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).

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Breakers

DOS19864.1/5 interactive fiction

Mixed-up Mother Goose

DOS19874.1/5 graphic adventure with text parser

Toonstruck

Windows XP/98/95DOSLinuxMac OS1996protected4.1/5 point and click adventure

Lane Mastodon vs. the Blubbermen

DOS19884.1/5 visual novel, interactive fiction

Fatal Relations

Windows XP/98/951998NSFW4.1/5 visual novel, point and click adventure

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,...

I have no Mouth and I Must Scream

DOS1995protected4.1/5 point and click adventure

3 Skulls of the Toltecs

DOSWindows XP/98/951996protected4.1/5 point and click adventure

Sherlock: The Riddle of the Crown Jewels

DOS19884.1/5 interactive fiction

Touché: The Adventures of the Fifth Musketeer

DOS19954.1/5 point and click adventure

The adventures of Willy Beamish

DOS19914.1/5 point and click adventure

Spellcasting 201: The Sorcerer's Appliance

DOS1991protected4/5 interactive fiction

Sanitarium

Windows XP/98/951998protected4/5 point and click adventure

Leisure Suit Larry 5: Passionate Patti does a Llittle Undercover Work

DOS1991NSFW4/5 point and click adventure

Transylvania

DOS1986freeware4/5 interactive fiction

An American Tail: Fievel Goes West

DOS19934/5 point and click adventure

Dragonsphere

DOS1994protecteddemo4/5 point and click adventure

Dragonsphere is a point-and-click adventure game released in 1994 by MicroProse. It's set in a fantasy world where you play as a sorcerer named Callash, tasked with saving the land of Granville from an evil sorceress named Sanwe. The game involves exploring various locations, solving puzzles, and interacting with characters to gather magical sphere...

Star Trek: the Kobayashi alternative

DOS19854/5 interactive fiction

Eagle Eye Mysteries in London

DOS19944/5 point and click adventure

Space Quest 6: Roger Wilco in The Spinal Frontier

DOSWindows XP/98/951995protecteddemo4/5 point and click adventure

Riven: The Sequel to Myst

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1997protecteddemo4/5 puzzle adventure

Riven is the sequel to the highly successful and critically acclaimed adventure game, Myst. Developed by Cyan Worlds, Riven was released in 1997 and continues the narrative established in Myst. Just like its predecessor, Riven is a first-person point-and-click adventure game with a focus on exploration and puzzle-solving.The plot revolves around At...

Amnesia

DOS19864/5 interactive fiction

Zork Zero: The Revenge of Megaboz

DOS19894/5 interactive fiction

Corruption

DOS19884/5 interactive fiction

Amerzone: The Explorer's Legacy

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1999protected4/5 puzzle adventure

Amerzone: The Explorer's Legacy is a fantasy/steampunk adventure video game developed by Virtual Studio and released by Microids in 1999 for Windows, Mac and Playstation platforms. Amerzone: The Explorer's Legacy is an adventure video game developed by Microïds and released in 1999. The game was created by Benoît Sokal, a Belgi...