Adventure 2001 for PC — top best games in the Adventure genre

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Exploration, Open world, Fantasy, Gothic

Game released: PC → 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...

Max Payne

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Shooter

Game released: PC → 23 July 2001

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...

Resident Evil 3: Nemesis

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Survival horror, Adventure

Game released: PC → 1 September 2005

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Resident Evil 3: Nemesis is a continuation of the series of popular action-horror games with a third-person view. You will once again plunge into the chaos of the...

Return to Castle Wolfenstein

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: PC → 3 August 2007

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Return to Castle Wolfenstein is a legendary first-person shooter with elements of mysticism and horror. The game takes place in 1940 during World War II. As in the...

Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Adventure

Game released: PC → 14 February 2007

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...

Fantasy Westward Journey

Online, MMO, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure

Game released: PC → 1 December 2001

Fantasy Westward Journey is a multiplayer role-playing game with an isometric camera view in a fantasy setting. A classic Asian-style MMORPG awaits you, where you...

Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2

Action, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Gothic

Game released: PC → 2 August 2007

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 66/100

Metacritic: 79/100

This gothic fantasy action-adventure with puzzle elements continues the story of Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver. Raziel pursues Kain through different eras of...

Dracula: The Last Sanctuary

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Puzzle, Casual game

Game released: PC → March 2009

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Dracula: The Last Sanctuary — After rescuing Mina, Jonathan Harker and his lover return to London with the mysterious Dragon Ring. As they begin to enjoy a...

Myst 3: Exile

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Casual game

Game released: PC → March 2006

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 65/100

This first-person adventure puzzle game continues the story of Myst, where books open portals to other worlds and past conflicts shape the present. The player...

Atlantis: The Lost Tales

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 5 July 2011

Atlantis: The Lost Tales is a first-person adventure with a dash of puzzle from developers Cryo Interactive Entertainment. The game is published by Cryo Interactive...

Sakura Taisen 2: Kimi, Shinitamou koto Nakare

Strategy, Adventure, First-person view, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Combat robots

Game released: PC → 24 December 2008

Sakura Taisen 2: Kimi, Shinitamou koto Nakare is a first-person strategy with a touch of adventure, an anime or manga game and a robot simulator from developers...

Kimi ga Nozomu Eien

First-person view, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Adventure

Game released: PC → 3 August 2001

Steam: 90/100

Kimi ga Nozomu Eien is a first-person anime/manga game with a visual novel twist from developer Age. The game is published by Acid Software, Alchemist and...

Necronomicon: The Dawning of Darkness

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Puzzle, Point & Click, Casual game

Game released: PC → 25 May 2001

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 47/100

Gilbert Goodmate and the Mushroom of Phungoria

Adventure, Third-person view, Indie

Game released: PC → 21 November 2003

Players: 10/10

Steam: 90/100

This adventure follows Gilbert Goodmate as he tries to recover Phungoria’s sacred mushroom and save his grandfather from execution. He has a week to find the thief...

Runaway: A Road Adventure

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 14 March 2007

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Set in New York in 2000, this point-and-click adventure follows Brian, a college student nearing graduation who is attacked by mobsters. On the run with a...

Masters of the Elements

Adventure, Educational game (Education), First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Logic

Game released: PC → July 2001

Masters of the Elements is a first-person adventure with educational and fantasy game elements from the masters at IJsfontein Interactive Media. The game is...

President for a Day

Adventure, Business / Management, Educational game (Education), First-person view, Interactive movie, Strategy, Casual game, Indie

Game released: PC → October 2001

Steam: 72/100

This turn-based strategy game centers on governing Pakistan through a crisis that begins two weeks before the presidential election. A severe monsoon brings...

Enemy Zero

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle

Game released: PC → 15 June 2001

Enemy Zero — aboard the biological research space station AKI, Laura Lewis is in deep cryogenic sleep. The air in the chamber dissipates when the ship's...

Majestic

Simulation, Adventure

Game released: PC → 31 July 2001

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 66/100

Majestic is a simulator with adventure elements from developers from Anim-X studio. The main publisher of the game is Electronic Arts, Inc.. It seems that Majestic...

Diggles: the Myth of Fenris

Strategy, Business / Management, Adventure

Game released: PC → 14 December 2020

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 62/100

A strategy game with management and adventure elements, Diggles: the Myth of Fenris follows a clan of Diggles exploring an uncharted underground world. The player...

Beyond Atlantis 2

Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle

Game released: PC → 9 February 2009

Players: 10/10

Steam: 40/100

Metacritic: 75/100

This first-person adventure with puzzles follows Ten, a descendant of Seth, the hero of the first Atlantis. Ten carries the powers of light and must face his mortal...

