Best Adventure Games

The best Adventure games ranked by Belly Score. See what The Belly thinks of the top Adventure titles.

Looking for the best Adventure games? This list ranks every Adventure title The Belly has scored, from the highest verdicts down to the lowest. Adventure is one of the core genres in the Belly Score database, and each game here has been evaluated on fun factor, gameplay, controls, creativity, presentation, staying power, and that hard-to-define Belly Factor. Use the rankings to find your next Adventure obsession — or see where your favorites landed.

9.3

Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor

Action · Adventure · RPG

PC · PlayStation 3 · PlayStation 4 · Xbox 360 · Xbox One · Linux · macOS

Dark FantasyWarMonsters

EpicIntenseBrutal+3

9.3

Final Fantasy

RPG · Adventure

Family Computer · Nintendo Entertainment System · MSX2 · WonderSwan Color · PlayStation · Game Boy Advance · Wii · Wii U · Nintendo 3DS

High FantasyMythologyMonsters

AdventurousEpicStrategic+2

9.3

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

RPG · Adventure

Nintendo GameCube · Nintendo Switch

FantasyComedy

AdventurousFunnyQuirky+3

9.3

FINAL FANTASY V

RPG · Adventure

Super Nintendo (Super Famicom) · PlayStation · Game Boy Advance · iOS · Android · Microsoft Windows (Steam) · Nintendo Switch · PlayStation 4 · Xbox Series X/S

FantasyHigh FantasyComedy

AdventurousEpicStrategic+3

9.3

Limbus Company

RPG · Strategy · Adventure · Visual Novel

PC · iOS · Android

DystopianDark / GrimPsychological+1

DarkStrategicTactical+3

9.3

ALAN WAKE

Action · Horror · Adventure

PC · PlayStation · Xbox · Nintendo Switch

MysteriousExploratoryDiscovery-Driven+14

9.3

Don't Starve

Survival · Adventure · Simulation

Microsoft Windows · OS X · Linux · PlayStation 3 · PlayStation 4 · Xbox One · Android · iOS · Nintendo Switch

Dark / GrimNature / WildernessMonsters+1

AtmosphericChallengingBrutal+3

9.2

Dying Light

Action · RPG · Adventure

PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Xbox One · PC · Nintendo Switch · Linux · macOS

Post-ApocalypticZombiesDark / Grim

ImmersiveIntenseAdrenaline-Fueled+3

9.2

BRAZILIAN DRUG DEALER 3: I OPENED A PORTAL TO HELL IN THE FAVELA TRYING TO REVIVE MIT AIA I NEED TO CLOSE IT

Action · FPS · Horror · Adventure

PC

ExploratoryAdventurousDark+15

9.2

FANTASY LIFE i: The Girl Who Steals Time

Action RPG · Adventure · Simulation

Nintendo Switch · Nintendo Switch 2 · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · XBOX Series X|S · Steam · iOS · Android

FantasyWorkplaceCute / Wholesome

CozyCharmingWhimsical+3

9.2

A Universal Time

Action RPG · Fighting · Adventure

PC · Mobile · Xbox

FantasyMythologySupernatural

AdventurousChaoticCompetitive+3

9.2

Shindo Life

RPG · Adventure · Action RPG

Roblox

FantasyNinja / SamuraiMartial Arts

AdventurousEpicFast-Paced+3

NO ART

9.2

Hollow Knight

Platformer · Action · Adventure

PC · Nintendo Switch · PlayStation · Xbox

9.2

APE ESCAPE

Action · Platformer · Adventure

PlayStation

ExploratoryDiscovery-DrivenChill+12

9.2

Rule of Rose

Adventure · Horror · Survival

PlayStation 2

PsychologicalSurrealDark / Grim

CreepyEerieUnsettling+3

9.2

Yakuza 5

Action · Adventure

PlayStation 3 · PlayStation 4 · Xbox One · PC

CrimeModernComedy+1

ImmersiveIntenseQuirky+3

9.2

The Wild West

Adventure · RPG · Sandbox

Roblox

WesternNature / WildernessCrime

AdventurousExploratoryDiscovery-Driven+3

9.2

Spelunky

Platformer · Adventure

PC · Xbox 360 · PlayStation 3 · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation Vita · Nintendo Switch

Nature / WildernessAncient / Historical

ChallengingBrutalUnforgiving+3

9.2

99 Nights in the Forest

Action · Adventure · Survival · Horror

Roblox · PC · Android · iOS

Nature / WildernessSupernaturalMonsters+1

AtmosphericTenseCooperative+1

9.2

Fantastic Frontier

Action · Adventure · RPG

PC · Mobile · Tablet · Console · VR

FantasyNature / WildernessSurreal

AdventurousExploratoryDiscovery-Driven+2

9.2

AMERICAN MCGEE'S ALICE

Action · Horror · Platformer · Adventure · Puzzle

PC · PlayStation · Xbox

ExploratoryAdventurousDark+15

9.2

Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith

Action · Adventure

PlayStation 2 · Xbox · Game Boy Advance · Nintendo DS · Symbian

Sci-FiSpaceWar+1

EpicIntenseCinematic+2

9.2

Bad Things

Horror · Adventure

Roblox

PsychologicalDark / Grim

UnsettlingDarkAtmospheric+2

9.1

Iron Lung

Adventure · Horror · Simulation

Windows · Nintendo Switch · PlayStation 5 · Android

Sci-FiSpaceUnderwater+1

CreepyEerieUnsettling+3