Best Adventure Games of the 2000s
BioShockon 5 of 50 rankings2
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Maskon 5 of 50 rankings3
Final Fantasy Xon 4 of 50 rankings4
Resident Evil 4on 4 of 50 rankings5
Kingdom Hearts IIon 3 of 50 rankings6
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eateron 3 of 50 rankings7
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Wakeron 3 of 50 rankings8
Sly 2: Band of Thieveson 4 of 50 rankings9
Super Mario Sunshineon 2 of 50 rankings10
Super Mario Galaxyon 2 of 50 rankings11
Deus Exon 2 of 50 rankings12
Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenalon 2 of 50 rankings13
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princesson 2 of 50 rankings14
Silent Hill 2on 2 of 50 rankings15
Batman: Arkham Asylumon 2 of 50 rankings16
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivionon 2 of 50 rankings17
Assassin's Creedon 1 of 50 rankings18
Conker's Bad Fur Dayon 1 of 50 rankings19
Haunting Groundon 1 of 50 rankings20
Pokémon Emerald Versionon 1 of 50 rankings21
Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacyon 1 of 50 rankings22
Pokémon FireRed Versionon 1 of 50 rankings23
Luigi's Mansionon 1 of 50 rankings24
Resident Evilon 1 of 50 rankings25
The Simpsons: Hit & Runon 1 of 50 rankings26
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriotson 1 of 50 rankings27
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowindon 1 of 50 rankings28
Call of Duty: World at Waron 1 of 50 rankings29
Katamari Damacyon 1 of 50 rankings30
The Lord of the Rings: Conqueston 1 of 50 rankings31
Grand Theft Auto: Vice Cityon 1 of 50 rankings32
Sonic Adventure 2on 1 of 50 rankings33
Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed Kingon 1 of 50 rankings34
Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakeson 1 of 50 rankings35
Rule of Roseon 1 of 50 rankings36
Sonic Adventure 2: Battleon 1 of 50 rankings37
Final Fantasy IXon 2 of 50 rankings38
Thief II: The Metal Ageon 1 of 50 rankings39
Ys Sevenon 1 of 50 rankings40
Ōkamion 1 of 50 rankings41
Pokémon Platinum Versionon 1 of 50 rankings42
Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonuson 1 of 50 rankings43
SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottomon 1 of 50 rankings44
Castle Crasherson 1 of 50 rankings45
Silent Hill 3on 1 of 50 rankings46
God of War IIon 1 of 50 rankings47
Icoon 1 of 50 rankings48
Persona 3on 1 of 50 rankingsHow this ranking is made
According to Made the Cut's census of 50 independent rankings, recounted 16 October 2026, the best Adventure game of the 2000s is BioShock, followed by The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask and Final Fantasy X.
How this is counted
This chart counts 50 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 2000s, 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 50 published rankings of games this counts, in the order they were published.