Ankh: Curse of the Scarab King

Adventure

Game released: PC → 31 December 2001

Metacritic: 74/100

After a wild party at the pharaoh’s pyramid, young Assil accidentally knocks over sacred urns, bringing a deadly curse upon himself and discovering the precious...

Giants: Citizen Kabuto

Action, Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Adventure, Role-playing game

Game released: PC → 28 October 2008

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 95/100

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...

Nancy Drew: Treasure in the Royal Tower

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Point & Click, Detective

Game released: PC → 20 August 2001

Steam: 84/100

This first-person adventure mystery follows Nancy Drew, who is snowed in at a ski resort housed in Wickford Castle. The castle’s history and maze of passages point...

Pajama Sam 3: You Are What You Eat From Your Head To Your Feet

Adventure, Educational game (Education), Casual game, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 13 December 2006

Steam: 97/100

This point-and-click adventure with educational elements follows a hero who reaches an island caught in a dispute between fats and sweets. A chase after some...

Ward

Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle

Game released: PC → 17 July 2001

Metacritic: 57/100

A third-person adventure set in a futuristic world, combining puzzles with a story. The player solves puzzles as the narrative unfolds through story...

Stupid Invaders

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 2 November 2001

Players: 4/10

Metacritic: 65/100

A puzzle adventure built around comedy inspired by popular culture, Monty Python and The X-Files. Stupid Invaders pairs its toilet humor and comic situations with...

Curse of Monkey Island

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 31 January 2007

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 89/100

This third entry in the Monkey Island series is a third-person adventure about pirate Guybrush Threepwood, who faces the demon pirate LeChuck and tries to save...

AmerZone: The Explorer's Legacy (1998)

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Point & Click, Casual game

Game released: PC → 1 April 2009

Steam: 80/100

This first-person adventure puzzle follows a young reporter who visits elderly explorer Alexandre Valembois and learns about his expedition to the mysterious region...

Happy Hippos: Auf Weltreise

Adventure, Educational game (Education), Platformer, Puzzle, Comics

Game released: PC → 14 November 2001

Players: 10/10

Happy Hippos: Auf Weltreise is an adventure with elements of an educational game, platformer and puzzle from developers from the studio RocketScience Games...

Leisure Suit Larry Collection

Adventure, Third-person view, Collection, Puzzle, Adult game

Game released: PC → 4 May 2007

Leisure Suit Larry Collection is a third-person adventure with puzzle and adult game elements from the masters at Sierra On-Line, Inc.. The game is published by...

Yoru ga Kuru! Square of the Moon

Role-playing game, First-person view, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Adult game, Turn-based, Adventure, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: PC → 19 April 2001

Steam: 77/100

Yoru ga Kuru! Square of the Moon is a first-person role-playing game with anime/manga and adult game elements from the masters at Alice Soft. The game is published...

Jack Orlando: A Cinematic Adventure (Director's Cut)

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 14 October 2001

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 64/100

Jack Orlando: A Cinematic Adventure (Director's Cut) is a third-person adventure with puzzle elements from developers from the studios REALITY PUMP Sp. z o.o. and...

Icewind Dale Complete

Role-playing game, In real time, Isometric, Collection, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure

Game released: PC → 7 October 2010

Steam: 90/100

Set in the fantasy world of Dungeons & Dragons, this role-playing game sends a party into the frozen lands of the Spine of the World, where ancient dungeons and...

Pilgrim: Faith as a Weapon

Adventure, Educational game (Education), First-person view, Historical

Game released: PC → November 2001

Pilgrim: Faith as a Weapon is a first-person historical adventure with a tutorial component. The game takes place in 1208 and tells the story of a renegade Templar...

Road to India: Between Hell and Nirvana

Adventure, In real time, First-person view, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 23 January 2009

Metacritic: 61/100

This first-person puzzle adventure follows Fred Reynolds as he searches for his fiancée, who has been kidnapped in New Delhi. In an unfamiliar country, Fred must...

Ultimate Adventure Games Pack Vol.1

Adventure, Educational game (Education), First-person view, Collection, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 9 July 2001

Ultimate Adventure Games Pack Vol.1 is a first-person adventure with a mix of educational game and puzzle game from the masters at Cryo Interactive Entertainment...

2112 - A Field Trip

Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future)

Game released: PC → 1 October 2001

Players: 10/10

2112 — A Field Trip is a first-person adventure from Mutilation Software...

Vengeance of the Chicken

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 22 February 2001

Vengeance of the Chicken is a third-person adventure with puzzle elements. Vengeance of the Chicken is also known as Vengence of the...

Druuna: Morbus Gravis

Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Adult game, Cyberpunk

Game released: PC → 27 December 2002

Metacritic: 26/100

This cyberpunk adventure takes place in a world where Druuna lies in a state of “cold sleep” and a deadly virus turns people into bloodthirsty beasts. A computer...

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Best Games in the Adventure genre of 2001 for PC