Top Adventure Games
60+ adventure games ranked by player tags and tunable re-ranking. Related tags include Singleplayer, Action, Atmospheric, Open World.
Recommended Adventure Games

A Story About My Uncle
A Story About My Uncle is a first person platforming adventure game about a boy who searches for his lost uncle, and ends up in a world he couldn’t imagine existed. The movement is a crucial part of the games core gameplay – focusing on swinging through the world with a grappling hook that gives the player a wonderful sense of speed and...

The Descendant
In THE DESCENDANT, the end of the world is only the start. With what remains of humanity protected in underground Ark facilities, your mission is to keep survivors alive, while discovering a far greater conspiracy buried within Ark-01.
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- #1 A Story About My Uncle98% matchVery Positive92% of 29,162 reviews2014Developer: Gone North GamesPublisher: Coffee Stain PublishingPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 2.7hMean: 6.6h≥1hr: 79%
A Story About My Uncle is a first person platforming adventure game about a boy who searches for his lost uncle, and ends up in a world he couldn’t imagine existed. The movement is a crucial part of the games core gameplay – focusing on swinging through the world with a grappling hook that gives the player a wonderful sense of speed and...
- #2 The Descendant98% matchVery Positive89% of 7,313 reviews2016Developer: Gaming Corps ABPublisher: Microids IndiePlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 3.2hMean: 10.6h≥1hr: 90%
In THE DESCENDANT, the end of the world is only the start. With what remains of humanity protected in underground Ark facilities, your mission is to keep survivors alive, while discovering a far greater conspiracy buried within Ark-01.
- #3 Tomb Raider Game of the Year97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 265,056 reviews2013Developer: Crystal DynamicsPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 9.3hMean: 28.2h≥1hr: 86%
Tomb Raider explores the intense origin story of Lara Croft and her ascent from a young woman to a hardened survivor.
- #4 Terraria96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,524,255 reviews2011Developer: Re-LogicPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 33.5hMean: 150.1h≥1hr: 92%
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
- #5 Stories: The Path of Destinies95% matchVery Positive88% of 6,580 reviews2016Developer: Spearhead GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 3.5hMean: 5.3h≥1hr: 88%
Stories: The Path of Destinies is an Action RPG, an enchanted storybook filled with madcap fantasy tales, each told by a zippy narrator attuned to the player’s choices and actions.
- #6 Red Dead Redemption 294% matchVery Positive92% of 879,748 reviews2019Developer: Rockstar GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 37.7hMean: 107.1h≥1hr: 95%
Arthur Morgan and the Van der Linde Gang are outlaws on the run. With federal agents and bounty hunters massing on their heels, the gang must rob, steal, and fight their way across the rugged heartland in order to survive.
- #7 Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee®94% matchVery Positive85% of 4,500 reviews2008Developer: Oddworld InhabitantsPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 3.1hMean: 6.8h≥1hr: 83%
Selected by the fickle finger of fate, Abe™, floor-waxer first class for RuptureFarms, was catapulted into a life of adventure when he overheard plans by his boss, Molluck the Glukkon™, to turn Abe and his fellow Mudokons into Tasty Treats as part of a last-ditch effort to rescue Molluck's failing meat-packing empire.
- #8 Sea of Thieves: 2026 Edition90% matchVery Positive89% of 369,117 reviews2020Developer: Rare LtdPublisher: Xbox Game StudiosPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 22.4hMean: 85.4h≥1hr: 96%
Sea of Thieves is a smash-hit pirate adventure game, offering the quintessential pirate experience of plundering lost treasures, intense battles, vanquishing sea monsters and more. Dive in with this revised edition of the game, which includes access to digital bonus media.
- #9 The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 869,471 reviews2015Developer: CD PROJEKT REDPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 22.3hMean: 98.9h≥1hr: 91%
You are Geralt of Rivia, mercenary monster slayer. Before you stands a war-torn, monster-infested continent you can explore at will. Your current contract? Tracking down Ciri — the Child of Prophecy, a living weapon that can alter the shape of the world.
- #10 Reversion - The Escape (1st Chapter)90% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,554 reviews2014Developer: 3f InteractivePlatforms: WindowsMedian: 3.1hMean: 8.3h≥1hr: 83%
It’s 2035 in Buenos Aires, or where Buenos Aires used to be. You’ve just woken up in a hospital, and you can’t remember anything. All you know is you have to escape and find out what happened to the city. And how to save it.
