Best Adventure Games
3,542 Adventure games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
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.
Metal Gear Solid HD Collection
Released: Nov 8, 2011
Critic rating: 88.6 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Tactical, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
From the critically acclaimed director, Hideo Kojima, Metal Gear Solid HD Collection offers a handful of the most popular Metal Gear Solid titles from the past in true HD for the first time ever.
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.
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.
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.
Shady Part of Me
Released: Dec 10, 2020
Critic rating: 88.9 / 100 • 29 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.
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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Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
Released: Jun 1, 1992
Critic rating: 88.8 / 100 • 436 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: Linux, Wii, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, DOS, Amiga
Game modes: Single player
A point-and-click adventure game by LucasArts originally released in 1992.
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.
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.
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.
Lorelei and the Laser Eyes
Released: May 16, 2024
Critic rating: 88.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
A woman, summoned by an eccentric man to participate in a project in an old hotel somewhere in central Europe, becomes embroiled in a game of illusions, increasingly dangerous and surreal.
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!
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
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!
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.
Final Fantasy VII Remake: Episode Intermission
Released: Jun 10, 2021
Critic rating: 100.0 / 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
The new episode featuring Yuffie is a brand-new adventure in the world of Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade.