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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Gnome Ranger 2: Ingrid's Back

DOS19883.8/5 interactive fiction

King's Quest 4: The Perils of Rosella

DOS1988protecteddemo3.8/5 point and click adventure

King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella is an adventure game developed and published by Sierra On-Line in 1988. It is the fourth installment in the popular King's Quest series created by Roberta Williams. The game was originally released for MS-DOS and Apple II computers and later ported to other platforms.The story of King's Quest IV follows Prince...

Moonmist

DOS19863.8/5 interactive fiction

Beyond the Titanic

DOS19863.8/5 interactive fiction

Mission Critical

DOS1995protected3.8/5 point and click adventure

Manhunter: New York

DOS19883.8/5 point and click adventure

Mortville Manor

DOS19883.8/5 point and click adventure

Return to Ringworld

DOS19943.8/5 point and click adventure

King's Quest 5: Absence makes the heart go yonder

DOSWindows 3.x1990protected3.8/5 point and click adventure

Forbidden Quest

DOS19833.8/5 interactive fiction

Gamma Force in Pit of a Thousand Screams

DOS19883.8/5 visual novel, interactive fiction

Bureau 13

DOS19953.8/5 board game, point and click adventure

The Gene Machine

DOS19963.8/5 point and click adventure

20000 Leagues under the sea

DOS19883.8/5 visual novel, interactive fiction

Gobliins 2: The Prince Buffoon

DOS1993protected3.8/5 point and click adventure

Metropolis

DOS19873.8/5

Zork Quest: The Crystal of Doom

DOS19893.8/5 visual novel, interactive fiction

Border Zone

DOS19873.8/5 interactive fiction

Companions of Xanth

DOS1993protected3.8/5 point and click adventure

The Usurper

DOS19893.8/5 interactive fiction

Sam and Max Hit the Road

DOSWindows XP/98/95LinuxMac OS1993protecteddemo3.8/5 point and click adventure

Sam & Max Hit the Road is a point-and-click adventure game developed and published by LucasArts. It was released in 1993 and is based on the characters Sam and Max created by comic artist Steve Purcell. The game follows the titular characters, Sam, a detective canine, and Max, a hyperkinetic rabbity thing, as they embark on a bizarre and humoro...