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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Armaeth: The Lost Kingdom

DOS19933.8/5 point and click adventure

Eagle Eye Mysteries: The Original

DOS19933.8/5 point and click adventure

Fish!

DOS19883.8/5 interactive fiction

Jack the Ripper

DOS19953.8/5 interactive fiction

Normality

DOS1996protecteddemo3.8/5 point and click adventure

Normality is a first-person adventure video game developed by Gremlin Interactive and released in 1996. The game is set in a dystopian future where a totalitarian regime known as the One True Government (OTG) controls the city of Neutropolis. The player takes on the role of Kent, a rebellious citizen who opposes the oppressive rule of the OTG. The ...

Ringworld: Revenge of the Patriarch

DOS19923.8/5 point and click adventure

Star Trek: The Rebel Universe

DOS19883.8/5 space exploration, space simulation

The Hound of Shadow

DOS19893.8/5 interactive fiction

The Scoop

DOS19893.8/5 graphic adventure with text parser

Dragon's Lair

DOS1989protected3.7/5 interactive movie

Space Ace 2: Borf's Revenge

DOS19913.7/5 interactive movie

Berlin 1948

DOS19893.7/5

The Black Cauldron

DOS1986freeware3.7/5 graphic adventure with text parser

Acheton

DOS19873.7/5 interactive fiction

Nippon Safes, Inc.

DOS1992freeware3.7/5 point and click adventure

Wishbringer

DOS19853.7/5 interactive fiction

The Crack of Doom

DOS19893.7/5 interactive fiction

The Island of Dr. Brain

DOS19923.7/5 puzzle adventure

Return of the Phantom

DOS1993protecteddemo3.7/5 point and click adventure

Return of the Phantom is adventure game set in France, designed by Raymond Benson, developed by MicroProse Software and released in 1993 for DOS only. Return of the Phantom is a third-person adventure game based on the book Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux.