# The 20 Best Adventure Video Games of All Time

> From wisecracking pirate comedies and moody noir mysteries to modern narrative gems, this lineup spans three decades of point-and-click classics and story-driven indie darlings. Which one gets your vote?

*By YPB Team · Published August 25, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/the-20-best-adventure-video-games-of-all-time*

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1. **Grim Fandango** — score 1000/1000
   A 1998 LucasArts noir adventure set in a stylish Aztec-inspired land of the dead.
2. **Day of the Tentacle** — score 789/1000
   LucasArts' 1993 time-traveling cartoon comedy adventure and sequel to Maniac Mansion.
3. **The Secret of Monkey Island** — score 663/1000
   LucasArts' 1990 pirate-comedy classic that defined the golden age of point-and-click adventure games.
4. **Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars** — score 609/1000
   Revolution Software's 1996 conspiracy-thriller adventure following an American tourist in Paris.
5. **Kentucky Route Zero** — score 546/1000
   Cardboard Computer's magical-realist adventure following a truck driver's surreal journey along a mysterious highway.
6. **King's Quest V** — score 473/1000
   Sierra's 1990 fairy-tale graphic adventure following King Graham on a quest to rescue his family.
7. **The Longest Journey** — score 473/1000
   Funcom's 1999 sprawling fantasy-and-sci-fi adventure about an art student who can travel between two worlds.
8. **What Remains of Edith Finch** — score 387/1000
   Giant Sparrow's 2017 narrative adventure exploring the strange deaths of a cursed family through their old house.
9. **Disco Elysium** — score 387/1000
   ZA/UM's 2019 detective adventure-RPG hybrid celebrated for its dialogue-driven investigation and prose.
10. **The Walking Dead** — score 387/1000
   Telltale Games' 2012 choice-driven adventure following survivors of a zombie apocalypse.
11. **Full Throttle** — score 387/1000
   LucasArts' 1995 biker-gang noir adventure starring the leader of the Polecats motorcycle club.
12. **Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers** — score 387/1000
   Sierra's 1993 supernatural mystery adventure following a bookstore owner investigating voodoo murders.
13. **Firewatch** — score 387/1000
   Campo Santo's 2016 narrative adventure about a Wyoming fire lookout drawn into a wilderness mystery.
14. **Myst** — score 387/1000
   Cyan's 1993 puzzle-exploration adventure on a mysterious island that became a best-selling PC phenomenon.
15. **Sam & Max Hit the Road** — score 284/1000
   LucasArts' 1993 comedy adventure starring a freelance dog-and-rabbit police duo.
16. **Syberia** — score 284/1000
   Microids' 2002 adventure following a lawyer's journey across Europe to track down a reclusive inventor.
17. **Life is Strange** — score 284/1000
   Dontnod's 2015 episodic adventure about a teenager who discovers she can rewind time.
18. **Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis** — score 284/1000
   LucasArts' 1992 pulp-adventure tie-in widely regarded as one of the best Indiana Jones games ever made.
19. **Return of the Obra Dinn** — score 158/1000
   Lucas Pope's 2018 monochrome deduction adventure about reconstructing the fate of a ghost ship's crew.
20. **Machinarium** — score 158/1000
   Amanita Design's 2009 hand-drawn puzzle adventure starring a small robot exploring a rusty industrial city.

Tags: games, adventure, indie, puzzle, point-and-click