The best 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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Hugo's House of Horrors

DOS19903.9/5 graphic adventure with text parser

Hugo's House of Horrors is an adventure game developed by David P. Gray and released in the early 1990s. The game is a text-based adventure with simple graphics, and it gained popularity for its witty and often tongue-in-cheek approach to the horror genre.The story of the game revolves around the main character, Hugo, who receives a letter from his...

Teresa: House Guest

DOS1993NSFW3.9/5 visual novel

The 7th Guest

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

Chamber of the Sci-Mutant Priestess

DOS1989protected3.8/5

Forbidden Quest

DOS19833.8/5 interactive fiction

Gnome Ranger 2: Ingrid's Back

DOS19883.8/5 interactive fiction

Moonmist

DOS19863.8/5 interactive fiction

Deadline

DOS19823.8/5 interactive fiction

Fascination

DOS1991NSFW3.8/5 point and click adventure

Hugo 3: Jungle of Doom

DOS1992protected3.8/5 graphic adventure with text parser

Curse of Enchantia

DOS19923.8/5 point and click adventure

Curse of Enchantia is a point-and-click graphic adventure game that was released in 1992. It was developed by Core Design and initially published by Core Design in Europe and by Cyberdreams in North America.In Curse of Enchantia, players control a teenage boy named Brad who is mysteriously transported to the fantasy world of Enchantia. The game fol...

Beyond the Titanic

DOS19863.8/5 interactive fiction

Voyeur

Windows XP/98/95MacDOS1993demoNSFW3.8/5 interactive movie

Mortville Manor

DOS19883.8/5 point and click 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.

Universe

DOS19943.8/5 point and click adventure

Return to Ringworld

DOS19943.8/5 point and click adventure

King's Quest 4: The Perils of Rosella

DOS1988protecteddemo3.8/5 point and click adventure

King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella is an adventure game developed and published by Sierra On-Line in 1988. It is the fourth installment in the popular King's Quest series created by Roberta Williams. The game was originally released for MS-DOS and Apple II computers and later ported to other platforms.The story of King's Quest IV follows Prince...