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 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.
#5 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.
#6 Bully
Bully is an Open-World RPG Action game developed by Rockstar Games. The game’s main character is “Jimmy” who stands up against all the Bullies at Bullworth Academy. He puts his best efforts hard to bring peace and save all the weaker ones against all the bullies. Bully offers a Third-person perspective and allows you to navigate through the game world mostly on foot, Cycle or Skateboard. Your task is to get into the role of Jimmy, get admitted into the Bullworth Academy, Find out all the bullies and let them learn the hardest lessons to stop them from bullying.
Your main task is to bring peace to the Academy and be the one true savior of all the bullied. Besides your Bully hunting routines, you are also required to attend classes, hang out with your friends and be a normal student. Bully offers a multiplayer mode for the game in which you can compete with any of the players for higher rankings doDo give it a try if you haven’t yet and enjoy kicking bullies.
#7 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.
#8 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.
#9 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.
#10 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.
#11 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.
#12 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.
#13 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.
#14 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.
#15 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.
#16 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.
#17 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.
#18 Ryse: Son of Rome
Ryse: Son of Rome developed by Crytek and published by Microsoft Studios is an Action-Adventure, Hack and Slash, Single and Multiplayer video game. The game takes place in the alternative version of Rome and follows the story of the protagonist named Marius Titus who wants to become one of the best leaders in the Roman Legion. It centers on the protagonist using the mighty sword to smash foes and shield to prevent attacks. It introduces Co-op Multiplayer mode, which takes you into battle against hordes of enemies in the large maps that are changing automatically. You can assume the role of the protagonist to fulfill your dream to become the greatest legend. Navigate the environment from a third-person perspective and set out yourself on an epic quest to take revenge the murder of your family. Take part in battles and fight against waves of enemies, slaughter them all using your sword and earn experience points to enhance your abilities. Learn new skills and become the master the by fulfilling your goals. With prominent features, addictive gameplay, and fantastic graphics, Ryse: Son of Rome is the best game to play and enjoy.
#19 Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is an Action-Adventure, Exploration, Open World, Single and Multiplayer video game developed by Kojima Productions. It is the 9th entry in the series and 11th overall. The game takes place in the historic year in 1984, after the events of Ground Zeroes. The story centers on the mercenary leader as he attempts to get into the border of Kabul Province and the Angola Zaire to take revenge from those people who killed his forces. The game features open environment and lets the player explore the environment from a third-person perspective. The player can use traditional weapons to take down enemies using stealth elements and cane earn points by completing a set of missions. The player can manipulate the world either on foot or by horseback. The player needs to sneak from different points in the exciting world, avoid enemy guards, and remain undetected. It features day/night cycles and introduces weather system to make the game challenging. The game rewards the player with points per kill. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain includes prominent features such as Open World, Lots of challenging Missions, Stealth elements, Melee Combat, and more. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is the best game for hardcore players.
#20 Devil May Cry 4
Devil May Cry 4 is the latest addition to the already trending and one of the most played series Devil May Cry. The game offers a marvelous combination of Action-Adventure and Hack and Slash elements and tells the story of a new character named as Nero. Nero possesses multiple demonic powers and is on a mission to encounter the main character, Dante. In the previous game, Dante assassinates the Demons from the Order of the Sword along with their Leader and removes them from existence. The story starts off where it ended in the previous game, and the player gets to control both Dante and Nero. Both of the main characters are now hunting down the Evil and have similar goals. Devil May Cry 4 focuses on close combats including the Melee and allows the players to use different weapons such as Firearms, Swords and loads of other things to Hack and Slash their way through the hordes of demonic enemies. Devil May Cry 4 offers an engaging gameplay, revamped game mechanics, and new characters and rebuilt graphics and offers a great Action-focused experience to all the hardcore fans of the series.
