Action Adventure is the video game genre includes video games that bend core elements from both Action and Adventure genres. The use of the Action Adventure is more liberal with the decline of adventure genre from mainstream popularity. It isn’t uncommon for players to apply the term of Action or Adventure to define the genre of fiction to which the video game belongs. It is a hybrid genre and the perfect combination of an element from an Adventure and Action games, especially essential elements like Puzzles and Platform. The genre needs some physical skills like action games, but also offer numerous characters, storyline, dialogue, an inventory system, and other features of Adventure games. These types of games provide fast-paced gameplay than pure Adventure games because they offer both conceptual and physical challenges. It usually offer the mixture of complex story elements, displayed for players using video and audio. The story in the game relies upon the movement of the player’s character. Although Action Adventure video games are complicated and diverse to classify, there are some subgenres of Action Adventure video games available such as First-person Action Adventure, Third-person Action Adventure, Immersive Sim, Platform Adventure Games, Isometric Platform Adventure, Stealth Games, Survival Horror, and more.
#1 Rayman Legends
Rayman Legends is an Action-Adventure and Puzzle-Platformer video game created by Ubisoft Montpellier and Ubisoft Casablanca. The game provides with a similar game-play to Rayman Origins and allows up to 4 players for a simultaneous game-play in which you can explore dungeons, haunted lands and fight against vampires, ghosts, and the living dead etc. Rayman Legends provides with 120 levels of pure awesomeness, additional Lums and Teensies. This super cool re-mastered version of the game actually is a war going on between the Teensies and their nightmares so you must get up from you 100 yearlong sleep, encounter the nightmares and the Dark Teensies and free the 10 princesses and the good Teensies. Rayman Legends is a great Action-Adventure, and Puzzle platformer video game, do try it out.
#2 Ori and the Blind Forest
Ori and the Blind Forest is a marvelous new Action-Adventure, RPG and Puzzle-Platformer video game by Microsoft Studios. The game takes you to an amazing 2D world where you control Ori The Spirit who eliminates enemies using the sacred spirit flames. With amazingly challenging puzzles, exploration, and epic enemy encounters, Ori gets tasked by the Spirit tree to accompany Sein The Guide, eliminate the forces of evil and restore the forest. Ori and the Blind Forest offers great visuals, addictive game-play and a wonderful story to follow. Ori and the Blind Forest is one of the newest and best Action-Adventure, puzzle-Platform video games that offer unique RPG elements to boost up the level of entertainment you’ll have while playing the game, so do try it out.
#3 Limbo
Limbo is an award winning Puzzle-Platform and Action-Adventure video game by PlayDead. The game offers wonderfully immersive game-play and lets you enjoy a Side-Scrolling marvel in which your task is to be a little kid, travel through a dark jungle, solve a number of puzzles in order to carry on your way and defeat some nasty monsters to survive. Huge Spiders, Bear Traps, Dark passages, machine enemies and anti-gravity guns are some of the obstacles that you are destined to go through, remain on your course and get out of this God-forsaken world and eventually find your missing sister. With a mesmerizing and amazing environment, brilliant visuals and an addictive and challenging game-play, Limbo is quite fun to play.
#4 Portal 2
Portal 2 is an amazing First-Person Action-Adventure and puzzle platform game developed and distributed by Valve Corporation. A sequel to Portal, portal 2 comes with lots of new levels, enhanced graphics and a user friendly interface. Portal 2 keeps the possession of almost half of the elements from Portal. The game includes single and multiplayer game modes and a lot of new characters. Portal 2 is quite difficult as compared to Portal. You’ll have to solve some seriously complex puzzles in order to advance to the next levels of the game. You’ll get to use some new techniques to solve problems if you really want to make portals. With a totally new and unique style, amazing visuals, objective-based story-line and an engaging game-play, Portal 2 is a fantastic Action-Adventure and Puzzle-Platform video game to play and enjoy.
#5 Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning is a great Action-Adventure and RPG game with super thrilling Hack and Slash elements. The game sets you up into the character of the Fateless One who after being resurrected gets destined to go against the Winter Fae, a dark entity with dark abilities and skills. Your task is to get out of the Lab before Winter Fae Swarms up the place, find Octienne, get the info about Winter Fae and eliminate em before its too late. Other tasks of the game include, exploration, find weapons and skills, go on quests to fight against the vicious enemy, and earn skill points to buy upgrades and stuff. This game is all about close combats and melee fights, so you’ll have one of the best experience of hardcore combats and the use of melee weapons like swords, hammers, knives etc. Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning is a great Action-Adventure, Hack and Slash and RPG video game to play and enjoy.
#6 The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth combines the elements of Rough-like, Dungeon Crawling, Shooter, Action-Adventure and Horror developed and published by Nicalis. The game supports both single and multiplayer modes and offers an exciting story of the Binding of Isaac inspired by the childhood of McMillen growing up in a religious family. You take on the role of the young boy known as Isaac whose mother locks the protagonist in his room and convinced she is doing the job of god. His mother wants to sacrifice Isaac to prove here faith, Isaac becomes scared and escapes to the basement and lock himself. The game takes place in the fictional underground world full of monsters, and strange creatures. Explore the game world, fight against monsters, and other creatures to complete several missions and earn points that you can use to unlock upgrades. You have to gather items and power-ups to enhance your abilities and take down foes. With addictive gameplay, superb mechanics, and brilliant visuals, The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth is the wonderful game to play and enjoy.
#7 Divinity: Original Sin
Divinity: Original Sin is a marvelous Single-Player, Action-Adventure and a Cooperative Fantasy RPG video game by Larian Studios. The game lets you be a pair (Cooperative) of two Source Hunters who are basically the members of a faction that is destined to eliminate dangerous magic named The Source that with the help of The Sorcerers is swallowing up the realm on a very high pace. Your task is to gather up your party of individuals like you and go on to the most epic quests and adventures to hunt down the Sorcerers and finally eradicate the Dark magic The Source. To achieve the goals, you must get into the brutal combats, explore an open world, join your friends in a Co-Op multiplayer game-play and enjoy this cool game to the limits. With wonderfully created mechanics, enhanced graphics, unique character customization options, regular upgrades and a huge pile of DLC (Downloadable Content), Divinity: Original Sin is a wonder.
