Adventure games focus on cracking enigmas and exploring and contemplating the game world in a narrative-driven scenario. In order to progress within the story arc, the player has to interact with different items, the environment itself, and other non-playing characters (NPC in short).
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Adventure
| # | top 20 adventure games | year | status | rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | The Secret of Monkey Island | 1990 | 4.32/5 | |
| 02 | Leisure Suit Larry 1: In the Land of the Lounge Lizards | 1987 | 4.27/5 | |
| 03 | Space Quest 1: The Sarien Encounter | 1986 | 4.27/5 | |
| 04 | Police Quest: Open Season | 1993 | 4.25/5 | |
| 05 | Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge | 1991 | 4.25/5 | |
| 06 | Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis | 1992 | 4.24/5 | |
| 07 | Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars | 2009 | 4.24/5 | |
| 08 | Loom | 1990 | 4.24/5 | |
| 09 | Hero's Quest: So you want to be a hero | 1989 | 4.23/5 | |
| 10 | Gobliiins | 1991 | 4.23/5 | |
| 11 | Police Quest 1: In Pursuit of the Death Angel | 1987 | 4.23/5 | |
| 12 | King's Quest 1: Quest for the Crown | 1984 | 4.23/5 | |
| 13 | Zork II: The Wizard of Frobozz | 1983 | 4.22/5 | |
| 14 | The Last Express | 1997 | 4.22/5 | |
| 15 | Guilty | 1995 | 4.21/5 | |
| 16 | King's Quest 6: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow | 1992 | 4.21/5 | |
| 17 | Where in America's Past is Carmen Sandiego? | 1991 | 4.20/5 | |
| 18 | Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist | 1993 | 4.20/5 | |
| 19 | Mixed-up Fairy Tales | 1991 | 4.19/5 | |
| 20 | B.A.T. 2 : The Koshan Conspiracy | 1992 | 4.19/5 |