#21 Batman: Arkham Knight
Batman: Arkham Knight is an Action-Adventure, Super Hero, Exploration, Open World and Single-player video game created by Rocksteady Studios and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. It is the fourth main entry in the series of Batman: Arkham and takes place after the event of Batman: Arkham City 2011. The story focuses on the protagonist named Batman and his competitor named Scarecrow who want to destroy Gotham City. With the help of Arkham Knight, he becomes the stranger foes of Batman. The player can take on the role of the protagonist, explore the game world from a third-person perspective with exciting tasks, in which he has to fight against foes using stealth, melee combat, and detective skill elements. The player can navigate the world either on foot or by Batman special vehicle called Batmobile. There are a massive variety of missions full of puzzles, objectives, and challenges. Earn experience points and uses them to unlock further content. Batman: Arkham Knight offers key features such as be the Batman, New Batmobile, Epic Foes, Explore the Gotham City, Most Wanted Missions, New Combat and Gadgets. Try it out.
#22 Dishonored 2
Dishonored 2 is a Stealth, Action-Adventure and Single-player video game developed by Arkane Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. It offers a fictional Empire known as Isles where the game takes place and majority of the game part set in the city of Karnaca. In the game, the player can play either Emily or her guard and Father and the story revolves around their struggle to recover the throne. Both Corvo and Emily have a supernatural abilities and the game features non-lethal moves, and introduces a chaos system. The main aim of the player is to explore the world from first-person perspective and take down a set of enemies to gain chaos. The player can interact with other players and he can immerse himself in completion the variety of missions. The game rewards the player with experience as progress through the story and unlocks further content to manipulate. The game offers open world environment and combines the elements of Steampunk, Assassin, Female Protagonist, Magic, and more. Dishonored 2 includes prominent features such as The Assassins, Supernatural Abilities, Imagination World, and more. Try it out, and you’ll enjoy it.
#23 Ark: Survival Evolved
Ark: Survival Evolved is an Open World Third and First-person Survival and Action-Adventure video game by Studio Wildcard. The game offers a strictly survival-oriented gameplay and to survive, it allows the players to explore the Island, search for all the required resources (By breaking the stones, cutting down trees, etc.), and craft various items, build a base and enjoy being part of a truly remarkable world. Ark: Survival Evolved provides the players with an Ark, a map to the island that is 48 kilometers in total size. The map includes a land mass of 36 Square kilometers and an ocean that measures 12 Square kilometers. As Survival is the main bet in the game, Ark: Survival Evolved allows the players to build a Base, gather wood for Fire and items to craft Primary Weapons such as Pick Axe, Hatchet, and Spear, etc. Once the players have shelter, and they have crafted weapons, they can start exploring the island, reach to the Dinosaurs, Capture and Tame them (requires more resources). With all the Structural erections, Players can craft weapons by collecting more resources and technology needed for them. On advanced levels of the game, players can also create guns and part for them with the help of right resources and technology and experience. Ark: Survival Evolved lets the players earn Engram Points by Leveling up to the advanced stages of the game. Once on an advanced level, players can use Engram points to learn various techniques to craft items and enjoy the game even more. It includes more than sixty types of different Dinosaurs in the game and the players can either tame them, breed them for more species, ride on them or kill them for food or use their abilities to ease up a bit. Weapons can be mounted on Dinosaurs and players can use them while riding on them. Ark: Survival Evolved offers playability for both Male and Female characters and offers loads of customization options for the characters as well. All things considered Ark: Survival Evolved is a brilliant combination Action, Adventure, Survival and Crafting elements. So are you ready to ride on the back of a T-Rex to hunt for prey, fly on a Pterodactyl, build alliances with fellow players and fight off the enemies in a way it leaves really deep marks on them? Well, you should be because Ark: Survival Evolved is a fantastic game to play.
#24 Valiant Hearts: The Great War
Valiant Hearts: The Great War is a masterpiece when we talk about the Action-Adventure, Puzzle Platform, and Stealth games. This brilliant game is inspired by the letters sent by the World War 1 vets from both sides. Valiant Hearts: The Great War features four main characters and allows you to switch between them when needed. The basic objective of the game is to help a young German soldier find his love, survive, sacrifice and maintain friendships throughout the game-play and kill the enemies at the same time. The main antagonist of the game is Baron Von Dorf, a general in German army who turns the life of the young soldier upside down by dragging him into places where nobody else would go ever want to go. You must act according to the story and go through a number of harsh situations, use your skills, weapons and wit to defeat enemies and finally get together with your family. Valiant Hearts: The Great War with an amazing World War 1 setting, battles between the German and French armies, amazing visuals, a great story and an engaging game-play, is a wonderful game to play and enjoy. Try it out for an amazing gaming experience with a different touch. You’ll definitely like it a lot.