#8 Ravenfield (Beta 5)
Ravenfield (Beta 5) is an Action-Adventure, First-person Shooter, Ragdoll and Single-player video game available to play on Windows, Mac, and Linux. The game revolves around between two factions such as the blue and the red. You can select one of them to start your game, and your main objective is to smash against a team using cars, helicopters, tanks and various weapons. The game takes place in the open environment and revolves around physics-based elements. It introduces a new vehicle as Quadbike, New Weapons, Helicopter, and Tanks. It supports Single-player and puts you on the battlefield against AI-controlled characters. Beat your foes and their bosses and earn the highest points to unlock further modes and weapons in the game. As you advanced, the game becomes challenging. The game features a flag multiplier, through this you gain extra points per enemy kill. With the massive environment, addictive gameplay, brilliant story, and superb controls, Ravenfield (Beta 5) is the best game to play and enjoy.
#9 Sea of Thieves
Sea of Thieves is an Action-Adventure, Pirate-themed and Multiplayer video game developed by Rare and published by Microsoft Studios. It takes place in an open world environment and brings a thrilling gameplay deals with exploration, steering, firing cannons and more. In the game, the team of players traverse and navigate the open-ended environment via a ship of a pirate to fulfill various tasks to score the points. The player can embark himself on epic quests to collect loot, score the points and engage in deadly combat with other players from around the world. During the gameplay, the player can interact with the environment and non-player characters to progress through the story and can explore the landscape from a first-person perspective. It offers a beautiful world and the player can team up with other players and can battle enemies to score the points to prove himself as the best pirate in the game. With the highly detailed environment, wonderful graphics, and smooth controls, Sea of Thieves is the incredible game to play and enjoy.
#10 Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is an Action-Adventure, Open World, Third-person, Single and Multiplayer video game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It is the seventh game in the series of Grand Theft Auto and first main game after Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. It takes place in the fictional city called San Andreas based in Nevada and California. The story revolves around the protagonist named Carl Johnson “CJ” who returns to his homeland after the death of his mother. The protagonist finds his family and beloved friends in disarray, and the entire course of the game he struggles to reestablish his gang, fight against corrupt officers, and unearth the secrets behind his mother’s death. There are a massive variety of weapons, vehicles, and equipment that you can use during the gameplay and drive any vehicle that you see in your path. The protagonist can run, climb walls, jump, and drive different vehicles and bicycles. You can explore the environment either on foot or by vehicle and earn lots of money by accomplishing missions. Interact with NPCs and objects to further progress through the game and show off your driving skills. With enhanced mechanics, addictive gameplay, brilliant visuals and superb controls, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is the best game to play amuse.
#11 Don’t Starve Together
Don’t Starve Together is a standalone Action-Adventure and Survival expansion pack of the original Don’t Starve with Multiplayer functionality. The game offers Reign of Giants mod that features new characters, new challenges, Puzzles, biomes, seasons and creatures to immerse you with the game-play a bit more tightly. As the same character of Wilson, you’ll have to explore a strange world filled with all the strangest creatures, hazards, dangers and wonders. In order to survive, you’ll have to gather as much resources as you can, craft items with all the available materials, build different structures, interact with other online players, fight them off of your property and save your items, or simply befriend other online players, explore the world together survive the harshest environment and Survive. With a wonderful setting, cool visuals, enhanced mechanics and an addictive game-play, Don’t Starve Together is a fun game to play and enjoy.
#12 Prototype
Prototype is an Action-Adventure, RPG, Stealth and Third-person Shooter video game by Activision. The game offers an Open World Environment, and it is set in Manhattan, USA. Prototype follows the character of an Amnesic and powerful Shapeshifter named as Alex Mercer, who sets out to fight against the Blacklight, a deadly plague that consumes the humanity of Individuals and converts them into altered ferocious monsters. Alex keeps on fighting the monsters as well as finding the truth about his lost past. Struggling hard against the monsters, Alex also comes into massive conflict with the US military and the operatives of Blackwatch, a Black operation force. With the freedom to roam free, Alex keeps on getting farther into the enemy territory and finding the secrets while the player controls the character of Alex Mercer. Prototype offers plenty of room for gameplay along with sophisticated weaponry, fantastic graphics quality, and excellent combat mechanics. Prototype provides the ability to experience the game in Sandbox style while playing it and enjoy it even more. With its amazingly addictive nature, Prototype is one of the most played and liked Action-Adventure, Stealth, and Shooter video game. It also has a sequel named as Prototype 2 that expands the story to further distances and enhances the great experience. Do try it out.
#13 Darksiders
Darksiders is one amazing Action-Adventure and Hack and Slash video game that offers wonderful RPG elements and allows you to be the main protagonist named as War who is one among the Four Horsemen of Apocalypse. The game is set in an apocalyptic era and allows you to roam freely in an open world, combat and slash your way through the equally equipped enemies, defeat enemy bosses and earn experience points plus the game currency. The game world is divided into numerous parts and every part of the game world has its own enemy boss and Darksiders lets you defeat every boss and acquire its weapon and skills to enhance your powers. With a special weapon, a boomerang-style throwing blade is your primary weapon in the game that helps you target your enemies from a brief distance and kill them in order to get more points. With a wonderful story, cool mechanics, brilliant visuals and an immersive game-play, Darksiders is a superb Action-Adventure, Hack and Slash and RPG game to play.
#14 Torchlight 2
Torchlight 2 is an Action-Adventure and Role Playing Game developed and published by Runic Games playable only on Microsoft Windows. The protagonist walks through different dungeons and fights with monsters of different types and gains XP (Experience Points) and loot. Unlike its predecessor Torchlight, Torchlight 2 features a modified and quite thrilling game-play, more towns to explore and a quite longer quest, redesigned and more enhanced user interface and controls, surreal environments and graphics and a well-written story-line. Offering four different classes of player characters with different skills and abilities, Torchlight 2 lets the player choose any character and modify according to the likeness. Torchlight 2 also includes multiplayer gaming mode to let the player play the game with friends or other players online. With four different classes of player characters, amazing new skills and abilities, Multiplayer gaming mode and a lot of other great things, Torchlight 2 is one of best games of this specific genre to play and enjoy.