- #11 Rise of the Tomb Raider™89% matchVery Positive94% of 151,799 reviews2016Developer: Crystal DynamicsPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 13.2hMean: 31.8h≥1hr: 93%
Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration includes the base game and Season Pass featuring all-new content. Explore Croft Manor in the new “Blood Ties” story, then defend it against a zombie invasion in “Lara’s Nightmare”.
- #12 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition87% matchVery Positive92% of 366,241 reviews2016Developer: Bethesda Game StudiosPublisher: Bethesda SoftworksPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 21.2hMean: 104.2h≥1hr: 85%
Winner of more than 200 Game of the Year Awards, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition brings the epic fantasy to life in stunning detail. The Special Edition includes the critically acclaimed game and add-ons with all-new features.
- #13 Hogwarts Legacy87% matchVery Positive90% of 366,573 reviews2023Developer: Avalanche SoftwarePublisher: Warner Bros. GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 26.7hMean: 44.1h≥1hr: 96%
Hogwarts Legacy is an immersive, open-world action RPG. Now you can take control of the action and be at the center of your own adventure in the wizarding world.
- #14 Rust87% matchVery Positive87% of 1,363,157 reviews2018Developer: Facepunch StudiosPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 52.5hMean: 421.6h≥1hr: 96%
The only aim in Rust is to survive. Everything wants you to die - the island’s wildlife, other inhabitants, the environment, and other survivors. Do whatever it takes to last another night.
- #15 The Forest86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 670,097 reviews2018Developer: Endnight Games LtdPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 13.1hMean: 37.2h≥1hr: 93%
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
- #16 ARK: Survival Evolved86% matchVery Positive83% of 767,761 reviews2017Developer: Studio WildcardPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 10.2hMean: 201.1h≥1hr: 79%
Stranded on the shores of a mysterious island, you must learn to survive. Use your cunning to kill or tame the primeval creatures roaming the land, and encounter other players to survive, dominate... and escape!
- #17 Baldur's Gate 385% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 840,324 reviews2023Developer: Larian StudiosPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 78.6hMean: 131.8h≥1hr: 98%
Baldur’s Gate 3 is a story-rich, party-based RPG set in the universe of Dungeons & Dragons, where your choices shape a tale of fellowship and betrayal, survival and sacrifice, and the lure of absolute power.
- #18 Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition83% matchVery Positive85% of 85,933 reviews2018Developer: Eidos-MontréalPublisher: Crystal DynamicsPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 11.4hMean: 39.7h≥1hr: 92%
As Lara Croft races to save the world from a Maya apocalypse, she must become the Tomb Raider she is destined to be.
- #19 New World: Aeternum83% matchMixed67% of 296,647 reviews2021Developer: Amazon Game StudiosPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 58.9hMean: 196.5h≥1hr: 98%
Experience a thrilling action RPG set on the supernatural island of Aeternum. Forge your destiny on an adventure filled with danger and opportunity.
- #20 Human Fall Flat82% matchVery Positive95% of 224,340 reviews2016Developer: No Brakes GamesPublisher: Curve GamesPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 5.9hMean: 22.3h≥1hr: 91%
Human Fall Flat is a hilarious, light-hearted platformer set in floating dreamscapes that can be played solo or with up to 8 players online. Free new levels keep its vibrant community rewarded.
- #21 Deponia: The Complete Journey83% matchVery Positive85% of 6,804 reviews2014Developer: Daedalic EntertainmentPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 3.7hMean: 14.9h≥1hr: 90%
Junk, junk and even more junk. Life on the trash-planet Deponia is anything but a walk in the park. No surprise that Rufus had enough of that and hatches one ludicrous plan after the other to escape this bleak place.
- #22 PEAK81% matchVery Positive95% of 322,965 reviews2025Developer: Team PEAKPublisher: Aggro CrabPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 7.5hMean: 14.3h≥1hr: 94%
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
- #23 Jack Orlando: Director's Cut82% matchMostly Positive73% of 779 reviews2013Developer: Toontraxx StudiosPublisher: Topware InteractivePlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 2.7hMean: 4.6h≥1hr: 74%
1933 will go down in the history books as the year America passed the 21st Amendment to the Constitution. Prohibition is over. To the delight of millions, alcohol can now flow freely across the thirsty land. Two days before the official announcement, bars and clubs across the land are stocking up on quality whiskey.
