Best Adventure Games
3,489 Adventure games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Sonic Adventure 2: Battle
Released: Dec 20, 2001
Critic rating: 73.9 / 100 • 112 votes
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo GameCube
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen
Sonic Adventure 2: Battle is a complete conversion of Sonic Adventure 2 from the Dreamcast with additional features.
Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning
Released: Sep 8, 2020
Critic rating: 78.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Fighting, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
The hit RPG returns!
The Godfather
Released: Mar 21, 2006
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player
The Godfather puts you into the action of the legendary films, while you relive the classic moments of the Corleone family.
Gone Home
Released: Aug 15, 2013
Critic rating: 73.8 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
A first-person exploratory game taking place in 1995 in which Katie, a university student back from Europe, arrives at her family's newly inherited mansion only to find nobody there, with a note from her younger sister Sam suggesting that she's left home.
Luigi's Mansion 2 HD
Released: Jun 27, 2024
Critic rating: 78.2 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
A remaster of the 3DS game for Nintendo Switch.
Palia
Released: Dec 14, 2023
Critic rating: 87.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
Palia is a free-to-play life simulation MMO where players take on the role of humans who have mysteriously appeared in a world primarily inhabited by a species called the Majiri.
Dungeon Defenders
Released: Dec 15, 2010
Critic rating: 77.5 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Dungeon Defenders is a Tower Defense Action-RPG where you must save the land of Etheria from an Ancient Evil!
Please, Don't Touch Anything
Released: Mar 26, 2015
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Web browser, PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Please, Don’t Touch Anything is a cryptic, brain-racking button-pushing simulation.
Ratchet & Clank: Into the Nexus
Released: Nov 6, 2013
Critic rating: 69.3 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3
Game modes: Single player
Ratchet & Clank: Into the Nexus (known as Ratchet & Clank: Nexus in Europe) is a 2013 platform video game developed by Insomniac Games and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 3.
Skylanders: SuperChargers
Released: Sep 20, 2015
Critic rating: 79.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Racing, Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Kick your adventure into overdrive!
Paper Mario: Sticker Star
Released: Nov 10, 2012
Critic rating: 78.8 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo 3DS
Game modes: Single player
A sticky situation has never been so fun!
Need for Speed: Rivals
Released: Nov 15, 2013
Critic rating: 80.2 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Racing, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Players assume the role of both cops and lawbreakers in Need for Speed: Rivals, which is the inaugural outing of Ghost Games – the rebranded EA Gothenburg studio in Sweden.
Thomas Was Alone
Released: Jul 24, 2012
Critic rating: 76.4 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Wii U, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Thomas Was Alone is an indie minimalist 2D platformer about friendship and jumping and floating and anti-gravity.
Pokémon Trading Card Game
Released: Dec 18, 1998
Critic rating: 73.8 / 100 • 145 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Adventure, Card & Board Game
Platforms: Game Boy Color, Nintendo 3DS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Your goal in life is to become a Pokemon Card Master.
Kameo: Elements of Power
Released: Nov 22, 2005
Critic rating: 71.7 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Kameo: Elements of Power is a third person platformer that tells the story a young elf Kameo, who must regain her Elemental Powers, defeat her corrupted sister Kalus and her accomplice evil Troll King Thorn.
Type: Rider
Released: Oct 10, 2013
Critic rating: 81.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, PlayStation Vita, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Type:Rider is an adventure puzzle game that brings gaming experience to a whole new daring level.
Far Cry: Primal
Released: Feb 23, 2016
Critic rating: 76.2 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Adventure
Platforms: Google Stadia, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Far Cry Primal is a first-person action game set in 10,000 BC during the transition from the Upper Paleolithic to the Mesolithic period.
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization
Released: Sep 22, 2008
Critic rating: 77.3 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
A complete reimagining of Sid Meier's 1994 classic, Colonization is a total conversion of Civilization IV that combines Civilization's addictive gameplay with all-new graphics and features that add more depth to the franchise.
Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure
Released: May 8, 2014
Critic rating: 68.5 / 100
Rating: PEGI 16
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure (developed under the working title Project Fedora) is the upcoming sixth game in the Tex Murphy series of detective adventure games, developed by Big Finish Games and published by Atlus.
Immortals Fenyx Rising
Released: Dec 2, 2020
Critic rating: 73.7 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Google Stadia, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
From the creators of Assassin’s Creed Odyssey comes a storybook adventure about a forgotten hero on a quest to save the Greek gods.
Prototype 2
Released: Apr 24, 2012
Critic rating: 77.1 / 100
Rating: M
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
Prototype 2 is an open-world action game published by Activision and developed by Radical Entertainment.
Q.U.B.E. 2
Released: Mar 13, 2018
Critic rating: 72.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Q.U.B.E.
Overlord
Released: Jun 26, 2007
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Overlord is an action role-playing video game set in an alternate world, where the player takes the role of a resurrected warrior known as "The Overlord" who has control over hordes of gremlin-like creatures known as "Minions".
LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham
Released: Nov 11, 2014
Critic rating: 75.6 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham is an action-adventure game developed by TT Games and released in 2014.
The Riftbreaker
Released: Oct 14, 2021
Critic rating: 82.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
The Riftbreaker is a base-building, survival game with Action-RPG elements.