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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An American Tail: Fievel Goes West

DOS19934/5 point and click adventure

Phantasmagoria: A Puzzle of Flesh

Windows XP/98/95DOS1996protected3.5/5 point and click adventure, interactive movie

BloodNet

DOS1993protected3.9/5 point and click adventure

BloodNet is a blend of point & click adventure (it has puzzles and an adventure style dialogue system) and RPG (player statistics, combat, random encounters), set in a dark cyberpunk New York. BloodNet was developed and published by MicroProse software in 1993. You are Ransom Stark who's goal in the game is to defeat a vampire called Van Helsin...

Bureau 13

DOS19953.8/5 board game, point and click adventure

Space Quest 2: Vohaul's Revenge

DOS1987protected4/5 graphic adventure with text parser

Wayne's World

DOS19933.9/5 point and click adventure

Wayne's World is an abandoned point and click adventure game based on the movie of the same name. In Wayne's World you control both the characters of Wayne and Garth (created by Mike Myers and Dana Carvey) in a quest to save their TV show. Wayne's World was developed and released by Capstone in 1993.

Conquests of Camelot: The Search for the Grail

DOS19904/5 graphic adventure with text parser

Conquests of Camelot: The Search for the Grail is an old DOS point and click adventure game designed by Christy Marx, developed and published by Sierra On-Line in 1990. As the title implies, Conquests of Camelot setting is based on the Arthurian legends.

Sanitarium

Windows XP/98/951998protected4.1/5 point and click adventure

Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego? Deluxe

DOS19924.2/5 puzzle adventure

Planet of Lust

DOS1989NSFW4.3/5 graphic adventure with text parser

Hugo 2: Whodunit?

DOS1991protecteddemo3.5/5 graphic adventure with text parser

Hugo 2: Whodunit? is an old school graphic adventure game designed by David P. Gray, developed by Gray Design Associates and released in 1991 for MS-DOS only. Hugo 2: Whodunit? is the second installment of the Hugo game series.

Star Trek: First Contact

DOS19883.6/5 interactive fiction

Adventure in Serenia

DOS19823.6/5 interactive fiction

Broken Sword 2: The Smoking Mirror

Windows XP/98/951997protected4.2/5 point and click adventure

Broken Sword 2: The Smoking Mirror is a point-and-click adventure game developed by Revolution Software. Released in 1997. The game follows the continuing adventures of George Stobbart, an American tourist, and his French journalist girlfriend, Nico Collard. The adventure leads the duo to various locations around the world, including Pari...

Space Ace 2: Borf's Revenge

DOS19913.7/5 interactive movie

Universe

DOS19943.9/5 point and click adventure

Dragon's Lair

DOS1989protected3.8/5 interactive movie

Eric the Unready

DOS1993protected4.1/5 interactive fiction

Riven: The Sequel to Myst

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1997protecteddemo4.1/5 puzzle adventure

Riven is the sequel to the highly successful and critically acclaimed adventure game, Myst. Developed by Cyan Worlds, Riven was released in 1997 and continues the narrative established in Myst. Just like its predecessor, Riven is a first-person point-and-click adventure game with a focus on exploration and puzzle-solving.The plot revolves around At...

The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Rose Tattoo

DOS19964/5 point and click adventure

Legend of Kyrandia 3: Malcolm's Revenge

DOSMac OS1994protecteddemo4.2/5 point and click adventure

The Legend of Kyrandia: Malcolm's Revenge is the third and final installment in the Legend of Kyrandia series. This point-and-click adventure game was developed and published by Westwood Studios, released in 1994. Unlike the first two games, where players assumed the role of a protagonist fighting against the villain Malcolm, Malcolm's Revenge take...