An action-adventure game (also known as "arcade adventure game") is a video game that combines elements of the adventure game genre with various action game elements. It is perhaps the broadest and most diverse genre in gaming, and can include many games which might better be categorized under narrow genres.

With the decline of the adventure game genre from mainstream popularity, the use of the term (and the hybrid term "action-adventure") has been more liberal. It is not uncommon for gamers to apply the term "adventure" or "action adventure" to describe the genre of fiction to which a game belongs, and not the gameplay itself.

Action-adventure is a hybrid genre, and thus the definition is very inclusive, leading it to be perhaps the broadest genre of video games. Typically, pure adventure games have situational problems for the player to solve, with very little or no action. If there is action, it is generally confined to isolated minigames. Pure action games have gameplay based on real-time interactions that challenge the reflexes. Therefore, action-adventure games engage both reflexes and problem-solving, in both violent and non-violent situations.

Action-adventure may refer to:

Action/Adventure is the third full-length album from indie pop band Dealership. The album was released on Turn Records in 2004.

In 2008, the song "Database Corrupted" was included in a pack of 20 free downloadable songs included with the purchase of the video game Rock Band 2.

Track listing

All songs written by Dealership unless otherwise noted.

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