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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Phantasmagoria: A Puzzle of Flesh
Windows XP/98/95DOS1996protected point and click adventure, interactive movie
Lure of the Temptress
DOS1992freeware point and click adventure
Lure of the Temptress is an DOS fantasy adventure game, developed by Revolution Software, designed by Dave Cummins and published by Virgin Interactive in 1992. Lure of the Temptress was the first game to use Virtual Theatre, ...
The mist
DOS1985 interactive fiction
Elvira 2: The Jaws of Cerberus
DOS1991 dungeon crawl, point and click adventure
Elvira 2: The Jaws of Cerberus is an abandoned horror adventure/RPG hybrid game with elements of dark fantasy, developed by Horror Soft and published by Accolade for DOS in 1991. Elvira 2: The Jaws of Cerberus is also part of the ...
Return of the Phantom
DOS1993protecteddemo point and click adventure
Return of the Phantom is adventure game set in France, designed by Raymond Benson, developed by MicroProse Software and released in 1993 for DOS only. Return of the Phantom is a third-person adventure game based on the book P...
Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within
DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OSWindows 3.x1995protecteddemo point and click adventure
Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within is a point-and-click adventure game developed and published by Sierra On-Line. It was released in 1995 as a sequel to the original Gabriel Knight game, "Sins of the Fathers". The game was designe...
Police Quest 3: The Kindred
DOS1991protecteddemo point and click adventure
Police Quest 3: The Kindred is an adventure video game developed and published by Sierra On-Line in 1991. It is the third installment in the Police Quest series, which was designed by former police officer Jim Walls. Known for its...
Zork II: The Wizard of Frobozz
DOS1983 interactive fiction
You survived Zork I, and now it’s personal. In Zork II, you face off against the enigmatic Wizard of Frobozz, who exists mostly to mess with you like a magical prankster with way too much free time. The puzzles get harder, t...
Mean Streets
DOS1989protected point and click adventure
Return to Zork
DOS1993 point and click adventure
The Last Express
DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OS1997protecteddemo point and click adventure
The Last Express, released in 1997, is a unique adventure game designed by Jordan Mechner, the creator of Prince of Persia. Set on the Orient Express in July 1914, just before World War I, the game offers an intricate and immersiv...
Star Trek: The Promethean Prophecy
DOSMac OS1986 interactive fiction
Space Ace
DOS1989 interactive movie
A Personal Nightmare
DOS1989 graphic adventure with text parser
A Personal Nightmare (1989) blends horror and detective work into one spooky little cocktail of 1980s DOS game design. You return to your hometown to find it overrun by demonic possession, creepy villagers, and enough red flags to...
King's Quest 2: Romancing the Throne
DOS1985protected graphic adventure with text parser
Gobliiins
DOSMac OS1991protected point and click adventure
Gobliiins is a peculiar adventure game designed by Pierre Gilhodes, developed by French company Coktel Vision and released by Sierra On-Line in 1991 for DOS, Mac, Amiga and Atari ST. In Gobliiins, you control multiple goblins...
Death Gate
DOS1994protected point and click adventure
The Crack of Doom
DOS1989 interactive fiction
Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?
DOS1985 puzzle adventure
Maniac Mansion Deluxe
Windows 10/112004freewareremake 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 ...
Fascination
DOS1991NSFW point and click adventure
Police Quest: Open Season
DOSWindows 3.x1993protected point and click adventure
The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Serrated Scalpel
DOS1992 point and click adventure
20000 Leagues under the sea
DOS1988 visual novel, interactive fiction
Based loosely on Jules Verne’s famous tale, this game lets you live your steampunk submarine dreams with all the elegance of a DOS interface. You command the Nautilus, explore the ocean depths, and encounter strange sea crea...
Planet of Lust
DOS1989NSFW graphic adventure with text parser
Blue Force
DOS1993 point and click adventure
Blue Force is a police procedural adventure game developed and released by Tsunami Games in 1993. Blue Force is a point-and-click adventure game that follows the protagonist, Jake Ryan, a rookie police officer. The gameplay r...
Wayne's World
DOS1993 point and click adventure
Wayne's World is an abandoned point and click adventure game based on the movie of the same name. In Wayne's World you control both the characters of Wayne and Garth (created by Mike Myers and Dana Carvey) in a quest to save their...
Discworld
DOS1995 point and click adventure
Guilty
DOS1995 point and click adventure
Quest for Glory 2: Trial by Fire
DOS1990protecteddemo point and click adventure
Quest for Glory II: Trial by Fire is the second installment in Sierra On-Line's Quest for Glory series, blending classic adventure gameplay with RPG elements in a world inspired by Middle Eastern folklore. Released in 1990 for Ami...