Top 21 Adventure Games of All Time — Ascending Order
There are, at last count, somewhere over four hundred point-&-click-type adventure games, but I can report that almost all of them just plain suck. Here are the tiny handful of adventure games that are actually worth playing. List is ascending, so #1's the least, #21's the greatest.
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- StarsBonnie Lynn ToupsElena FerranteMichael KucanThe land of Kyrandia is disappearing piece by piece. The only way to save the land is to find the anchor-stone, located in the center of the world. In this second part of the trilogy, you play the part of Zanthia.
- StarsChris BarrieRoger BlakePaul CodishSimon, your average English boy, is abducted by a mysterious old book and transported to a fantastic world where he has magical powers.
- DirectorJesse BullDropsy becomes an outcast after a fire at his family's circus and must work to discover the truth behind it in order to clear his name.
- DirectorSahand SaediStarsLisette De ArtolaMonica De LeonAndrew DennisA point-and-click adventure inspired by Haruki Murakami's surreal short stories. The game tells the story of a young woman who has forgotten her own name. But is she really losing her memory?
- DirectorJakub DvorskýFive botanical creatures try to save the last seed of their home tree from evil parasitic creatures that have infested their home.
- StarsNicole OliverJavier LacroixElise KatesIn Thimbleweed Park, a dead body is the least of your problems. Switch between five playable characters to uncover the surreal secrets of this strange town. The deeper you go, the weirder it gets.
- DirectorDave GrossmanTim SchaferStarsDenny DelkJane JacobsNick JamesonA disembodied tentacle is accidentally exposed to nuclear waste, giving it human abilities and an ambition to take over the world.Beware the uglified 'Remastered' version.
- The Dream Machine is an award-winning adventure game about dreams and voyeurism. It's built by hand using materials such as clay, cardboard and broccoli.
- DirectorSean ClarkStarsRobert PatrickMari WeissSteve BlumThree humans trapped on a distant planet discover its deadly secret which could be their undoing.
- DirectorJakub DvorskýSamorost 3 is a puzzle point-and-click adventure game developed by Amanita Design.
- DirectorShaun AitchesonIt's game night for the Purchase County Turbines and high-school football hero Tommy's sweet-heart is waiting in the bleachers - isn't she? Join Tommy for a night of disturbing discovery in this eerie point-&-click adventure.
- StarsLogan CunninghamAbe GoldfarbSarah ElmalehHoratio Nullbuilt and Crispin Horatiobuilt live alone in the desert, fixing up their ship before a rogue robot comes along and steals their power core. They then traverse the desert and make it into the city of Metropol, and from there they get into much more trouble than they anticipated. Much of the game and story are determined by the player's decisions, so it takes any number of turns upon entering the city.
- DirectorShaun AitchesonA logger is caught in a terrible landslide, stranding him deep in the Indonesian jungle. Join him on his quest to find his best friend and coworker Ramdan, and return home to his beloved Adiratna in this old-school point-&-click adventure.
- DirectorTim SchaferStarsRoy ConradMark HamillHamilton CampFramed for murdering a motorcycle magnate, a biker gang leader tries to clear his name and take revenge on the scheming businessman responsible.Beware the uglified 'Remastered' version.
- DirectorThomas RyderStarsGavin HammonAdam HarringtonRoger JacksonThe story is set in 1972 and follows Joe, a janitor at Archon (a luxurious company focusing on scientific research and development), on a quest to save mankind by using time travel.This game's best with the voice acting turned off.
- DirectorRon GilbertHal BarwoodStarsDominic ArmatoEarl BoenAlexandra BoydYoung pirate wanna-be Guybrush Threepwood sets out to pass the Three Trials, woo the governess Elaine Marley, reach the fabled Monkey Island and vanquish the nefarious ghost pirate LeChuck.Beware the horrendous 'Special Edition' version.
- DirectorJakub DvorskýA point-and-click adventure in which a humble robot must free his friend from the clutches of the nefarious Black Cap Brotherhood and save the control tower of the Steampunk-like city of Machinarium from being blown up.If possible, avoid the tolerable but inferior 'Definitive Version', which sucks out a good deal of the original game's charm.
- DirectorTim SchaferStarsTony PlanaMaria Canals-BarreraAlan BlumenfeldManuel Calavera is a travel agent in The Land of the Dead who has stumbled across a ring of corruption.In this case the Remastered version's actually better than the original: The characters are in better resolution, the game's way less buggy, and the scenery's unaltered.
- DirectorJonathan AckleyLarry AhernStarsDominic ArmatoAlexandra BoydEarl BoenAfter unwittingly turning his true love Elaine into solid gold with a cursed engagement ring, Guybrush Threepwood must find a map, a ship and a crew, sail to Blood Island and track down an uncursed diamond ring to reverse the curse.
- DirectorEnrique CabezaThe story follows Jeremiah Devitt, who receives a letter from his childhood friend, Anthony Beechworth. Devitt travels to Beechworth manor, where he finds that strange things are afoot. As he begins to investigate what has happened to his friend, he starts to unravel truths about his past best left forgotten.Along with Season 2, of course.
- DirectorRon GilbertStarsDominic ArmatoEarl BoenAlexandra BoydHaving vanquished the ghost pirate LeChuck with a soft drink, Guybrush Threepwood now seeks the treasure of Big Whoop. During his quest he discovers LeChuck is back from the dead. Once again.The greatest of all video games. Beware the ghastly 'Special Edition' version.