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Best Adventure games of 2013

The 20 best Adventure games released in 2013, ranked from 10,093 critic and player ratings.

The best Adventure game of 2013 is The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, with a critic score of 92/100 — updated November 2026.

How this ranking is built
  • Games are ranked on the aggregated critic score out of 100 imported from IGDB and Metacritic, never on Tier's own grades.
  • A game only enters the ranking with at least 80 external ratings, so a single enthusiastic review never outranks a proven classic.
  • Each game is ranked in one genre only, the one that defines it best, so the same title never tops two different genre charts.
  • Community grades from F to S are shown next to every game, and only stated as a fact above 5 Tier ratings.
  • Release window covered: 2013.
  • 20 games are listed on this page, carrying 10,093 ratings between them.
  • Rankings are recomputed hourly; this one was last rebuilt on 13 November 2026.

Top 20

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01 The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds A The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds 2013 · 723 ratings · 1 Tier vote The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds is the first Zelda game made exclusively for the Nintendo 3DS. It is an indirect sequel to A Link to the Past with the same version of Hyrule but with new characters and gameplay elements. Unlike the series' tradition, many areas of the world are accessible from the beginning of the game and the dungeons can be visited in any order. Puzzles are encountered not only in dungeons but also in the open world, a part of them revolves around the game's 3D visual effect. The 3DS touch-screen display shows the world, dungeon or map depending on where you are. 92 /100
02 The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD 2013 · 394 ratings The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD is a remaster of The Wind Waker with an alternate recreation of the original's art style, several gameplay adjustments, a new lighting engine and higher resolution textures. 90 /100
03 The Stanley Parable S The Stanley Parable 2013 · 995 ratings · 1 Tier vote · finished by 32% The Stanley Parable is a first-person exploration game which ponders questions related to player agency, narrative pacing, escapism through gaming, objective-driven game design, authorial intent, and the conflict of interest between players and game creators. 88 /100
04 Kentucky Route Zero Kentucky Route Zero 2013 · 96 ratings · finished by 11% Kentucky Route Zero is a magical realist adventure game about a secret highway in the caves beneath Kentucky, and the mysterious folks who travel it. Gameplay is inspired by point-and-click adventure games (like the classic Monkey Island or King's Quest series, or more recently Telltale's Walking Dead series), but focused on characterization, atmosphere and storytelling rather than clever puzzles or challenges of skill. The game is developed by Cardboard Computer (Jake Elliott and Tamas Kemenczy). The game's soundtrack features an original electronic score by Ben Babbitt along with a suite of old hymns & bluegrass standards recorded by The Bedquilt Ramblers. 88 /100
05 Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons F Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons 2013 · 791 ratings · 1 Tier vote Brothers is presented from a third-person view overlooking the two brothers. The brothers are moved individually by two thumbsticks on the controller. The controller triggers also cause the respective brother to interact with the game world, such as talking to a non-player character or grabbing onto a ledge or object. The older brother is the stronger of the two and can pull levers or boost his younger brother to higher spaces, while the younger one can pass between narrow bars. The player progresses by manipulating the two brothers at the same time to complete various puzzles, often requiring the player to manipulate both brothers to perform differing functions (such as one distracting a hostile non-player character while the other makes their way around). Should either brother fall from a great height or get injured, the game restarts at a recent checkpoint. All of the in-game dialogue is spoken in a fictional language, thus the story is conveyed through actions, gestures and expressions. 83 /100
06 Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon 2013 · 105 ratings Luigi is back on a mission to remove a bunch of stubborn ghosts from some spooky mansions. Armed with his trusty Poltergust ghost-sucking vacuum cleaner, Mario's brother takes center stage to capture these pesky phantoms. Luigi's Mansion 2: Dark Moon gives players multiple mansions to explore, a variety of puzzles to solve and new ghosts to capture. Armed with the Poltergust 5000, a ghost-sucking, vacuum-like invention, Luigi must complete a number of missions assigned to him by Professor E. Gadd. 81 /100
07 The Walking Dead: Season Two The Walking Dead: Season Two 2013 · 853 ratings Similar to the previous season, The Walking Dead: Season Two is a point-and-click adventure game. The player, in control of Clementine, can direct the character around the environment, examine and interact with various scenery elements and collect and use objects to advance the story. The player can also initiate conversations with non-player characters via conversation trees. Certain replies from other characters may offer the player multiple choices to select from, including the option to stay silent, with a limited amount of time to make the selection; if the player does not select an option, the conversation will continue as if they had stayed quiet. Such choices can affect how the other characters will later react to Clementine which can influence later events in the story. Other scenes are more action-oriented, requiring the player to complete quick time events to avoid Clementine or her allies from getting killed. If the player fails these events, the game will restart at the start of such scenes. Such action scenes may also require the player to make a key decision within a limited time frame, such as which of two characters to save from attacking walkers. 81 /100
08 The Walking Dead: Season 2 S The Walking Dead: Season 2 2013 · 1,481 ratings · 1 Tier vote · finished by 29% 80 /100
09 The Walking Dead: 400 Days The Walking Dead: 400 Days 2013 · 177 ratings 80 /100
10 The Wolf Among Us The Wolf Among Us 2013 · 1,214 ratings · finished by 34% The Wolf Among Us is a five-episode series from the creators of the 2012 Game of the Year: The Walking Dead. Based on Fables (DC Comics/Vertigo), an award-winning comic book series, it is an often violent, mature and hard-boiled thriller where the characters and creatures of myth, lore and legend are real and exist in our world. As Bigby Wolf - The Big Bad Wolf in human form - you will discover that the brutal, bloody murder of a Fable is just a taste of things to come, in a game series where your every decision can have enormous consequences. 80 /100
11 Memoria Memoria 2013 · 113 ratings · finished by 3% 79 /100
12 Don't Starve Don't Starve 2013 · 389 ratings · finished by 7% 79 /100
13 Outlast A Outlast 2013 · 720 ratings · 3 Tier votes · finished by 17% · 3 h to beat 77 /100
14 Gone Home Gone Home 2013 · 546 ratings · finished by 25% 74 /100
15 Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs 2013 · 257 ratings · finished by 6% 73 /100
16 Broken Sword 5 - The Serpent's Curse Broken Sword 5 - The Serpent's Curse 2013 · 80 ratings · finished by 7% 71 /100
17 The Cave The Cave 2013 · 80 ratings · finished by 10% 70 /100
18 Deadly Premonition: The Director's Cut Deadly Premonition: The Director's Cut 2013 · 205 ratings · finished by 6% 67 /100
19 Beyond: Two Souls Beyond: Two Souls 2013 · 783 ratings · finished by 30% 66 /100
20 Goodbye Deponia Goodbye Deponia 2013 · 91 ratings · finished by 11% 65 /100
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Frequently asked questions

What is the best Adventure game of 2013?

The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds currently tops the ranking with a score of 92/100 across 723 ratings. Ranking updated November 2026.

How is this ranking built?

Games are ranked on their aggregated critic score out of 100, with a minimum vote threshold so a single glowing review never outranks a proven classic; the Tier community's own F-to-S grades are shown alongside each game.