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.
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Platforms
Statuses
Best Games in the Adventure genre of 2016 (Game released)
Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 30 August 2016
Players:
8.8/10
Steam:
96/100
Metacritic:
91/100
The most complete edition of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, including all expansions and add-ons, The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine and The Witcher 3: Hearts of Stone...
Game released: PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Amazon Fire TV, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PS Vita, Android, Wii U, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, Stadia, iOS, Mac, Linux → 16 May 2011
Players:
8.3/10
Steam:
97/100
Metacritic:
82/100
Terraria is an adventure sandbox game with platformer elements and a side view. You will embark on a colorful journey where you can create various items, build...
Action, Shooter, Adventure, Simulation, Online, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Survival, Exploration, Open world, Space
Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, Mac → 12 August 2016
Players:
7.8/10
Steam:
82/100
Metacritic:
75/100
No Man’s Sky is a first-person adventure simulator set in a futuristic world. You’ll explore outer space and planets, some of which are home to various forms of...
Game released: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, iPhone, iPad, Wii, PC, PlayStation 2, GameCube, Wii U, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5 → 20 September 2011
Players:
8.2/10
Steam:
93/100
Metacritic:
81/100
Continuation of the action-horror adventure with a third-person view in the Resident Evil series. The story of the fourth part takes place in 2004, six years after...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Post-apocalyptic
Game released: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Stadia → 29 November 2016
Players:
8.9/10
Metacritic:
82/100
Final Fantasy XV is a continuation of the popular role-playing action game with a third-person perspective set in the futuristic universe of Final Fantasy and is a...
Game released: PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 22 March 2013
VGTimes:
7.2/10
Players:
7.8/10
Steam:
72/100
Metacritic:
67/100
Resident Evil 6 is an action-horror adventure game with a third-person view in the popular Resident Evil series. Ten years have passed since that memorable night...
Game released: PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android → 20 October 2015
Players:
9.4/10
Steam:
95/100
Metacritic:
84/100
Life is Strange is an episodic adventure from developers Dontnod Entertainment. The game takes place in the fictional city of Arcadia Bay, Oregon, USA. The heroine...
Game released: Xbox 360, PC, PSP, iOS, PlayStation 3, PS Vita, Android → 15 October 2009
Players:
8.5/10
Steam:
95/100
Metacritic:
84/100
Steins;Gate is a visual novel in an adventure style and anime style. You follow a ragtag group of tech-savvy young students as they discover ways to change the past...
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch → 15 March 2016
Players:
7.9/10
Steam:
64/100
Metacritic:
64/100
Sheltered is a procedurally generated adventure game set in a post-apocalyptic world. After many died in a nuclear holocaust, you are lucky enough to survive in a...
Game released: Xbox One, Xbox 360, PC, PlayStation 4, Stadia, Mac, Linux → 13 November 2015
Players:
7.9/10
Steam:
92/100
Metacritic:
86/100
Rise of the Tomb Raider is an action-adventure game with a third-person view that follows the new adventures of Lara Croft. The game takes place in Russia, in a...
Game released: iOS, Android, PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 28 October 2015
Players:
10/10
Steam:
95/100
Metacritic:
80/100
Agent A is an episodic point and click adventure game for mobile platforms, made in the style of the sixties. You have to escape from various types of premises...
Game released: PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PS Vita, Wii U, Nintendo 3DS → 26 January 2016
Players:
8.5/10
Steam:
84/100
Metacritic:
71/100
LEGO Marvel's Avengers is an arcade platformer with a third-person view. The events of the game will recreate the plot of the first two parts of the popular...
Game released: Android, iPad, Linux, Mac, PC, PS Vita, iPhone, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Windows Phone, BlackBerry, iOS, Xbox One → 10 May 2012
Players:
8.9/10
Steam:
94/100
Metacritic:
87/100
Machinarium is an amazing quest about the robot Josef, who seeks to return his beloved. The game has mesmerizing hand-drawn graphics and truly mind-bending puzzles...
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...
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, iOS → 31 March 2016
Players:
7.6/10
Steam:
93/100
Metacritic:
82/100
Hyper Light Drifter is a top-down action-adventure RPG. The main character of the game suffers from a strange disease and goes to amazing countries to find a...
Game released: PC, iOS, Mac, Android, Linux, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 5 → 14 November 2014
Players:
8.5/10
Steam:
92/100
Metacritic:
82/100
This War of Mine is an atmospheric adventure with survival elements and a side view. The game allows you to plunge into the life of ordinary civilians trying to...
Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Post-apocalyptic, Walking Simulator, Survival horror, Hidden Objects
Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 28 May 2016
Players:
8.4/10
Steam:
57/100
35MM is a post-apocalyptic adventure with a first-person view from domestic developer Sergei Noskov. The game takes place in Russia, where a mysterious epidemic has...
Game released: Xbox One, PC, PlayStation 4, iOS, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X/S → 29 June 2016
Players:
8.8/10
Steam:
96/100
Metacritic:
91/100
Inside is an arcade side-scrolling indie platformer with survival elements from the creators of Limbo. The plot centers on a lonely boy who is hiding from...
Game released: PSP, PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo 3DS, Linux → 12 August 2010
Players:
9.8/10
Steam:
88/100
Metacritic:
73/100
This horror adventure with visual-novel elements follows a group of students trapped in an otherworldly version of an abandoned elementary school after performing a...
Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Simulation, Survival, Sandbox, Space
Game released: PC, Mac, Xbox One → 22 July 2016
Players:
8.5/10
Steam:
88/100
Metacritic:
81/100
Starbound is an indie adventure role-playing arcade game with platformer and action elements. You are forced to flee your planet by hijacking a ship. Fleeing from...
Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Mac, Linux → 6 August 2012
Players:
9/10
Steam:
77/100
Metacritic:
73/100
Deponia is a fun point and click adventure with lots of puzzles. The game will allow you to plunge into a fantastic comedy adventure revolving around the incredible...
Game released: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch 2 → 18 October 2016
Players:
5.2/10
Steam:
82/100
Metacritic:
73/100
A collection of two games that recreate the magical world of Harry Potter in LEGO style, covering all seven books and eight films. Players are immersed in a journey...
