Action-Adventure
Game genre concept
A very vague genre often involving lots of action in form of bloody combat, somewhat spacious environments, and an occasional environmental puzzle. Also includes adventure games that are very action oriented.
1120
games
77platforms
X360 2011-02
LIN 2012-11-15
PS2 2004-10-07
WIN 1998-06
MOB 2007-06-20
PS4 2015-09-01
XBOX 2005-10-18
XBOX 2004
WII 2008-03-03
GC 2005-12
PS2 2007-10
X360 2008-10
See also: Action-RPG
The `adventure´ bit in action-adventure does not refer to adventure game genre but rather adventure fiction/film genre, thus these should not have the adventure genre included in most cases.
The sub-genres should not be all marked as action-adventure by default, as they do not always adhere to the concept of action-adventures even if they adhere to the definition of the sub-genre.
Proper description. Will keep it here instead of the proper spot until this tag ceases being useful in actual use.
The `adventure´ bit in action-adventure does not refer to adventure game genre but rather adventure fiction/film genre, thus these should not have the adventure genre included in most cases.
The sub-genres should not be all marked as action-adventure by default, as they do not always adhere to the concept of action-adventures even if they adhere to the definition of the sub-genre.
Proper description. Will keep it here instead of the proper spot until this tag ceases being useful in actual use.
Informal group for finding action-adventure sub-genres.
Popular tags
actionrpg adventurerpg dandylike dungeoncrawler gtalike hackandslash lootemup manicshooter meleesim metroidvania mmog openworldsurvivalcrafting pacifisthorror roguelike roguelite soulslike spectaclebrawler stealthgame tactical visualnovel zeldalikeParent group
Child groups
Survival horror, Hack and Slash, Metroidvania, Stealth game, Grand Theft Auto-like
Games by year
The first Action-Adventure video game was released in 1980.