The Best Action-adventure Games for Xbox One - Page 2

Update : South of Midnight added at rank #1.
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Tomb Raider I-III Remastered Starring Lara Croft (2024)

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Xbox One PC Windows

Play the original three Tomb Raider adventures with all expansions and secret levels in this definitive collection.


  • puzzle
  • adventure
  • action-adventure
  • stealth
  • platform
  • exploration
  • action
  • combat
  • underwater
  • shooter
  • classic
  • cover
  • narrative
  • survival
  • third-person

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Nocturnal (2023)

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Xbox One PC Windows Nintendo Switch Playstation 5 Xbox Series X Android Playstation 4

After years of traveling, Ardeshir finds his native island covered in a mysterious fog. Carve your way with fire and steel to find out what happened to your people in this action-platformer game. You’re the only one who can discover the secrets that lie beyond the Mist.


  • platform
  • scroller
  • soundtrack
  • 2d
  • linear
  • narration
  • action-adventure
  • mystery
  • hand-drawn
  • dark
  • puzzle
  • demons
  • exploration
  • combat
  • eroge

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Little Big Adventure Twinsen's Quest (2024)

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Xbox Series X Xbox One Playstation 5 Playstation 4 PC Windows Nintendo Switch

Step into Twinsun's fantastical world in this action-adventure remake! Little Big Adventure - Twinsen's Quest brings brand new visuals, new music by the original composer, and smoother gameplay to the iconic classic released back in 1994.


  • action-adventure
  • isometric
  • magic
  • 1990s
  • remake
  • cute
  • pseudo-3d
  • puzzle
  • exploration
  • adventure
  • colourful
  • funny
  • story
  • platform
  • old-school

14

Super Chicken Jumper (2021)

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Nintendo Switch Xbox Series X Xbox One Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Android PC Windows

Super Chicken Jumper is a hardcore retro platformer that offers an addictive and rage-inducing gaming experience. Play as a superhero chicken and help Mrs President take down huge bosses across 6 unique worlds, while avoiding an array of obstacles. Equip yourself with an array of tools and equipment to give you a fighting chance against the mutated bosses!


What we like:
  • Simple approach
  • Colourful aesthetics
  • Cute graphics
  • Cooperative gameplay
  • Flappy Bird-like gameplay
  • Endless option
  • Brutal and unfair challenges
  • Basic concept with power-ups to change the course of the game
What could be improved:
  • Brutal difficulty curve and unforgiving mechanics that will make you wince with failure repeatedly
  • Cinematic not for everyone
  • Basic button layout can be fiddly to master at times

  • anime
  • cute
  • action-adventure
  • colourful
  • cooperative
  • local
  • souls
  • 2d
  • pixel
  • funny
  • runner
  • multiplayer
  • arcade
  • difficult
  • procedural

15

STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor Xbox One (2023)

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Xbox One PC Windows

The story of Cal Kestis continues in STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor™, a galaxy-spanning, third-person, action-adventure game.


  • combat
  • action-adventure
  • fight
  • exploration
  • platform
  • open-world
  • narrative
  • battle
  • puzzle
  • boss-fight
  • boss
  • story
  • adventure
  • skill
  • action

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Yars Rising (2024)

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Playstation 5 Xbox Series X Xbox One Playstation 4 PC Windows Nintendo Switch

From the renowned development studio WayForward Technologies, Inc. (Shantae, River City Girls, Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp) comes Yars Rising, a 2D action adventure exploration of one of Atari’s richest, and best known classic titles.


  • platform
  • 2d
  • action-adventure
  • metroidvania
  • anime
  • exploration
  • sci-fi
  • shooter
  • classic
  • scroller
  • cyberpunk
  • stealth
  • 2.5d
  • comic
  • retro

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Dustborn (2024)

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Ragtag crew? Check. Musical gear? Check. Tour bus and robot driver? Check. Stolen package? Check! Embark on a perilous road-trip across a Divided States of America. Use the power of words to shape relationships with your crew, get out of trouble and reach your final destination.


  • rhythm
  • political
  • alternate
  • punk-rock
  • lgbtq
  • heist
  • action-adventure
  • choices
  • robot-driven
  • combat
  • book
  • narrative
  • story
  • hack-and-slash
  • graphic-novel

18

The Gunk (2021)

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Xbox Series X PC Windows Xbox One

The Gunk is a story-driven, fully 3D action-adventure game that follows Rani and Becks, two scavengers exploring an alien planet to uncover its mysteries. With a captivating story and engaging gameplay loop of collecting resources and upgrading tools, The Gunk is an immersive experience full of surprises.


What we like:
  • Loveable characters
  • Captivating story
  • Engaging resource collecting loop
  • Transforming areas by freeing them from corruption
  • Smartly designed puzzles
  • Interconnecting paths in levels
  • Great art design
  • Excellent soundtrack
What could be improved:
  • Movement can be cumbersome at times
  • Minor technical issues

  • platform
  • exploration
  • action-adventure
  • puzzle
  • adventure
  • combat
  • narrative
  • third-person
  • crafting
  • relaxing
  • metroidvania
  • mystery
  • resource
  • 3d
  • sci-fi

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Nuclear Blaze (2021)

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Nuclear Blaze is a unique 2D firefighting game from the creator of Dead Cells, with all the devastating backdrafts, exploding walls and sprinklers you could expect. Fight your way through a mysterious facility and try to keep the blaze under control.


  • platform
  • 2d
  • action-adventure
  • mystery
  • scroller
  • exploration
  • atmospheric
  • pixel
  • colourful
  • rogue-like
  • action
  • investigation
  • full-blown

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fig. (2022)

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Xbox One Android Playstation 4 Mac OS PC Windows

You do not know anything, yet you have to move forward. Wander through the corridors of a mysterious factory and recover your abilities. Fight patroling drones and break through to demanding boss battles. Seek a way out and find the meaning of the game's title.


  • 2d
  • platform
  • arcade
  • action-adventure
  • cyberpunk
  • hand-drawn
  • aliens
  • casual
  • robots
  • fight
  • dark
  • post-apocalyptic
  • pixel
  • sci-fi
  • shooter

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