#15 Assassin’s Creed: Origins
Assassin’s Creed: Origins is an Action-Adventure, Third-person Perspective, and Single-player video game with an emphasis on Stealth element developed and published by Ubisoft. It is the 10th title in the series of Assassin’s Creed and serves as the successor to Assassin’s Creed Syndicate released in 2015. The plot takes place in the Ancient Egypt during the period of Ptolemaic and revolves around the fictional history of real-world events. The story of the game focuses on the centuries-long battle between the Order of the Ancients and the Brotherhood of Assassins. The Order of the Ancients wants peace through forceful imposition while the Brotherhood of Assassins wants peace by promoting the liberty. The player takes on the role of the protagonist and can explore the fictional landscapes from a third-person view. The ultimate task is to complete a variety of quests to progress through the story, earn experience points, and unlock new skills. He can freely roam the environment on horseback, foot, camel-back, boat and more. With prominent features, addictive gameplay, and smooth controls, Assassin’s Creed: Origins is the best game to play and enjoy.
#16 Far Cry Primal
Far Cry Primal is a fantastic new Action-Adventure and Survival video game by Ubisoft and Ubisoft Montreal. The game adds up a brilliant new type of genre in the series and offers a truly very immersive and quite jaw dropping experience. Far Cry Primal takes you back to 10,000 B.C in the beginning of Mesolithic Era. Set in the fictitious Oros Valley in the Central Europe, Far Cry Primal features an Open World environment filed up with all kinds of that time’s Flora and Fauna such as animals like Prehistoric Mammoths, Wolves, Cave Bears, Irish Elks, Wooly Rhinos, Saber-Toothed Cats, Cave Lions, Brown bears, Deer and Badgers etc. With only challenge of the game, Survival, Far Cry Primal lets you be a prominent Wenja Tribe man named Takkar, tasks you to explore the Oros valley without any weapons and lost of dangers. In order to survive, Far Cry Primal lets you capture and tame wild animals, collect different types of resources and build weapons, tools etc. You must build a special place among all the fellow tribesmen by using your skills and abilities of survival. Other prominent game tasks include scavenging, hunting, building structures by the use of all the natural resources and your abilities etc. With a very immersive nature, all the fantastic aspects of wild life and life without necessary resources, struggle and your survival abilities, brilliant visual details and all the fun, Far Cry Primal is one fantastic Action, Adventure and Survival video game to play and enjoy.
#17 Mafia 3
Mafia 3 is a third marvelous entry in the Mafia series developed by Hanger 13 and published by 2K Games. The game combines the elements of Action-Adventure, Open World, and Shooting, and lets you play the role of the protagonist named as Lincoln Clay. It takes place in 1968 in the fictional city called New Orleans. The story revolves around the protagonist who is an orphan and his companion named Vietnam veteran, and their adventure to create a new criminal organization to fight against Italian Mob. You can play the game from the third-person perspective, in which you as Lincoln Clay must take revenge on your friends who killed by Local mobs. It offers classic weapons, vehicles and environment and lets you complete challenging missions. Explore the game world, fight against enemies using different weapons and earn money. You can unlock other areas of the game by accomplishing missions. Mafia 3 includes core features such as Exciting Missions, different Vehicles, 3D Open Environment, Upgradable Weapons, Exciting Story, and more. Mafia 3 is the wonderful game as compared to other Action-Adventure games.
#18 Total Overdose
Total Overdose is an Action-Adventure, Third-person Perspective, and Single-player Shooter video game created by Deadline Games and published by SCi Games Ltd. Grand Theft Auto series inspires the game, and it is the first entry in the series of Total Overdose. The game takes place in the open environment known as Maya Jungle. According to the story, Ernesto Cruz, an undercover agent in DEA. DEA army attacks the military to stolen some information about Papa Muerte. After the attack and thrown Ernesto from the plane and is finished. The player can get into the role of the protagonist named Ramiro, most of the game the player control the Ramiro, while in starting two missions the player assists different characters such as Tommy and Ernesto Cruz. There is a variety of challenging missions filled with different objectives, and puzzles. The player uses third-person perspective to navigate the environment and can explore the world either on foot or by vehicles. Interact with NPCs to get missions and earn money when the mission accomplished. Use his money to buy vehicles, weapons, armors and more. With superb mechanics, open environment, and brilliant gameplay, Total Overdose is the best alternative to GTA.
#19 Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons is an epic Graphic Puzzle, Action-Adventure, and Indie video game by Starbreeze Studios AB. The game focuses on two brothers and allows you to control both of them, lead them both on a journey based on a fairy tale and enjoy a super addictive and amazing co-op game-play. Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons lets you solve a lot of amazingly complex puzzles, explore the whole game-world, fight against the enemies and Bosses etc. You must also find the cure (Water of Life) for your ailing father, you must help and look out for each other, survive and bring the cure safely. Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons features super beautiful graphics and scenarios, an addictive game-play and a great story. As an alternative to The Silent Age this game will definitely provide you with tons of entertainment.
#20 Mafia 2
Mafia 2 is a 3rd person, Open World, Action-Adventure and Shooting game developed and published by 2K Czech. This game is a direct sequel to Mafia: City of Lost heaven and is playable on Pc (Microsoft Windows), Mac OS X, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The game is based in the fictional cities of New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Boston and Detroit and it revolves around the life of a former army veteran now a gangster Vito Scalata, who wants to be a don someday. Vito Scalata continues to work hard and gathers a large file of his criminal activities in the law enforcement office. The protagonist of the game mostly travels on foot or in vehicles and a lot of ammunition travels with him. Where ever he finds his enemies he kill them and also works on assignments from his multiple bosses to earn money. The gameplay of Mafia 2 greatly resembles to the GTA series games but the storyline is quite different. Mafia 2 features an era of Empire Bay so the music in the game is also quite oldish but great, you’ll get a chance to drive vintage and famous cars from the years 1940 to 1950. With great graphics, an open world gaming environment and a third person perspective, the player is forced to enjoy the game.
