Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
An action game about a shinobi who must rescue his young lord and take back his severed arm.
2019
PCPS4Xbox One
Genre
Adventure
179 guides
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
An open-world adventure in which Link explores Hyrule's sky, surface, and depths.
2023
Switch
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
An open-world adventure about Link waking from a long sleep to save Hyrule from Calamity Ganon.
2017
Switch
Super Mario Odyssey
A 3D platformer about Mario traveling kingdoms with his living hat to stop Bowser's wedding.
2017
Switch
Pokémon Scarlet and Violet
An open-world RPG about attending school in Paldea, catching Pokémon, and challenging the league.
2022
Switch
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
An action-adventure about young Link growing up and traveling time to stop Ganondorf.
1998
N64
Metroid Dread
A side-scrolling action game about Samus exploring planet ZDR while robotic hunters pursue her.
2021
Switch
God of War Ragnarök
An action-adventure about Kratos and Atreus crossing the Nine Realms as Ragnarök begins.
2022
PS4PS5PC
The Last of Us Part I
A story-driven action game about Joel escorting Ellie across a country overrun by the infected.
2022
PS5PC
Marvel's Spider-Man 2
An open-world action game about Peter Parker and Miles Morales protecting New York as Spider-Men.
2023
PS5
Ghost of Tsushima
An open-world action game about a samurai defending Tsushima during the Mongol invasion.
2020
PS4PS5PC
Minecraft
A sandbox about mining, crafting, and building in a blocky world you shape yourself.
2011
PCPS3PS4
Terraria
A 2D sandbox about digging, building, and fighting bosses in a pixel world.
2011
PCPS3PS4
Grand Theft Auto V
An open-world crime game about three criminals pulling heists across San Andreas.
2013
PCPS3PS4
Red Dead Redemption 2
An action-adventure about outlaw Arthur Morgan and the fading Van der Linde gang.
2018
PCPS4Xbox One
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
An open-world RPG about monster hunter Geralt searching for his adopted daughter.
2015
PCPS4PS5
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
An open-world RPG about a Dragonborn drawn into a civil war and the return of the dragons.
2011
PCPS3PS4
Hollow Knight
A metroidvania about a small knight exploring the ruined insect kingdom of Hallownest.
2017
PCPS4Xbox One
Baldur's Gate 3
A party RPG about companions infected by a mind flayer and the choices that follow.
2023
PCPS5Series X|S
Genshin Impact
An open-world action RPG about a traveler searching the nations of Teyvat for a lost twin.
2020
PCPS4PS5
The Legend of Zelda
An adventure about Link exploring Hyrule, finding the Triforce pieces, and confronting Ganon.
1987
NES
Metroid
An exploration platformer about Samus Aran hunting Space Pirates and Metroids on planet Zebes.
1986
NES
Blaster Master
An action-adventure about a mix of overhead tank driving and side-view platforming inside a mutating underground.
1988
NES
Castlevania II: Simon's Quest
An adventure about Simon Belmont wandering towns and mansions to lift Dracula's curse.
1988
NES
Metal Gear
A stealth game about Solid Snake sneaking through a fortress instead of shooting everyone.
1988
NES
StarTropics
An adventure about a boy named Mike searching tropical islands for his missing uncle.
1990
NES
Fester's Quest
A top-down adventure about Uncle Fester searching a monster-filled city for his family.
1989
NES
Shadowgate
A point-and-click adventure about exploring a castle by examining and using what you find.
1989
NES
Rygar
A platformer about a warrior who fights with a shield on a chain.
1987
NES
Maniac Mansion
A point-and-click adventure about kids sneaking through a mad scientist's house to save a friend.
1990
NES
Gargoyle's Quest II
An action-platformer about the gargoyle Firebrand exploring a demon world.
1992
NES
The Goonies II
An adventure-platformer about Mikey exploring caves and hideouts to rescue his friends.
1987
NES
The Guardian Legend
A game that alternates between a scrolling shooter and an overhead maze.
1989
NES
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
An action game about the Ninja Turtles moving across an overworld and into side-scrolling missions.
1989
NES
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
A cinematic action game about treasure hunter Nathan Drake, told through collapsing set pieces.
2009
PS3
The Last of Us
A story game about a smuggler escorting a teenage girl across an America ruined by infection.
2013
PS3PS4
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
A stealth action game about an aging Solid Snake dragged into one last war between private armies.
2008
PS3
Red Dead Redemption
An action-adventure about former outlaw John Marston, sent to hunt down his old gang.
2010
PS3Xbox 360
Shadow of the Colossus
An action game about a boy who must slay sixteen giants to bring a girl back to life.
2005
PS2
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
An open-world crime game about CJ returning home and trying to take his neighborhood back.