- #24 Fallout 480% matchVery Positive81% of 424,498 reviews2015Developer: Bethesda Game StudiosPublisher: Bethesda SoftworksPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 37.1hMean: 117.9h≥1hr: 93%
From Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of Starfield and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, comes Fallout 4. A landmark in open-world RPG design and winner of over 200 ‘Best Of’ honors, including the DICE and BAFTA Game of the Year.
- #25 Monster Hunter: World80% matchVery Positive89% of 508,358 reviews2018Developer: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.Platforms: WindowsMedian: 36.0hMean: 163.8h≥1hr: 97%
Welcome to a new world! In Monster Hunter: World, the latest installment in the series, you can enjoy the ultimate hunting experience, using everything at your disposal to hunt monsters in a new world teeming with surprises and excitement.
- #26 Stray79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 171,810 reviews2022Developer: BlueTwelve StudioPublisher: Annapurna InteractivePlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 5.9hMean: 15.0h≥1hr: 89%
Lost, alone and separated from family, a stray cat must untangle an ancient mystery to escape a long-forgotten cybercity and find their way home.
- #27 God of War79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 179,060 reviews2022Developer: Santa Monica StudioPublisher: PlayStation Publishing LLCPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 23.9hMean: 37.2h≥1hr: 95%
His vengeance against the Gods of Olympus years behind him, Kratos now lives as a man in the realm of Norse Gods and monsters. It is in this harsh, unforgiving world that he must fight to survive… and teach his son to do the same.
- #28 Slime Rancher78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 153,291 reviews2017Developer: Monomi ParkPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 6.9hMean: 21.6h≥1hr: 86%
Slime Rancher is the tale of Beatrix LeBeau, a plucky, young rancher who sets out for a life a thousand light years away from Earth on the ‘Far, Far Range’ where she tries her hand at making a living wrangling slimes.
- #29 Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons79% matchVery Positive94% of 41,228 reviews2013Developer: Starbreeze Studios ABPublisher: 505 GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 3.1hMean: 10.9h≥1hr: 77%
Guide two brothers on an epic fairy tale journey from visionary Swedish film director, Josef Fares and top-tier developer Starbreeze Studios. Control both brothers at once as you experience co-op play in single player mode, like never before.
- #30 Firewatch78% matchVery Positive91% of 97,344 reviews2016Developer: Campo SantoPublisher: PanicPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 4.4hMean: 13.6h≥1hr: 88%
Firewatch is a single-player first-person mystery set in the Wyoming wilderness, where your only emotional lifeline is the person on the other end of a handheld radio.
- #31 No Man's Sky78% matchVery Positive85% of 406,987 reviews2016Developer: Hello GamesPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 20.2hMean: 70.4h≥1hr: 94%
No Man's Sky is a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally generated universe.
- #32 Horizon Zero Dawn™ Complete Edition78% matchVery Positive88% of 127,745 reviews2020Developer: GuerrillaPublisher: PlayStation Publishing LLCPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 17.1hMean: 41.6h≥1hr: 92%
Experience Aloy’s legendary quest to unravel the mysteries of a future Earth ruled by Machines. Use devastating tactical attacks against your prey and explore a majestic open world in this award-winning action RPG!
- #33 The Walking Dead77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 79,422 reviews2012Developer: Telltale GamesPublisher: Skybound GamesPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 7.0hMean: 17.7h≥1hr: 91%
A five-part adventure horror series set in the same universe as Robert Kirkman’s award-winning comic book series.
- #34 Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 348,230 reviews2019Developer: FromSoftware, Inc.Publisher: Activision (Excluding Japan and Asia)Platforms: WindowsMedian: 25.8hMean: 61.5h≥1hr: 95%
Game of the Year - The Game Awards 2019 Best Action Game of 2019 - IGN Carve your own clever path to vengeance in the award winning adventure from developer FromSoftware, creators of Bloodborne and the Dark Souls series. Take Revenge. Restore Your Honor. Kill Ingeniously.
