Abandonware DOS title

Abandonware adventure games sorted by year, newest first

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).
knightorc-1

Knight orc

DOSMac19873.9/5 interactive fiction
kobayashi-naru-06

Kobayashi Naru

DOS19873.4/5 point and click adventure
lslarry1-1

Leisure Suit Larry 1: In the Land of the Lounge Lizards

DOS1987NSFW4.3/5 graphic adventure with text parser
Leisure Suit Larry: In the Land of the Lounge Lizards is the first adventure of the Leisure Suit Larry series, created by Al Lowe and published by Sierra On-Line. As a virgin male in his forties, your goal is to, well, find the woman of your dreams. In 1991 Sierra released a VGA remake.
maniacmansion-1

Maniac Mansion

DOSLinuxMac1987protected4.2/5 point and click adventure
Maniac Mansion is one of the most famous point and click adventure games developed by Lucasfilm Games and designed by Ron Gilbert (who later created Monkey Island) and Gary Winnick. The story is a blend of old sci-fi and horror B movie. You can choose between many characters, each one with a peculiar ability useful to solve some of the puzzles. Man...
metropolis-4

Metropolis

DOS19873.8/5
mixedgoose-1

Mixed-up Mother Goose

DOS19874.1/5 graphic adventure with text parser
nord-and-bert-01

Nord and Bert Couldn't Make Head or Tail of It

DOS19873.4/5 interactive fiction
plunderedhearts-1

Plundered Hearts

DOSMac19873.9/5 interactive fiction
policequest1-2

Police Quest 1: In Pursuit of the Death Angel

DOS19874.2/5 graphic adventure with text parser
Police Quest: In Pursuit of the Death Angel is an adventure game released in 1987 by Sierra On-Line, designed by former police officer Jim Walls. It's the first installment in the Police Quest series and is known for its realistic portrayal of police procedures.In the game, you play as Sonny Bonds, a police officer in the fictional city of Lytton, ...
silicon-dreams-03

Silicon Dreams

DOS19873.6/5 interactive fiction
spacequest2-4

Space Quest 2: Vohaul's Revenge

DOS1987protected4/5 graphic adventure with text parser
sram-02

SRAM

DOS19873.5/5 graphic adventure with text parser
stationfall-01

Stationfall

DOS19873.9/5 interactive fiction
supernova-1

Supernova

DOS1987freeware3.5/5 interactive fiction
4th-protocol-02

The Fourth Protocol

DOS19874/5 interactive fiction
guild-of-thieves-0001

The Guild of Thieves

DOS19874.1/5 interactive fiction
lurkinghorror-1

The Lurking Horror

DOS19874.1/5 interactive fiction
uninvited-win3x-04

Uninvited

DOSMac19873.8/5 point and click adventure
amnesia-3

Amnesia

DOS19864/5 interactive fiction
ballyhoo-1

Ballyhoo

DOS19863.5/5 interactive fiction
beyond-titanic-01

Beyond the Titanic

DOS19863.8/5 interactive fiction
breakers-1

Breakers

DOS19864.1/5 interactive fiction
hollywoodhij-1

Hollywood Hijinx

DOS19863.3/5 interactive fiction
007-goldfinger-1

James Bond 007: Goldfinger

DOS19864.1/5 interactive fiction
jewels-of-darkness-06

Jewels of Darkness

DOS19864.2/5 graphic adventure with text parser, interactive fiction
kingsquest3-4

King's Quest 3: To Heir is Human

DOSMac1986protected4.1/5 graphic adventure with text parser
King's Quest 3: To Heir is Human is a fantasy adventure game designed by Roberta Williams, developed and published by Sierra On-Line in 1986 for DOS and for other platforms such as Apple 2, Amiga, Atari ST, Macintosh. King's Quest 3: To Heir is Human is also part of the King's quest series.
leather-goddesses-of-phobos-04

Leather Goddesses of Phobos

DOS19864.2/5 interactive fiction
moonmist-1

Moonmist

DOS19863.8/5 interactive fiction
questprobe-spiderman-01

Questprobe Featuring Spider-Man

DOS19864.1/5 interactive fiction
Questprobe Featuring Spider-Man is an abandoned text-based adventure game designed by Scott Adams, developed and released by Adventure International in 1986 for DOS but was also published for Acorn Electron, Atari 8-bit, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, Dragon 32, ZX Spectrum, MSX. Questprobe Featuring Spider-Man is part of the Questprobe game series, the ...