#21 Nancy Drew
Nancy Drew is a Series of games that offers various Action-Adventure and Point-and-Click exploits of the character of Nancy Drew. The series features over a dozen games and is one of the longest running series of mysteries that tends to provide you with quality entertainment and immerses you deeply with the brilliant stories. Available on various gaming platforms such as PC, Mac, Linux, Nintendo and Smart phones, Nancy Drew offers Interactive and Visual Novel style aesthetics and allows you to solve puzzles, talk to NPCs, Collect items, and solve crimes and Mysteries. Being a fantastic video game series, Nancy Drew offers some of the most amazing Video games in the series and some of them are big hits such as Nancy Drew Adventures, Nancy Drew Dossier and Nancy Drew Mobile Mysteries etc. Throughout the series Nancy Drew offers a number of different environments, stories, characters and various gameplay experiences etc. With all the fantastic story-driven gameplays, Nancy Drew lets you enjoy both exploration and Detective aesthetics and that is what makes the whole series a marvelous creation of all time.
#22 Metro: 2033
Metro: 2033 is a Hardcore Action-Adventure, Horror-Survival and First-person Shooter video game and a direct sequel to Metro last Light. The game is set in a Post-Apocalyptic era and takes you to the city of Moscow, Russia. Once again you’ll play as Artyom and your task is to survive and save the humanity from the reign of mutant creatures and their sudden deadly attacks. In order to complete the tasks, you’ll have to scavenge an open world for items like food, weapons, ammunition and medical supplies, fight against the mutants using different weapons in close and long distance combats and survive until every one of the enemies is killed or is neutralized in any other way possible. With an amazing game-play similar to its predecessors and Fallout series games, a great story to follow, ultra-realistic visuals and an amazingly realistic game setting, Metro 2033 is a great Action, horror, Survival and First Person Shooter video game to play and enjoy. Do try it out.
#23 Divinity: Original Sin Enhanced Edition
Divinity: Original Sin Enhanced Edition is an Action-Adventure, Role-playing, Turn-based Combat, Single-player and Multiplayer video game developed and published by Larian Studios. The game brings a fabulous gameplay for you, in which you can gather your teammates and can jump into the brutal environment full of enemies. During the gameplay, you can discuss your decisions with your companions, fight against foes in turn-based system, and can explore the massive environment to interact with non-player characters and the landscaper to progress through the game. You assumes the role of the protagonist, a young source hunter with a task to save the world from black force who struggle to destroy it. The game embarks you on an epic quest to murder the enemies, investigate the routine murder and fulfill the requirements of each objectives to advance through the game. It introduces Split-screen Co-op Mode, Massive Environment to Manipulate, Multiplayer Interaction and more. There are different characters from which the player chooses his favorite one to start his quest. Divinity: Original Sin Enhanced Edition includes prominent features such as dynamic Split-Screen, Pen-and-Paper like Freedom, new Modes, Tons of Enhancement, and more. Try it out, and you’ll enjoy it.
#24 Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is an Action-Adventure, Third-person Shooter, and Single-player video game available to play on Cross Platform. The game takes place in the in the fictional vice city in Miami and offers an open world environment. The story revolves around the protagonist named as Tommy Vercetti, following his release from jail. It is the sixth installment in the series of Grand Theft Auto and the first main released since 2001. After the protagonist is caught up in a drug deal, he attempts to find out those responsible while creating a criminal empire and enhancing his power from other criminal organization. The game uses third-person perspective to navigate the environment and offers a variety of weapons and vehicles. The player can explore the world from third-person view either on foot or by vehicle. The objective of the player is to complete a set of missions to earn points and face off enemies using different weapons, melee attacks, explosives, and firearms. After making enough money, the player can purchase different properties, tools, and arms. With high-quality graphics, detailed environment, engaging gameplay, and a superb story, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is the best game to play and enjoy.
#25 The Godfather
The Godfather is an Action-Adventure, Open World, Single and Multi-player video game created by EA Redwood Shores and published by Electronic Arts. The game takes place in the fictional New York City and focuses on the movie of the same name. It revolves around the character named Aldo Trapani who is a criminal, and his main goal is to create his gang and raise his rank through Corleone Family. The game is played from a third-person perspective. Control the character in the game world, interact with NPCs, navigate hurdles, drive various vehicles, and accomplish missions. Earn money and use them to unlock further content. There are different weapons to use such as a pistol, shotgun, 38 snub nose, a magnum, and a Tommy gun. It includes both manual aiming and lock-on systems. Explore the game world either on foot or by vehicle, fight against enemies using weapons, and enhance your rank by progressing in the game. Different Vehicles, Weapons, Open Environment, NPCs, etc. are the prominent features of the game. With the best mechanics, addictive gameplay, exciting story and smooth controls, The Godfather is the best game to play and enjoy.
#26 Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege is an Action-Adventure, FPS, Tactical, Strategy, Co-op, Single and Multiplayer video game created and published by Ubisoft. In this game, the player can control an operator from the rainbow team who is fighting against the terrorist. At the beginning of the game, the player can choose his unique character that is full of weapons and gear to get into the game world. The game offers various character, and each character has its own unique abilities and skills. It also allows the player to changes his character in during the gameplay. The ultimate task of the player explores the different maps and encounter all the enemy creatures. The game offers more than eleven maps and five different gameplay modes such as Situations, Secure Hunt, Bombs, Hostage and Terrorist Hunt. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege includes core features such as both indoor and outdoor environment, tactical elements, various upgrades beautiful background music, massive game world, power-ups and other exciting things. With enhanced game mechanics, immersive and quite engaging gameplay and brilliant visual, superb game sitting. It is one of the best Action-Adventure, FPS, Tactical, Strategy, Co-op, Single and Multiplayer video game to play and enjoy.