#25 Friday the 13th: The Game
Friday the 13th: The Game is an Action-Adventure, Horror-Survival, and Third-person Exploration video game created by IllFonic and published by Gun Media. The game comes with both Single-player and Multiplayer modes and offers a stunning gameplay based on the film franchise of the same name. It focuses on asymmetrical multiplayer gameplay, allowing up to seven players controlling the Camp Crystal Lake counselors while one player guiding the antagonist named as Jason Voorhees. It consists of semi-open world, where the player explore the world and interact with each other. The primary task of the player controlled the Jason Voorhees to kill as many councilors as possible to progress through the game. During the gameplay, the player get access to special abilities including sense nearby counselors and can teleport anywhere in the world where the player want. The task of the counselors is to fulfill the objectives that will let the players to escape from the camp. There are more than 12 counselors available to choose from including Adam Palomino, A.J. Mason, Chad Kensington, Deborah Kim, and more. With thrilling gameplay, stunning graphics, and smooth controls, Friday the 13th: The Game is the incredible heart-pumping game for those, who love playing horror-survival games.
#26 Batman Arkham
Batman Arkham is an Action-Adventure and Stealth video game series based thoroughly on DC Comics and the characters from it. Batman Arkham consists of three main games and a prequel in the series and allows the players to enjoy a brilliant Stealth-based gameplay. The main games in the series include Batman: Arkham Asylum, Batman: Arkham City, and Batman: Arkham Knight and the Prequel is titles as Batman: Arkham Origins. Batman: Arkham Origins was published as the prequel to Batman: Arkham Asylum and it is one of the best games in the series. The Series also offers games for mobile devises and allows the players to enjoy the games such as Batman: Arkham City Lockdown, Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate, Batman: Arkham Underworld, on almost all of the portable devices. The series has three more titles as the Collections that include Batman: Arkham Bundles, Batman: Arkham Collection, and Batman: Return to Arkham. There is one Virtual Reality game being developed currently known as Batman: Arkham VR and it will soon be published on all major platforms. Throughout the series, all the games are filled with high quality graphics, action and adventure and are the best examples of fantastic stealth games till date. The Latest Inclusion to the Series is “Batman: Arkham VR” available to play on PS4 (PlayStation 4). For all those who love the character of Batman, Batman Arkham series in truly a great source of entertainment. If you haven’t yet tried any game of the Batman Arkham series, now is the time you should.
#27 Deadpool
Deadpool is a Single Player, Action-Adventure and beat ‘em’ up video game by Activision. The game is based on Marvel Comics character of the same name. Deadpool allows you to engage yourself into an epic Action-packed gameplay in which you act as a villain and an antihero character who fights against the Super Heroes and other hardcore villains, and tries to trick people in his cunning and devastating ideas. Armed with Guns and Swords, Hammers, Plasma Guns etc. Deadpool is one of the nastiest Anti-hero characters of the Marvel Comics ever. Deadpool is a combination of fantastic elements such as Fighting, Shooting, hack and Slash and Fist Fighting etc. and allows you to play the game as Deadpool himself, go on a hunting spree and fight off the nastiest villains of the time including the Marauders, Arclight, Blockbuster and Vertigo as well as some of the top tier heroes of marvel universe such as Wolverine, Rogue, Psylocke, Domino and follow the footsteps of your main target, Mr. Sinister. Keep on an action-packed route, meet and team up with Cable who comes from the future to sabotage the devastating plans of Mr. Sinister. Mr. Sinister would definitely defeat you at some point but that would only reunite you with your lover, Death whose guidance would lead you to the Mr. Sinister’s Clones and you’ll have the chance to eliminate them all along with their mentor and boss, Mr. Sinister. Packed with epic combats, hardcore action and thrill, this mind blowing game offers a brilliant combination of all the brilliant elements that a Super cool game like Deadpool deserves. So are you ready to give it a shot and entertain yourself like never before???
