The best 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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Angel 3
DOS1990NSFW visual novel
Angel 3 is that kind of DOS game where you sit down thinking "I'll give it five minutes" and three hours later you're still trying to figure out what just happened. Released in 1990, it's part shooter, part surrealist fever dream,...
Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist
DOSWindows XP/98/95Windows 3.xMac OS1993protecteddemo point and click adventure
Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist is a humorous point-and-click adventure game from 1993 developed by Sierra On-Line and co-designed by Al Lowe (creator of Leisure Suit Larry) and Josh Mandel. Set in the Old West, Freddy Pharkas...
Where in America's Past is Carmen Sandiego?
DOS1991 trivia / quiz
Mixed-up Fairy Tales
DOS1991 point and click adventure
The Last Express
DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OS1997protecteddemo point and click adventure
The Last Express, released in 1997, is a unique adventure game designed by Jordan Mechner, the creator of Prince of Persia. Set on the Orient Express in July 1914, just before World War I, the game offers an intricate and immersiv...
B.A.T. 2 : The Koshan Conspiracy
DOS1992 point and click adventure
Ah, B.A.T. 2, the cyberpunk sequel that decided the future needed more trench coats, tech jargon, and inexplicably confusing interfaces. Released in 1992 for DOS, this game throws you into the seedy underbelly of interstellar espi...
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
DOS1989protecteddemo point and click adventure
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Graphic Adventure is a point-and-click adventure game released in 1989 by Lucasfilm Games. The game was designed by Ron Gilbert, David Fox, and Noah Falstein. It is based on the 1989 film "I...
Fable
DOS1996 point and click adventure
Heart of China
DOS1991 point and click adventure
Dream Zone
DOS1988 interactive fiction
Ween: The Prophecy
DOS1993 point and click adventure
Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?
DOS1985 puzzle adventure
Three Sisters' Story
DOS1999NSFW visual novel, point and click adventure
Legend of Kyrandia 3: Malcolm's Revenge
DOSMac OS1994protecteddemo 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...
The Twilight Zone
DOS1988 graphic adventure with text parser
The Twilight Zone is an abandoned sci-fi themed adventure game based on the popular TV series of the same name. The Twilight zone released in 1988 by First Row Software Publishing for DOS and Amiga. At it's core, The Twilight Zone...
Maniac Mansion
DOSLinuxMac OS1987protected point and click adventure
Maniac Mansion is one of the most famous point-and-click adventure games developed by Lucasfilm Games, designed by Ron Gilbert (who later created Monkey Island) and Gary Winnick. The story is a blend of old sci-fi and horror B-mov...
Murders in Space
DOS1990protected
Space Ace
DOS1989 interactive movie
Maupiti Island
DOS1991 point and click adventure
Suspect
DOS1984 interactive fiction
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
DOSMac OS1984freeware interactive fiction
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a humorous free text adventure game based on the novel of the same name written by Douglas Adams (if you never read it, shame on you!). The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy was designed by D...
Blade Runner
Windows XP/98/95LinuxMac OS1997protected point and click adventure
One of the best licensed games of the '90s, Blade Runner (1997) puts you in the rain-soaked shoes of Ray McCoy, a detective tracking down replicants in a world where it's always night and nobody smiles. It’s not just point-a...
Planetfall
DOS1983 interactive fiction
Planetfall is an interactive fiction sci-fie game released in 1983 by Infocom, written by Steve Meretzky. It is often considered one of Infocom's best titles. You play as a low-ranking Ensign Seventh Class in the Stellar Patr...
Phantasmagoria
Windows XP/98/95DOSMac OS1995protecteddemo point and click adventure, interactive movie
Phantasmagoria is a point-and-click horror adventure game developed and published by Sierra On-Line, released in 1995. Directed by Roberta Williams, Phantasmagoria departed from Sierra's usual fantasy and comedic themes to explore...
Hook
DOS1992 point and click adventure
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 jou...
Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective
Windows XP/98/951991protected interactive movie
King's Quest 3: To Heir is Human
DOSMac OS1986protected 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 ...
Omnicron Conspiracy
DOS1989
Legend of Kyrandia 2: Hand of fate
DOSMac OS1993protecteddemo point and click adventure
The Legend of Kyrandia: Hand of Fate is the second installment in the Legend of Kyrandia point and click adventure game series developed by Westwood Studios. It was released in 1993 as a sequel to The Legend of Kyrandia.The game's...