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Best Adventure games on Mac
The 64 best Adventure games on Mac, ranked from 27,222 critic and player ratings.
The best Adventure game on Mac right now is Batman: Arkham City, with a critic score of 91/100 — updated September 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: 1970 to 2026.
- 50 games are listed on this page, carrying 27,222 ratings between them.
- Rankings are recomputed hourly; this one was last rebuilt on 28 September 2026.
Top 50
01
S
Batman: Arkham City
Batman: Arkham City builds upon the intense, atmospheric foundation of Batman: Arkham Asylum, sending players soaring into Arkham City, the new maximum security "home" for all of Gotham City's thugs, gangsters and insane criminal masterminds. Set inside the heavily fortified walls of a sprawling district in the heart of Gotham City, this highly anticipated sequel introduces a brand-new story that draws together a new all-star cast of classic characters and murderous villains from the Batman universe, as well as a vast range of new and enhanced gameplay features to deliver the ultimate experience as the Dark Knight.
91
/100
02
Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition
91
/100
03
A
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Batman: Arkham Asylum is an action-adventure game developed by Rocksteady Studios and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. Released in 2009, it follows Batman as he battles the Joker, who seizes control of Arkham Asylum and frees its inmates. The game features stealth, combat, and detective elements, with players using Batman's gadgets and skills to subdue enemies and solve puzzles. Set in a dark, immersive version of Gotham, the story explores Batman’s psychological battle with his foes, including Harley Quinn, Bane, and Scarecrow. The game received critical acclaim for its gameplay, atmosphere, and storytelling, becoming a defining title in superhero video games.
89
/100
S
Batman: Arkham City
Batman: Arkham City builds upon the intense, atmospheric foundation of Batman: Arkham Asylum, sending players soaring into Arkham City, the new maximum security "home" for all of Gotham City's thugs, gangsters and insane criminal masterminds. Set inside the heavily fortified walls of a sprawling district in the heart of Gotham City, this highly anticipated sequel introduces a brand-new story that draws together a new all-star cast of classic characters and murderous villains from the Batman universe, as well as a vast range of new and enhanced gameplay features to deliver the ultimate experience as the Dark Knight.
91
/100
02
Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition
91
/100
03
A
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Batman: Arkham Asylum is an action-adventure game developed by Rocksteady Studios and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. Released in 2009, it follows Batman as he battles the Joker, who seizes control of Arkham Asylum and frees its inmates. The game features stealth, combat, and detective elements, with players using Batman's gadgets and skills to subdue enemies and solve puzzles. Set in a dark, immersive version of Gotham, the story explores Batman’s psychological battle with his foes, including Harley Quinn, Bane, and Scarecrow. The game received critical acclaim for its gameplay, atmosphere, and storytelling, becoming a defining title in superhero video games.
89
/100
04
Day of the Tentacle
Day of the Tentacle, also known as Maniac Mansion II: Day of the Tentacle, is a 1993 graphic adventure game developed and published by LucasArts. It is the sequel to the 1987 game Maniac Mansion. The game's plot follows Bernard Bernoulli and his friends Hoagie and Laverne as they attempt to stop the evil Purple Tentacle — a sentient, disembodied tentacle — from taking over the world. The player takes control of the three and solves puzzles while using time travel to explore different periods of history. Dave Grossman and Tim Schafer co-led the game's development, their first time in such a role. The pair carried over a limited amount of elements from Maniac Mansion and forwent the character selection aspect to simplify development. Inspirations included Chuck Jones cartoons and the history of the United States. Day of the Tentacle is the eighth LucasArts title to use the SCUMM engine, and the company's first title to feature voice acting. The game was released simultaneously on floppy disk and CD-ROM to critical acclaim and commercial success. Critics focused on its cartoon-style visuals and comedic elements. Day of the Tentacle has featured regularly in lists of "top" games published more than two decades after its release, and aspects have been referenced in popular culture.
89
/100
05
The Henry Stickmin Collection
The Henry Stickmin Collection is a Newgrounds choose-your-own-path classic, reborn and revitalized. This 6-game epic culminates in multiple entirely canon, extremely different endings. Each step of the journey has you choose from options such as a Teleporter or calling in your buddy Charles to help you out. Correct choices will move the story forward, but incorrect choices lead to a fail. If you get to the end on your first try, you're doing it wrong. Failing is half the fun.
88
/100
06
The Stanley Parable
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
07
Guacamelee! Gold Edition
88
/100
08
Kentucky Route Zero
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
09
Assassin's Creed 2 Deluxe Edition
86
/100
10
S
Alien: Isolation
Alien: Isolation is a survival horror game based on the Alien franchise. As Amanda Ripley, daughter of Ellen Ripley, you will navigate through an increasingly volatile world as you find yourself confronted on all sides by a panicked population and an unpredictable Alien. You must scavenge resources, improvise solutions and use your wits, not just to succeed in your mission but to simply stay alive. In addition to the main story mode there's Survivor mode in which the player needs to escape from a specially designed map fulfilling secondary objectives along the way, while being aggressively hunted by the alien. This mode includes online leaderboards.
