Best Adventure Games

Darksiders II: Deathinitive Edition

Released: Oct 27, 2015

Critic rating: 75.6 / 100

Rating: M

Genres: Fighting, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure

Platforms: Google Stadia, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer

A remastered version of the 2012 release, Darksiders II.

Silent Hill 4: The Room

Released: Jun 17, 2004

Critic rating: 72.3 / 100

Rating: M

Genres: Adventure

Platforms: Xbox, PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 2

Game modes: Single player

Silent Hill 4: The Room is the fourth installment in the Silent Hill survival horror series.

The Outlast Trials

Released: Mar 5, 2024

Critic rating: 78.4 / 100

Rating: M

Genres: Adventure, Indie

Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

The Outlast Trials is a survival horror game you can play by yourself or with other players online.

Shantae and the Seven Sirens

Released: Mar 27, 2020

Critic rating: 72.4 / 100

Rating: T

Genres: Platform, Adventure

Platforms: PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch

Game modes: Single player

Formerly referred to as Shantae 5, Shantae and the Seven Sirens sends the belly-dancing, hair-whipping, half-genie hero to a tropical island where Shantae and her friends encounter other Half-Genie allies, but they soon learn there’s trouble in paradise.

The Path

Released: Mar 18, 2009

Critic rating: 80.0 / 100

Rating: M

Genres: Strategy, Adventure, Indie

Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac

Game modes: Single player

The Path is a psychological horror art game developed by Tale of Tales originally released for the Microsoft Windows operating system on March 18, 2009 in English and Dutch, and later ported to Mac OS X by TransGaming Technologies.

Black & White 2

Released: Oct 7, 2005

Critic rating: 73.3 / 100

Rating: T

Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Adventure

Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac

Game modes: Single player

In the game, the player takes the role of a god called from the void (nothingness) to help those who invoked them.

New Super Lucky's Tale

Released: Nov 8, 2019

Critic rating: 68.4 / 100

Rating: E

Genres: Platform, Adventure, Indie, Arcade

Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch

Game modes: Single player

Leap into a Playful Platforming Adventure for all ages!

The White Door

Released: Jan 8, 2020

Critic rating: 77.0 / 100

Rating: T

Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie, Visual Novel

Platforms: Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac

Game modes: Single player

Robert Hill wakes up in a Mental Health facility and suffers from severe memory loss.

Knights and Bikes

Released: Aug 27, 2019

Critic rating: 78.1 / 100

Rating: E10+

Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie

Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Knights and Bikes is a co-op action adventure game set in a beautifully hand drawn 3D world.

Dead Space

Released: Jan 25, 2011

Critic rating: 74.3 / 100 • 42 votes

Genres: Shooter, Adventure

Platforms: Android, iOS

Game modes: Single player

A 2011 science-fiction survival horror mobile game developed by Australian company IronMonkey Studios and published by Electronic Arts for iOS, BlackBerry Tablet OS, Xperia Play, Android and BlackBerry 10 devices.

Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem

Released: Jan 25, 2022

Critic rating: 75.0 / 100

Rating: M

Genres: Shooter, Adventure

Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem is a new stand-alone expansion to the world of the classic FPS series.

One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3

Released: Mar 26, 2015

Critic rating: 76.4 / 100

Rating: T

Genres: Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure

Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation Vita, Nintendo Switch

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen

Enjoy the original story of ONE PIECE from Fuschia village, where everything has started, to the kingdom of Dressrosa, a mysterious island dominated by the evil Donquixote.

That's Not My Neighbor

Released: Mar 11, 2024

Critic rating: 74.3 / 100 • 25 votes

Genres: Simulator, Adventure, Indie

Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac

Game modes: Single player

'That's not my Neighbor' is a 2D Indie horror game based on the job simulator genre with an unique twist created by Ignacio Alvarado Monge AKA NachoSama.

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Released: May 25, 2004

Critic rating: 74.0 / 100

Rating: E

Genres: Platform, Adventure

Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)

Game modes: Single player

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is the sequel to Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets for PC and Mac, and features similar action-adventure and platforming gameplay.

The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind

Released: May 1, 2002

Critic rating: 63.3 / 100

Rating: T

Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure

Platforms: Xbox, PC (Microsoft Windows)

Game modes: Single player

The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind is an open-world first-person role-playing game and the third main entry in The Elder Scrolls series.

Mixtape

Released: May 7, 2026

Critic rating: 74.0 / 100

Rating: M

Genres: Music, Adventure, Indie, Visual Novel

Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5

Game modes: Single player

Mixtape is a narrative adventure game developed by Beethoven & Dinosaur and published by Annapurna Interactive.

F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch

Released: Sep 7, 2021

Critic rating: 86.8 / 100

Rating: E10+

Genres: Platform, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Adventure, Indie

Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch

Game modes: Single player

It is a metroidvania game that the player will play as a rabbit who can manipulate the big mech-arm on his back, exploring in a vivid diesel punk world and fighting against the evil robot army.

Watch Dogs: Legion

Released: Oct 29, 2020

Critic rating: 81.4 / 100

Rating: M

Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure

Platforms: Google Stadia, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

In Watch Dogs: Legion, near future London is facing its downfall...

Planet Crafter

Released: Apr 10, 2024

Critic rating: 74.3 / 100 • 42 votes

Rating: E

Genres: Simulator, Adventure

Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

You are sent on an hostile planet with one mission: Make it habitable for Humans.

Blood Omen 2: Legacy of Kain

Released: Mar 21, 2002

Critic rating: 75.3 / 100

Rating: M

Genres: Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure

Platforms: Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 2

Game modes: Single player

Blood Omen 2 is a third-person action game and the second installment in the Legacy of Kain series.

Samorost

Released: Dec 31, 2003

Critic rating: 74.3 / 100 • 86 votes

Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie

Platforms: Web browser, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac

Game modes: Single player

Samorost is a short point-and-click adventure game.

Resident Evil: Revelations

Released: Jan 26, 2012

Critic rating: 74.6 / 100

Rating: M

Genres: Shooter, Adventure

Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Nintendo 3DS, PC (Microsoft Windows), Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Resident Evil: Revelations is a survival horror game that restores elements of the series' nature, as opposed to the survival action of Resident Evil 5.

World of Horror

Released: Oct 19, 2023

Critic rating: 87.5 / 100

Rating: M

Genres: Point-and-click, Role-playing (RPG), Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure, Indie

Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch

Game modes: Single player

Experience the quiet terror of this 1-bit love letter to Junji Ito and H.P.

de Blob

Released: Jul 8, 2008

Critic rating: 82.0 / 100

Rating: E

Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie

Platforms: PlayStation 4, Wii, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen

de Blob is a 3D platformer where players maneuver their hero, de Blob.

Assassin's Creed Mirage

Released: Oct 5, 2023

Critic rating: 75.4 / 100

Rating: M

Genres: Adventure

Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Xbox One

Game modes: Single player

Assassin’s Creed Mirage is a stealth-focused action-adventure game set in ninth-century Baghdad.