Best Adventure Games of the 1990s
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Timeon 11 of 34 rankings2
Super Mario 64on 7 of 34 rankings3
Super Metroidon 7 of 34 rankings4
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Paston 4 of 34 rankings5
Super Mario Worldon 3 of 34 rankings6
Castlevania: Symphony of the Nighton 5 of 34 rankings7
Pokémon Silver Versionon 3 of 34 rankings8
Half-Lifeon 3 of 34 rankings9
Final Fantasy IIIon 2 of 34 rankings10
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Starson 4 of 34 rankings11
Crash Bandicoot: Warpedon 1 of 34 rankings12
Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage!on 1 of 34 rankings13
Chrono Crosson 1 of 34 rankings14
Homeworldon 1 of 34 rankings15
Mega Man Xon 1 of 34 rankings16
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DXon 1 of 34 rankings17
Pokémon Gold Versionon 1 of 34 rankings18
Final Fantasy IVon 1 of 34 rankingsHow this ranking is made
According to Made the Cut's census of 34 independent rankings, recounted 16 October 2026, the best Adventure game of the 1990s is The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, followed by Super Mario 64 and Super Metroid.
How this is counted
This chart counts 34 ranking sources, one voice each: the published ranking of games from that source with the most titles whose genre is Adventure and released in the 1990s, cut down to those titles, in the order that source listed them. A title's place is its average position across all sources counted: a title someone left off their ranking counts as tied with their last place (here, that source ranked titles of this kind and left this one out). A small pull toward the middle keeps one enthusiastic list from crowning a #1. Every title in the computed chart has a numbered position, with its source count shown beside it. It is recounted whenever a ranking is published, changed or removed, last on 16 October 2026. Member rankings and attributed external lists use the same calculation. Multiple lists from one member or external author count once; linked slices add no extra vote. Frozen links, private or unlisted lists and unmatched titles are never counted. The full method.
12 of the 34 published rankings of games this counts, in the order they were published.