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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Planet of Lust

DOS1989NSFW4.2/5 graphic adventure with text parser

LA Law: The Computer Game

DOS19924/5 interactive movie

LA Law: The Computer Game is an abandoned adventure game based on the popular TV series from the 80s and 90s. L.A. Law. LA Law was developed by Synergistic Software and released by Capstone in 1992. LA Law plays like a multiple choice adventure game where you have to build up cases and bring them to court.

Les Manley in: Lost in L.A.

DOS1991protected4.1/5 point and click adventure

Transylvania

DOS1986freeware4/5 interactive fiction

Deja Vu 2: Lost in Las Vegas

DOS19904.2/5 point and click adventure

Kronolog: The Nazi Paradox

DOS19933.6/5 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...

Spellcasting 301: Spring Break

DOS1992protected4.1/5 interactive fiction

The mist

DOS19853.9/5 interactive fiction

Rex Nebular and the cosmic gender-bender

DOS1992protected3.9/5 point and click adventure

The Shadows of Mordor

DOS19883.7/5 interactive fiction

Last Half of Darkness

DOS19893.9/5 point and click adventure

Blackstar: Agent of Justice

DOS19953.4/5 point and click adventure

The Pawn

DOS19864/5 interactive fiction

Dragon's Lair 2: Time Warp

DOS1990protected4.1/5 interactive movie

The Summoning

DOS1992protected4/5 dungeon crawl

Return to Doom

DOS19883.8/5 interactive fiction

20000 Leagues under the sea

DOS19883.8/5 visual novel, interactive fiction

Sorcerer

DOS19844.1/5 interactive fiction

Phantasmagoria: A Puzzle of Flesh

Windows XP/98/95DOS1996protected3.9/5 point and click adventure, interactive movie

Zork Zero: The Revenge of Megaboz

DOS19894/5 interactive fiction

Gnome Ranger

DOS19873.7/5 interactive fiction

Gnome Ranger is an abandoned fantasy adventure game, developed and published by Level 9 Computing in 1987 for DOS. Gnome Ranger was designed by Peter Austin who also designed the sequel Gnome Ranger 2: Ingrid's Back.