Best Adventure Games
3,487 Adventure games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Celeste
Released: Jan 25, 2018
Critic rating: 91.3 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Google Stadia, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Help Madeline survive her inner demons on her journey to the top of Celeste Mountain, in this super-tight platformer from the creators of TowerFall.
Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions
Released: May 8, 2007
Critic rating: 89.0 / 100 • 49 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical, Adventure
Platforms: Android, iOS, PlayStation Portable
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
An updated version of the PlayStation game Final Fantasy Tactics, released on PlayStation Portable and later released on iOS and Android.
Uncharted: The Lost Legacy - Remastered
Released: Jan 28, 2022
Critic rating: 89.0 / 100 • 34 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player
A remastered version of Uncharted: The Lost Legacy included in the Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection.
Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate
Released: Oct 11, 2014
Critic rating: 87.6 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo 3DS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate (called Monster Hunter 4G in Japan) is the newest installment in the popular Monster Hunter series, which has sold more than 28 million units worldwide to date.
Ori and the Will of the Wisps
Released: Mar 10, 2020
Critic rating: 90.8 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Ori and the Will of the Wisps is a platform-adventure game that combines exploration, traversal, and combat within an interconnected world.
Mass Effect Legendary Edition
Released: May 14, 2021
Critic rating: 87.1 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
One person is all that stands between humanity and the greatest threat it’s ever faced.
Grand Theft Auto V
Released: Sep 17, 2013
Critic rating: 88.1 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Racing, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Grand Theft Auto V is a vast open world game set in Los Santos, a sprawling sun-soaked metropolis struggling to stay afloat in an era of economic uncertainty and cheap reality TV.
Shady Part of Me
Released: Dec 10, 2020
Critic rating: 88.9 / 100 • 28 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Shady Part of Me is a narrative puzzle game.
Shadow of the Colossus
Released: Feb 6, 2018
Critic rating: 93.2 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4
Game modes: Single player
Tales speak of an ancient land where creatures the size of mountains, roam the majestic landscape.
Blue Prince
Released: Apr 10, 2025
Critic rating: 90.8 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Puzzle, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac
Game modes: Single player
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Super Mario 64
Released: Jun 23, 1996
Critic rating: 89.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Wii, Nintendo 64, Wii U
Game modes: Single player
Mario is super in a whole new way!
The Talos Principle II
Released: Nov 2, 2023
Critic rating: 90.2 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player
The Talos Principle II is a thought-provoking first-person puzzle experience that greatly expands on the first game's philosophical themes and stunning environments with increasingly mind-bending challenges.
Shadow of the Colossus
Released: Oct 18, 2005
Critic rating: 88.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player
An open-world action/adventure game in which a young wanderer, along with a stolen magical sword and his steed companion, trespasses a cursed land, makes a deal with an ancient being to bring a sacrificial victim back to life, and sets off to fulfill his end of the bargain, which involves tracking down and infiltrating the abodes of sixteen colossi and sacrificing them to achieve his goal.
Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
Released: Nov 1, 2011
Critic rating: 93.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
A search for the fabled "Atlantis of the Sands" propels fortune hunter Nathan Drake on a trek into the heart of the Arabian Desert.
System Shock: Enhanced Edition
Released: Sep 22, 2015
Critic rating: 89.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
Exactly twenty one years after its first release, System Shock is back!
Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age - Definitive Edition
Released: Sep 27, 2019
Critic rating: 91.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure
Platforms: Google Stadia, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
The Definitive Edition includes all the content from the original release of the acclaimed DRAGON QUEST XI, and adds extra character-specific scenarios, the choice of playing with the original soundtrack or a grand orchestral version of the music, the ability to switch between 2D and 3D graphic modes, a Japanese voice-acting option, and much more.
Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade
Released: Jun 10, 2021
Critic rating: 91.7 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player
Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade is an enhanced and expanded version of Final Fantasy VII Remake that features a new episode starring Yuffie and introduces an exhilarating new story arc with numerous gameplay additions for players to enjoy.
Ōkami
Released: Apr 20, 2006
Critic rating: 89.6 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Wii, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player
Set sometime in classical Japanese history, Ōkami combines several Japanese mythology and folklore to tell the story of how the land was saved from darkness by the Shinto sun goddess named Amaterasu, who took the form of a white wolf with celestial markings covering its fur.
Severance: Blade of Darkness
Released: Feb 21, 2001
Critic rating: 90.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Fighting, Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Severance: Blade of Darkness follows the fate of four characters and their quest to defeat an evil Necromancer and retrieve a legendary sword.
We Love Katamari
Released: Jul 6, 2005
Critic rating: 89.3 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen
We Love Katamari, is a third-person puzzle-action video game where the player controls the Prince, the 5-centimeter-tall son of the god-like entity the King of All Cosmos, who rolls around a "katamari", a magical ball that causes objects smaller than it to attach to it.
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
Released: Dec 13, 2002
Critic rating: 90.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo GameCube, Wii U
Game modes: Single player
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker is the first Zelda game for the Nintendo GameCube and also the first in the series to employ cel-shading, a lighting and texturing technique that results in the game having a cartoon-like appearance.
Horizon Forbidden West
Released: Feb 18, 2022
Critic rating: 91.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player
Horizon Forbidden West continues Aloy’s story as she moves west to a far-future America to brave a majestic, but dangerous frontier where she’ll face awe-inspiring machines and mysterious new threats.
Dark Souls
Released: Sep 22, 2011
Critic rating: 90.6 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Dark Souls is an action role-playing game developed by FromSoftware and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment.
Blood Strike
Released: Sep 15, 2023
Critic rating: 88.6 / 100 • 28 votes
Genres: Shooter, Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS
Game modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative, Battle Royale
Charge into fast paced combat in modes such as Battle Royale, Squad Fight or Hot Zone alone or with friends.
LocoRoco 2
Released: Nov 21, 2008
Critic rating: 92.5 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation Portable
The LocoRoco are in danger again, the evil Moja have returned and this time they've brought with them a terrible song that sucks the life out of living things!