Abandonware DOS title

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).
kingsquest5-4

King's Quest 5: Absence makes the heart go yonder

DOSWindows 3.x1990protected3.8/5 point and click adventure
gammaforce-1

Gamma Force in Pit of a Thousand Screams

DOS19883.8/5 visual novel, interactive fiction
borderworld-02

Borderworld

DOS19963.8/5 point and click adventure
nightlong-02

Nightlong: Union City Conspiracy

Windows XP/98/9519983.8/5 point and click adventure
bureau-13-02

Bureau 13

DOS19953.8/5 board game, point and click adventure
sam-and-max-01

Sam and Max Hit the Road

DOSWindows XP/98/95LinuxMac1993protecteddemo3.8/5 point and click adventure
Sam & Max Hit the Road is a point-and-click adventure game developed and published by LucasArts. It was released in 1993 and is based on the characters Sam and Max created by comic artist Steve Purcell. The game follows the titular characters, Sam, a detective canine, and Max, a hyperkinetic rabbity thing, as they embark on a bizarre and humoro...
city-lost-children-03

City of Lost Children

DOS19973.8/5
metropolis-4

Metropolis

DOS19873.8/5
teresa-house-guest-03

Teresa: House Guest

DOS1993NSFW3.8/5 visual novel
zork-quest-2-02

Zork Quest: The Crystal of Doom

DOS19893.8/5 visual novel, interactive fiction
border-zone-01

Border Zone

DOS19873.8/5 interactive fiction
manhunter-new-york-4

Manhunter: New York

DOS19883.8/5 point and click adventure
xanth-1

Companions of Xanth

DOS1993protected3.8/5 point and click adventure
usurper-1

The Usurper

DOS19893.8/5 interactive fiction
voodoisland-1

Voodoo island

DOS19853.8/5 interactive fiction
20000leagues-3

20000 Leagues under the sea

DOS19883.8/5 visual novel, interactive fiction
uninvited-win3x-04

Uninvited

DOSMac19873.8/5 point and click adventure
personal-nightmare-01

A Personal Nightmare

DOS19893.8/5 graphic adventure with text parser
returntodoom-1

Return to Doom

DOS19883.8/5 interactive fiction
in-the-dead-of-night-08

In the Dead of Night

DOS19953.8/5 point and click adventure
genemachine-1

The Gene Machine

DOS19963.8/5 point and click adventure
armaeth-02

Armaeth: The Lost Kingdom

DOS19933.8/5 point and click adventure
eagle-eye-mysteries1-01

Eagle Eye Mysteries: The Original

DOS19933.8/5 point and click adventure
fish-01

Fish!

DOS19883.8/5 interactive fiction
jack-the-ripper-01

Jack the Ripper

DOS19953.8/5 interactive fiction
normality-03

Normality

DOS1996protecteddemo3.8/5 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 Neutropolis. The player takes on the role of Kent, a rebellious citizen who opposes the oppressive rule of the OTG. The ...
ringworld-revenge-04

Ringworld: Revenge of the Patriarch

DOS19923.8/5 point and click adventure
startrek-rebel-universe-01

Star Trek: The Rebel Universe

DOS19883.8/5 space exploration, space simulation
houndshadow-1

The Hound of Shadow

DOS19893.8/5 interactive fiction
space-ace-2-02

Space Ace 2: Borf's Revenge

DOS19913.7/5 interactive movie