The last years were a groundbreaking year for action-adventure titles. Prepare to be captivated as we explore the best games that have combined exhilarating combat, mind-bending puzzles, and immersive storytelling to redefine the boundaries of interactive entertainment.

After all, the best action adventure games engage, excite, and connect with you. Titles you want to complete because they’re too good to stop playing.

It doesn’t matter if it is Naughty Dog, the Uncharted series, or the Far Cry series. You can always find something for yourself.  

Grab your controllers, buckle up, and join us on this unforgettable journey through the most extraordinary action-adventure experiences of 2023.

Let the games begin!

• Release Date: Feb 9, 2016.

• Developer: Crystal Dynamics, Eidos-Montréal.

• Publisher: Crystal Dynamics.

• Platforms: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox 360, MacOS, Microsoft Windows.

• Metascore: 86.

Rise of the Tomb Raider is the second installment of this fantastic reboot. This game dives more into Lara’s origin story as she manages to uncover an ancient city and mystery. She gets targeted by a ruthless organization called Trinity and their search for the Lost City of Kitezh.

Lara Croft will have to go through ice-cold environments in Siberia to find what lies beneath and decide whether to give the secret to the world or keep it to themselves.

This Tomb Raider game brings back the best features of the other titles and is the closure to Lara's new adventure.

Some of the game features you can’t miss are:

• An open-world exploration game that will make you face the wild.

• Close and fast-paced combat against all kinds of enemies.

• Hunt animals and scavenge resources.

• Craft weapons and improve their power output.

• Discover unstable environments.

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• Release Date: May 18, 2015.

• Developer: CD PROJEKT RED.

• Publisher: CD PROJEKT RED.

• Platforms: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, Microsoft Windows.

• Metascore: 93.

The Witcher III is one of the best RPG games from 2015 from the CD Projekt Red platform. It’s the closure to Geralt of Rivia’s story and journey as an experienced monster slayer.

This action-adventure game takes you to an incredible fantasy land infested with monsters. You must use your training to protect human lives and yourself in an expansive world without boundaries.

As a supernatural being with skills, strength, and reflexes, you are the only thing that keeps the world in balance.

But now, with the appearance of a new contract and a cursed child, you will have to decide what is more important, her or the world.

When playing The Witcher III, you will:

• Destroy enemies with multiple styles of combat.

• Craft and upgrade weapons and skills.

• Visit popular cities and discover mystical places.

• Earn rewards and spend them on games and pleasure.

Enjoy this massive RPG video game and find the meaning of being a protector.

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• Release Date: Nov 15, 2019.

• Developer: Respawn Entertainment.

• Publisher: Electronic Arts.

• Platforms: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Microsoft Windows.

• Metascore: 81

In a galaxy far, far away, a new story in the Star Wars universe appears. After Order 66 events, a young Jedi is still standing. You are tasked with rebuilding the Jedi order, but to do so, you will have to live through the biggest hardships.

Pick up the pieces of your incomplete training, develop your connection with the force, and master your ability with the lightsaber.

This is a new third-person action game with a narrative-driven story and single-player gameplay. Face your fears and fight the Empire with its Inquisitors.

In this action game, you’ll:

• Meet memorable characters and locations

• Master force abilities and improve skills

• Participate in intense battles

• Enjoy puzzle-solving activities to discover force secrets

• Locate weapons, gear, and events that happened in the Star Wars lore

Rebuild what’s left of the Jedi order and embark on a self-discovery journey that will take you to unpredictable places.

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• Release Date: Sep 30, 2014.

• Developer: Monolith Productions.

• Publisher: Warner Bros, Interactive Entertainment.

• Platforms: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows.

• Metascore: 84.

Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor is a third-person single-player RPG and one of the best action-adventure games in the market. Even now, in 2023, it’s still an excellent addition for all gamers.

This tale is centered on a warrior called Talion and the events before Lord of the Rings’ main story.

You greet death after being part of a ritual, but you also get cursed to wander between living and dead, along with the spirit of a mysterious old elf. Now, with two souls in one body, you’ll have an objective—to stop Sauron’s army from taking over Middle Earth.

This incredible title allows you to:

• Travel through an evolving world that remembers your actions.

• Level up and master the spirit’s powers.

• Upgrade your control over Middle-Earth.

• Mount eccentric beasts.

• Discover why you were cursed.

Recover the balance in Middle-Earth and put Sauron in check! Get the GOTY edition to receive more content that will improve your experience!

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• Release Date: Dec 5, 2019.

• Developer: Rockstar Games.

• Publisher: Rockstar Games.

