Best Adventure Games
3,545 Adventure games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Boogerman: A Pick and Flick Adventure
Released: Nov 18, 1994
Critic rating: 73.3 / 100 • 40 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Wii, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
Game modes: Single player
Boogerman: A Pick and Flick Adventure is a 2D platform video game created by Interplay Entertainment and released for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis in 1994 and later on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) in 1995.
Creaks
Released: Jul 10, 2020
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
The ground starts shaking, light bulbs are breaking - and something rather unusual is happening right behind the walls of your very room.
Whispers of a Machine
Released: Apr 17, 2019
Critic rating: 65.0 / 100
Rating: PEGI 12
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Whispers of a Machine is a Sci-Fi Nordic Noir that tells the story of Vera, a cybernetically augmented detective in a post-AI world, who investigates a string of murders and unravels a dark conflict over forbidden technology.
Moving Out
Released: Apr 28, 2020
Critic rating: 74.5 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Moving Out is a cooperative moving simulation game.
Super Meat Boy Forever
Released: Dec 23, 2020
Critic rating: 70.1 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Meat Boy and Bandage Girl have grown as a couple since 2010.
Batman: Arkham Origins
Released: Oct 24, 2013
Critic rating: 71.1 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Wii U, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Batman: Arkham Origins features an expanded Gotham City and introduces an original prequel storyline occurring several years before the events of Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: Arkham City.
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake
Released: Jan 31, 2023
Critic rating: 73.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Wish-granting Mermaid’s Tears in the hands of SpongeBob and Patrick… What could go wrong?
Metro Exodus: The Two Colonels
Released: Aug 20, 2019
Critic rating: 66.7 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
First story-driven DLC for Metro Exodus.
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
Released: Dec 7, 2023
Critic rating: 73.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora is a first-person, action-adventure game set in the never-before-seen Western Frontier of Pandora.
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time
Released: Sep 13, 2007
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo DS
Game modes: Single player, Co-operative
Embark on a journey after you get turned into a Pokémon as a result of a freak accident, causing you to lose your memory as well as contact with and knowledge of your previous adventuring partner, with whom you were on a secret mission to save the world.
The Sims
Released: Jan 14, 2003
Critic rating: 73.2 / 100 • 23 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player, Split screen
Home consoles version of The Sims.
LEGO DC Super-Villains
Released: Oct 16, 2018
Critic rating: 70.1 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Puzzle, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Lego DC Super-Villains is a Lego-themed action-adventure platform video game developed by Traveller's Tales.
Alice: Madness Returns
Released: Jun 14, 2011
Critic rating: 72.4 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
Return to Wonderland and experience an all new nightmare as Alice fights to regain her sanity as she fights for the truth behind her past.
ObsCure
Released: Oct 1, 2004
Critic rating: 72.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Adventure
Platforms: Xbox, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
For some time now, Leafmore High School has been the setting for unexplained disappearances.
The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope
Released: Oct 30, 2020
Critic rating: 76.4 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Trapped and isolated in the abandoned town of Little Hope, 4 college students and their teacher must escape the nightmarish apparitions that relentlessly pursue them through an impenetrable fog.
Last Epoch
Released: Feb 21, 2024
Critic rating: 76.7 / 100
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
Uncover the Past, Reforge the Future.
Devil May Cry
Released: Mar 22, 2012
Critic rating: 73.2 / 100 • 52 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
An HD remaster of Devil May Cry, first made available in "Devil May Cry HD Collection." In the first installment of the Devil May Cry series, the player controls Dante as he faces off against the resurrected Demon Emperor, Mundus. The game introduces Dante's abilities, like Devil Trigger which transforms him into a demon, swordplay, gun-slinging, and stylish combos, all of which have become a staple of the series.
Trüberbrook
Released: Mar 12, 2019
Critic rating: 76.7 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Enjoy an adventurous vacation to a 1960's parallel universe!
God of War: Chains of Olympus
Released: Sep 13, 2011
Critic rating: 73.1 / 100 • 41 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3
Game modes: Single player
An HD remaster of God of War: Chains of Olympus included in "God of War: Origins Collection." It features high-definition resolution, stereoscopic 3D, anti-aliased graphics locked in at 60 frames per second, DualShock 3 vibration function, and Trophies.
Rust
Released: Feb 8, 2018
Critic rating: 77.5 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
Rust is a multiplayer survival game set on a procedurally generated island where players must manage hunger, thirst, and health while contending with hostile wildlife and other players.
Sid Meier's Pirates!
Released: May 8, 1987
Critic rating: 71.0 / 100
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Arcade
Platforms: Apple IIGS, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Atari ST/STE, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, DOS, Amiga, Apple II, Amstrad CPC, Nintendo Entertainment System
Game modes: Single player
You'll criss-cross your way along the 17th century Spanish Main in search of all-new adventures.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Released: Nov 15, 2002
Critic rating: 73.1 / 100 • 28 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation
Game modes: Single player
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is the second Harry Potter video game for the PlayStation.
Stick it to the Man!
Released: Nov 19, 2013
Critic rating: 78.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Wii U, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
On an ordinary day, hard hat tester; Ray has a bizarre accident and wakes up with a giant pink spaghetti arm sticking out of his brain, giving him extraordinary mind-reading powers.
Batman: Arkham VR
Released: Oct 13, 2016
Critic rating: 73.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation VR, PC (Microsoft Windows), SteamVR, Oculus Rift
Game modes: Single player
Your quest to clean up Gotham has only just begun – and now it’s even more terrifying than it’s ever been.
Dead Space 3
Released: Feb 5, 2013
Critic rating: 73.7 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Dead Space 3 is a 2013 survival horror action video game developed by Visceral Games and published by Electronic Arts for PlayStation 3, Windows, and Xbox 360.