#27 Space Marshals
Space Marshals is an Action-Adventure, Top-down Shooter and Single-player video game published and developed by PixelBite for mobile devices. The game takes place in the beautiful world and puts the player in the protagonist’s role, who must manipulate the world to take down different criminals and their henchmen. It mainly focuses on stealth element and forcing the player to find out enemies to kill and sneak around the foes to avoid being attacked. The story of the game centers on the adventures of Burt, who is a former Space Marshal, released from jail with his two other companions during a prison breakout. The gameplay follows their struggle to take down criminals around the galaxy. It offers Wild West environment, and the player is tasked with bringing the brutal guys to justice. It is a mix of Sci-fi, stealth, and third-person shooter elements. The game split into three chapters comprise up to twenty-eight missions to accomplish. During the gameplay, the player uses up to four weapons and can customize with different armors. Tactical Shooter, Dual Stick Controls, Episodic Storyline, Wide Range of Weapons, Multiple Factions, etc. are core features of the game. Try it out, and have fun.
#28 The Forest
The Forest is a super exciting Action-Adventure, Horror-Survival and First-person Exploration video game. The game takes you to a mysterious forest on an unknown island and leaves you in the middle of cannibalistic beings after your plane crashes there. In order to survive you’ll have to hunt down the resources and supplies such as Food, Water, medicinal items and materials to make weapons, shelter etc. The unique crafting system of the game allows you to gather up the required resources and build shelters to live in, weapons to kill the deadly attacking cannibals, set traps for food and to prevent the cannibals from reaching out to your shelters. The Forest lets you experience one of the most horrifying game-plays from first-person perspective and enjoy. With an amazing story-line, clean visuals and a challenging game-play, The Forest is a great game to play.
#29 Modern Combat 5: Blackout
Modern Combat 5: Blackout is the 5th marvelous title in the series of Modern Combat game and the sequel to Modern Combat 4: Zero Hour. The game offers an exciting gameplay and brings the prominent genres for hardcore players such as Action-Adventure and First-person Shooter developed by Gameloft Bucharest and published by Gameloft. It supports both Single and Multiplayer modes and offers the similar gameplay to its predecessors. There are multiple character classes such as Sniper, Bounty Hunter, Recon, Assault, Heavy, etc. and you must choose one of your character from them. Your character can run, shoot enemies, throw grenades, reload his weapons, avoid obstacles and can use a melee attack and arms to kill enemies. It has several modes such as Free for All, VIP, Squad Battle, Capture the Flag, Zone Control, Team Battle, and more. A series of missions introduce in the game for you, and the primary objective is to complete each mission with specific tasks to earn points. Try it out, and you’ll enjoy it.
#30 Syberia
Syberia is a 2002’s Hit Single-player Point-and-Click Action and Adventure, Third-person video game by Microids. The game follows the story of Kate Walker, game Protagonist and a skilled Lawyer who tries to wrap up a deal for her client in Europe and Russia, but soon after reaching her destination, she is forced to run for her life. With amazing and realistic visual novel style, wonderful environments, brilliant characters and immersive game-play, Syberia allows you to experience the true hardships a Lawyer can go through and in her case, as the story-line suggests, you get a really good lesson out of that. Running for her life, Kate goes through a number of hardest phases of her life including the time when she receives calls on her Cell Phone from unknown numbers and a worsening relationship with her fiancé. According to the story of the game, Kate reaches to French Village named as Valadilene, where she attends the funeral of Toy Factory owner, an old lady named Anna Voralberg. After a visit to the local notary, Kate gets to know about the Old lady’s brother Hans, living in the North-East of Europe but his whereabouts are unknown. In order to transfer the ownership, Kate must find him and when she starts off her journey to find Hans, the story takes a massive turn that actually writes the fate of Kate. A drama begins that topples her life upside down. Now in order to go with the story and enjoy the game, you must get into the character of Kate and start exploring. Syberia offers a fantastic thrill filled Drama and an equally exciting game-play that makes this game one of the most amazing additions to this specific genre. If you are a fan of Action-Adventure gaming, you must play this game and raise the curtains off of the mysterious theme of the game. With all the amazing things combined, Syberia offers a unique story, a totally challenging and quite exciting game-play and beautiful 3D visuals for you to enjoy.
#31 The Stanley Parable
The Stanley Parable is one wonderful First-person, Action-Adventure, Interactive Fiction and Graphic video game like Gone Home. The game allows you to be “Stanley” and lets you choose between your actions either to follow the story or not to follow the story, have a choice or don’t have a choice, act as Stanley or simply don’t act as Stanley, it totally depends on you. This twisted game allows you to explore a strange world, buildings etc. and slowly find out the meanings of almost everything, solve quenching puzzles and be part of a strange strange world. With awesomely engaging story and loads of new content, amazing visual details and background music, voice over etc., and a brilliantly immersive game-play, The Stanley Parable is a wonderful game to play.
#32 The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is probably one of the best Action-Adventure, RPG and Hack and Slash video game ever. This epic Action-Adventure and RPG video game is recently released and provides with an amazingly action-packed game-play that will take you to an amazing open world setting in which you act as a Highly Trained Monster Slayer who is available for Hire. Unlike the stories of the previous two games of The Witcher series, Geralt goes on a personal mission. The story starts up from where it ended in The Witcher 2, and Geralt, after concluding the chapters, moves on with his new life. The new Mission takes Geralt to the Darkest ever times as an otherworldly Army known as The Wild Hunt casts its mysterious spell over the Northern Kingdoms. A new era of bloody wars, chaos and destruction starts up and once again the responsibility falls upon your shoulders to stop The Wild Hunt and restore the Order in the Realm. This open world Fantasy-based video game allows you to go on epic quests, fight against the most fearsome and mysterious beings of all time, engage yourself into the most brutal and epic battles, lead armies and fight as it is your favorite hobby. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt offers state of the art visual details, a great story driven game-play, amazing weapons, skills, new enemies and much more to discover and enjoy.
