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The Most Popular Adventure Games Out Now

Updated November 16, 2020 3.7k votes 436 voters 9.3k views55 items

List RulesVote up all the best, biggest, and most popular adventure games.

Adventurers, unite. We’re ranking the most popular adventure games in 2020. Featuring both old and new games, this list of the most played adventure games right now includes some of the best-selling games on PS4. If you're someone who's looking for more than just shooting your fellow gamer, then you've come to the right place.

This list includes the most popular adventure games at the moment, from console exclusives like Horizon Zero Dawn, where you play as the female protagonist Alloy in a post-apocalyptic future with robotic animals, to God of War, the newest installment in the series with graphics that are sure to leave your jaw on the floor. Some of our favorite characters are also back, like Link in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, which brings open-world exploring and crafting to the Zelda series.

From linear story games, like Devil May Cry 5 and Metro Exodus to open-world titles, like Red Dead Redemption II and Spider-Man, vote up your favorite current adventure games, whether they're platform adventure games, role-playing adventure epics, or straight-up adrenaline fests.

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Red Dead Redemption II
2018
Platform: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows, Stadia
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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
2017
Platform: Nintendo Switch, Wii U
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Grand Theft Auto V
2013
Platform: Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360
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God of War
2018
Platform: PlayStation 4
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Spider-Man
2018
Platform: PlayStation 4
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Horizon Zero Dawn
2017
Platform: PlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows
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Assassin's Creed Odyssey
2018
Platform: Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Google Stadia
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Fallout 4
2015
Platform: Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
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Far Cry 5
2018
Platform: Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
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Resident Evil 2
2019
Platform: Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
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Shadow of the Tomb Raider
2018
Platform: Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, macOS Linux, Google Stadia
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Hitman 2
2018
Platform: Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
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Assassin's Creed Valhalla
2020
Platform: Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Stadia Xbox, One Xbox Series X

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Devil May Cry 5
2019
Platform: Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
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Assassin's Creed Origins
2017
Platform: Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
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Destiny 2
2017
Platform: PC, Playstation 4, Xbox One
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Assassin's Creed Syndicate
2015
Platform: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows
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Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
2019
Platform: Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
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Sea of Thieves
2018
Platform: Microsoft Windows, Xbox One
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Minecraft Dungeons
2020
Platform: macOS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows, Xbox One
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Tom Clancy's The Division 2
2019
Platform: Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Stadia
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Metro Exodus
2019
Platform: Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Stadia
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Batman: Arkham Knight
2015
Platform: Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
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BioShock Infinite
2013
Platform: Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, OS X, Linux
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Ori and the Will of the Wisps
2020
Platform: Platform-adventure, Metroidvania

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