Best Action-Adventure Games on Steam

Unlike generic lists, our game recommendations use a rigorous analysis of Steam user reviews to identify and feature only the best, community-validated action-adventure games.

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SWARMRIDERS SWARMRIDERS is a FREE "endless runner"+"twin stick shooter" ARCADE mashup. A "machine gun swarm surfing minigame" made as a bonus content for the UBERMOSH community.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.3
Release 15 Jun 2016
Mad Bullets Mad Bullets, the wackiest shooter is here to put your reflexes and laughing muscles to an intensive test. You can forget about boring stories, complicated controls and irritating tutorials, and jump right into a mind blowing, high-speed action.

Price -4% 12.09€
Rating 8.5
Release 10 Jun 2016
Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter Experience a fantastic adventure with unique gameplay that blends investigation, action and exploration in a breath-taking thriller that will test the limits of your nerves and intelligence. Play as the great detective and track down evil in the darkest corners of London and the human soul…

Price -97% 1.04€
Rating 7.8
Release 10 Jun 2016
ORCS ORCS is an action/platformer 2D old school inspirated by classic like Castlevania and Ghosts 'n Goblins.

Price -58% 0.85€
Rating 7.6
Release 20 May 2016
Shadwen Shadwen is a 3rd person stealth-action game where the only rule is to remain unseen. Stay hidden - or the ruthless guards will kill you on sight!

Price -98% 0.50€
Rating 7.4
Release 17 May 2016
Dungeon of Zolthan Dungeon of Zolthan is a casual, arcade-style metroidvania platformer where your goal is to defeat Zolthan; a powerful mage that lives inside the dungeon. Using an array of powerups and your own wit and guile, guide your character through Zolthan's Dungeon!

Price -50% 0.99€
Rating 7.3
Release 11 May 2016
Share In the backyard of the civilization, left by destiny without any hope, you'll find this house on the hill. It will become your shelter and give you everything you need. But then, the owners of the hill will come. And you will pay for this shelter.

Price 1.99€
Rating 6.8
Release 03 May 2016
Shadow Complex Remastered ChAIR’s fresh twist on classic side-scrolling design with modern gameplay is amplified in Shadow Complex Remastered. 10+ hrs of exploration and fast-paced combat from award-winning original game, updated with graphical enhancements, dynamic melee take-downs, and new Master Challenges.

Price 14.99€
Rating 8.0
Release 03 May 2016
HordeZ If you are looking for a on-rails arcade experience that blends between classics like Doom, Left 4 dead and House of the Dead then we got you covered! Fast and simple gameplay that will bring you into a creepy world of zombies and demons. Show your skills to the world through our global leadboard system!

Price 16.99€
Rating 7.8
Release 29 Apr 2016
Aurion: Legacy of the Kori-Odan When Humanity was created,the Goddess of Life challenged us to define our own purpose. This sparked 5,000 years of war that you, as a Kori-Odan, must end. Master your legacy through visceral Anime-style combat and deep narrative stakes.

Price -95% 0.82€
Rating 6.4
Release 14 Apr 2016
Stories: The Path of Destinies Stories: The Path of Destinies is an Action RPG, an enchanted storybook filled with madcap fantasy tales, each told by a zippy narrator attuned to the player’s choices and actions.

Price -77% 3.51€
Rating 8.6
Release 12 Apr 2016
Mushroom Wars Mushroom Wars is a dynamic real-time strategy game, where smart strategy meets furious action in epic PvP and PvE battles.

Price -55% 4.58€
Rating 7.3
Release 07 Apr 2016
Epistory - Typing Chronicles Epistory immerses you in an atmospheric action/adventure game where you play a girl riding a giant fox who fights an insectile corruption from an origami world. As you progress and explore this world, the story literally unfolds and the mysteries of the magic power of the words are revealed.

Price -90% 1.83€
Rating 9.2
Release 30 Mar 2016
FORCED SHOWDOWN Deckbuilding empowers this challenging bullet hell adventure! Each character is a unique experience: Choose a deck of unlockable cards to boost you in new ways every battle - "My whirlwind shoots fireballs!?". Battle hordes of brutal foes to become a superstar in C-SAR’s ever-changing game show.

Price -90% 1.99€
Rating 7.8
Release 29 Mar 2016
Sophie's Curse You got a job, which is to take care of an old man during the night in a recently purchased house; this house does not have electricity and you have to rely on some kind of hand crank generators to light the place up, but there is something in the darkness draining their power, don’t let it happen!

Price -59% 2.07€
Rating 7.7
Release 16 Mar 2016
Moon Hunters Play alone or with friends! A co-op personality test about exploring an ancient, occult world in 5 days. How will you be remembered?

Price -95% 0.79€
Rating 7.6
Release 10 Mar 2016
The Adventures of Tree The Adventures of Tree takes you on an open-ended adventure to save your species from the evil invaders; Florps! Explore the vast open world to discover its many secrets while completing quests, enjoying quirky dialogue, and upgrading your abilities and gear along the way.

Price -92% 0.49€
Rating 7.4
Release 01 Mar 2016
Rise of the Tomb Raider™ Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration includes the base game and Season Pass featuring all-new content. Explore Croft Manor in the new “Blood Ties” story, then defend it against a zombie invasion in “Lara’s Nightmare”.

