking simulators and puts them in the lightning-spanked, endorphin-gorged world of sitting still behind things.
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Released: Oct 31, 2003
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Legacy Mobile Device, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
The video game adaption of the acclaimed film of the same name.
Donut County
Released: Aug 28, 2018
Critic rating: 80.3 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Donut County is a story-based physics puzzle game where you play as an ever-growing hole in the ground.
Space Quest: The Sarien Encounter
Released: Oct 1, 1986
Critic rating: 75.7 / 100 • 27 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Apple IIGS, Atari ST/STE, Mac, DOS, Amiga, Apple II
Game modes: Single player
He's out to clean up the universe...
River City Girls
Released: Sep 4, 2019
Critic rating: 77.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Fighting, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
River City Girls stars Kyoko and Misako, two street-tough high-schoolers who must fight their way through the six regions of River City to rescue their kidnapped boyfriends, series mainstays Kunio and Riki.
Mass Effect
Released: May 14, 2021
Critic rating: 75.7 / 100 • 40 votes
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
A remaster of the original Mass Effect included in the Mass Effect: Legendary Edition bundle.
Cozy Grove
Released: Mar 19, 2021
Critic rating: 72.5 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Welcome to Cozy Grove, a life-sim game camping on a haunted, ever-changing island.
Wasteland 2
Released: Sep 19, 2014
Critic rating: 77.5 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Wasteland 2 is a post-apocalyptic role-playing video game developed by inXile Entertainment and published by Deep Silver.
Saints Row: The Third Remastered
Released: May 22, 2020
Critic rating: 72.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Racing, Adventure
Platforms: Google Stadia, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Saints Row: The Third Remastered gives you control of the Saints at the height of their power, and you live the life to show for it.
Strider
Released: Feb 18, 2014
Critic rating: 78.1 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Strider Hiryu, the original assassin that inspired many third person action titles returns in a completely new game for a new generation of gamers as he takes on the Grand Master Meio.
UnMetal
Released: Apr 21, 2021
Critic rating: 77.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Platform, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
In 1972 a crack commando squad threw you in prison for a crime you didn't commit.
Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned
Released: Oct 5, 1999
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Point-and-click, Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
Play as both Gabriel Knight and Grace Nakimura as you learn more about what is hidden in the hills of France.
Neo Cab
Released: Oct 2, 2019
Critic rating: 72.4 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Neo Cab is an emotional survival game about staying human in a world disrupted by automation.
DuckTales: Remastered
Released: Aug 13, 2013
Critic rating: 74.8 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Windows Phone, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Wii U, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
DuckTales Remastered takes the classic Disney platforming adventure to a whole new level.
Coral Island
Released: Nov 14, 2023
Critic rating: 81.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player
Coral Island is a re-imagined farm sim game inspired by classics.
Shank 2
Released: Feb 7, 2012
Critic rating: 74.8 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
The fan-favorite 2D brawler is back as ex-mob hit man Shank returns to action in Shank 2.
Hellblade II: Senua's Saga
Released: May 21, 2024
Critic rating: 73.1 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player
The sequel to the award winning Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice, Senua returns in a brutal journey of survival through the myth and torment of Viking Iceland.
Toki Tori
Released: May 20, 2008
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Linux, Wii, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Wii U, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
In Toki Tori, the player controls a little yellow chicken determined to save all the lost eggs.