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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Lancelot
DOS1988 interactive fiction
Simon the Sorcerer
DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OS1993protected point and click adventure
Simon the Sorcerer is adventure game designed by Simon Woodroffe, developed and published by Adventure Soft and released in 1993. Often overlooked, Simon The Sorcerer is one of the finest point & click adventure games ever des...
Treasure Island
DOS1985 interactive fiction
Les Manley in: Lost in L.A.
DOS1991protected point and click adventure
Nord and Bert Couldn't Make Head or Tail of It
DOS1987 interactive fiction
James Clavell's Shogun
DOS1989 interactive fiction
James Clavell's Shogun, a text adventure game developed by Infocom and released in 1989. Infocom was known for its interactive fiction games, and "James Clavell's Shogun" was one of its later releases.This text adventure game is b...
The Fellowship of the Ring
DOS1986 interactive fiction
Warcraft Adventures: Lord of the Clans
Windows XP/98/951998canceled point and click adventure
Zork Quest: Assault on Egreth Castle
DOS1988 visual novel, interactive fiction
Interactive fiction meets comic book in this spin-off, where you follow a fantasy story through illustrated panels and scripted choices. Zork Quest: Assault on Egreth Castle feels like your dungeon master turned into a storyboard ...
Demon's Tomb: The Awakening
DOS1989 interactive fiction
Hook
DOS1992 point and click adventure
Space Quest 4: Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers
DOSWindows 3.x1991protected point and click adventure
The Guild of Thieves
DOS1987 interactive fiction
Bargon Attack
DOS1992 point and click adventure
Imagine stepping into a sci-fi fever dream written during a caffeine crash, and you’ll get Bargon Attack (1992). This French point-and-click adventure is stylish, surreal, and frequently confusing—but in a charming &ld...
Noctropolis
DOS1994protected point and click adventure
Guy Spy and the Crystals of Armageddon
DOS1992 interactive movie
Wishbringer
DOS1985 interactive fiction
Jack the Ripper
DOS1995 interactive fiction
Shadow of the Comet
Windows XP/98/95DOSLinux1993protected graphic adventure with text parser
Frederik Pohl's Gateway
DOS1992 interactive fiction
Frederik Pohl's Gateway is one of the best abandoned adventures games from Legend Entertainment. Gateway is an interactive fiction with graphics and an improved interface (unusual for IFs), based on the Frederik Pohl's novel ...
Adventure in Serenia
DOS1982 interactive fiction
Before heroes had inventory screens and voice acting, there was Adventure in Serenia, the lovechild of a text parser and a fever dream. Released in 1982, this proto-graphic adventure gave players a taste of magic, mystery, and con...
Spellbreaker
DOS1985 interactive fiction
Murders in Space
DOS1990protected
Manhunter 2: San Francisco
DOSMac OS1989 point and click adventure
Ween: The Prophecy
DOS1993 point and click adventure
Police Quest 2: The Vengeance
DOS1988protected graphic adventure with text parser
Police Quest 2: The Vengeance is a graphical point-and-click adventure game developed and published by Sierra On-Line. It was released in 1988 as the second installment in the Police Quest series, which was created by former ...
Space Quest 2: Vohaul's Revenge
DOS1987protected graphic adventure with text parser
Quest for Glory 3: Wages of War
DOS1992protecteddemo point and click adventure
Quest for Glory III: Wages of War is an adventure/role-playing game developed and published by Sierra On-Line in 1992. The player takes on the role of the Hero, who has journeyed from the city of Shapeir to the savannahs and ...
Return to Ringworld
DOS1994 point and click adventure
Armaeth: The Lost Kingdom
DOS1993 point and click adventure
Armaeth: The Lost Kingdom looks like a cousin of Prince of Persia who dropped out of school to study magic mushrooms. You play a vaguely heroic dude exploring a crumbling kingdom full of traps, bats, and possibly regret. The platf...