#28 Outlast
Outlast is a First-person Action-Adventure and Horror-Survival video game, developed and published by Red Barrels. This Psyche-horror game set in psychiatric hospital and features Miller Upshur as a patient of the above mentioned hospital who is incapable of any combat but knows about how to clear his way. With only a camcorder and a notebook in his inventory, he tries to get out of the facility and on his way out he faces the most unbelievable and unearthly hazards. Crawling and sliding through the vents, he carries on, on his way and gets followed by some really bizarre and strange beings, all trying to kill hm. Dodging all of the difficulties he continues his effort and finally gets out of the asylum but only to find out that he never actually is free yet. The twisted story and events of the game make you think like being a patient of the asylum too. You are forced to think like Miles and all the fears seem to be so real that you feel something crawling on your back. Play the game and feel the creepiness if you like playing games packed with Horror and Survival elements. You’ll definitely like it.
#29 Gears of War
Gears of War is 2006 Hit Action-Adventure, Military Themed Third person Shooter video game by Epic Games. Gears of War is the very first game in the series and is set on a planet named Sera where the protagonist Marcus Fenix is destined to save the humanity from the the Locust Horde. Gears of War offers amazingly blasting game-play and allows you to engage yourself into the most epic encounters against the enemy and hardcore action in a militaristic approach. The game offers a Resident Evil series games like gameplay and mechanics along with the Over Shoulder perspective etc. Gears of War lets you control only four weapons at once and allows you to use them against the enemies and bosses. Gears of War offers a Campaign mode in which you can take part in Co-Op mode or simply follow the game objectives and complete them. In Multiplayer mode you can team up with up to eight people and go hunt down the enemies. Gears of War also offers modes such as Warzone, Execution, deathmatch, King of the Hill, Anex etc. where you can control whole team of skilled individuals and defeat the enemies at any cost. Some of the coolest features of Gears of War are the Brilliant new AI, NPCs and other characters etc, along with a challenging and quite exciting gameplay and an epic storyline.
#30 Dark Souls
Dark Souls is an RPG game packed with Action-Adventure and Hack and Slash elements. It is developed and published by From Software. This game provides an open world environment, enhanced graphics, challenging game-play, an updated user interface, and an advanced A artificial Intelligence (AI)I system. You can play it on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 4. The game takes you to a fictional and mysterious world.
The player starts his journey with many weapons and rations and a little gathering of companions, and on his way to the badlands, he engages with the creatures. This game features realistic and eye-catching graphics, and the open-world allows him to interact with people, objects, and other things. Playing Dark Souls will definitely be a good experience because of its amazing story, addictive gameplay, and brilliant visuals. These features make Dark Souls among the top choices of combat gamers.
#31 The Evil Within 2
The Evil Within 2 is the sequel to The Evil Within video game, released in 2014 developed by Tango Gameworks and published by Bethesda Softworks. The game is a mix of Action-Adventure, Horror-Survival and Single-player video game available to play on multiple platforms. It offers a thrilling story and starts after the events at Beacon Mental Hospital. According to the plot, the protagonist has left the Krimson City Police Department to unearth the secret about the organization known as MOBIUS, but continuously haunted by his experience at Beacon, the death of his beloved daughter, and the disappearance of his wife. The gameplay is similar to its predecessor and it puts the player in the role of the protagonist, a detective named as Sebastian Castellanos, who must jump into the brutal world to find and save his daughter named as Lily. The player navigates the environment from a third-person perspective, interact with landscape and objects to find information about the quests and can accomplish the requirements of each task to progress through the story. The game features a crafting system, enabling the player to collect resources to craft new items like ammo. With brilliant mechanics, and superb graphics, The Evil Within 2 is the best game to play.
#32 Prey
Prey is an Action-Adventure, Open-world, Horror, and Single-player video game developed by Bethesda Studios for multiple platforms. Throughout the gameplay, the player takes on the role of an unnamed protagonist, who finds himself on the space station orbiting the moon. The game takes the player to 2032, where an experiment to alter humanity forever has gone wrong.
The space station has occupied by hostile aliens, and the player has dug into the dark secrets. The player must survive using the tools found on the station. While exploring the station, the player views the environment from a first-person perspective.