2004
PS2PC
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
A stealth game about Naked Snake on a 1960s mission through Soviet jungle.
2004
PS2
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
An action-adventure about Link, turned into a wolf, trying to restore light to a Hyrule covered in twilight.
2006
Wii
The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
An adventure about Link sailing a small sea on the DS, drawing routes with the stylus.
2007
DS
The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
An adventure about Link merging into walls to move between Hyrule and a darker twin kingdom.
2013
3DS
Metroid Fusion
An action game about Samus, infected by a parasite, exploring a space station that is being consumed.
2002
GBA
The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap
An adventure about Link shrinking to the size of the Minish, a tiny people who live in Hyrule's corners.
2004
GBA
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
An adventure about Link shipwrecked on Koholint Island, trying to wake a creature called the Wind Fish.
1993
Game Boy
Metal Gear Solid
A stealth game about Solid Snake infiltrating a nuclear disposal facility in Alaska.
1998
PS1
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
An adventure about Link moving between the light world and a dark mirror of Hyrule.
1991
SNES
Super Metroid
An exploration game about Samus returning to planet Zebes to recover a stolen Metroid larva.
1994
SNES
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
An adventure about Link repeating the same three days in a town waiting for the moon to fall.
2000
N64
Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon
A ghost-hunting game about Luigi and a vacuum in a set of mansions.
2013
3DS
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D
An action-adventure with updated visuals and a hint system.
2011
3DS
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D
An adventure about a remake of Majora's Mask.
2015
3DS
The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes
An action-adventure about three Links stacking and cooperating.
2015
3DS
Metroid: Samus Returns
An action-adventure about countering melee attacks.
2017
3DS
Metal Gear Solid 3D: Snake Eater
An action-adventure about a portable Snake Eater.
2012
3DS
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dual Destinies
An adventure game with 3D scenes and a new prosecutor.
2013
3DS
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Spirit of Justice
An adventure game where the defense is punished.
2016
3DS
Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
An adventure game about a crossover of puzzles and witchcraft trials.
2014
3DS
Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward
An adventure game about escaping rooms and a flowchart of endings.
2012
3DS
Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma
An adventure game about a sequel told in fragments you unlock out of order.
2016
3DS
Ever Oasis
An action game about building an oasis and exploring with residents.
2017
3DS
SteamWorld Dig
A game about digging a mine and carrying ore back up.
2013
3DS
Attack of the Friday Monsters!
A short adventure about a boy in a town where kaiju film at the edge of the day.
2013
3DS
Detective Pikachu
An adventure about interviewing Pokemon with a Pikachu who talks.
2018
3DS
Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
A puzzle adventure about a ghost who possesses objects to undo deaths.
2011
DS
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
An action-adventure about Soma and souls, with magic seals you draw.
2005
DS
The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks
An action-adventure about a train and Zelda as a spirit who possesses suits of armor.
2009
DS
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
A courtroom adventure about finding contradictions in testimony.
2005
DS
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Justice for All
An adventure game with new cases and a psyche-lock system.
2006
DS
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Trials and Tribulations
An adventure game about a sequel that closes the trilogy's running story.
2007
DS
Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney
An adventure game about a new lawyer and a system for spotting tells.
2008
DS
Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors
An adventure game about nine people escaping a ship through numbered doors.
2009
DS
Hotel Dusk: Room 215
An adventure about a former cop asking questions in a hotel, played sideways.
2007
DS
Last Window: The Secret of Cape West
An adventure game about the same detective in an apartment building.
2010
DS
Trace Memory
An adventure about a girl and a ghost solving a island's past, also called Another Code.
2005
DS
Pokemon Ranger
A game about drawing loops around Pokemon to befriend them.
2006
DS
Pokemon Ranger: Shadows of Almia
An adventure game with a larger region.
2008
DS
Pokemon Ranger: Guardian Signs
An adventure game about signs you trace.
2010
DS
Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin
An action-adventure about two characters you can swap.
2006
DS
Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia
An action-adventure about glyphs you absorb.
2008
DS
Okamiden
An action-adventure about a puppy with the celestial brush.
2011
DS
Metroid II: Return of Samus
An exploration platformer about Samus descending SR388 to exterminate the Metroids.
1991
Game Boy
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages
An action-adventure about Link shifting the past and present of Labrynna.
2001
Game Boy
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons
An action-adventure about Link using the Rod of Seasons to change the land.
2001
Game Boy
Metal Gear: Ghost Babel
A stealth game about released as Metal Gear Solid on Game Boy Color, about Solid Snake on a new mission.
2000
Game Boy
Survival Kids
An adventure about two children gathering food and tools on an island.
1999
Game Boy
Hamtaro: Ham-Hams Unite!