- #35 South Park™: The Stick of Truth™76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 72,488 reviews2014Developer: Obsidian EntertainmentPublisher: UbisoftPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 12.0hMean: 22.5h≥1hr: 87%
From the perilous battlefields of the fourth-grade playground, a young hero will rise, destined to be South Park’s savior. From the creators of South Park, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, comes an epic quest to become… cool. Introducing South Park™: The Stick of Truth™.For a thousand years, the battle has been waged.
- #36 Little Nightmares76% matchVery Positive95% of 115,868 reviews2017Developer: Tarsier StudiosPublisher: BANDAI NAMCO EntertainmentPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 2.7hMean: 10.2h≥1hr: 68%
Take on the role of Six, a lone child lost in a massive metal vessel known as the Maw, surrounded by dangerous, distorted versions of adults. You’ll need to do your best to escape in one piece or your fate will be worse than you ever dared dream.
- #37 It Takes Two Friend's Pass75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 260,893 reviews2021Developer: Hazelight StudioPublisher: Electronic ArtsPlatforms: Windows
Download Friend's Pass* and play It Takes Two with a friend for free. Just grab a friend who owns the full game, download Friend's Pass for free, and play together!
- #38 It Takes Two75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 260,886 reviews2021Developer: Hazelight StudiosPublisher: Electronic ArtsPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 13.5hMean: 21.1h≥1hr: 95%
Embark on the craziest journey of your life in It Takes Two. Invite a friend to join for free with Friend’s Pass and work together across a huge variety of gleefully disruptive gameplay challenges. Winner of GAME OF THE YEAR at the Game Awards 2021.
- #39 Far Cry 376% matchVery Positive88% of 128,861 reviews2012Developer: Ubisoft Montreal, Massive Entertainment, and Ubisoft ShanghaiPublisher: UbisoftPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 14.4hMean: 28.6h≥1hr: 87%
Discover the dark secrets of a lawless island ruled by violence and take the fight to the enemy as you try to escape. You’ll need more than luck to escape alive!
- #40 Crimson Desert74% matchVery Positive84% of 155,292 reviews2026Developer: Pearl AbyssPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 31.9hMean: 60.6h≥1hr: 94%
Crimson Desert is an open-world action-adventure set on the continent of Pywel. Join Kliff on his journey to rebuild the Greymane faction and to save the land from a looming threat. From vast wilderness and cities to ruins and the mysterious Abyss, forge your path through battles and discovery.
- #41 妄想破绽 Broken Delusion76% matchMixed60% of 4,043 reviews2019Publisher: bilibiliPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 4.5hMean: 32.5h≥1hr: 70%
《妄想破绽》是一款文字冒险(AVG)游戏,数十万字精彩原创剧情,将带给大家一段近未来架空科技都市的幻想冒险体验。游戏中,玩家将扮演普通高中生与顶级黑客的双重身份。有一天“我”抱着玩笑心理在网络上虚构了一个不存在的假人,不料却因此带来了惊天巨变……
- #42 Batman™: Arkham Knight74% matchVery Positive90% of 155,303 reviews2015Developer: Rocksteady StudiosPublisher: WB GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 10.2hMean: 33.3h≥1hr: 90%
Batman™: Arkham Knight brings the award-winning Arkham trilogy from Rocksteady Studios to its epic conclusion. Developed exclusively for New-Gen platforms, Batman: Arkham Knight introduces Rocksteady's uniquely designed version of the Batmobile.
- #43 A Plague Tale: Innocence74% matchVery Positive93% of 67,391 reviews2019Developer: Asobo StudioPublisher: Focus EntertainmentPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 9.8hMean: 25.5h≥1hr: 90%
Follow the grim tale of young Amicia and her little brother Hugo, in a heartrending journey through the darkest hours of history.
- #44 The Elder Scrolls® Online74% matchVery Positive81% of 159,965 reviews2017Developer: ZeniMax Online StudiosPublisher: Bethesda SoftworksPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 17.9hMean: 176.6h≥1hr: 96%
Every legend starts somewhere and in The Elder Scrolls Online, it starts with you. Join millions of players in an online, fantasy RPG set in a vast living Elder Scrolls world.
- #45 Dead Cells74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 180,167 reviews2018Developer: Motion TwinPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 13.5hMean: 41.2h≥1hr: 92%
Dead Cells is a roguelite, metroidvania inspired, action-platformer. You'll explore a sprawling, ever-changing castle... assuming you’re able to fight your way past its keepers in 2D souls-lite combat. No checkpoints. Kill, die, learn, repeat.
