50 Best Adventure Games

In my opinion, the modern day renaissance of the adventure genre has four main pillars:Daedalic Entertainment,Wadjet Eye Games,Amanita Design,andTelltale Games.

Thanks guys. Im surprised there arent more adventure game fans here.

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To me it seemsDaedaliccan most be likened to the old LucasArts, as they constantly have a witty humor or bright colorful worlds on display. These are some of the games theyve made and a screenshot to give you an idea of what their style is.

1) Double Fine (You absolutely must play Stacking, and The Cave is also pretty good; one may consider these closer to puzzle games than adventure, but there are stories and plots to these games and they pass the test of being reviewed on

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Thanks for the list. Gave me suggestions on what I should pay next.

Wadjet Eye Gamesreminds me a lot of the old Sierra. They very often use a pixelated retro graphic style and their games just have an overall look of the old Sierra. Here are some of their games and screenshot:

Thanks for the list. Gave me suggestions on what I should pay next.

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. They are also working on a new adventure game now.)

So many I have not even heard of. But I oved Grim Fandango, Full Throttle, Longest Joureny and Dream Fall, and yea Syberia I & II both had a lot of charm.

Now I just HAVE to try out I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream. Never heard of it before, thanks.

The 50 Best Modern-Day Adventure Games

I would like add some games from pendulo studios, I played to the trilogy runaway,new york crimes and igor: Objetivo Uikokahonia, for my the best are the first and second games from trilogy runaway and igor objetivo Uikokahonia. But the last one is a old game, so the modern games are the runaways

Hmmm.. I only played Black Mirror 3, thoroughly enjoyed it. You can also go to all your adventure game needs. Black mirror can be found here

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Around two weeks ago I finished an article on the25 Best Classic/Retro Adventure Gamesif youre interested in seeing those. I still have a bunch of more adventure lists I want to create focusing on consoles, handhelds, text-adventures, visual novels, Flash online adventure games, and hidden-object adventure games. Yeah, theres a lot coming.

-Maniac Mansion/ Day of the Tentacle

And last is my favorite,Amanita Design.I feel theyve advanced the genre the most this generation. Their games are some of the most expressive games ever created, and they do a great job convincing anyone that games can be art. Their games are:

Yeah, theyve made a lot of games recently. Not just Runaway. I think they made Yesterday and The Next Big Thing in the past few years.

Wow, this thread brings back some distant memories. Played several Sierra series (and a few LucasArts) in high school and college and i do miss them. i guess nothing is PURE adventure these days…

Awesome list now I must go adventuring

Can you tell me more about the Black Mirror series? I never played any of the games in the series but Ive heard people talk about them. Also, are you a developer?

Heres the list I just finished:

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Telltale Gameshave a more generic look that doesnt necessarily lend resemblance to any old studios, but they might be likened to the time when LucasArts made the switch over to 3D with Grim Fandango and Escape from Monkey Island. Here are some of their games.

I would like add some games from pendulo studios, I played to the trilogy runaway,new york crimes and igor: Objetivo Uikokahonia, for my the best are the first and second games from trilogy runaway and igor objetivo Uikokahonia. But the last one is a old game, so the modern games are the runaways

So what are you going to play next?

Wonder if anybody remembers Kyrandia 1 and 2?

@MeltdownInteractiveCan you tell me more about the Black Mirror series? I never played any of the games in the series but Ive heard people talk about them. Also, are you a developer?

Heres what I think about adventure games as theyre represented today. The two pillars of the adventure genre back in the old days wereSierraandLucasArts.

Id like to add more to this list as well:

2) KING Art (Book of Unwritten Tales series. I highly recommend this. One of the best modern adventure games in my opinion. They also made The Raven, but I havent played it YET.

EDIT: Also, I see that you intend to include Planescape: Torment in the classic adventure list. Its one of my favorite games of all time, its purely brilliant, but I wouldnt say its an adventure game. Its a old- school western RPG in the vein of Baldurs Gate.Last edited:Aug 6, 2013PileOfGoo,Aug 6, 2013

Nice list. Cant wait to see what Telltale delivers in the final episode of the Walking Dead game next week.

This list took a really long time to compile and write. Im only focusing on MODERN-DAY adventure games so please dont complain about why certain older classic games are missing. This list focuses on the best modern-day gems, because I feel that despite not being part of the mainstream gaming scene, there still have been some incredible adventure games developed in this day and age. Games like Gemini Rue, Machinarium, and The Walking Dead.

3) Deck 13 (Ankh and Jack Keane series; they also made Haunted, but I havent played it YET. They are far from perfect in terms of polish, but they are still great modern games to be played. Perhaps the imperfection of polish gives them a sense of uniqueness.)

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Also this new The Raven game is getting rave reviews, has anyone tried it yet?