• Platforms: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows.

• Metascore: 93.

Red Dead Redemption 2 is the sequel everyone expected of this Wild West action game.

The game tells the story of Arthur Morgan, an outlaw on the run that is trying to live his life to the fullest. He’s been chased by federal agents and bounty hunters nationwide. So, you must steal, kill, fight, and run to survive.

But that doesn’t stay that way. This immersive story will take you to the deepest US locations and show you how life was back in the day.

Red Dead Redemption 2 is of the best single-player games with a deep story and amazing landscapes where you can:

• Live like a traditional cowboy.

• Enjoy a strict moral system that will decide how NPCs treat you.

• Decide if you want to live like a law enforcement officer or an outlaw.

• Mount a horse and bond with it.

• Explore the wild west.

• Participate in intense battles.

• Complete side missions to unlock robes and weapons.

Red Dead Redemption 2 is the cowboy videogame experience that everyone was expecting. With iconic characters and the outlaw Arthur Morgan as your character, this title is one of a kind.

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• Release Date: Sep 7, 2012.

• Developer: Rocksteady Studios.

• Publisher: Warner Bros, Interactive Entertainment.

• Platforms: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, Xbox 360, Wii U, Microsoft Windows.

• Metascore: 91.

Batman Arkham City is the fourth game in the dark knight series. It’s a third-person title where you will become one of the best superheroes in DC Comics.

The story starts with Batman incarcerated in Arkham City Prison, where you must uncover a deep secret threatening to destroy Gotham City.

You must learn to use all gadgets, stealth abilities and study your enemies' movements to become the best detective in the Arkham series (Arkham Asylum, Arkham Knight, Arkham Origins, and Arkham City.)

Complete side quests to fight against iconic supervillains while you gather experience to improve your skills.

This incredible Batman game allows you:

• Enjoy an immersive open-world setting.

• Play as the Dark Knight and other characters like Nightwing, Robin, or Catwoman.

• Interact with characters and unlock missions.

• Live a parallel storyline with Catwoman.

And if you get the GOTY edition, you also get multiple DLC and a new mission that involves Harley Quinn’s Revenge.

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• Release Date: Oct 26, 2021.

• Developer: Eidos-Montréal.

• Publisher: Eidos Interactive Corp.

• Platforms: PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox 360, Nintendo Switch, Microsoft Windows.

• Metascore: 78.

Guardians of the Galaxy is one of the best action games here. This third-person adventure will put you in the hands of Star-Lord, a brave and questionable hero that is the leader of a more dubious crew.

After someone sets off catastrophic events, you must find a way to prevent an interplanetary meltdown. Make a plan against a world of surprises and face the consequences of your actions.

Follow an engaging story act utterly different from the movies, with iconic characters that resemble the ones you already know.

What you get when playing GOTG is:

• An interplanetary adventure where you’ll visit multiple planets.

• A vast armory with weapons like Element Blasters.

• Intense battles with dropkicks and more.

• A story with different endings.

If you’re into superhero games with many action adventures, this game is for you.

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• Release Date: Mar 27, 2018.

• Developer: Ubisoft Montreal.

• Publisher: Ubisoft.

• Platforms: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows.

• Metascore: 78.

This is the fifth and one of the best Far Cry installments released. It introduces the first fully open world for two to four players.

You are part of a special force team tasked with capturing the leading members of a cult, Joseph Seed, and his siblings. They have driven Hope County, Montana, into a mad, lawless place.

Use weapons, vehicles, and companions to complete missions and try to recover as much territory as possible while gaining people’s hearts.

But be careful. The cult is well-known for getting people under hypnotic spells that could make them do something they don’t want to.

In this first-person shooter game, you will:

• Use an incredible number of weapons like rocket launchers or other heavy weaponry.

• Drive cars, ATVs, helicopters, planes, and more.

• Enjoy a different Far Cry story that covers what idolatry does to people.

• Ally yourself with pets, soldiers, and other citizens.

Play Far Cry 5 and free the US from chaos.

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• Release Date: Apr 11, 2016.

• Developer: FromSoftware.

• Publisher: FromSoftware.

• Platforms: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows.

• Metascore: 89.

Dark Souls 3 is the last of the Souls series released back in 2016. This is a third-person RPG that doesn’t compare to other games.

It’s an extremely difficult title that only those brave enough are willing to play. No instructions, no directions. Only guidance from bonfires will help you in your journey.

You are the Unkindled, an undead who doesn’t feel a thing. Yet, you are tasked with an unbearable mission that will take you to the deepest, darkest places to prevent the world's destruction.