The player can equip alien abilities to develop a combination of powers and upgrade the character’s skills as well. The game allows the player to craft useful items with the gadgets and tools on the station to overcome dangerous obstacles. Using the wits and abilities, the player has to defend the conditions for humanity.
#33 Borderlands
Borderlands, developed by Gearbox Software, Demiurge Studios and Feral Interactive is an amazingly Action-Packed First Person Shooter (FPS), Action-Adventure and Multiplayer Co-Op video game. Set on a planet named Pandora, Borderlands tells the story of an ancient alien Vault full with advanced technology and weapons, hidden beneath the surface of the planet. A mega Corporation named Dahl gets in conflict with Atlas Corporation over the vault and soon after taking huge damage, the Atlas Corporation leaves the planet due to the hazards connected to the alien wildlife that started getting conscious after a long lasting Hibernation. The Dahl Corporation settles up and assigns a Xeno-Archeologist named Patricia Tannis who after a great effort, finds the location of the Vault. Atlas Corporation gets aware of the development and sends down The Crimson Lance (a private Military Force) to capture Patricia and get the vault’s location. Meanwhile the Atlas Corporation Invasion and Alien Wildlife devastates the planet and Dahl Corporation along with its operatives and the rich leave the planet. The rest of the population gets left behind to scavenge in isolated settlements and wastelands. The story continues… Borderlands is a superbly cool Video game that lets you choose between four main player characters, who possess unique skills and are highly customizable. With a lot of futuristic weapons, advanced tactics, superbly embedded and quite hardcore action and thrill packed game-play and a great storyline, this game is a blast. Do give it a try if you haven’t yet and enjoy the ultimate fun.
#34 The Evil Within
The Evil Within is a wonderful Horror-Survival, Action-Adventure and Third-person Shooter video game that takes this specific genre to a whole new level. The game lets you be Sebastian Castellanos, a skilled detective who is haunted by a cloaked and mysterious entity with immense paranormal powers. Set in a type of apocalyptic open world, The Evil Within lets you scavenge for items like medical supplies, food, weapons etc. and allows you to unfold the mysteries that are directly connected to the entity haunting you. Enemies in the game are equally equipped as yourself and because of that the combats in the game are quite action-packed and to properly dispose of the enemies, you must be skilled enough to survive. With a huge arsenal of weapons but limited ammunition, amazing abilities to master, various types of enemies to combat with and a great story to follow along with wonderful visual details and an engaging game-play, The Evil Within is one of the best Third Person, Action-Adventure and Survival video game to play and enjoy.
#35 Call of Duty: Black Ops III
Call of Duty: Black Ops III is a Military-themed, Action-Adventure, First-person Shooter, Single-player and Multiplayer video game published by Activision and created by Treyarch. It is the 12th entry in the series of Call of Duty and serves as the sequel to Call of Duty: Black Ops II, released in 2012. The game takes place in the future 2065, after the event of the original title, in which the world is facing upheaval from new technologies to climate change. The gameplay is similar to the previous title, and the story revolves around the team of black ops soldiers. It offers two new modes such as a Nightmare and the Zombie mode. The game is designed to support up to four-player gameplay, enabling for the massive and open environment to explore with less corridor shooting. In the starts, the player can customize his character’s clothing and appearance using tons of items, and accessories. The Campaign offers its progressing system, which lets the player unlock tokens and use them to unlock different gears and weapons. With the highly detailed environment, an arsenal of weaponry, and new technologies Call of Duty: Black Ops III is the incredible military-themed game to play and enjoy.
#36 Mass Effect: Andromeda
Mass Effect: Andromeda developed by BioWare and published by Electronic Arts is an Action-Adventure, Third-person Shooter, Single and Multiplayer video game for multiple platforms. It is the fourth marvelous installment in the series of Mass Effect games. The game starts within the Milky Way Galaxy during the futuristic century in 22nd, where the humans are trying to populate new home worlds in the massive Galaxy known as Andromeda. There are two playable characters, and the player assumes the role of either Sara Ryder or Scott, both are members of the military who joins the force and wakes up in Andromeda. In the story, the player must explore the galaxy to find out the humanity’s homeland while encountering antagonistic alien race known as Kett. The game is a mix of Action Role-playing and Third-person Shooter elements. It features up to six different character classes, each with its unique skills and plays style. The player needs to earn experience points by fulfilling missions and use them to unlock further content in the game. Try it out.
