Adventure
An adventure game is one of the main genres of computer games, representing an interactive story with a main character controlled by the player; the most important elements of the game are the narrative and exploration of the world, while solving puzzles and tasks that require mental effort from the player play a key role in the gameplay. Combat, economic planning, and tasks that require quick reactions and rapid responses from the player are minimized or completely absent in quests.
Years
Platforms
PlayStation 2PlayStationXboxGame Boy AdvanceWindows 3.xGameCubeGame Boy ColorAtari 5200DOSWindows MobileAtari 2600
Statuses
Best Games in the Adventure genre of 2002 (Game released)
Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, iOS, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S → 20 March 2002
Players:
9/10
Steam:
89/100
Metacritic:
70/100
The Kingdom of Myrtana is engulfed in a terrible war. Hordes of orcs have invaded human lands, and the king needs a large amount of magical ore, from which he can...
Game released: Mac, PlayStation 2, PC, Xbox, iOS, Android, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3 → 12 November 2010
Players:
7.5/10
Steam:
80/100
Metacritic:
95/100
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is a legendary spin-off of Grand Theft Auto 3, which developed the ideas and mechanics laid out in it, connected by common characters...
Game released: Android, iPad, iPhone, Mac, PlayStation 2, PC, Xbox, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 → 14 December 2011
Players:
7.2/10
Steam:
66/100
Metacritic:
95/100
Grand Theft Auto 3 is a continuation of the dynamic action game with a third-person view in the open world. Working for the mafia sooner or later ends in trouble...
Game released: Dreamcast, PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PSP, PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 → 22 December 2000
Players:
7.6/10
Steam:
80/100
Metacritic:
67/100
Dino Crisis is an action game with a third-person view. A special forces group lands on the small tropical island of Ibis with the task of finding and delivering...
Game released: DOS, N-Gage, PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PSP, SEGA Saturn, Windows Mobile, PC, Xbox 360 → 8 September 2000
Players:
9.5/10
Steam:
83/100
Metacritic:
86/100
This third-person action-adventure follows Lara Croft as she searches for the pieces of an ancient artifact called the Scion. Her quest takes her through Incan...
Game released: Android, iOS, Mac, Xbox, PlayStation 2, PC, PlayStation 4, Game Boy Advance → 14 June 2012
Players:
8.6/10
Steam:
86/100
Metacritic:
83/100
Max Payne is a cinematic action-adventure game with a third-person view. The main character of the game is Max Payne, a fair cop who single-handedly tries to...
Adventure, First-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Adult game, Visual novel, Casual game, Simulation
Game released: Dreamcast, PlayStation 2, PSP, PC → 20 September 2001
Players:
6.8/10
Steam:
98/100
Air is a first-person adventure with anime/manga, fantasy, adult, and visual novel elements from Key Studio. The game is published by Visual...
Game released: Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, PC, Windows Mobile, Xbox, iOS, Android, Mac, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 → 25 November 2008
Players:
8.9/10
Steam:
85/100
Metacritic:
66/100
Syberia is a legendary adventure puzzle game with a third-person view. The game tells the story of Kate Walker, a lawyer from New York, who goes on a deal to sell...
Role-playing game, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Isometric, Adventure, Tactics, Strategy, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: SNES, PlayStation, Game Boy Advance, PlayStation 3, PSP, Wii, iOS, Android, Amazon Fire TV, PC → 11 October 1994
Players:
9.8/10
Steam:
93/100
Metacritic:
92/100
Final Fantasy VI is a turn-based tactical strategy role-playing adventure game with an isometric view. The war of magicians left behind only ashes and suffering...
Game released: Dreamcast, PlayStation, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PSP, PC → 24 September 2001
Players:
7.8/10
Steam:
71/100
Metacritic:
73/100
This third-person survival horror adventure follows supernatural detective Edward Carnby as he investigates a murder on Shadow Island. After his friend Charles...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Adventure
Game released: Dreamcast, PlayStation 2, PC → 23 February 2001
Players:
9/10
Steam:
85/100
Metacritic:
77/100
This fantasy Japanese role-playing game with turn-based combat follows a mercenary searching for a weapon once wielded by a deity. Along the way, he meets new...
Game released: Game Boy Advance, Genesis, PlayStation, SEGA Saturn, SNES, Wii, PC, Mac, Linux → 29 November 2002
Players:
6.5/10
Steam:
71/100
Metacritic:
45/100
This side-scrolling platformer follows the intergalactic chase of Earthworm Jim, whose route leads from Evil the Cat’s Circus of the Scars to the planet of Meat...
Game released: Game Boy Advance, N-Gage, PC, PlayStation 2, Xbox, PlayStation 3, GameCube → 27 April 2003
Players:
7.9/10
Steam:
87/100
Metacritic:
88/100
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell is a spy stealth action game with a third-person view. The game tells the story of a mysterious US national security agency called Third...
Action, Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Adventure, Role-playing game
Game released: Mac, PlayStation 2, PC → 4 January 2002
Players:
8.9/10
Steam:
94/100
Metacritic:
82/100
This science-fiction action game with strategy elements is set on the Island, a vast fragment of a lost planet where three peoples collide. Kabuto, a giant created...
