Best Adventure Games of 2017
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wildon 17 of 28 rankings2
Hollow Knighton 8 of 28 rankings3
Xenoblade Chronicles 2on 4 of 28 rankings4
What Remains of Edith Finchon 1 of 28 rankings5
Rain Worldon 1 of 28 rankings6
Slime Rancheron 1 of 28 rankings7
Preyon 1 of 28 rankings8
Resident Evil 7: Biohazardon 1 of 28 rankings9
Middle-earth: Shadow of Waron 1 of 28 rankings10
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossuson 1 of 28 rankings11
The Long Darkon 1 of 28 rankings12
Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Ageon 1 of 28 rankings13
Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battleon 1 of 28 rankings14
Cupheadon 1 of 28 rankingsHow this ranking is made
According to Made the Cut's census of 28 independent rankings, recounted 16 October 2026, the best Adventure game of 2017 is The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, followed by Hollow Knight and Xenoblade Chronicles 2.
How this is counted
This chart counts 28 ranking sources, one voice each: the published ranking of games from that source with the most titles whose genre is Adventure and released in 2017, 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 28 published rankings of games this counts, in the order they were published.