#37 Watch Dogs
Watch Dogs is an Action-Adventure, RPG, Stealth and Third-person Shooter video game created by Ubisoft. This extraordinary game takes you to an alternate reality and lands you right into the fictitious setting of United States where you act as a vigilante named Aiden Pierce. Watch Dogs tasks you to act as the protagonist and infiltrate the network systems of mega corporations who store all the data of online behaviors of humans to its mega servers. The hackers faction, Watch Dogs helps you get into the systems and after a little time you get to know that the mega corporations and other high ranking people are the responsible for the death of your niece and countless other people. This information pushes you to the limits to burn down the mega corporations and all the enemies of humanity. You start a war against them using your hacking abilities and act as the story of the game suggests. Watch Dogs provides you with a thrilling and action filed game-play, a great story and an open world to play and enjoy the game to the limits. Do try it out if you haven’t played it yet.
#38 The Long Dark
The Long Dark is a new Sandbox-Style Action-Adventure, Survival and Exploration-based video game that takes you to a Frozen World. The world around you gets devastated after a huge Geomagnetic event happens and the environment changes rapidly. Left in the wilderness, your task is to survive the chilling cold and all the threats Mother Nature throws at you. The game lets you think and find the ways to survive, explore the land, gather up the resources, create and craft different items with all the available materials, make shelter for yourself and keep yourself well fed by trapping the animals and drinking plenty of water. With an always changing environment and weather, loads of native creatures such as deer, rabbits, snakes, Wolves, Bears birds etc. you must know how to interact with them and how to survive the attacks. To save yourself from the unforgiving environment, you must know how to make cloths, harvest the wood to keep the fire burning, harvest different medicinal plants to make antibiotics and stuff etc. The Long Dark offers an amazing simulation like game-play, stunning visuals and lots of things to discover and Survive.
#39 Sleeping Dogs
Sleeping dogs is an Action-Adventure and Third Person Shooter video game that takes you to the environmental wonders of the Hong Kong. The game features the protagonist Wei Shen an undercover police officer who infiltrates the Sun On Yee triad to take down their organization. The game lets you experience an awesomely engaging and thrilling game-play by using your fighting, shooting and parkour skills against your enemies. You can walk, run, fight with pedestrians, drive different vehicles and even fly planes in an open world. As being the police officer and a criminal at the same time, Sleeping Dogs lets you get into both law enforcing and criminal activities and this makes the game more engaging. You get a handful of different weapons, melee and firearms both at your disposal all the time. Sleeping Dogs is one of the best Action-Adventure and Shooter video game that provides with super realistic graphics, an amazing story, an open world and a thrilling game-play. Do try it out.
#40 A Way Out
A Way Out is an Action-Adventure, Third-person Perspective, and Multiplayer video game developed by Hazelight Studios and published by Electronic Arts. The game has no Single-player campaign, is only playable either Split-screen Co-op mode between two-player or online with other players from all over the world. The plot focuses on the protagonist named as Vincent Moretti, who is recently sent to jail for a brutal murder. In Jail, the protagonist encounters a thief named as Leo Caruso, who had been arrested for a massive theft. As the story progresses, a group of criminals sent in the jail by the crime boss named as Harvey attempts to murder Leo, but Vincent Moretti intervenes. In the game, the player either controls Leo or Vincent, two prisons who must struggle to break out of prison and remain undetected from authorities. The game offers the similar gameplay to Far Cry 4, where the player can join online events, hosted by the friends of the player. A Way Out is the wonderful game to play and enjoy.
#41 For Honor
For Honor developed by Ubisoft Montreal is a mixture of Fighting, Action-Adventure and Hack and Slash elements for hardcore players. It supports both Single-player and Multiplayer modes and enables you to assume the role of the historical warriors and soldiers such as Vikings, Samurai, Knights, etc. within the medieval-themed world played from a third-person perspective. The game takes place during the historical period inspired fantasy setting. There are three different factions available such as The Chosen Samurai, The Blackstone Legion Knight, and The Warborn Vikings and these three factions offer samurai, Viking and knight respectively. Multiplayer mode offers the similar gameplay to Single-player campaign, featuring AI minions, Perks, Art of Battle System. Domination, Brawl, Duel, Skirmish and Elimination are five prominent modes in the game. You as the protagonist must explore the world, fight rivals and kill them to complete a variety of missions while scoring the highest points to level-up your abilities. For Honor includes core features such as Story Campaign, Battle Control System, Conquer Foes with Friends, and more. Try it out, if you are die-hard fan of hack and slash genre.