An adventure about a hamster visiting friends and learning words to use on them.
2002
Game Boy
Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
An action game about Soma Cruz absorbing monster souls in Dracula's castle.
2003
GBA
Metroid: Zero Mission
An action-adventure about a remake of the first Metroid, plus a stealth sequence after the suit is lost.
2004
GBA
Castlevania: Circle of the Moon
An action game about Nathan Graves combining cards to change his whip attacks.
2001
GBA
Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance
An action game about Juste Belmont searching two overlaid castles.
2002
GBA
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past & Four Swords
An action-adventure about a Link to the Past on the Game Boy Advance, plus a multiplayer Four Swords mode.
2002
GBA
Boktai: The Sun Is in Your Hand
An action game about a vampire hunter whose gun charges in real sunlight.
2003
GBA
Boktai 2: Solar Boy Django
An action-adventure with a day-night cycle and forging under the sun.
2004
GBA
Lady Sia
An action-adventure about a princess who transforms to fight.
2001
GBA
Landstalker
An isometric adventure about the treasure hunter Nigel and a fairy who will not stop talking.
1993
Genesis
Beyond Oasis
An action-adventure about a prince binding four spirits to a gold armlet.
1994
Genesis
Crusader of Centy
An action-adventure about a boy whose sword only hurts monsters after he meets a wise man, and who collects animal friends.
1994
Genesis
Ecco the Dolphin
An adventure about a dolphin searching the ocean for his missing pod.
1992
Genesis
Ecco: The Tides of Time
An adventure game about Ecco moving through time to stop an invasion of the seas.
1994
Genesis
Flashback
A cinematic platformer about an amnesiac agent on Titan.
1993
Genesis
Out of This World
A cinematic game about a physicist thrown into an alien prison by a failed experiment.
1991
Genesis
Castlevania
A 3D action game about hunters entering Dracula's lands at the end of the nineteenth century.
1999
N64
Mega Man 64
An action-adventure about Mega Man Volnutt digging ruins on an island of scavengers.
2001
N64
Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon
An action-adventure about Goemon's party traveling feudal Japan, including a giant-robot fight.
1998
N64
Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness
An action-adventure about a 3D Castlevania that adds new leads and revisits the castle from the previous game.
1999
N64
Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine
An adventure about Indy exploring Soviet-dug ruins for a Babylonian machine.
2000
N64
Valheim
A survival game about vikings, a boss for each biome, and a base the next biome will test.
2021
PCPS5
Palworld
An open-world game about catching creatures and putting them to work on a base.
2024
PCPS5Series X|S
PEAK
A co-op climbing game about a mountain, stamina, and friends who can pull you up.
2025
PC
No Man's Sky
A space game about procedural planets, a ship, and a base.
2016
PCPS4PS5
Tomb Raider
An action-adventure about Lara Croft exploring tombs and jumping with a fixed camera.
1996
PS1
Tomb Raider II
An action-adventure about a sequel that adds vehicles and outdoor levels to Lara's tomb raids.
1997
PS1
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver
An action-adventure about the vampire Raziel devouring souls and shifting to the spectral realm.
1999
PS1
Alundra
An action-adventure about a dreamwalker entering people's nightmares.
1997
PS1
Brave Fencer Musashi
An action game about a swordsman who absorbs enemy techniques.
1998
PS1
MediEvil
An action game about Sir Dan, a skeleton knight, crossing a cartoon graveyard.
1998
PS1
Mega Man Legends
An action-adventure about Mega Man Volnutt digging ruins and defending a city.
1998
PS1
Mega Man Legends 2
An action-adventure about a larger world and ruins that ask for specific weapons.
2000
PS1
Fear Effect
An action-adventure about three criminals in a red-tinted Hong Kong.
2000
PS1
Ico
An action-adventure about a boy leading a girl out of a castle.
2001
PS2
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
A stealth sequel that shifts to a new protagonist on an offshore plant.
2001
PS2
Okami
An action-adventure about a sun goddess in wolf form painting with a celestial brush.
2006
PS2Wii
Sly 2: Band of Thieves
An action-adventure about a gang pulling jobs, with three playable thieves.
2004
PS2
Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves
An action-adventure about recruiting specialists for one last vault.
2005
PS2PS3
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
An action game about a prince who can rewind a mistake.
2003
PS2
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within
An action-adventure about the prince trying to escape his fate.
2004
PS2
Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones
An action-adventure about a sequel that adds a dark form and chariot chases.
2005
PS2
Beyond Good & Evil
An action-adventure about a photographer uncovering a government lie.
2003
PS2
Bully
An open-world game about a student at a boarding school.
2006
PS2
Grand Theft Auto IV
An open-world game about an immigrant pulled back into crime in Liberty City.