86
/100
11
Tales from the Borderlands - Episode One: Zer0 Sum
85
/100
12
OneShot
84
/100
13
The Quarry
83
/100
14
A
Subnautica
83
/100
15
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
82
/100
16
Life Is Strange 2
82
/100
17
S
Outlast
80
/100
18
S
The Walking Dead: Season 2
80
/100
19
LEGO The Lord of the Rings
80
/100
20
B
Subnautica: Below Zero
80
/100
21
Proteus
80
/100
22
The Walking Dead: 400 Days
80
/100
23
The Wolf Among Us
80
/100
24
Firewatch
79
/100
25
Jotun: Valhalla Edition
79
/100
26
BADLAND: Game of the Year Edition
79
/100
27
Tacoma
78
/100
28
Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition
78
/100
29
Yuppie Psycho
78
/100
30
Full Throttle Remastered
78
/100
31
A Short Hike
78
/100
32
Life is Strange: Before the Storm
77
/100
33
S
Outlast 2
76
/100
34
The Medium
75
/100
35
Batman: The Telltale Series
75
/100
36
The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav
75
/100
37
CAYNE
75
/100
38
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
75
/100
39
The Beginner's Guide
75
/100
40
Serena
75
/100
41
Afterparty
74
/100
42
LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game
73
/100
43
Dear Esther
72
/100
44
Paratopic
72
/100
45
The LEGO Movie - Videogame
72
/100
46
A New Beginning - Final Cut
72
/100
47
The Walking Dead: A New Frontier
71
/100
48
Dreamfall Chapters
71
/100
49
Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, and The Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind Heist
71
/100
50
Never Alone
70
/100
Day of the Tentacle
Day of the Tentacle, also known as Maniac Mansion II: Day of the Tentacle, is a 1993 graphic adventure game developed and published by LucasArts. It is the sequel to the 1987 game Maniac Mansion. The game's plot follows Bernard Bernoulli and his friends Hoagie and Laverne as they attempt to stop the evil Purple Tentacle — a sentient, disembodied tentacle — from taking over the world. The player takes control of the three and solves puzzles while using time travel to explore different periods of history. Dave Grossman and Tim Schafer co-led the game's development, their first time in such a role. The pair carried over a limited amount of elements from Maniac Mansion and forwent the character selection aspect to simplify development. Inspirations included Chuck Jones cartoons and the history of the United States. Day of the Tentacle is the eighth LucasArts title to use the SCUMM engine, and the company's first title to feature voice acting. The game was released simultaneously on floppy disk and CD-ROM to critical acclaim and commercial success. Critics focused on its cartoon-style visuals and comedic elements. Day of the Tentacle has featured regularly in lists of "top" games published more than two decades after its release, and aspects have been referenced in popular culture.
89
/100
05
The Henry Stickmin Collection
The Henry Stickmin Collection is a Newgrounds choose-your-own-path classic, reborn and revitalized. This 6-game epic culminates in multiple entirely canon, extremely different endings. Each step of the journey has you choose from options such as a Teleporter or calling in your buddy Charles to help you out. Correct choices will move the story forward, but incorrect choices lead to a fail. If you get to the end on your first try, you're doing it wrong. Failing is half the fun.
88
/100
06
The Stanley Parable
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
07
Guacamelee! Gold Edition
88
/100
08
Kentucky Route Zero
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
09
Assassin's Creed 2 Deluxe Edition
86
/100
10
S
Alien: Isolation
Alien: Isolation is a survival horror game based on the Alien franchise. As Amanda Ripley, daughter of Ellen Ripley, you will navigate through an increasingly volatile world as you find yourself confronted on all sides by a panicked population and an unpredictable Alien. You must scavenge resources, improvise solutions and use your wits, not just to succeed in your mission but to simply stay alive. In addition to the main story mode there's Survivor mode in which the player needs to escape from a specially designed map fulfilling secondary objectives along the way, while being aggressively hunted by the alien. This mode includes online leaderboards.
86
/100
11
Tales from the Borderlands - Episode One: Zer0 Sum
85
/100
12
OneShot
84
/100
13
The Quarry
83
/100
14
A
Subnautica
83
/100
15
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
82
/100
16
Life Is Strange 2
82
/100
17
S
Outlast
80
/100
18
S
The Walking Dead: Season 2
80
/100
19
LEGO The Lord of the Rings
80
/100
20
B
Subnautica: Below Zero
80
/100
21
Proteus
80
/100
22
The Walking Dead: 400 Days
80
/100
23
The Wolf Among Us
80
/100
24
Firewatch
79
/100
25
Jotun: Valhalla Edition
79
/100
26
BADLAND: Game of the Year Edition
79
/100
27
Tacoma
78
/100
28
Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition
78
/100
29
Yuppie Psycho
78
/100
30
Full Throttle Remastered
78
/100
31
A Short Hike
78
/100
32
Life is Strange: Before the Storm
77
/100
33
S
Outlast 2
76
/100
34
The Medium
75
/100
35
Batman: The Telltale Series
75
/100
36
The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav
75
/100
37
CAYNE
75
/100
38
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
75
/100
39
The Beginner's Guide
75
/100
40
Serena
75
/100
41
Afterparty
74
/100
42
LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game
73
/100
43
Dear Esther
72
/100
44
Paratopic
72
/100
45
The LEGO Movie - Videogame
72
/100
46
A New Beginning - Final Cut
72
/100
47
The Walking Dead: A New Frontier
71
/100
48
Dreamfall Chapters
71
/100
49
Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, and The Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind Heist
71
/100
50
Never Alone
70
/100
Frequently asked questions
What is the best Adventure game on Mac?
Batman: Arkham City currently tops the ranking with a score of 91/100 across 2,604 ratings. Ranking updated September 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.