Action Adventure
13 games
Adventure
Warren Robinett hid his name inside a secret room because Atari refused credits, inventing the easter egg. Sword, duck s...
Metroid
Samus Aran maze planet exploration rewarded backtracking with new abilities, and the ending reveal that the armored hunt...
The Legend of Zelda
Battery backed saves, a non linear overworld and secrets behind every burnable bush made exploration itself the reward. ...
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
The 16 bit refinement set the series grammar: master sword, parallel dark world, heart pieces and dungeon item loops. It...
Super Metroid
Atmosphere, sequence breaking depth and handcrafted ability gates made planet Zebes feel alive and lonely. Together with...
Tomb Raider
Lara Croft with dual pistols, tank controls and acrobatic ruin vaulting became a global icon and pushed 3D action advent...
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Z targeting solved 3D combat, ocarina songs built time travel puzzles, and horseback Hyrule earned a 99 Metacritic score...
Grand Theft Auto III
The move to 3D Liberty City turned open missions, a full radio dial and sandbox chaos into a phenomenon that sold over 1...
Grand Theft Auto V
Three switchable protagonists, a satirical Los Santos and GTA Online became the fastest entertainment product to a billi...
The Last of Us
Joel and Ellie crossing a fungal collapsed America set a new bar for performance capture and writing in games. The 2023 ...
System Shock
Set on a space station run by the rogue artificial intelligence SHODAN, it blended first person action with role playing...
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Released for the Wii U and as a launch title for the Nintendo Switch, it opened Hyrule as a vast landscape that can be e...
Red Dead Redemption 2
Arthur Morgan rides with the Van der Linde gang in the dying days of the American frontier. Painstaking detail in its wo...