The best abandonware action-adventure games

Action-adventure video games combine elements of both the action and adventure genres, offering a mix of fast-paced gameplay and exploration within a narrative-driven context. These games often feature a central storyline, character development, and a world for players to explore. The genre encompasses a broad range of gameplay styles and settings.

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Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1998protected4.1/5 third-person action-adventure

Fade to Black

DOS19954.1/5 third-person action-adventure

Tomb Raider

DOS1996protected4.1/5 third-person action-adventure

Where Time Stood Still

DOS1987protected4.1/5 isometric action-adventure

Grand Theft Auto 2

Windows XP/98/9519994.1/5 racing: car

Grand Theft Auto 2 is the second chapter in the successful Grand Theft Auto series. GTA 2 is an abandoned top-down action-adventure / driving hybrid game developed by DMA Design and released by Rockstar Games in 1999 for various platforms, including PlayStation, Microsoft Windows, and Game Boy Color. GTA2 is set in a fictional city called "Any...

Castle Wolfenstein

DOS19844.1/5 maze

The Great Escape

DOS1986protected4.1/5 isometric action-adventure

As a prisoner of war, you must find a way to escape a prison in Germany in 1942. The prisoner has a daily routine which will follow if not controlled by the player for a certain amount of time.

Castle master 2

DOS19904/5 first-person action-adventure

Framed

DOS19954/5 platform

Alone in the Dark 3

DOS1994protected4/5 third-person action-adventure

Grand Theft Auto

DOSWindows XP/98/9519974/5 racing: car

In Grand Theft Auto the player takes the role of a criminal who can freely roam around the city (Liberty City) completing tasks for the local mobs: stealing cars, killing pedestrians, all of it while avoiding the police and the army. The freedom of gameplay and the "I'm the bad guy" appeal of the game made the Grand Theft Auto series very popular.

Castle master

DOS19904/5 first-person action-adventure

D/Generation

DOS19914/5 isometric action-adventure

Batman: the Caped Crusader

DOS19884/5

Batman: The Caped Crusader is an action-adventure video game released in the late 1980s. It was developed and published by Ocean Software and was available on various home computer systems of that era, including the Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Amiga, Atari ST and, of course, DOS. The game was a graphic action-adventure that combine...