#33 Fallout 2
Fallout 2 or also known as Fallout 2: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game is an Open World Action-RPG (Role Playing Game) video game developed by Black Isle Studios. The game takes place in 2241 in distant future where a worst ever drought hits the primordial city of Arroyo. The elder of the village asks the descendant of the “Vault Hunter” to come forward and help the villagers by finding the ancient Environment Restoration Device named as Garden of Eden Creation Kit (GECK). The chosen one gathers up his/her gear and starts off his journey into the wilderness of a drought ridden open world and the story continues.Fallout 2 offers a new and quite extensive Storyline along with a larger gameworld that the Previous Hit of the Series Fallout and lets you experience similar type of game mechanics and and visuals as well. Fallout 2 was a massive hit from the year it released back in 1998 and is still famous among the true Action-Adventure and RPG game enthusiasts. With game mechanics mostly built on the blue prints of Fallout, an Extensive storyline, superb graphics and a significantly larger game world, this game is a wonder If you want to enjoy Fallout 3 and Fallout 4 properly, you should play the Fallout and Fallout 2 first. it’ll definitely make it your most favorite Action-RPG experience ever.
#34 Lord of the Rings: War in the North
Lord of the Rings: War in the North is a superb Action-Adventure, RPG and Hack and Slash video game by Snowblind Studios. The game is set in a medieval era and it allows you to select your player character from a number of choices Such as Humans, Elves, Dwarfs and Orcs, explore the game world and engage yourself into epic Combats with enemies, defeat them and complete the game objectives. Lord of the Rings: War in the North lets you build and control your own army of finest warriors, select 3 main characters (Online Friends or NPCs), control them during the game-play and switch between them to use their special abilities whenever you need them. The game offers a unique mechanism that allows you to develop both your skills and character as you further with the story, unlock a number of upgrades and enjoy immersing yourself into the most fantastic game-play ever. Lord of the Rings: War in the North lets you enjoy the game solo or you can team up with your friends in Co-Op multiplayer mode and enjoy the game. With only one main objective of Survival and Defeating the enemy forces, Lord of the Rings: War in the North offers a brilliantly immersive game-play, beautiful and realistic visuals and a well-written story-line to enjoy.
#35 Bully: Scholarship Edition
Bully: Scholarship Edition is an Action-Adventure, Open World, Exploration, Third-person Perspective and Single-player video game developed by Rockstar New England and published by Rockstar Games. The game takes place in the fictional boarding school in New England, and the story revolves around the protagonist who is a 15-year-old named Jimmy Hopkins. The game consists of fun filled activities such as beat the jocks, rescue the nerds, kiss the girl, play pranks and more. The game is played from a third-person perspective and lets the player get into the role of the character and accomplish a variety of missions. It offers an open environment and lets the player explore the game world either on foot or by vehicle. The game offers the similar gameplay like GTA. The player has to earn money by completing missions and use them to rank-up. Interact with NPCs, work for him and use different weapons to defeat the foes. There are different types of vehicles, weapons, and items for use and enjoy. Unlock further vehicles, areas and characters by progressing through the game. With detailed environment, addictive gameplay, superb mechanics, and open environment, Bully: Scholarship Edition is the best game as compared to other Action-Adventure games.
#36 Pillars of Eternity
Pillars of Eternity is one of the best Action-Adventure and RPG and Hack and Slash video games. This wonderful game takes you to an amazing journey of an enchanted world where you destiny awaits you. With a great opportunity to recapture the deepest sense of Exploration, Adventure and Thrill of leading the most skillful companions to an amazing world of wonders and fantasies, the chance to engage yourself in the most epic battles and reaching out to success by going through hugely monster-infested dungeons, Pillars of Eternity is all about astonishment and wonderful things you experience. Pillars of Eternity is actually the Spiritual Successor to a number of top trending games such as Planescape: Torment, Icewind Dale and Baldur’s gate series and offers a similar type of gameplay and mechanics. According to the story of the game, Pillars of Eternity takes place in the world of Eora, located in the region of Eastern Reach that is a home to a number of native races such as Free Palatinate of Drywood, Penitential Regency of Readceras and The Villains Republic etc. According to their Technological, Social and traditional aspects each of the nations belong to the Renaissance Era and they settled in the Eora in that era too. The games kicks off with a massive unrest in the Eora because of the discovery of certain facts about the souls that stated that the souls are not actually Metaphysical Abstractions but are quantifiable and calculable objects that can be transferred from one state to another, stored or manipulated in any way possible. Talking about the gameplay, the main character of the game arrives in Drywood in a shabby condition, his caravan gets destroyed with every soul and he’s the only survivor. Hiding in the caves, the protagonist gets exposed to unearthly energies and powers, drawn to earth by the cultist performing rituals related to their souls with the help of an advanced machine. The protagonist now becomes a Watcher, who can read souls as well as reading memories from the past. Because of these activities widespread in the lands, Drywood gets Cursed with a deadly plague known as HollowBorn and that leads to births without soul. A widespread chaos begins as the people start hunting the scientists and cultists as they think they are responsible. meanwhile the Thaos, the antagonist keeps on stealing the souls. it is now your duty to become the one savior, walk in the footsteps of Thaos, confront him and kill him to reverse the Plague and save the poor souls. With a brilliant story, amazingly addictive gameplay and loads of fantastic quests, epic PvP and PvE combats, great visuals and a well-written story, Pillars of Eternity in one of the best and most played Action-Adventure, RPG and Hack and Slash video game.
#37 Rust
Rust is a Multiplayer Action-Adventure and Horror-Survival video game by Facepunch Studios. Currently, in the Alpha phase, Rust offers early access to the game on Steam. Set in a massive Open World, Rust allows you to survive in an unfriendly environment by simply crafting different items, exploration and by finding the supplies such as Food, Water, Shelter, loot, Weapons and medical Supplies, etc. It spawns you right in the middle of other online players and lets you use your wit to find ways in which you can survive. You must stay well fed to avoid starvation and drink plenty of water in order to eliminate the threat of being dehydrated. Encounters with the creatures will definitely result in your demise of win so you decide what to do. All the deadly creatures, harsh weather conditions, and all the obstacles must not defeat you if you want to survive. Rust with all the wonderful mechanics, visuals and immersive game-play is a fantastic game to play and enjoy.
