Abandonware DOS title

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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King's Quest 4: The Perils of Rosella

DOS1988protecteddemo3.8/5 point and click adventure
King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella is an adventure game developed and published by Sierra On-Line in 1988. It is the fourth installment in the popular King's Quest series created by Roberta Williams. The game was originally released for MS-DOS and Apple II computers and later ported to other platforms.The story of King's Quest IV follows Prince...
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Plundered Hearts

DOSMac19873.9/5 interactive fiction
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Voyeur

Windows XP/98/95MacDOS1993demoNSFW3.8/5 interactive movie
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The Fellowship of the Ring

DOS19864.1/5 interactive fiction
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Hugo's House of Horrors

DOS19903.9/5 graphic adventure with text parser
Hugo's House of Horrors is an adventure game developed by David P. Gray and released in the early 1990s. The game is a text-based adventure with simple graphics, and it gained popularity for its witty and often tongue-in-cheek approach to the horror genre.The story of the game revolves around the main character, Hugo, who receives a letter from his...
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Bureau 13

DOS19953.8/5 board game, point and click adventure
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Mixed-up Mother Goose

DOS19874.1/5 graphic adventure with text parser
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Pepper's Adventures in Time

DOS19934/5 point and click adventure
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Mean Streets

DOS1989protected4/5 point and click adventure
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Full Throttle

DOS1995protecteddemo4.1/5 point and click adventure
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Adventure in Serenia

DOS19823.6/5 interactive fiction
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Future Wars: Adventures in Time

DOS19904.1/5 point and click adventure
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Xtrek

DOS1991freewareNSFW4/5 interactive fiction
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Conquests of Camelot: The Search for the Grail

DOS19904/5 graphic adventure with text parser
Conquests of Camelot: The Search for the Grail is an old DOS point and click adventure game designed by Christy Marx, developed and published by Sierra On-Line in 1990. As the title implies, Conquests of Camelot setting is based on the Arthurian legends.
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Corruption

DOS19884/5 interactive fiction
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Zork III: The Dungeon Master

DOS19844/5 interactive fiction
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The Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time

Windows XP/98/95Mac1998protected4.2/5 puzzle adventure
The Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time is the third chapter in The Journeyman Project series. It's a science fiction adventure game developed by Presto Studios, designed by Phil Saunders and published by Red Orb Entertainment in 1998 for Windows and Macintosh.
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Broken Sword 2: The Smoking Mirror

Windows XP/98/951997protected4.2/5 point and click adventure
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20000 Leagues under the sea

DOS19883.8/5 visual novel, interactive fiction
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Castle of Dr. Brain

DOS19914/5 puzzle adventure
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Last Half of Darkness

DOS19893.9/5 point and click adventure
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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.
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The Guild of Thieves

DOS19874.1/5 interactive fiction
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Riven: The Sequel to Myst

Windows XP/98/95Mac1997protecteddemo4/5 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...
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Martian Memorandum

DOS1991protecteddemo4/5 point and click adventure
Martian Memorandum is a point-and-click adventure game developed and published by Access Software. It was released in 1991 and is the sequel to the game Mean Streets. The game is set in a dystopian future on Mars, where players take on the role of Tex Murphy, a private investigator with a sarcastic and humorous demeanor.The story begins with Tex Mu...
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King's Quest 2: Romancing the Throne

DOS1985protected4/5 graphic adventure with text parser
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Legend of Kyrandia 3: Malcolm's Revenge

DOSMac1994protecteddemo4.1/5 point and click adventure
The Legend of Kyrandia: Malcolm's Revenge is the third and final installment in the Legend of Kyrandia series. This point-and-click adventure game was developed and published by Westwood Studios, released in 1994. Unlike the first two games, where players assumed the role of a protagonist fighting against the villain Malcolm, Malcolm's Revenge take...
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Wayne's World

DOS19933.9/5 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 TV show. Wayne's World was developed and released by Capstone in 1993.
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Innocent Until Caught

DOS19934.1/5 point and click adventure
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Rome: Pathway to Power

DOS19934/5
Rome: Pathway to Power (also known as Rome AD 92) is an abandoned isometric adventure game with strategy elements set in ancient Rome. Rome was developed by Millennium Interactive and released in 1993 for DOS and Amiga platforms.