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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Return of the Phantom

DOS1993protecteddemo3.7/5 point and click adventure

Return of the Phantom is adventure game set in France, designed by Raymond Benson, developed by MicroProse Software and released in 1993 for DOS only. Return of the Phantom is a third-person adventure game based on the book Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux.

Time and Magik: The Trilogy

DOS19884.1/5 interactive fiction

Manhunter 2: San Francisco

DOSMac19894/5 point and click adventure

A Mind Forever Voyaging

DOSMac19854.1/5 interactive fiction

Eagle Eye Mysteries in London

DOS19944/5 point and click adventure

Where in Space is Carmen Sandiego? Deluxe

DOS19934.1/5 trivia / quiz, puzzle adventure

Where in the USA is Carmen Sandiego?

DOS19863.9/5 trivia / quiz

Gateway 2: Homeworld

DOS1993protected3.9/5 interactive fiction

Snoopy and Peanuts

DOS19904/5

Sanitarium

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

The Shadows of Mordor

DOS19883.7/5 interactive fiction

The Hound of Shadow

DOS19893.8/5 interactive fiction

Where in Europe is Carmen Sandiego?

DOSMac19884/5 trivia / quiz

The 7th Guest

Windows XP/98/951993protected3.9/5 puzzle adventure

Eric the Unready

DOS1993protected4.1/5 interactive fiction

Spellcasting 101: Sorcerers get all the girls

DOS1990protected4.1/5 interactive fiction

The Twilight Zone

DOS19884.2/5 graphic adventure with text parser

The Twilight Zone is an abandoned sci-fi themed adventure game based on the popular TV series of the same name. The Twilight zone released in 1988 by First Row Software Publishing for DOS and Amiga. At it's core, The Twilight Zone is a text adventure, so you have to type in commands, but it's supported by the graphics.

Return to Ringworld

DOS19943.8/5 point and click adventure

The mist

DOS19853.9/5 interactive fiction

The Lurking Horror

DOS19874.1/5 interactive fiction

Once Upon a Forest

DOS19953.9/5 point and click adventure

Rex Nebular and the cosmic gender-bender

DOS1992protected3.9/5 point and click adventure

Prisoner of Ice

DOS1995protected4.1/5 point and click adventure

LA Law: The Computer Game

DOS19924/5 interactive movie

LA Law: The Computer Game is an abandoned adventure game based on the popular TV series from the 80s and 90s. L.A. Law. LA Law was developed by Synergistic Software and released by Capstone in 1992. LA Law plays like a multiple choice adventure game where you have to build up cases and bring them to court.

The Island of Dr. Brain

DOS19923.7/5 puzzle adventure

Maniac Mansion Deluxe

Windows2004freewareremake3.8/5 point and click adventure

Maniac Mansion Deluxe is the unofficial sequel to the acclaimed point & click adventure game released by LucasFilm in 1987. Maniac Mansion Deluxe it's a fan-made adventure developed by LucasFans Games and released in 2004 and it's a complete remake of Maniac Mansion in every aspect, developed using the Adventure Game Studio engine.