2008
PS3Xbox 360
inFAMOUS
An open-world game about electric powers and a karma meter.
2009
PS3
inFAMOUS 2
An open-world game about a sequel set in a flooded New Orleans-like city.
2011
PS3
Steins;Gate
An adventure game about a microwave, time, and a lab that should not send another message.
2009
PS3
Batman: Arkham Origins
An action-adventure about the night Batman meets several assassins.
2013
PS3
Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
A pirate game about a ship you upgrade between assassinations.
2013
PS3
Assassin's Creed II
An open-world game about Ezio in Renaissance Italy.
2009
PS3Xbox 360
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
An action-adventure about Harry's sixth year, with duels and potion classes.
2009
PS3
Batman: Arkham City
An action-adventure about a prison city and a predator room system.
2011
PS3Xbox 360
Marvel's Spider-Man
An open-world game about Peter Parker swinging through New York.
2018
PS4PS5
The Last of Us Part II
A story game about revenge across a flooded city, played from two sides.
2020
PS4PS5
Hogwarts Legacy
An open-world game about a student in the 1890s who can see ancient magic.
2023
PS4SwitchXbox One
Horizon Zero Dawn
An open-world game about a hunter who strips machines for parts.
2017
PS4
Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales
A smaller Spider-Man game about Miles, venom punches, and a winter in Harlem.
2020
PS4
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
An open-world RPG about a mercenary in ancient Greece.
2018
PS4PS5
Wobbly Life
A physics sandbox about a floppy character, jobs, and a town you mess around in.
2022
PS4PS5
Days Gone
An open-world game about a biker, hordes of infected, and camps you supply.
2019
PS4
Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection
An action-adventure about climbing, shooting, and a treasure hunt.
2022
PS4
Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection
An action-adventure about climbing, shooting, and a treasure hunt.
2015
PS4
RuneScape: Dragonwilds
A survival game in the RuneScape world about crafting, dragons, and a wilderness you build in.
2025
PS5
Ghost of Yotei
An open-world game about a mercenary on a revenge path in Ezo.
2025
PS5
Crimson Desert
An open-world action game about a mercenary company on a large continent.
2026
PS5Series X|S
Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced
An action-adventure about a pirate, ships, and the Caribbean.
2026
PS5
Big Walk
A small cooperative walking game about a shared pair of legs and getting somewhere together.
2026
PS5
Grounded 2
A survival sequel about being tiny in a park, with new creatures and a base to build.
2025
PS5Series X|S
Out of This World
A cinematic game about a physicist who is pulled into an alien prison.
1992
SNES
Flashback
A cinematic platformer about an amnesiac agent on a moon of Saturn.
1993
SNES
The Legend of the Mystical Ninja
An action game about two ninja traveling towns and dropping into side-scrolling fights.
1992
SNES
Ring Fit Adventure
An RPG where the attacks are exercises done with a ring and a leg strap.
2019
Switch
Luigi's Mansion 3
An adventure game with Gooigi for the places Luigi cannot fit.
2019
Switch
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
An adventure about Koholint Island and the instruments that wake the Wind Fish.
2019
Switch
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD
An action-adventure with a stick option for the sword.
2021
Switch
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
An adventure where Zelda copies objects and monsters and places them to solve rooms.
2024
Switch
Pikmin 4
A Pikmin game about a rescue corps, a dog you ride, and night missions.
2023
Switch
It Takes Two
A co-op game about a couple turned into dolls, with a new mechanic in each level.
2021
SwitchXbox OneSeries X|S
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
An action-adventure about motion-controlled sword directions and a sky island.
2011
Wii
Pandora's Tower
An action game about feeding a beast flesh so a woman does not transform.
2013
Wii
Endless Ocean: Blue World
An adventure game with a story and deeper dives.
2010
Wii
Little King's Story
A game about sending citizens to fight, build, and farm.
2009
Wii
Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon
An action-adventure about a boy with a flashlight after the world has emptied.
2010
Wii
Batman: Arkham Asylum
An action-adventure about a Batman game set inside the asylum.
2009
Xbox 360
L.A. Noire
A detective game about face cues and evidence.
2011
Xbox 360
Sea of Thieves
A pirate game about crews, voyages, and a ship that sinks if nobody repairs.
2018
Xbox OneSeries X|S
Death Stranding Director's Cut
A delivery game about balance, cargo, and structures other players leave behind.
2021
Xbox OneSeries X|S
Subnautica 2
An underwater survival game about oxygen, a new planet, and co-op exploration.
2026
Series X|S
Star Wars: Outlaws
An open-world game about a scoundrel, a speeder, and jobs that change your reputation.
2024
Series X|S
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
An open-world game about a Na'vi on Pandora, a bow, and bases you can undermine.
2023
Series X|S