Like in the previous games, dive into places with colossal enemies. Learn their patterns and improve your reaction time through combat intensity.

The embers will lead you to your goal, but embracing darkness will be the only way to victory.

Dark Souls 3 allows you to:

• Enjoy a game with deep game design.

• Collect weapons, gear and improve them.

• Travel to a cursed land filled with vicious creatures.

• Marvel with dark landscapes.

• Fight in fast-paced and challenging battles.

• Learn patterns and avoid getting killed at all costs.

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• Release Date: Apr 14, 2015.

• Developer: Rockstar North.

• Publisher: Rockstar Games.

• Platforms: PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox 360, Nintendo Switch, Microsoft Windows.

• Metascore: 96.

Grand Theft Auto V is the latest entry (still waiting for GTA VI) set in Los Angeles, A.K.A, Los Santos. You’ll get in the shoes of three playable characters with different backgrounds, but they all have something in common. At some point, they were all robbers or murderers.

The story is centered on them joining to live their agitated lives once more. And as a traditional GTA game, you will be able to become the biggest criminal in LS.

While being released almost a decade ago, this title had significant improvements for PC like texture quality, shaders, tessellation, anti-aliasing, or 3D compatibility. It also includes an online environment to join public or private sessions with up to 30 players.

GTA V offers an improved experience focused on the best criminal life. And now, with a first-person mode, you can see how it gets better or worse.

Some of the game features you’ll enjoy are:

• Purchasing assets like homes, businesses, cars, etc.

• Use traditional weapons and bulletproof vests.

• Modify cars and make them look like something Toretto would use.

• Participate in engaging heists with all three playable characters.

• Join crews in the online mode and become the greatest thief.

• Unlock unique weapons and vehicles in the online mode.

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• Release Date: Dec 6, 2022.

• Developer: Ubisoft Montreal.

• Publisher: Ubisoft.

• Platforms: PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Microsoft Windows.

• Metascore: 82

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is the latest game after Odyssey (the eleventh installment.)

You are Elvor, a Viking who will go on a quest to become a legend in your community. You must build your settlement and raid others while raising political power to avoid confrontations.

Play as male or female while you carve the future of your clan. Relive the traditional ruthless Viking fighting style in a fast-paced combat with multiple weapons.

In this AC game players can focus on completing the main story and avoid role play or live a full Viking experience that includes hunting, Norse games, drinking and even recruiting other players as mercenaries.

The game includes all the features perfected throughout the series and should be in your definitive list of “must-have” games.

Some game features:

• Leading Viking troops and raid fortresses.

• Gruesome and visceral battles with legendary weapons.

• Collecting enemies through your journey.

• Exploring the Dark Ages and wandering Norway before civilization as we know it started.

All gamers must try this new generational title among the open-world games.

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• Release Date: Aug 9, 2018.

• Developer: CAPCOM.

• Publisher: CAPCOM.

• Platforms: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows.

• Metascore: 88.

Unlike many games in this list, Monster Hunter World is an entertaining third-person RPG where you’ll be taken into a new world filled with monsters and singular creatures. Meet a breathing ecosystem with diverse animals you must hunt to help humanity establish.

The story centers around a recently discovered unknown continent. It is completely apart from the Old World, filled with vicious and curious creatures. Researchers were able to establish a base out of the monster’s reach but they still need samples from this untouched land.

That’s when you enter. Create a hunter, name them and choose a class from the 14 options at your disposal. Get primary and secondary missions, gather materials, upgrade your weapons, and participate in raids alone or with friends.

But be careful, as these terrifying monsters won’t give you an inch of space. That’s why you’ll have to:

• Prepare a plan and weapons to enter the wild lands.

• Use companions to guide you and help you.

• Evolve your character.

• Master your fighting skills.

• Hunt dangerous monsters that will do anything to survive.

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• Release Date: May 21, 2021.

• Developer: Bend Studio.

• Publisher: Playstation PC LLC.

• Platforms: PlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows.

• Metascore: 76.

Days Gone is an open world based in a post-apocalyptic America. The game is set two years after the zombie outbreak that led humanity to extinction due to a massive pandemic.

In this post-pandemic world, you will play as Deacon St. John, a bounty hunter trying to survive with a dark past that you’ll discover as you play the game.

Along with your friend, you will have to complete missions, scavenge equipment, weapons, vehicles, and try to live in a region where you’re not the apex predator anymore.

Days Gone shows us what the future could be like if humans face near extinction and there’s no one to fight back.

Some of the game features are:

• A fun, engaging, open world that evolves.

