Similar Adventure Games
Every one of the 75 Adventure Games we have a similar-games list for, sorted by subgenre. Find the one you played, open its list and you get the games that play most like it, ranked, with the reason for each. The obscure ones are here too — that is the point.
Similar Open-World Adventure Games
29 games
Goat Simulator2014
Games like Goat Simulator
The Witness2016
Games like The Witness
Stray2022
Games like Stray
Battlefield™ V2018
Games like Battlefield™ V
Kerbal Space Program2015
Games like Kerbal Space Program
LEGO Star Wars - The Complete Saga2007
Games like LEGO Star Wars - The Complete Saga
Antichamber2013
Games like Antichamber
A Hat in Time2017
Games like A Hat in Time
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild2017
Games like The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time1998
Games like The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Super Mario 641996
Games like Super Mario 64
A Short Hike2019
Games like A Short Hike
Proteus2013
Games like Proteus
Super Mario Odyssey2017
Games like Super Mario Odyssey
Assassin's Creed2007
Games like Assassin's Creed
Train Simulator Classic2009
Games like Train Simulator Classic
Train Simulator: Union Pacific FEF-3 Loco Add-On2009
Games like Train Simulator: Union Pacific FEF-3 Loco Add-On
Farming Simulator 192018
Games like Farming Simulator 19
Shadow of the Colossus2005
Games like Shadow of the Colossus
Firewatch2016
Games like Firewatch
Refunct2015
Games like Refunct
L.A. Noire2011
Games like L.A. Noire
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask2000
Games like The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom2023
Games like The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
X2: The Threat2003
Games like X2: The Threat
Outer Wilds2019
Games like Outer Wilds
X: Beyond the Frontier1999
Games like X: Beyond the Frontier
Port Royale 32012
Games like Port Royale 3
MirrorMoon EP2013
Games like MirrorMoon EP
Similar Narrative Adventure Games
20 games
Detroit: Become Human2018
Games like Detroit: Become Human
Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons2013
Games like Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons
The Stanley Parable2013
Games like The Stanley Parable
To the Moon2015
Games like To the Moon
Life is Strange 22018
Games like Life is Strange 2
Gone Home2013
Games like Gone Home
Return of the Obra Dinn2018
Games like Return of the Obra Dinn
Dear Esther2012
Games like Dear Esther
Kentucky Route Zero: PC Edition2020
Games like Kentucky Route Zero: PC Edition
A New Beginning - Final Cut2012
Games like A New Beginning - Final Cut
Life Is Strange2015
Games like Life Is Strange
Batman: The Enemy Within - The Telltale Series2016
Games like Batman: The Enemy Within - The Telltale Series
OneShot2016
Games like OneShot
The Henry Stickmin Collection2020
Games like The Henry Stickmin Collection
Heavy Rain2010
Games like Heavy Rain
TOEM: A Photo Adventure2021
Games like TOEM: A Photo Adventure
What Remains of Edith Finch2017
Games like What Remains of Edith Finch
Before Your Eyes2021
Games like Before Your Eyes
A Plague Tale: Innocence2019
Games like A Plague Tale: Innocence
Beyond: Two Souls2013
Games like Beyond: Two Souls
Similar Metroidvania Games
18 games
STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order™2019
Games like STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order™
Dead Cells2018
Games like Dead Cells
FEZ2012
Games like FEZ
The Swapper2013
Games like The Swapper
Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit2012
Games like Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit
VVVVVV2010
Games like VVVVVV
SteamWorld Dig 22017
Games like SteamWorld Dig 2
Owlboy2016
Games like Owlboy
The Messenger2018
Games like The Messenger
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver1999
Games like Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver
Yoku's Island Express2018
Games like Yoku's Island Express
Aquaria2007
Games like Aquaria
Ori and the Blind Forest2015
Games like Ori and the Blind Forest
Toki Tori 2+2013
Games like Toki Tori 2+
Waking Mars2012
Games like Waking Mars
Saira2009
Games like Saira
La-Mulana2012
Games like La-Mulana
Reventure2019
Games like Reventure
Other similar Adventure Games
5 games
Other similar Adventure Games
3 games
Rankings of the best Adventure Games, by subgenre
Not all Adventure Games play alike, and sometimes you know exactly which flavour you are after. Each subgenre has its own ranking of the best in that style — open the one that sounds like you and skip sifting through the rest.
Just want the best Adventure Games?
If you would rather not go through all 75, there is the short version: the 20 Adventure Games rated highest by players and critics, in order, with a line on why each one is there. It is where anyone new to the genre should start.
🏆 The 20 Best Adventure Games (2026)