Price -97% 1.13€
Rating 9.3
Release 09 Feb 2016
Rabi-Ribi Dodge bullets, missiles and lasers in battle as you wrap your head around that bunny girl costume! Combo away with your mighty Piko Hammer or spam various spells from afar with your fiery fairy friend. Explore and explode through Rabi-Rabi Island as you collect power-ups and uncover secrets...

Price -96% 0.79€
Rating 9.3
Release 28 Jan 2016
Subterrain Uncompromising Sci-Fi survival on Mars! Manage the entire colony single-handed! Craft, Research, Explore and Fight against evolving mutants. Vast open world and randomly generated levels to explore! Can you survive long enough to escape the horror?

Price -93% 1.19€
Rating 7.3
Release 21 Jan 2016
The Aquatic Adventure of the Last Human Explore the ruins of the human race and discover the thriving wildlife that blossomed after our extinction in this underwater action/adventure. Encounter monstrous creatures and let curiosity guide you through an inevitable voyage of extinction.

Price 8.99€
Rating 7.2
Release 19 Jan 2016
Suits: A Business RPG Corporations control the entire global government. Injustice has inspired a revolution in Suits City. Follow the journey of a businessman's descent into corruption...

Price 0.99€
Rating 8.3
Release 05 Jan 2016
Taimumari: Definitive Edition Retro-style platform game in keeping with the best traditions of games of our childhood! Take control of the Himari, the young female wizard travelling across various ages to settle the balance in time across the whole world!

Price -61% 2.75€
Rating 7.4
Release 16 Dec 2015
Nyan Cat: Lost In Space Play with the most celebrated flying cat in human history. Drink milk, eat ice-cream, collect coins, buy gorgeous boosts, fly like a superhero (sorry... supercat), jump onto platforms made of cake, avoid angry dogs, and discover the infinite space.

Price -50% 2.00€
Rating 8.8
Release 04 Dec 2015
The Last Dream: Developer's Edition “Reality and dreams are about to become entwined…..” The Last Dream: Developer's Edition" is a casual adventure game which, despite having some classic casual elements, will also offer a greater challenge for more experienced gamers.

Price 7.99€
Rating 7.5
Release 03 Dec 2015
Sonic Lost World When the Deadly Six threaten to destroy his world, Sonic’s new moves & power-ups are the only way to defeat them before it’s too late!

Price -82% 5.66€
Rating 6.2
Release 02 Nov 2015
Twinsen's Little Big Adventure 2 Classic Twinsen's Little Big Adventure 2 Classic is a retro action-adventure game originally released in 1997. After saving the world from the evilish Doctor Funfrock, Twinsen is now ready to face a new threat coming from outer space.

Price 9.99€
Rating 9.1
Release 20 Oct 2015
Tales of Zestiria In a world torn by war and political skirmishes, accept the burden of the Shepherd and fight human darkness to protect your world from Malevolence and reunite humans and Seraphim.

Price -98% 1.15€
Rating 7.8
Release 19 Oct 2015
Three Heroes A magic world, epic heroes, bright graphics, excellent humor and absorbing gameplay – “Three Heroes”!

Price -72% 1.14€
Rating 6.7
Release 16 Sep 2015
Cross of the Dutchman Cross of the Dutchman is an action adventure game based on the true story of the folk legend 'Pier Gerlofs Donia'. The story takes place in medieval Western Europe, in the province of Frisia, near the turn of the 16th century.

Price -51% 3.39€
Rating 7.1
Release 10 Sep 2015
Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime Explore a neon galaxy in your very own battleship in this 1- to 4-player couch co-op adventure.

Price 14.99€
Rating 8.9
Release 09 Sep 2015
Legend of Kay Anniversary 10 years after its initial release, Legend of Kay - Anniversary is a thoroughly remastered version of the original game: high-resolution textures; new, more detailed character models; modern rendering techniques and crystal-clear surround sound give this great classic a new shine.

Price -87% 2.68€
Rating 6.6
Release 27 Jul 2015
Odallus: The Dark Call The old gods have forgotten this land. No one could save our people when darkness started spreading and collecting human souls for its army. Odallus is a classic exploration/action game, inspired by Ghosts’n Goblins, Demon’s Crest and Castlevania.

Price -80% 1.99€
Rating 8.4
Release 15 Jul 2015
Tcheco in the Castle of Lucio Tcheco in the Castle of Lucio is an exciting, fast-paced action game.Help Tcheco the Adventure Boy to leave a mysterious castle full of deadly creatures! Be ready for a big challenge, full of nonsense humor and retro goodness.

Price 0.99€
Rating 8.5
Release 22 Jun 2015
A Bastard's Tale A game about parrying, attacking, and overcoming difficult foes

Price 4.99€
Rating 7.6
Release 26 May 2015
JumpJet Rex Test your dinosaur jump-jet skills with a game that redefines the platformer genre, aptly renaming it "platflyer." Simply put, you're a t-rex with rocket boots trying to save earth from an incoming asteroid. Do you have what it takes to stop it?

Price -96% 0.42€
Rating 8.2
Release 21 Apr 2015

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