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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3 Skulls of the Toltecs

DOSWindows XP/98/951996protected4/5 point and click adventure
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Bureau 13

DOS19953.8/5 board game, point and click adventure
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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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The Gene Machine

DOS19963.8/5 point and click adventure
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WaxWorks

DOSMac1992protecteddemo4.3/5 dungeon crawl
Waxworks was a horror-themed first-person role-playing game developed by Horror Soft, a subsidiary of Adventure Soft, published in 1992. The game is set in a wax museum where players must travel through different historical periods, each represented by a wax exhibit. Each exhibit serves as a portal to a different time and place, featuring vari...
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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.
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Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective

Windows XP/98/951991protected4.1/5 interactive movie
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Future Wars: Adventures in Time

DOS19904.1/5 point and click adventure
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Flight of the Amazon Queen

DOS1995freeware3.9/5 point and click adventure
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James Bond 007: A View to a Kill

DOS19853.9/5 interactive fiction
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Xtrek

DOS1991freewareNSFW4/5 interactive fiction
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Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive

Windows XP/98/95DOSLinuxMac1996protected4/5 point and click adventure
Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive is the sequel to Under a Killing Moon and the 4th game in the Tex Murphy series. The Pandora Directive is a first-person 3D adventure game set in a dark sci-fi version of the U.S.A., more specifically in a futuristic San Francisco. The Pandora Directive was developed by Access Software and released in 1996 for...
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Amerzone: The Explorer's Legacy

Windows XP/98/95Mac1999protected4/5 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...
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Space Ace 2: Borf's Revenge

DOS19913.7/5 interactive movie
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Castle of Dr. Brain

DOS19914/5 puzzle adventure
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Companions of Xanth

DOS1993protected3.8/5 point and click adventure
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The Black Cauldron

DOS1986freeware3.7/5 graphic adventure with text parser
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Callahan's Crosstime Saloon

DOS19974/5 point and click adventure
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Goblins 3

DOS1994protecteddemo3.9/5 point and click adventure
Goblins 3 (also known as Goblins Quest 3) is a point-and-click adventure game developed and published by Coktel Vision. It was released in 1993 as the third installment in the Gobliiins series. The game was created by Pierre Gilhodes and features a unique combination of puzzle-solving and humor.Gameplay in Goblins 3 revolves around controlling a te...
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BloodNet

DOS1993protected4/5 point and click adventure
BloodNet is a blend of point & click adventure (it has puzzles and an adventure style dialogue system) and RPG (player statistics, combat, random encounters), set in a dark cyberpunk New York. BloodNet was developed and published by MicroProse software in 1993. You are Ransom Stark who's goal in the game is to defeat a vampire called Van Helsin...
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Amnesia

DOS19864/5 interactive fiction
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Grim Fandango

Windows XP/98/951998protecteddemo4.1/5
Grim Fandango is an adventure game developed and published by LucasArts. It was released in 1998 and is known for its unique setting and distinctive art style. The game was directed by Tim Schafer, who also co-wrote the script.The story is set in the Land of the Dead and follows the protagonist, Manny Calavera, a travel agent working for the Depart...
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Planet of Lust

DOS1989NSFW4.1/5 graphic adventure with text parser
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Touché: The Adventures of the Fifth Musketeer

DOS19954.1/5 point and click adventure
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Zork Zero: The Revenge of Megaboz

DOS19894/5 interactive fiction
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Hugo 2: Whodunit?

DOS1991protecteddemo3.5/5 graphic adventure with text parser
Hugo 2: Whodunit? is an old school graphic adventure game designed by David P. Gray, developed by Gray Design Associates and released in 1991 for MS-DOS only. Hugo 2: Whodunit? is the second installment of the Hugo game series.
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King's Quest III Redux: To Heir is Human

WindowsMac2011freewareremake3.8/5 point and click adventure
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The Guild of Thieves

DOS19874.1/5 interactive fiction
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Altered Destiny

DOS1990protected3.8/5 point and click adventure, graphic adventure with text parser
Altered Destiny is a sci-fi themed point and click adventure game designed by Michael Berlyn, developed and released by Accolade in 1990. Altered Destiny runs on DOS but was also published for Amiga.
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Berlin 1948

DOS19893.7/5