• A main character that has gone through hell.

• An exciting story that shows what people do when feeling threatened.

This title is deeply rooted in the community. So, if you like The Walking Dead or A Plague Tale: Innocence, this game is for you.

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• Release Date: Mar 30, 2022.

• Developer: Kojima Productions.

• Publisher: 505 Games.

• Platforms: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Microsoft Windows.

• Metascore: 86.

Death Stranding is an action-adventure game developed by Kojima Productions.

The game takes place in the post-apocalyptic United States and follows Sam Porter Bridges on his mission to reconnect isolated cities and rebuild society. You must deliver essential cargo, navigate challenging terrain, and avoid supernatural creatures and hostile human enemies.

The game introduces unique gameplay mechanics, such as the "strand" system, which focuses on creating connections with other players. But not only that. When getting Death Stranding, you will:

• Enjoy innovative gameplay, encouraging cooperation with other players to build structures, share resources, and traverse the open world.

• Explore a vast, beautifully-rendered open world that encourages you to discover and navigate its challenging terrain.

• Delve into themes of human connection, isolation, and the nature of existence.

• Feel and watch stunning graphics and detailed environments.

Death Stranding is a distinctive gaming experience that blends novel gameplay mechanics, a thought-provoking narrative, and impressive visuals. Its polarizing nature may not appeal to everyone, but it's worth exploring for those who appreciate innovation and artistic expression in gaming.

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• Release Date: Feb 10, 2023.

• Developer: Avalanche Software.

• Publisher: Warner Bros.

• Platforms: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, Microsoft Windows.

• Metascore: 83.

Hogwarts Legacy is the first game in the Harry Potter universe that the gaming community has got in recent years.

This single open-world adventure will take you to live at Hogwarts to its fullest. But you won’t be playing the Chosen One’s story. Instead, you will create your own as it’s set 90 years before the events of the Harry Potter movies.

But it won’t be easy. The magical world is suffering a tremendous threat you’ll encounter in your journey. You must find the truth to ensure the wizardkind’s freedom.

Live a magical experience, study, solve puzzles, meet fantastic beasts, learn new spells, fight evil, and win the House Cup after a long year!

Hogwarts Legacy brings you:

• A vibrating world that you can explore.

• A main story and side missions that unlock progressively.

• An RPG experience where you’ll level up and change gear to improve stats.

• The possibility to explore dungeons in an Indiana Jones-like mode.

Overall, this is your chance if you were waiting for a Hogwarts Letter.

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• Release Date: Aug 27, 2020.

• Developer: Remedy Entertainment.

• Publisher: 505 Games.

• Platforms: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, Microsoft Windows.

• Metascore: 85.

Control is an immersive, dark third-person experience combining supernatural telekinetic powers with a shooter game.

You are the director of a secret US department controlling reality. But now, it all turned into a mess, and you are the only person who can stop the corruptive presence.

Enter into a place that will play with your mind and senses while you try to find your missing brother.

Recover your memory and powers to use the world as your weapon. Just make sure you don’t lose control.

Control Definitive Edition allows players to:

• Unlock powers and use them as they like.

• Participate in fast-paced battles.

• Complete puzzles and kill difficult bosses.

• Uncover a mystery that will explain why you are in that dark place.

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• Release Date: Feb 24, 2022.

• Developer: FromSoftware.

• Publisher: FromSoftware.

• Platforms: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Microsoft Windows.

• Metascore: 94.

Go on, Tarnished. Rise and let your destiny be in the hands of Grace. The two fingers have spoken; you will become the new Elden Lord and rule the Lands Between. But to do that, you must endure the most brutal quest.

Find the previous Grace holders and retrieve them all.

Elden Ring will allow you to enter a massive open world with no linear story that you can explore as you like. Find hidden cities, defeat bosses, and build the character you like.

Most single-player games won’t have as many configuration settings as this one.

When playing Elden Ring, you will:

• Enter a world that is ruled by chaos.

• Create a fully customizable character.

• Decide your play style. Do you like swords, bows, and magic? All of them?

• Choose how you want to finish the game. There are three endings you can achieve.

• Play with up to three other players in asynchronous or co-op mode.

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It doesn’t matter if you want to play a game from Sony Interactive Entertainment or the Bethesda Game Studios platform. This list provides excellent alternatives for action-adventure games you can play on your computer.

There are also other titles you could try, like:

• Horizon Forbidden West

• Battlefield 2042

• Ghost of Tsushima

• Marvel’s Spider-Man

• Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice

• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

Don’t miss the chance to play all these AA and AAA games and live incredible stories in the adventure genre.