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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Mean Streets

DOS1989protected4/5 point and click adventure

GrailQuest

DOS19893.3/5 interactive fiction

The Gene Machine

DOS19963.8/5 point and click adventure

Mickey's Space Adventure

DOS19853/5 graphic adventure with text parser

1893: A World's Fair Mystery

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS20033.6/5 interactive fiction

The Shadows of Mordor

DOS19883.7/5 interactive fiction

Demon's Forge

DOS19873.1/5 interactive fiction

Ballyhoo

DOS19863.5/5 interactive fiction

Gumboots Australia

DOS19904/5

Inspector Gadget: Global terror!

DOS19924/5 point and click adventure

Les Manley in: Search for the King

DOS1990protected4/5 graphic adventure with text parser

B.A.T.

DOS19903.9/5 point and click adventure

The 7th Guest

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

Grim Fandango

Windows XP/98/951998protecteddemo4.1/5

Grim Fandango is an adventure game developed and published by LucasArts. It was released in 1998 and is known for its unique setting and distinctive art style. The game was directed by Tim Schafer, who also co-wrote the script.The story is set in the Land of the Dead and follows the protagonist, Manny Calavera, a travel agent working for the Depart...

Zork Zero: The Revenge of Megaboz

DOS19894/5 interactive fiction

Forbidden Castle

DOS19854/5 interactive fiction

Zork: Grand Inquisitor

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1997protected3.8/5 point and click adventure

Star Trek: 25th Anniversary

DOS1992protected4.1/5 point and click adventure

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.

Sorcerer

DOS19844.1/5 interactive fiction

Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective

Windows XP/98/951991protected4.1/5 interactive movie

Companions of Xanth

DOS1993protected3.8/5 point and click adventure

Star Trek: the Kobayashi alternative

DOS19854/5 interactive fiction

Scapeghost

DOS19893.7/5 interactive fiction

Borderworld

DOS19963.3/5 point and click adventure

Sherlock: The Riddle of the Crown Jewels

DOS19884.1/5 interactive fiction

Bureaucracy

DOSMac OS19873.9/5 interactive fiction

Bureaucracy is an abandoned text-adventure game designed by Douglas Adams (yes, the writer of The Hitchhiker Guide of the Galaxy), developed and published by Infocom in 1987. Bureaucracy is a peculiar interactive fiction; the game challenges you to solve frustrating bureaucratic problems in a world populated by strange characters.