Best Adventure Games
3,545 Adventure games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
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, 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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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".
Lost in Random
Released: Sep 10, 2021
Critic rating: 77.4 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Welcome to the world of Random, a dark kingdom where every citizen’s future is determined by the roll of a dice.
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.
Adr1ft
Released: Mar 28, 2016
Critic rating: 68.1 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PlayStation VR, PC (Microsoft Windows), SteamVR, Oculus Rift, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Adr1ft is an immersive First Person Experience (FPX) that tells the story of an astronaut in peril.
Rayman Legends: Definitive Edition
Released: Sep 12, 2017
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Rayman Legends takes full advantage of the Nintendo Switch and its new controllers capabilities.
Layers of Fear: Inheritance
Released: Aug 2, 2016
Critic rating: 77.5 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Layers of Fear: Inheritance expands the plot from Layers of Fear and tells the story of the painter’s daughter, who comes back to her childhood home to face her past.
Dead Rising 2: Case Zero
Released: Aug 31, 2010
Critic rating: 87.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
Dead Rising 2: Case Zero, will introduce main protagonist and former motocross champion Chuck Greene and provide a link between the original game and the events that await players in the gambling paradise of Fortune City.
McPixel
Released: Jul 9, 2012
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
McPixel is a save-the-day guy that you guide through 100 short challenges in an old-school point'n'click fashion.
Xeodrifter
Released: Dec 11, 2014
Critic rating: 79.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Nintendo 3DS, PC (Microsoft Windows), Wii U, PlayStation Vita, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Xeodrifter is an action-packed exploration game with a retro graphical style.
Mad Max
Released: Sep 1, 2015
Critic rating: 72.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Racing, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
In Mad Max, the player takes on the role of titular character Mad Max; a dangerous melee fighter and can use his attacks to kill almost anyone.
Madison
Released: Jul 8, 2022
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Madison is a first person psychological horror game that delivers an immersive and terrifying experience.
Batman: The Telltale Series
Released: Aug 2, 2016
Critic rating: 75.1 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Point-and-click, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Batman: The Telltale Series is an episodic graphic adventure game developed by Telltale Games, first released in 2016.
King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder!
Released: Nov 9, 1990
Critic rating: 73.6 / 100 • 32 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PC-9800 Series, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, DOS, FM Towns, Amiga
Game modes: Single player
King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder is an adventure game in the long-running King's Quest series.