#38 Terraria 2
Terraria 2 is an Action-Adventure, Survival, Single and Multiplayer video game developed by Re-Logic and published by 505 Games. The game combines the elements of Side-scroll, Sandbox, crafting, exploration, and combat. You assume the role of the protagonist, and your primary goal is to manipulate the 2D randomly generated the world. You can start the game with three primary tools such as a sword for combat, a pickaxe for mining and an axe for woodcutting. Explore the world, collect resources, craft useful items and fulfill challenging tasks to progress through the game. It becomes difficult, as you advanced. There are a variety of items available, and you can find them only in certain areas of the map, stored in rare and common containers. Craft new items, and use different items to take down enemies. Slimes, Demon eyes, Zombies, Region-specific Enemies, etc. are prominent foes in the game. Score the highest points and use them to unlock further content in the game. With brilliant mechanics, addictive gameplay and superb visuals, Terraria 2 is an excellent game to play and enjoy.
#39 Half-Life 2
Half-Life 2 is an Action-Adventure, First-person Shooter and Single-player video game published by developed by Valve Corporation for multiple platforms. It serves as the sequel to Half-Life released in 1998 and takes place some years after Half-life’s event. The story follows the protagonist named as Gordon Freeman, who finds himself in the world that has been taken over by the alien faction. The player assumes the role of the protagonist and his primary objective is to join the resistance force known as Alyx Vance and find a way to free humanity using a wide range of weapons including the gravity gun. Like it previous title, the game is single-player FPS divided into several chapters, casting the player in the role of Gordon Freeman. The player needs to navigate the environment from a first-person view and struggle to complete a variety of missions to earn points. The player receives experience points for kill enemies and can use them to unlock further features like weapons, upgrades, and power-ups. Try it out, and you’ll enjoy it.
#40 MechWarrior
MechWarrior is an Action-adventure, Vehicular Combat, Single and Multiplayer video game series developed by Piranha Games Inc. The game takes place in the fictional universe and allows you to get into a single Battle mech. The game comprises a set of missions and lets you complete each one by fighting against armor, tanks, infantry and other BattleMechs. You can explore the game world from a third-person perspective and can use different firearms and other weapons. Defeat your enemies and earn experience points that you can use to unlock an added level, features and weapons. The series has multiple games such as MechWarrior, MechWarrior 2, MechWarrior 3, MechWarrior 3, and more. Upgrade your Mech with deadly weapons and show you skills. The game offers a detailed environment filled with different challenges you’ll face during the gameplay. With the best mechanics, engaging gameplay and superb controls, MechWarrior is the best series to play and enjoy.
#41 Child of Light
Child of Light by Ubisoft Montreal is a marvelous Action-Adventure, Indie and Puzzle-Platform video game that tells the story of a young girl named Aurora who in the year 1895 awakens on the lands of Lemuria. After waking up she finds out that she is a long way from home, starts off her journey to her home but soon realizes that in order to reach home she’ll have to go through a Dark world filled with Dark Creatures of the evil queen of the Night. You are required to get into the role of Aurora, fight off all the Dark Creatures, Defeat the Queen of Night and free the Sun in order to bring light to the realm and finally reach home. Child of Light offers a great story filled with wonders, surreal visuals and sounds and an immersive game-play for you to play and enjoy. If you really want to play a really good game of Action-Adventure and Puzzle-Platform genres, Child of Light is best for you. It offers a brilliantly immersive gameplay, a well-written story and a lot of other great things to enjoy.
#42 Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines
Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines is an Action-Adventure, RPG and a first and third person shooter game by Troika Games. The game takes place on four fictional locations of Santa Monica, Hollywood, downtown Los Angeles and Chinatown and revolves around the seven clans of vampires divided according to their abilities and for the sake of their race by their government. The seven clans of the vampires include Toreadors, Ventures, Brujah, Malkavians, Gangrel, Nosferatu and Anarchs. The story of the game kicks off with the protagonist killed and then resurrected as a Fledgling vampire. The sire of the Fledgling gets executed because of breaking the laws but the Fledgling gets a chance to live. The story paces on and the Fledgling gets transferred to Santa Monica to help the ghouls in destroying the warehouse of Sabbat an enemy vampire clan. The real action begins and the Fledgling indulges in hardcore action by melee attacking the enemies in close combats and heavy gunfights. As a ban on revealing the identity in humans, the Fledgling only uses guns and melee weapons to fight and returns to the LaCroix honored by the win over the enemies. Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines features an awesomely well-written storyline, open world gaming environment and dashingly destructive game-play filled with action-adventure and shooting elements. Do give it a go if you haven’t yet and enjoy all the fun.
#43 The Simpsons: Hit and Run
The Simpsons: Hit and Run is an Action-Adventure, Open World, Driving, Single and Multiplayer video game developed by Radical Entertainment for multiple platforms. The game offers the similar gameplay to Grand Theft Auto series and based on an American animated series known as The Simpsons. It takes place in the stunning world of Springfield, and the story centers on the Simpson family who is the eyewitness various strange incidents including mysterious vans, security cameras, crop circles and more. When the family tries to uncover the secret behind the mystery, they discover lots of shocking facts and soon realize all these incidents that occur in their city is a part of the massive alien invasion. The game offers open world environment and introduces a variety of characters such as Marge, Homer, Apu, Lisa and more. Select your character and start exploring the world from a third-person perspective like GTA series. Your character is capable of running, walking, jumping, and can perform three different attacks such as a jumping kick, a normal kick, and a smashing move. You can manipulate the world either on foot or by vehicle. Accomplish a series of objectives and missions to prevent the alien attack and save your world to become the hero. With enhanced mechanics, addictive gameplay, and a superb story, The Simpsons: Hit and Run is the best game to play and enjoy.
