Genre · 2023

Best Adventure Games of 2023

579 games

Adventure games released on Steam in 2023, most popular first.

579 gamesPage 2 of 25

Best Adventure Games of 2023, page 2

Adventure

Mining Mechs

Delayed VictoryWin · 2023For:Players who enjoy gathering resources and improving equipment during explorationSkip if:Players seeking a story-led adventure with extensive narrative development may find the resource-and-upgrade loop too focused.
Adventure

UNDYING - "KINGDOM"

Skystone GamesWin · Mac · 2023For:Players drawn to survival stories about a parent and child who want choices to affect character fates.Skip if:Players seeking a fixed, identical route may find the changing layouts and random events a poor match.
Adventure

Goodbye Volcano High

KO_OPWin · 2023For:Players who prefer character-led coming-of-age stories to action-focused adventuresSkip if:Players seeking combat-focused gameplay may find the story and relationship choices take priority.
Adventure

Welcome to Kowloon

N4bAWin · 2023For:Horror fans who want a brief atmospheric gameSkip if:Players seeking a long horror campaign with substantial progression
Adventure

Koi x Shin Ai Kanojo

HIKARI FIELDWin · 2023For:Players seeking a romance-focused game rather than an action titleSkip if:Players looking for combat-centered gameplay or action mechanics
Adventure

Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines

hcnoneWin · Mac · Linux · 2023For:Players who enjoy short, story-focused adventures with workplace settingsSkip if:Players looking for a long campaign may find the main story’s short format limiting.
Adventure

FATAL FRAME / PROJECT ZERO: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse

KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD.Win · 2023For:Survival-horror fans who want exploration and ghost encounters rather than a conventional action focusSkip if:Players seeking fast-paced combat may find the emphasis on exploration and investigation slow
Adventure

A Guidebook of Babel

Thermite GamesWin · Mac · 2023For:Players who enjoy narrative adventures built around changing events and branching consequencesSkip if:Players looking for combat-focused gameplay may find the emphasis on story, clues, and rewriting events restrictive.
Adventure

Firmament

Cyan Worlds, Inc.Win · Mac · 2023For:Puzzle-adventure players who want environmental mechanisms instead of combat-focused actionSkip if:Players looking for combat, weapon use, or action-heavy encounters
Adventure

Mail Time

indie.ioWin · Mac · 2023For:Players who prefer low-pressure exploration without time limits or fall damageSkip if:Players seeking danger or high-stakes traversal may find the no-harm, no-time-limit structure too gentle.
Adventure

q.u.q.

Nikita KryukovWin · Mac · Linux · 2023For:Visual novel fans who want surreal desert fictionSkip if:Players seeking combat systems or role-playing progression may hit a wall because the experience centers on a visual-novel story.
Adventure

Layers of Fear

Bloober Team SAWin · Mac · 2023For:Fans of psychological horror who want first-person exploration and environmental puzzlesSkip if:Players who want combat-centered horror may find the exploration-and-puzzle structure limiting
Adventure

Under The Waves

Spotlight by Quantic DreamWin · 2023For:Adventure players who want a grief-focused story set beneath the seaSkip if:Players seeking combat-focused gameplay may find the story and exploration emphasis limiting
Adventure

Children of Silentown

Daedalic EntertainmentWin · 2023For:Point-and-click adventure fans who want a story about investigating disappearancesSkip if:Players seeking combat-focused gameplay rather than puzzles and exploration
Adventure

Submachine: Legacy

Mateusz SkutnikWin · 2023For:Players who enjoy methodical environmental puzzles and object-based problem solvingSkip if:Players who want combat, fast movement or action-focused challenges may find the machinery and item puzzles too passive.
Adventure

Lunar Mirror:The Pavilion of Desire

DSGameWin · 2023For:Horror adventure fans who want story-led exploration and puzzlesSkip if:Players seeking combat-focused gameplay rather than exploration, conversations, and puzzle solving
Adventure

Anemoiapolis: Chapter 1

Andrew QuistWin · 2023For:Horror fans who prefer familiar architectural settings over conventional haunted locationsSkip if:Players seeking direct combat may find the focus on escape, exploration, and environmental interaction too passive
Adventure

SLUDGE LIFE 2

Devolver DigitalWin · 2023For:Players who enjoy first-person exploration with a search for hidden locationsSkip if:Players who want a tightly guided route may find the search for hidden tag spots and secrets too open-ended.
Adventure

Dordogne

Focus EntertainmentWin · 2023For:Players who prefer reflective narrative adventures over action-led gamesSkip if:Players seeking a fast-paced, action-led adventure may find the reflective memory focus mismatched
Adventure

Paquerette Down the Bunburrows

Abiding BridgeWin · Mac · 2023For:Puzzle players who enjoy planning routes around predictable enemy movementSkip if:Players seeking combat-focused gameplay rather than pathfinding and capture puzzles
Adventure

The Shell Part I: Inferno

ShiravuneWin · 2023For:Visual novel readers who want a detective story set in Tokyo.Skip if:Players looking for action-led gameplay or hands-on investigation mechanics; the described format is a visual novel.
Adventure

Blanc

Gearbox PublishingWin · 2023For:Pairs who want a cooperative adventure with local or online playSkip if:Players seeking combat systems, extensive character progression, or a large open world may hit the game's narrow cooperative adventure structure.
Adventure

Otome Riron to Sono Shuuhen -École de Paris-

HIKARI FIELDWin · 2023For:Readers of bishoujo games who want a story about a maid disguise and a move to ParisSkip if:Players seeking combat, exploration systems, or other action-led gameplay rather than a story-centered bishoujo game
Adventure

Everdream Valley

Untold TalesWin · 2023For:Solo players seeking a farming adventure with exploration and dream-based creature playSkip if:Players seeking combat-focused gameplay or weapon-based challenges