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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Teen Agent

DOS1995freeware3.9/5 point and click adventure

Ballyhoo

DOS19863.5/5 interactive fiction

The Manhole: CD-ROM Masterpiece Edition

Windows XP/98/95Windows 3.xMac1994protectedremake3.1/5 point and click adventure

Scapeghost

DOS19893.7/5 interactive fiction

Follow the Reader

DOS19924/5 puzzle adventure

Zork Quest: The Crystal of Doom

DOS19893.8/5 visual novel, interactive fiction

Trinity

DOS19864.1/5 interactive fiction

Les Manley in: Lost in L.A.

DOS1991protected4.1/5 point and click adventure

The 11th Hour

Windows XP/98/951995protected4.1/5 puzzle adventure

Death Gate

DOS1994protected3.9/5 point and click adventure

Jewels of Darkness

DOS19864.2/5 graphic adventure with text parser, interactive fiction

Perry Mason

DOS19853.9/5 interactive fiction

Knight orc

DOSMac19873.9/5 interactive fiction

Demon's Tomb: The Awakening

DOS19893.3/5 interactive fiction

Kronolog: The Nazi Paradox

DOS19933.6/5 point and click adventure

Zork: Grand Inquisitor

Windows XP/98/95Mac1997protected3.8/5 point and click adventure

Demon's Forge

DOS19873.1/5 interactive fiction

2112

DOS19943/5 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.