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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.

1113
games
77
platforms
Destroy All Humans! One Giant Step On Mankind (PlayStation 2)
Destroy All Humans! One Giant Step On Mankind
PS2 2005-06-21
Galahad and the Holy Grail (Atari 400/800)
Galahad and the Holy Grail
A800 1982
The Baconing (PlayStation 3)
The Baconing
PS3 2011-08-31
Alone in the Dark 2 (3DO Interactive Multiplayer)
Alone in the Dark 2
3DO 1995
Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy (PlayStation 2)
Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy
PS2 2004-06
The Last Ninja (BBC Micro)
The Last Ninja
BBC 1988
Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation (Dreamcast)
Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation
DC 2000-03-09
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1 (PlayStation 3)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1
PS3 2010-11-16
The Hero of Dreams (Linux)
The Hero of Dreams
LIN 2006
Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty! (Windows)
Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty!
WIN 2015-02-25
Hunted: The Demon's Forge (Windows)
Hunted: The Demon's Forge
WIN 2011-05-30
Legends of Persia (Windows)
Legends of Persia
WIN 2014-06
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.
Informal group for finding action-adventure sub-genres.

The first Action-Adventure video game was released in 1980.

Capcom, Ubisoft and Eidos published most of these games.

Parent group

Action

Child groups

Survival horror, Hack and Slash, Metroidvania, Stealth game, Grand Theft Auto-like

Platforms

Linux 253
Windows 233
X360 77
PS3 74
PS2 68
Mac OS X 42
PS4 37
Xbox 30
Xbox One 25
Wii 24
PS 20
GameCube 20
MS-DOS 12
PSP 11
Dreamcast 11
NES 9
Switch 9
Wii U 7
Mac OS Classic 7
Tandy Coco 6
Nintendo DS 6
Atari 400/800 6
C64 6
Atari 2600 5
N64 5
Apple II E 5
GBC 5
Atari ST 4
Pandora 4
Amstrad CPC 4

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