#42 Dragon Age: Inquisition
Dragon Age: Inquisition is a great Action-Adventure and RPG video game by Bio Ware and is a direct sequel to Dragon Age: Origins and Dragon Age: II. The game puts you into the character of Herald of Andraste who after the attack on Mages and Templar meeting vows to kill the enemies. He forms up an Organization named Inquisition with the help of Cullen and Ambassador Josephine. The game lets you be Herald of Andraste and tasks you eliminate the monsters and demons who swarmed through the Rift, opened at the blast site. You must explore various sites on the game map, Strengthen up Inquisition by recruiting more individuals (Mages and Templars) like you, engage in gruesome battles and combats with the enemy and kill them all. You must also get help from your Dragon as the Boss enemy Corypheus has one to help him out with the destruction. Dragon Age: Inquisition concludes when the Boss Corypheus is dead, so you must focus on his allies too and kill them with your mighty sword and your unnatural powers. Dragon Age: Inquisition is one of the best MMORPGs to play and it will definitely provide you with tons of entertainment for sure.
#43 Astroneer
Astroneer is an Action-Adventure, Sandbox, Single-player and Multiplayer Simulation created and published by System Era Softworks. It takes place in the stimulating environment, and the player is tasked with building the different structure, mining resources and colonizing planets. The game has no specific goals and storyline. You as the playable character are able to create your own storyline and build the world that you imagine. It offers open world environment played from a third-person perspective. You must manipulate procedurally generated environment either on foot or by spacecraft and lunar rover. Using crafting features, you can create multiple vehicles, spacecraft modules, and oxygen reserve tanks. You can convert ice into the fuel for spacecraft of the astronaut. During the exploration, the player can explore the vast environment, drive vehicles and build colonies to survive as long as possible while scoring the highest points. The game becomes desperate to play, as you advanced. Gather resources and use them to build different structures. Astroneer includes prominent features such as Detailed Environment, Four-player Online Mode, custom Vehicle, unique Multiplayer Experience, and more. With addictive gameplay, superb mechanics, and smooth controls, Astroneer is the best game to play.
#44 Watch Dogs 2
Watch Dogs 2 or also known and Stylized as WATCH_DOGS2 is a marvelous new addiction to the series. This fantastic Action-Adventure, Stealth and Third-person Shooter video game is originally scheduled to be released in November 2016 but you can Pre Order it on Official game Website. The game is set in the midst of Fictional setting of San Francisco and it allows you to be the protagonist Marcus Halloway who is a hardcore skilled Hacker. Your task in the game is to simply get connected to the Hacking Association named as DedSec and take down the Advanced Security System of the City, ctOS 2.0. This tiem the game features a new protagonist, from far reaches of Oakland, California and drags him all the way to San Francisco to achieve your one and only ultimate goal, to bring down the ctOS 2.0. Years earlier when the protagonist was just a child, ctOS framed him into a crime he did not commit and he paid a heavy price for that. Now is the time to take your revenge as a skilled hacker and a great marksman. In order to complete the game objectives, you’ll have to go through a number of different types of enemies and that’s where you’ll have to show off your shooting and stealth skills. So are you ready for the ultimate adventure?
#45 Assassin’s Creed II
Assassin’s Creed II is an Action-Adventure, Third-person Exploration, and Single-player video game created by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft. It is the 2nd marvelous title in the series of Assassin’s Creed video game and serves as the sequel to Assassin’s Creed, released in 2007. The game takes place in the fictional history-themed world and centers on the struggle between the Knights Templars, who want peace through control, and the Assassins, who battle for peace. You assume the role of the protagonist, an assassin named as Desmond Miles, as his effort to relive the memories of his ancestor Ezio Auditore da Firenze. The plot focuses on the fictional Italy and puts you on an epic adventure, where you navigate Venice, Florence, Forli, and Tuscany. You can move freely in open-world and can battle enemies using stealth elements. There are several challenging missions available, and each task needs a completion of individual goals. The game rewards the player with experience points that can be used to unlock additional content to progress. Assassin’s Creed II is the best game to play and enjoy.
