The best abandonware adventure games
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Leisure Suit Larry 2: Goes Looking for Love (in Several Wrong Places)
DOS1988NSFW4.1/5 graphic adventure with text parser
Where in Space is Carmen Sandiego? Deluxe
DOS19934.1/5 trivia / quiz, puzzle adventure
Quest for Glory 4: Shadows of Darkness
DOSWindows 3.x1993protecteddemo4.1/5 point and click adventure
Quest for Glory IV: Shadows of Darkness is an adventure role-playing game (RPG) developed and published by Sierra On-Line. It was released in 1993 as the fourth installment in the Quest for Glory series. The game was designed by Lori Ann Cole and Corey Cole, who were also responsible for the previous entries in the series.The game is set in the dar...
Season of the Sakura
DOS1997NSFW4.1/5 visual novel
Season of the Sakura is an abandoned visual novel game developed by JAST USA and released by in 1997 for DOS. Season of the Sakura is one of the many Japanese visual novels published in the 90s with a eroge theme.
Space Quest 4: Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers
DOSWindows 3.x1991protected4.1/5 point and click adventure
Myst
Windows XP/98/95Windows 3.xMac1995protecteddemo4.1/5 puzzle adventure
Myst is a classic puzzle-adventure video game that was first released in 1993. It was developed by Cyan, a small independent game development studio. The game was initially released for the Macintosh platform and later ported to other systems, including Windows, PlayStation, and more.Myst is a first-person point-and-click adventure game. Players ex...
Legend of Kyrandia
DOS19924.1/5 point and click adventure
The Legend of Kyrandia: Book One is the first installment in The Legend of Kyrandia series of point-and-click adventure games developed by Westwood Studios and released in 1992 for DOS, Amiga, Mac, etc.. The story revolves around Malcolm, who has seized power and turned Brandon's grandfather, Kallak, into stone. To save Kallak and the kingdom,...
Frederik Pohl's Gateway
DOS19924.1/5 interactive fiction
Frederik Pohl's Gateway is one of the best abandoned adventures games from Legend Entertainment. Gateway is an interactive fiction with graphics and an improved interface (unusual for IFs), based on the Frederik Pohl's novel Gateway. Tt was designed by Michael Verdu and Glen R. Dahlgren and published by Legend Entertainment in 1992.
Code-Name: Iceman
DOS19894.1/5 graphic adventure with text parser
Code-Name: Iceman is a graphic adventure game developed and published by Sierra On-Line in 1989. Designed by Jim Walls, known for his work on the "Police Quest" series, "Code-Name: Iceman" blends elements of adventure, puzzle-solving, and espionage in a Cold War-era setting.In the game, players assume the role of John Westland, a United States Navy...
Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective
Windows XP/98/951991protected4.1/5 interactive movie
Future Wars: Adventures in Time
DOS19904.1/5 point and click adventure
9 Princes in Amber
DOS19854.1/5 interactive fiction
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.
Eric the Unready
DOS1993protected4.1/5 interactive fiction
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 ...
Spellcasting 301: Spring Break
DOS1992protected4.1/5 interactive fiction
Ween: The Prophecy
DOS19934.1/5 point and click adventure
Mixed-up Mother Goose
DOS19874.1/5 graphic adventure with text parser
Murder Club
DOSWindows XP/98/9519914.1/5 visual novel
Plague of the Moon
DOS19944.1/5 point and click adventure
Planet of Lust
DOS1989NSFW4.1/5 graphic adventure with text parser
Time and Magik: The Trilogy
DOS19884.1/5 interactive fiction
Rise of the Dragon
DOS19904.1/5 point and click adventure
Rise of the Dragon is a point-and-click adventure game developed and published by Dynamix in 1990. It was originally released for MS-DOS and later ported to other platforms such as the Amiga and Sega CD. The game is set in a cyberpunk-inspired future Los Angeles, where the player assumes the role of William "Blade" Hunter, a private detective taske...
Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders
DOS1988protected4.1/5 point and click adventure
Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders is a graphic adventure game developed and published by Lucasfilm Games (now known as LucasArts). It was first released in 1988 for various platforms, including the Commodore 64, MS-DOS, Amiga, and others.The game follows the adventures of Zak McKracken, a tabloid newspaper reporter, as he uncovers a plot by a...
The Lurking Horror
DOS19874.1/5 interactive fiction
I have no Mouth and I Must Scream
DOS1995protected4.1/5 point and click adventure
Discworld 2: Mortality Bytes!
DOS19964.1/5 point and click adventure
Trinity
DOS19864.1/5 interactive fiction
Return to Zork
DOS19934.1/5 point and click adventure
The Colonel's Bequest
DOS1989protecteddemo4.1/5
The Colonel's Bequest is a graphic adventure game developed and published by Sierra On-Line. It was released in 1989 for various platforms, including MS-DOS, Amiga, and Atari ST. The game was created by Roberta Williams, co-founder of Sierra On-Line.The game is part of the "Laura Bow" series, with the full title being "Laura Bow: The Colonel's Bequ...