- #46 Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 273% matchVery Positive84% of 210,658 reviews2024Developer: Saber InteractivePublisher: Focus EntertainmentPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 14.9hMean: 38.8h≥1hr: 97%
Embody the superhuman skill and brutality of a Space Marine. Unleash deadly abilities and devastating weaponry to obliterate the relentless Tyranid swarms. Defend the Imperium in spectacular third-person action in solo or multiplayer modes.
- #47 Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 75,845 reviews2012Developer: Rocksteady StudiosPublisher: WB GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 7.0hMean: 26.6h≥1hr: 90%
Get Batman: Arkham City and all DLC for one low price with the release of the GOTY Edition!
- #48 Subnautica73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 365,018 reviews2018Developer: Unknown Worlds EntertainmentPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 13.0hMean: 39.3h≥1hr: 90%
Descend into the depths of an alien underwater world filled with wonder and peril. Craft equipment, pilot submarines and out-smart wildlife to explore lush coral reefs, volcanoes, cave systems, and more - all while trying to survive.
- #49 泡沫冬景74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 4,492 reviews2020Developer: KorakuPublisher: Nekoneko SoftPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 4.7hMean: 40.4h≥1hr: 86%
It is the year 1988. Japan is in the midst of the bubble economy. New buildings are sprouting up everywhere, and the people are ecstatic. This is a story of people who live for one year... in such a little corner of the city.
- #50 Raft73% matchVery Positive93% of 372,032 reviews2022Developer: Redbeet InteractivePublisher: Axolot GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 14.6hMean: 37.3h≥1hr: 95%
Raft™ throws you and your friends into an epic oceanic adventure! Alone or together, players battle to survive a perilous voyage across a vast sea! Gather debris, scavenge reefs and build your own floating home, but be wary of the man-eating sharks!
- #51 Don't Starve73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 112,640 reviews2013Developer: Klei EntertainmentPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 4.2hMean: 28.2h≥1hr: 82%
Don’t Starve is an uncompromising wilderness survival game full of science and magic. Enter a strange and unexplored world full of strange creatures, dangers, and surprises. Gather resources to craft items and structures that match your survival style.
- #52 Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 84,013 reviews2010Developer: Rocksteady StudiosPublisher: WB GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 6.6hMean: 15.0h≥1hr: 87%
Experience what it’s like to be Batman and face off against Gotham's greatest villians. Explore every inch of Arkham Asylum and roam freely on the infamous island.
- #53 Batman™: Arkham Origins73% matchVery Positive90% of 63,614 reviews2013Developer: WB Games MontrealPublisher: Warner Bros. Interactive EntertainmentPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 8.7hMean: 26.9h≥1hr: 92%
As of December 4, 2016, the online services portion of Batman: Arkham Origins has been retired. We thank those that have joined us to battle. The Single player campaign may still be played and enjoyed offline. For any questions relating to Batman: Arkham Origins, please contact WB Games customer service.
- #54 Space Pilgrim Episode II: Epsilon Indi74% matchVery Positive82% of 987 reviews2016Developer: Pilgrim AdventuresPublisher: GrabTheGamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 3.3hMean: 5.5h≥1hr: 87%
One year after the events of Episode I, Captain Pilgrim is once again carrying a shipload of passengers between star systems. This time her guests include a mysterious priestess, a wayward youth and a robotics genius.
- #55 DAVE THE DIVER72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 150,346 reviews2023Developer: MINTROCKETPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 13.5hMean: 26.3h≥1hr: 90%
DAVE THE DIVER is a casual, singleplayer adventure RPG featuring deep-sea exploration and fishing during the day and sushi restaurant management at night. Join Dave and his quirky friends as they seek to uncover the secrets of the mysterious Blue Hole.
- #56 Life is Strange 273% matchVery Positive87% of 39,703 reviews2018Developer: DONTNOD EntertainmentPublisher: Square EnixPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 6.6hMean: 27.4h≥1hr: 83%
After a tragic incident, brothers Sean and Daniel Diaz run away from home. Fearing the police, and dealing with Daniel's new telekinetic power, the boys head to Mexico. Each stop on their journey brings new friends and new challenges.
