Top Xbox One Adventure Games of All Time

Welcome to VideoGamer.com's top adventure games of all-time, a list of the best videogames, created from editorial reviews on the site. It's the perfect tool to find that great game you haven't played yet, or even to find a gem for a friend or loved one as a gift.

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  • 8.

    7

    Valiant Hearts: The Great War

    Valiant Hearts is a confused game, but also a brave one tackling difficult subject matter. Valiant Hearts is confused game, and one that seems to have two distinct ideas as to what the Great War was about. On one hand, it... more

    Reviewed on:   Platforms: PS4, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PS3, PC, Wii U

  • 7.

    7

    Sherlock Holmes: Crimes & Punishments

    A confident reinvention, despite the obviously low budget. Playing at home in Selhurst, down the road from where Conan Doyle once lived, I can almost feel his spectral moustache twitching with exasperation. Despite its obvious... more

    Reviewed on:   Platforms: PS4, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PS3, PC

  • 6.

    7

    Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter

    A decent adventure game with lots of ropey bits. Just like the last one, and the one before it. Frogwares have been on a bit of a roll with its Sherlock Holmes games in recent years. The series started off shite, got better,... more

    Reviewed on:   Platforms: PS4, Xbox One, PC

  • 5.

    7

    RiME signature RiME is a beautiful, minimalist painting come to life. Spoken words are thrown out the window in favour of whistles and hums, and the story remains ambiguous up until its final chapter. While we’ve seen the... more

    Reviewed on:   Platforms: PC, PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch

  • 4.

    8

    Oxenfree

    I can't think of many games like Oxenfree. It's simple if judged purely on gameplay mechanics but wonderfully accomplished in terms of storytelling, characters and dialogue. It's nice when something comes along, seemingly... more

    Reviewed on:   Platforms: Xbox One, PC

  • 3.

    8

    Virginia

    As a whole Virginia is wonderfully cinematic, and a fantastic story to inhabit as it unfolds. With Virginia there's a handy litmus test that we can get out of the way, right off the bat. You will probably not like Virginia... more

    Reviewed on:   Platforms: PC, PS4, Xbox One

  • 2.

    8

    Use money on Thimbleweed Park One of the most joyful things about point and click adventures is that you can construct the most wonderfully ridiculous sentences around them. Like: 'I can't figure out how to turn off the radio.... more

    Reviewed on:   Platforms: PC, Xbox One

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    10

    Inside

    Inside delights from start to finish. Don't miss out on what will surely be one of the best games of this generation. Playdead's Inside, the studio's follow-up to indie darling Limbo, is very much in the mould of its predecessor:... more

    Reviewed on:   Platforms: Xbox One, PC