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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The Crack of Doom
DOS1989 interactive fiction
Space Quest 4: Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers
DOSWindows 3.x1991protected point and click adventure
Arthur: The Quest for Excalibur
DOS1989 interactive fiction
Plundered Hearts
DOSMac OS1987 interactive fiction
EcoQuest: The Search for Cetus
DOS1991 point and click adventure
Space Ace 2: Borf's Revenge
DOS1991 interactive movie
Guilty
DOS1995 point and click adventure
Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego? Deluxe
DOS1992 puzzle adventure
The 11th Hour
Windows XP/98/951995protected puzzle adventure
Planet of Lust
DOS1989NSFW graphic adventure with text parser
Amerzone: The Explorer's Legacy
Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1999protected puzzle adventure
Amerzone is like stepping into a dream where logic is optional and atmosphere is everything. You play a journalist unraveling the mystery of a dying explorer’s last journey, which involves a lost civilization, mystical eggs, and a whole lot of lush, surreal landscapes. The gameplay leans heavily on point-and-click exploration with puzzles tha...
Deadline
DOS1982 interactive fiction
Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive
Windows XP/98/95DOSLinuxMac OS1996protected 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...
Pepper's Adventures in Time
DOS1993 point and click adventure
City of Lost Children
DOS1997
Broken Sword 2: The Smoking Mirror
Windows XP/98/951997protected point and click adventure
Broken Sword 2: The Smoking Mirror is a point-and-click adventure game developed by Revolution Software. Released in 1997. The game follows the continuing adventures of George Stobbart, an American tourist, and his French journalist girlfriend, Nico Collard. The adventure leads the duo to various locations around the world, including Pari...
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 it's a complete remake of Maniac Mansion in every aspect, developed using the Adventure Game Studio engine.
Eagle Eye Mysteries in London
DOS1994 point and click adventure
Star Trek: Judgment Rites
DOS1993protected point and click adventure
Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon
Windows XP/98/95DOSLinuxMac OS1994protected point and click adventure
Enchanter
DOS1983 interactive fiction
Borderworld
DOS1996 point and click adventure
Space Quest 5: The Next Mutation
DOS1993protected point and click adventure
Where in Europe is Carmen Sandiego?
DOSMac OS1988 trivia / quiz
Transylvania
DOS1986freeware interactive fiction
The Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time
Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1998protected 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.
Daughter of Serpents
DOS1992 point and click adventure
Berlin 1948
DOS1989
Zork Quest: Assault on Egreth Castle
DOS1988 visual novel, interactive fiction
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 realistic portrayal of police procedures, Police Quest 3 shifts slightly toward a darker narrative compared to its pred...