Top 22 Adventure Games of All Time

There are, at last count, somewhere over four hundred point-&-click-type adventure games, but I can report that almost all of them just plain suck. Here are the tiny handful of adventure games that are actually worth playing. Prob'ly a few more good ones out there that I haven't played yet.

Botanicula
Botanicula
The Curse of Monkey Island
The Curse of Monkey Island
Day of the Tentacle
Day of the Tentacle
Beware the uglified 'Remastered' version.
The Dig
The Dig
The Dream Machine
The Dream Machine
Dropsy
Dropsy
Football Game
Football Game
Full Throttle
Full Throttle
Beware the uglified 'Remastered' version.
Grim Fandango
Grim Fandango
In this case, the Remastered version's actually better than the original: The characters are in better resolution, the game's way less buggy, and the scenery's unaltered.
The Last Door: Collector's Edition
The Last Door: Collector's Edition
The Last Door: Season 2 - Collector's Edition
The Last Door: Season 2 - Collector's Edition
The Legend of Kyrandia 2: The Hand of Fate
The Legend of Kyrandia 2: The Hand of Fate
Machinarium
Machinarium
If possible, avoid the tolerable but inferior 'Definitive Version', which sucks out a great deal of the original game's visual charm.
Memoranda
Memoranda
Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge
Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge
The greatest of all video games. Beware the ghastly 'Special Edition' version.
Primordia
Primordia
Samorost 3
Samorost 3
The Secret of Monkey Island
The Secret of Monkey Island
Beware the horrendous 'Special Edition' version.
The Silent Age
The Silent Age
This game's best with the voice acting turned off.
Simon the Sorcerer
Simon the Sorcerer
Sumatra: Fate of Yandi
Sumatra: Fate of Yandi
Thimbleweed Park
Thimbleweed Park

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