#44 Wing Commander: Privateer
Wing Commander: Privateer is a Single-player, Action-Adventure, and Space Simulation developed by Origin Systems and published by Electronic Arts. It takes place in the Wing Commander Universe and offers the massive space environment where you can take on the role of the protagonist named Grayson Burrows. The story revolves around the protagonist and his efforts to explore the Gemini Sector in order to solve lots of complex mysteries. There are different character classes such as Freelancer, a Pirate, a Mercenary and a Merchant. It has a variety of levels comprises different challenges, tasks, and missions. You must explore the game world, interact with NPCs, trade with them and fight against vicious alien races. Pilot your ship and travel around different galaxies, earn experience points and unlock further content, weapons, and items. Upgrade your ship using different tools and immerse yourself in space exploration. The game includes different factions such as bounty hunters, Militia, Retros, Merchants, Pirates and more. With enhanced mechanics, addictive gameplay, superb controls and stunning visuals, Wing Commander: Privateer is the best game to play and enjoy.
#45 Terraria
Terraria is an open world Action-Adventure, Survival RPG and Voxel-based Sandbox video game set in a 2D game world. The game lets you be part of the game world with three basic tools, a pickaxe, a sword and a wood cutting axe and allows you to explore, gather resources and fight off your enemies. The game world is filled with things that would like to slay you so you need to be a bit more careful while exploring. As the game mainly focuses on night time game-play, the enemies attack at night, so you must be a bit more attentive to the details and your surroundings. Combats are normally melee type so you will have a better chance of earning the XP points that will help you buy some upgrades. Because of being a 2D game, Terraria seems a bit different than other sandbox games, but it isn’t actually. You’ll experience almost the same game-play and a lot of other exciting things. Terraria is available to play on multiple platforms.
#46 The Godfather: The Game
The Godfather: The Game is an Action-Adventure, Third-person Perspective, and Single-player video game developed by EA Redwood Shores. The game offers an exciting gameplay, in which you can assume the role of the protagonist named Aldo Trapani. The Godfather 1972 movie inspires the game and revolves around the protagonist who has selected by the Corleone Family after small jobs and petty theft. The ultimate task is to run a famous America’s criminal organization. It takes place in the fictional New York City and offers an open environment. You have to earn respect, dominate the city and rank-up through criminal families. You can explore the game world either on foot or by vehicle. Accomplish a series of legal and illegal missions to earn money. Unlock further features, modes, vehicles, and areas using the money. Interact with NPCs, fight against foes and defeat rival families to level-up. With detailed environment, addictive gameplay, superb controls, and dynamic sounds, The Godfather: The Game is the best game to play and enjoy.
#47 Rogue Legacy
Rogue Legacy, developed by Cellar Door games is an Action-Adventure, Rogue-like RTS and Puzzle-Platform video game. The game provides with tons of engaging and quite addictive game-play that includes randomly generated dungeons, a lot of different types of enemies, Bosses with unique combat abilities and techniques, four epic game settlements to explore, collect items and kill your enemies. Rogue Legacy also includes secondary abilities for the players like Magic, and different elemental attacks that cause serious damage to the enemy. If you die in the game, all of your HP shrinks to zero and all your abilities are then transferred to a secondary player who continues your adventure until the last player, when the last player dies, the game ends. Rogue Legacy provides with great level details, clean graphics and an amazingly engaging game-play.
#48 The Talos Principle
The Talos Principle is a marvelous Action-Adventure and a First-person perspective Puzzle-Platform video game by Devolver Digital. The game puts you into the character of a Robot with Human Conscience and allows you to go through 120 challenging and immersive puzzles all set up into different environments. Exploding Drones, Wall mounted Guns along with all other hurdles and the objective to find out all the Sigils are the key elements of this wonderful game. You must stay alive in order to complete the game objectives and find out the truth about your existence, purpose etc. and determine your nest course of actions. Exploration about the humans and technologies, civilizations passed before you and finding the clues is what makes this game more unique and addictive. With wonderful storyline, cool visuals and a super engaging game-play, The Talos Principle is a wonderful game to play and enjoy..
#49 Castlevania: Lords of Shadow
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow is a Third-person, Fast-paced Action and Thrill filled Action-Adventure, RPG and Hack and Slash video game by Mercury Steam. The game is set in the year 1047 and tells the story about the epic Alliance between Earth and Heaven that was threatened by the mighty and evil Lords of the Shadow. Castlevania: Lords of Shadow allows you to be the main protagonist Gabriel Belmont a skilled warrior who uses advanced skills and up to 40 unique Unlockable fighting combos and his special sword fighting abilities to kill the enemies. Your task is to use all the weapons along with secondary ones such as Knives, Holy Water, and Hammers etc. to eliminate your enemies. Laced up with all the advanced melee tactics and weapons, special magical spells, you’ll have to attack your enemies in a fast-paced manner and kill them before they get you. Castlevania: Lords of Shadow offers ultra-HD visuals, a well-written story and an engaging game-play. Try it out if you really love playing Action-Adventure and RPG video games and you’ll definitely love it.
#50 Thief
Thief created by Eidos Montreal is an amazingly mind-blowing Action-Adventure, Stealth and a Third-Person Shooter video game. The game is set in a Dark Fantasy World where you’ll see an amazing combination of Victorian, Gothic and Steampnk aesthetics. Thief features the protagonist Garrett who is destined to go on some of the most dangerous and engaging missions to assassinate the top leadership of mega Corporations because of their system corrupting and self-favored policies. The protagonist thinks that they are the only cause of a worldwide wave of poverty and hunger while they are living their lavish lives without the fear of anything. Your task is to get into the character of the protagonist and use your best Stealth, Action, and Combat skills, use all the stealthy weapons like Silenced guns, Fiber Wires, knives etc. to eliminate the enemies and complete the game objectives. Melee combats and traditional melee weapons are the best part of this game along with the option to hide behind objects and dragging the bodies of enemies to hide them etc. With super cool story, an engaging game-play and state of the art visuals, Thief is a great Action, Adventure, RPG, Stealth and Shooter video game to play and enjoy.