The most popular abandonware adventure games
Adventure games focus on cracking enigmas and exploring and contemplating the game world in a narrative-driven scenario. In order to progress within the story arc, the player has to interact with different items, the environment itself, and other non-playing characters (NPC in short).
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Sherlock: The Riddle of the Crown Jewels
DOS1988 interactive fiction
Leisure Suit Larry 5: Passionate Patti does a Llittle Undercover Work
DOS1991NSFW point and click adventure
Elvira 2: The Jaws of Cerberus
DOS1991 dungeon crawl, point and click adventure
Elvira 2: The Jaws of Cerberus is an abandoned horror adventure/RPG hybrid game with elements of dark fantasy, developed by Horror Soft and published by Accolade for DOS in 1991. Elvira 2: The Jaws of Cerberus is also part of the ...
Omnicron Conspiracy
DOS1989
Leisure Suit Larry 3: Passionate Patti in Pursuit of the Pulsating Pectorals
DOS1989NSFW graphic adventure with text parser
Leisure Suit Larry 3: Passionate Patti in Pursuit of the Pulsating Pectorals is a comedic adventure game developed and published by Sierra On-Line. It was released in 1989 as the third installment in the Leisure Suit Larry series,...
The Guild of Thieves
DOS1987 interactive fiction
Warcraft Adventures: Lord of the Clans
Windows XP/98/951998canceled point and click adventure
The Kristal
DOS1989 point and click adventure
Troll's Tale
DOS1984
Shadowgate
DOSWindows 3.xMac OS1988 point and click adventure
Shadowgate is an abandoned fantasy-themed adventure game developed by ICOM Simulations and released by Mindscape in 1988 for Macintosh, DOS, and also for Amiga, Apple IIgs, Atari ST, NES. Shadowgate uses the ICOM MacVenture e...
The Island of Dr. Brain
DOS1992 puzzle adventure
Return to Zork
DOS1993 point and click adventure
Fascination
DOS1991NSFW point and click adventure
Noctropolis
DOS1994protected point and click adventure
Police Quest 3: The Kindred
DOS1991protecteddemo point and click adventure
Police Quest 3: The Kindred is an adventure video game developed and published by Sierra On-Line in 1991. It is the third installment in the Police Quest series, which was designed by former police officer Jim Walls. Known for its...
Armaeth: The Lost Kingdom
DOS1993 point and click adventure
Armaeth: The Lost Kingdom looks like a cousin of Prince of Persia who dropped out of school to study magic mushrooms. You play a vaguely heroic dude exploring a crumbling kingdom full of traps, bats, and possibly regret. The platf...
Earthly delights
DOS1984 interactive fiction
Where in the USA is Carmen Sandiego? Deluxe edition
DOS1993 trivia / quiz
Where in the USA is Carmen Sandiego? Deluxe Edition is an educational computer game released in 1992 by Broderbund Software. It's part of the popular Carmen Sandiego franchise, designed to teach players about geography and history...
Moonmist
DOS1986 interactive fiction
Kronolog: The Nazi Paradox
DOS1993 point and click adventure
Sorcerer
DOS1984 interactive fiction
Teen Agent
DOS1995freeware point and click adventure
Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego?
DOS1989 trivia / quiz
Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego? is an educational computer game and television game show franchise created by Broderbund. It focuses on teaching geography and history while players try to track down the infamous thief, Carmen Sa...
Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers
DOSWindows 3.xMac OS1993protecteddemo point and click adventure
Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers is a point-and-click adventure game developed and published by Sierra On-Line. It was released in 1993 and designed by Jane Jensen. The game is the first installment in the Gabriel Knight series...
Arthur: The Quest for Excalibur
DOS1989 interactive fiction
Arthur: The Quest for Excalibur is a text adventure with occasional graphics, in which you, the not-yet-king, bumble your way through Camelot trying to prove you’re not just some kid with a weird haircut. The writing is witt...
Geisha
DOS1990NSFW point and click adventure
Donald Duck's Playground
DOS1986
Return to Ringworld
DOS1994 point and click adventure
Normality
DOS1996protecteddemo point and click adventure
Normality is a first-person adventure video game developed by Gremlin Interactive and released in 1996. The game is set in a dystopian future where a totalitarian regime known as the One True Government (OTG) controls the city of ...
Snoopy and Peanuts
DOS1990