Silent Hill Classic
Best PlayStation adventure games
The Matrix has 101 adventure games on file for the PlayStation, released between 1995–2003. 6 of them support multiplayer. They're ranked below by legacy score, so the games that shaped the genre on the PS1 come first, with lesser-known picks further down.
Adventure games focus on exploration, story and puzzle-solving rather than combat. Progress comes from examining your surroundings, collecting items and figuring out how they fit together.
Typical commitment: weekend project (roughly 6–20 hours). Tip: Classic adventure games can be cryptic by modern standards. Take notes, try everything on everything, and save before risky choices.
Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee Classic
Riven Classic
The Neverhood Classic
LSD Classic
Amerzone Classic
Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus Classic
Myst Classic
D Classic
...Iru! Deep cut
Disney's Dinosaur Deep cut
Dracula: Resurrection Deep cut
Fox Hunt Deep cut
Memories Off Deep cut
The Messenger Deep cut
China: The Forbidden City Deep cut
Rugrats: Search for Reptar Deep cut
Tigger's Honey Hunt Deep cut
Chronicles of the Sword Deep cut
Dark Seed Deep cut
Men in Black: The Game Deep cut
Moonlight Syndrome Deep cut
Policenauts Deep cut
To Heart Deep cut
Angelique Deep cut
Gensō Suikogaiden Deep cut
Rama Deep cut
Another Mind Deep cut
Blazing Dragons Deep cut
Enigma Deep cut
More PS1 adventure games
- Eurasia Express Satsujin Jiken (1998)
- Planet Laika (1999)
- Prisoner of Ice (1997)
- Space Station Silicon Valley (2000)
- Kowloon's Gate (1997)
- DragonHeart: Fire & Steel (1996)
- Tokyo Majin Gakuen: Kenpūchō (1998)
- Sound Novel Tsukūru
- The Silver Case
- Ark of Time (1998)
- Bratz (2003)
- Cross Tantei Monogatari (1999)
- Dark Seed II (1997)
- Disney's Animated Storybook: Mulan (1999)
- Dōkyūsei 2 (1997)
- Dragon Knight 4 (1997)
- Exodus Guilty (1998)
- Juggernaut (1999)
- Noddy's Magic Adventure (2000)
- Return to Zork (1996)
- Sentient (1997)
- SilverLoad (1996)
- The Book of Watermarks (1999)
- Yaku Tsuu: Noroi no Game (1997)
- Yaku: Yūjō Dangi (1996)
- Angel Devoid: Face of the Enemy (1996)
- Down in the Dumps
- Dōkyūsei
- Gadget: Invention, Travel, & Adventure (1997)
- Perfect Assassin (1998)
- Psychic Detective (1996)
- Eko Eko Azarak: Wizard of Darkness (1995)
- Beavis and Butt-head in Virtual Stupidity (1998)
- Pajama Sam 3: You Are What You Eat from Your Head to Your Feet (2001)
- Twilight Syndrome: Investigation (1996)
- Emit
- Suika (2002)
- Full Pipe
- Quantum Gate
- Frog Detective 2: The Case of the Invisible Wizard
- Frog Detective 3: Corruption at Cowboy County