#46 PUBG
PUBG (PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds) is an Action-Adventure, Third-person Perspective, and Battle Royale video game developed and published by PUBG Corp. PUBG offers the fictional environment where the game takes place and puts up to hundred players in a Battle Royale, a type of last standing deathmatch, where the ultimate task of the players fight to be the last alive. The game starts with the protagonist paragliding from a plane onto the selected map. After landing, the player can explore the environment from either a First-person or a third-person perspective, and each perspective has its advantages or disadvantages in situational awareness and combat. The player can move freely in the open-ended environment, interact with objects and collect weapons to kill enemies. He must survive as long as possible and remain the last at the end of the game. A small map has been featured in the right corner of the screen to display the position of the player. Using customization, the player can change the appearance of his character and can earn points by killing enemies. Additional content will be unlocked, as the player advanced. With addictive gameplay, excellent mechanics, highly detailed visuals, and a huge arsenal of weaponry, etc. PUBG is the best game for hardcore players, who love playing Battle Royale Games.
#47 SteamWorld Dig
SteamWorld Dig is an Action-Adventure, Platform and Single-player Mining video game with Metroidvania developed and published by Image and Form. The game cast you in the role of the protagonist named as Rusty, a lone mining steam-bot who arrives at an old town. It takes place in the underground environment, and your task is to dig the old earth, search valuables while unearthing the threat. Steampunk and Western themes inspire the game, and the game introduces an underground world full of terrors, treasure, and mysteries. It consists of a variety of levels, and each level offers a challenging gameplay with challenging objectives. Control the character and start navigating the environment from side-scroll view, avoid hurdles, unleash power-ups and find treasure to progress through the game. Use your points to unlock further content in the game and become the master. SteamWorld Dig offers prominent features such as a Rich World, Underground Environment, Human Civilization, Degenerated Races, and more. SteamWorld Dig is the best Platform game to play and enjoy.
#48 Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard is an Action-Adventure, Horror-Survival and Single-player video game developed and published by Capcom for multiple platforms. It is the 11th installment ad twenty-fourth title overall in the franchise of Resident Evil. It is the first game in the marvelous series available to be played from the first-person view. The story centers on the protagonist named as Ethan Winters, as he finds his beloved wife named as Mia, which leads him to a plantation by the Baker Family. The protagonist crafts weapons and other tools to face off Baker Family and the Molded, a form of bacteria. The primary objective is to explore the world from the first-person perspective and fight against zombies and other creatures using handguns, flame throwers, chainsaw, and shotgun, etc. There are a series of levels, and each level requires a completion of certain objectives to progress. The player can assume the role of the protagonist and his ultimate task is to fight against enemies and the Baker Family to rescue his wife Mia from dangers. With enhanced mechanics, engaging gameplay and brilliant controls, Resident Evil 7: Biohazard is the best game to play and enjoy.
#49 Disney Infinity 3.0
Disney Infinity 3.0 takes the Action-Adventure and Sandbox gaming to a whole new level and offers gameplay and mechanics similar to its predecessors Disney Infinity and Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes. With a more in-depth and Complex Combat system, Disney Infinity 3.0 offers a similar experience to some of the biggest names such as Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, Kingdom Hearts, Spider-man and Devil May Cry series. Players can now use Light Sabers during combats as well as the other traditional weapons. It also offers a lot of new characters and allows the players to select anyone of them at the beginning, use all of the fantastic abilities of that character to defeat the enemies in arena-based (Boxed) battles and enjoy an entirely satisfying experience. With all the special attacks, amazing combat moves, and skills, Disney Infinity 3.0 lets the players enjoy the game even more. Disney Infinity 3.0 offers plenty of room for the gameplay, enhanced mechanics, beautiful visuals and fantastic encounters with the enemies. For a Sci-Fi Action-Adventure and a Sandbox Fighting experience, do try it out. It’ll definitely entertain you beyond limits.